It is one of the highest honors in the nation that educators teaching math, science, technology, and engineering can receive. Please join us in congratulating Riverton High School math teacher Melissa Brown for being awarded the “Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.” This award recognizes Ms. Brown and her outstanding teaching abilities, as being among the best in the United States.

Presidential Awardees receive a certificate signed by the President of the United States, a trip to Washington D.C. to attend a series of recognition events and professional development opportunities, and a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation.

Melissa Brown is a National Board Certified mathematics teacher and instructional coach with  more than two decades in education, dedicated to transforming the way students experience mathematics. With a deep-rooted belief that every student has the potential to grasp and love mathematics, Melissa focuses on cultivating positive and empowering relationships in her classroom.

Congratulations, Melissa Brown! Keep up the great work.

It was a night of culture and tradition as hundreds of students, teachers, staff, and members of the community all came together for the 2025 Chinese New Year Celebration hosted by Mountain Creek Middle School. This is the ‘Year of the Snake,’ which symbolizes wisdom, transformation, and growth in the 12-year lunar cycle calendar.

Students from Eastlake Elementary School, Herriman High School, and Bingham High School were all featured at the Chinese New Year Celebration. They took the stage in cultural performances, with dragon and lion dances, music, and much more. There were traditional crafts and games along with fabulous food for everyone to experience.

Congratulations to everyone for sharing such rich culture and lots of fun at a fabulous event!

It is a fun way to recognize and reward students throughout the semester at West Hills Middle School and it has become a big hit. During all three lunches, Assistant Principal Tim Brooks acts as auctioneer and holds an end of semester auction in the lunchroom. Students line up with their good behavior cards and purchase all kinds of fun items, even vinyl records, with the “positive paws” they have earned. The “positive paws” are used like money to bid on items students want at the auction and everyone, including the auctioneer, Mr. Brooks, has a great time celebrating students and their good behavior.

Keep up the great work West Hills Middle for finding ways to celebrate great students at your school!

It was a sweet story that KSL TV reporter Alex Cabrero and photographer John Wilson covered to perfection. So much so, they won a regional Rocky Mountain Emmy award.

Alex and John made a visit to Foothills Elementary School to see how 6^th grade teacher Dhylan Meyer was making math fun for students in his classroom. You see, Mr. Meyer decided to challenge students to determine how many Milky Way bars students had donated to Principal Abe Yospe after Halloween. Mr. Yospe asked for any leftovers, because it is his favorite candy bar. A mountain of Milky Ways were soon piled high on a table in the principal’s office, but no one knew exactly how many.

So, using a little geometry and some rather complicated math calculations, Mr. Meyer’s students went to work and the number they arrived at was 3,173 Milky Way bars in the principal’s office. The student math was just five candy bars off the mark. There were actually 3,178 candy bars.

Congratulations to KSL TV for winning an Emmy! And way to go Foothills for making math fun.