Thank You to All JSD Education Support Professionals!

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Please take a minute to join Superintendent Godfrey and Jordan School District in thanking all of the Education Support Professionals working beside you today. This is Education Support Professionals Day honoring a long list of professionals who keep schools running smoothly. They include secretaries, 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.

They are employees like Mountain Ridge High School head custodian Kevan Sprague who was selected as the Utah School Employee Association’s Outstanding Employee of the Year.

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

JATC South Students Participate in Roundtable Focusing on Technical Careers

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Picture of Diesel Tech studentsSome JATC South Diesel Tech students had a unique opportunity to meet with Senator Mitt Romney recently as part of a Diesel Roundtable discussion focusing on technical careers and workforce development.

They were able to talk to Senator Romney about their experiences in the Diesel Tech program and discussed how to make the trades, specifically those in diesel and transportation, more appealing to high school students. Romney wants to make sure students understand options they have in pursuing technical careers in Utah.

While meeting with the senator, the students also participated in a job shadow on the shop floor at Kenworth Sales.

We are proud of all the students who participated in the roundtable and wish them the very best in their pursuit of a career in the Diesel Tech industry.

Congratulations to Students Involved in National Letter of Intent Day

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Mountain Ridge High School student-athletes sign letters of intent to their future collegesIt was a day to remember for some students at Mountain Ridge High School as they participated in the initial National Letter of Intent Day. This is the period of time in which student athletes who have verbal offers from college coaches, make their athletic scholarships official by signing their National Letter of Intent. The first day of the signing period is Signing Day, and it’s marked by celebrations, reveals, and often, some college gear.

Congratulations to the following Mountain Ridge High student athletes who participated in the initial signing day and are headed to the following schools:

  • Girls Soccer
    • Saige Stewart, Salt Lake Community College
    • Abbie Wiggins, Utah State University Eastern
  • Volleyball
    • Kelli Wright, University of Alaska
  • Softball
    • Teagan Smith, Weber State University
    • Tosha Hokanson, College of Southern Idaho
    • Tessa Hokanson, College of Southern Idaho
    • Elli Pierce, Colby Community College (Kansas)
  • Club Gymnastics
    • Kennedi McClain, Southern Utah University

Thank You to All Veterans!

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Jordan School District students, teachers and staff extend our sincere thanks to all of our veterans on this Veterans Day. We are proud of your service and sacrifice making the many freedoms we enjoy every single day possible. We honor you today and every day.

 From the playing of bagpipes, sunrise salutes and choir performances, students in many of our schools took time to honor those who serve and have served, both past and present.

 Join us in showing our thanks and appreciation. We are forever grateful.

Supercast Episode 112: Spanish DLI Students Mark Important Day with Opening of Museum

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Superintendent with students and their displaysIt was a moving celebration of Dia de los Muertos created, in part, by Spanish Dual Language Immersion Classes at Riverside Elementary School. On this episode of the Supercast, Superintendent Godfrey takes you inside the temporary Dia de los Muertos museum which was organized by 3rd grade teacher Kathy Wride. Find out how students were able to honor family members, including pets who have passed away, by creating alters for them.