Our schools are filled with excitement and anticipation as teachers arrive for their first day back. Some schools rolled out the red carpet and high-fived everyone in a welcome back celebration with students.
We wish all of our amazing educators the very best in the upcoming school year. We can’t wait to see the incredible things you will achieve with students in the classroom for the 2023-24 school year.
We love our Jordan School District teachers!
It is one of the largest classes of new teachers in recent history for Jordan School District and everyone came to celebrate the new teachers. Students, cheerleaders, mascots, a drum line, principals, coaches, and Jordan School District staff welcomed about 450 new teachers cheering them on as they arrived at the new teacher induction. They will begin working in classrooms for the 2023-24 school year.
The new teachers are coming, not only from Utah, but from 20 states around the nation and 8 countries around the world to join the Jordan School District team. We are so excited to officially welcome the teachers and introduce them to some of the students who will benefit from having them in our classrooms.
Welcome to Jordan!!!
Student leaders at Copper Canyon Elementary School took a break from the fun summer activities to share a message of kindness on the wall of their school’s gym. Twelve students and two staff members painted the mural that says, “Choose Kindness. It matters!” Mountain Ridge High School Sterling Scholar Chelsah Thomas designed the mural.
After completing the mural, the student council made posters and invited all students to write ways to spread kindness. They shared their thoughts on sticky notes.
Great job, Copper Canyon Elementary students and staff, spreading a positive message to your community.
It started out small, with a handful of virtual school administrators meeting, virtually of course, to discuss what is working and what can be enhanced in the virtual learning experience for students in Utah. The conversations were so productive, the meetings began to take place on a monthly basis. As a result, the Utah Virtual Learning Collaborative was formed.
After many virtual meetings, the group decided to meet in person and include virtual school teachers as well as administrators. That resulted in the Utah Virtual Learning Collaborative Inaugural Summer Institute on July 11 at Hidden Valley Middle School in Jordan School District. About 80 attendees from districts across the state participated.
This was a unique gathering because all of the participants work in the virtual learning environment and it is the only such gathering in the state.
The theme this year was “Building Connections in a Virtual World,” and the Summer Institute addressed successes and concerns in virtual learning.
Thanks to everyone who attended hoping to making virtual learning the very best it can be for students in Utah.