Thank You to All the Amazing JSD Education Support Professionals

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Please take a minute to join us in thanking all of the Education Support Professionals working beside you today. This is National Education Support Professionals Day honoring a long list of professionals who keep schools running smoothly. They include administrative assistants, classroom aides, cafeteria workers, maintenance workers, bus drivers, custodians and others who support educators, school leadership, and students in our schools. These professionals do their part in making public schools a place where students can be safe, learn, grow, and achieve.

Education Support Professionals perform a wide variety of jobs which promote quality education, foster positive learning environments, offer nutritious meals, provide reliable transportation and maintain safe and clean schools for everyone.

We appreciate our amazing Education Support Professionals today and every single day!

Tree Planting Day at Riverton Elementary School Fun and Environmentally Friendly

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It was a day to dig in and work together for future generations. Students, staff, and parents participated with Tree Utah in a tree planting day at Riverton Elementary School. They invested in the future by planting 20 trees throughout the school property. It was an opportunity for everyone to join forces for future generations of students.

More than 25 years ago, the School Community Council invested in the future of Riverton Elementary by creating an Outdoor Classroom. Their foresight provided respite for students and teachers during the pandemic. Similarly, Tree Utah is enabling the school to look forward, perhaps another 25 years, to future generations enjoying themselves at Riverton Elementary, finding respite in the shade of 20 trees just planted on school grounds.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this amazing project!

Majestic Elementary Arts Academy Teacher Performs at University of Utah Football Game

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Ms. Blodgett standing next to the University of Utah mascot Last week, the University of Utah football game vs. Arizona State University paid a special tribute to military veterans. As part of the game’s halftime show, Majestic Elementary Arts Academy’s band teacher, Lisa Blodgett, performed with the Utah National Guard 23rd Army Band. They played the service songs of each military branch to pay tribute to former and current members of the United States Military.

We are so proud of Ms. Blodgett and thank her for her service to her students and her country.

Students Perform Emotional & Patriotic Veterans Day Program for Parents, Community, and Members of the Military

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It was an emotional morning filled with pride and a salute to every branch of the military at Blackridge Elementary and Falcon Ridge Elementary Schools. Students took the stage in a patriotic performance to commemorate past and present members of the military for Veterans Day. Some parents, grandparents, and other family members of students were in uniform as they were honored for their service. The Veterans Day Celebration at Blackridge was called “Freedom Is Not Free.”

Thank you to all members of the military, past and present, for your service.

Supercast Episode 218: Exploring an Ocean of Knowledge; U.S. Navy Officers Offer Insights into STEM Careers for Students

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Superintendent with students and Navy officersIt was recently Navy Week at Hidden Valley Middle School, where students had a chance to dive deeply into ocean STEM careers.

On this episode of the Supercast, discover why the U.S. Navy recently visited a number of Utah schools and why the Navy sees students as the future of solving some of the ocean’s most challenging problems.