They are students coming from all over the world, Venezuela, Columbia, and Afghanistan to name a few. Herriman High School is seeing a growing number of refugees enrolling with significant language barriers.

To make sure the students feel welcome and at home at Herriman High, the FBLA club embarked on a project to create a “Bienvenido a Herriman” package, translating registration, club, sports, and “must have” school information into Spanish. In addition to the packets, the students secured a sponsorship from the Gates Foundation and Holiday Oil to create a permanent display of flags that represent the many cultural backgrounds of the student body.

The Hall of Flags, including 32 flags representing the home countries of students in the “Mustang Nation,” were revealed during a homecoming assembly on Tuesday.

Principal Todd Quarnberg also addressed the student body talking about the importance of embracing and taking care of everyone coming to the “Mustang Nation.”

It was all smiles for some students at Columbia Elementary School this week. That’s because members of the Utah Jazz organization and Zions Bank stopped by with quite the surprise. They delivered 200 pairs of brand new shoes and backpacks filled with school supplies for students. We are grateful for the kindness and generosity of community partners who take the time to care. Thank you, Utah Jazz and Zions Bank!

They are having fun celebrating safety at Southland Elementary School this week. It is Green Ribbon Week and students are encouraged to tie a green ribbon on their backpacks, bikes, or scooters as a reminder to make safe travel choices to and from school every day.

Students are also being asked to show their school spirit and commitment to staying safe by participating in Green Ribbon Week activities like fun hat day, crazy socks day, wear a green shirt day and by walking or riding a bike to school day.

Way to go Southland Elementary for making safety a priority!

They took their love of the Chinese language and culture out of the classroom and into the community. Some Herriman High School Chinese Dual Language Immersion students celebrated by participating in the Daybreak Dragon Boat Festival. The dragon boat race was amazing and included official 40-foot dragon boats. The Chinese festival included food and cultural performances.

We applaud our students for joining with the community in celebrating a culture they love, sharing their knowledge and passion with others.

Bingham High School Family and Consumer Science teacher Angela Anderson wanted to start the new school year off with something fun and memorable teaching her students fashion design. So, she came up with the idea to have students design outfits out of garbage bags and duct tape.

It was an effort to engage students in learning right away with a hands-on designing experience.  Ms. Anderson also wanted her students to get to know one other by working in groups together. Each group received 1 to 3 garbage bags along with duct tape to tailor the trash bags into something spectacular.

The students put their creative clothing minds together and did a great job. At the end of class Ms. Anderson rolled out a “red carpet” (red butcher paper) and students got to walk the runway with music playing while everyone cheered for them.

Way to go, Ms. Anderson and students, for creating a unique fashion line and finding a way to make learning lots of fun!