The sidewalk at Elk Ridge Middle School took students through time at the school’s annual Chalk Art Festival. This year’s theme was eras of art, starting with prehistoric pieces depicting cave art and dinosaurs, moving through ancient, medieval, the age of invention, and roaring neons, and ending with the digital dawn of contemporary and future-inspired works. Students designed and created all the pieces during a fun school day, getting dirty as they made memorable, temporary works of art.
WIDA Graduates Celebrated at Multilingual Learner Family Night
Nearly 500 Jordan School District students were celebrated at Multilingual Learner Family Night for becoming 2026 WIDA graduates and earning a Seal of Biliteracy. Students of all ages who passed the WIDA (World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment) test received certificates and medals certifying their proficiency in English.
The night included a presentation of the 2026 WIDA graduates and highlighted multilingual learners with student performances and speeches. Tara Matiga, representing Herriman High School’s Asian Student Union and Foothills Elementary School’s sixth grade Chinese Dual Language Immersion students each performed songs. Several students spoke to the crowd about what being bilingual means to them.
Congratulations to the 2026 WIDA graduates! Keep making biliteracy your superpower.
Sunset Ridge Hosts Career and Technical Student Organization Fair
Sunset Ridge students got a look into the future as the school hosted its Career and Technical Student Organization Fair. Student ambassadors from more than a dozen Jordan Academy for Technology & Careers programs visited the school to teach students about the wide range of opportunities available through JATC in high school. Programs represented at the career fair included everything from auto collision to dental assisting, digital media, and biotechnology, giving students plenty of options as they look forward to continuing their education.
Taking Center Stage with a Former JSD Employee Turned BYU Dance Professor
Supercast Episode 370
She went from being an educator in Jordan School District, teaching everything from hip hop and classic, to contemporary and jazz dance to being an Associate Professor of Dance at BYU.
On this episode of the Supercast, we meet up with Kori Wakamatsu. Hear how she is now preparing the next generation of dance teachers, like student teacher Grace Bjerregaard, to take center stage and why Kori says dance is so important in the busy lives we lead.
- Episode info & audio transcription for Episode 370: Taking Center Stage with a Former JSD Employee Turned BYU Dance Professor
- Previous episodes can be found at supercast.jordandistrict.org
Bluffdale Elementary Students Blast Off to Planet Kindergarten
Students at Bluffdale Elementary became the latest recruits preparing for a mission to Planet Kindergarten. The Planet Kindergarten initiative challenges kindergarteners to learn all the letters and their sounds by November 1, setting them up for early reading success.
At Bluffdale, the administration got into the space theme and dressed as an astronaut and Earth. Together with the students, they read the book Planet Kindergarten and encouraged the students to reach for the stars and collect special trading cards and pins as they demonstrate their mastery of letters and sounds.
