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Celebrating Amazing Athletes at Jordan School District Unified Basketball Tournament

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It was a fun day celebrating amazing student athletes, sportsmanship, and working together as a team during the Jordan School District Unified Basketball tournament. The tournament is part of a Special Olympics program that has special needs students with varying abilities on the same team with peer tutors. The goal is to promote inclusion and understanding on and off the playing field.

Monday’s tournament was held at the JL Sorenson Recreation Center in Herriman. Eight JSD middle schools, along with Timberline Junior High from Alpine School District, had teams competing. The fans in the stands were fabulous, cheering the players on to victory. Those fans included family members, friends, and other students excited to be there to offer support. Even First Lady Abby Cox was on hand to support the student athletes.

Thanks to everyone involved in this incredible event, giving students of all abilities the opportunity to play and celebrate success together. Everyone walked away a winner at this tournament.

Elementary SBOs Bring Team Spirit to Daybreak Elementary

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Students leading a Monday Morning Huddle Daybreak Elementary Student Body Officers (SBOs) led the school in a Monday morning team huddle. On the last Monday of every month, the school holds a 15-minute assembly where the SBOs find unique ways to engage students, discuss goals, and address challenges across the school as a part of this year’s theme of “Team Daybreak.”

Great job to the Daybreak Elementary School SBOs and staff for finding interesting ways to get important messages out to the student body and build a cohesive community.

Oquirrh Hills Middle Celebrated by Utah Special Olympics as “National Unified Champion School”

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They were all smiles as they took to the stage at Oquirrh Hills Middle School celebrating an accomplishment students, teachers, and staff are extremely proud of achieving. Oquirrh Hills has been named a “National Unified Champion School.”

The designation, from Utah Special Olympics, recognizes schools for an inclusive environment where there is a sense of collaboration, engagement, and respect for all. Unified Champion Schools must meet 10 national standards of excellence, involving students with and without disabilities training and competing as teammates in sports like basketball and soccer. Schools must reapply for this designation every four years.

Congratulations, Oquirrh Hills Middle School! Keep up the great work, achieving great things as a unified team.

Mountain Ridge High School Girls Wrestling Team Takes Home 6A State Championship

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Join us in congratulating the Mountain Ridge High School girls wrestling team, recently crowned Utah 6A State Champions. The Sentinels had a 34-point separation from Westlake in taking home their first 6A state championship.

Mountain Ridge head coach Brandon Birch said it has been a season filled with awesome times and some unexpected things, through which the team bonded together.

Mountain Ridge wrestler Olivia Merino took home an individual championship in the 145-weight class.

Mountain Ridge has had a girls’ wresting team for four years and we are very proud of their amazing accomplishments. Way to go, Sentinels!

Riverton High Students Take Stage in Teen Edition of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”

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It is a play still running on Broadway and in London and now students are taking the stage at Riverton High School to perform “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the teen edition. The story shows Harry Potter today, as a husband and father of three school-age children. In the play, Harry’s youngest son Albus grapples with the weight of the family legacy he never asked for and Lord Voldermort appears in the play as well.

Theater teacher Clin Eaton is the driving force behind this amazing production. He says they had a professional magician consulting on some of the effects, a makeup artist who did the “Phantom of the Opera” makeup in the Las Vegas show, and the flying company ZFX from Cirque du Soleil, to install and train the Riverton High flight crew on flying stunts during the musical. Mr. Eaton says this is the largest play ever performed at Riverton High.

Tickets are available at the door or in the Main Office for the show which runs on the dates and times below:

  • Friday, February 21, 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, February 22, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
  • Monday, February 24, 7 p.m.