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Student body officers at Highland High this year are, from left, Erica Owens – vice president, Maegan Webber – HAW president, Zach Baucom – HAM president, Kiersten Cole – pre...
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 Clayton Middle School principal Linda Richins, shown with one of the horses on her family ranch in Henefer. New principal at Clayton Middle School
Clayton Middle School’s new principal Linda Richins shows her devotion to her students with one simple daily act — getting up an extra hour early every morning to make the long drive to the...
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Highland High School to perform ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’
Highland High will perform the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on Nov. 20, 22 and 24 at 7 p.m. The performances will be held in the auditorium of the school, on 2166 South ...
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Johanna Tietze, a junior at Westminster college, joined fellow students in signing UTA pass pledge cards during Alternative Transportation Day held on the campus on Sept. 10. Westminster is offe...
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Slovakia Olympian Zuzana Tomas, shown at the closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, is teaching English as a Second Language at Westminster College. Olympic runner to teach ESL courses at Westminster College
Attending school where a person’s primary language is not spoken can be a frustrating experience, due to cultural differences as well as linguistic ones. Fortunately for students at Westminster C...
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 This hallway was cleaned and repainted at Our Lady of Lourdes School as part of a volunteer effort by Sugar House realtors, who painted and made repairs throughout the school. Local business gives makeover to Our Lady of Lourdes School
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School recently received an “Extreme School Makeover,” thanks to a Sugar House realty company. Over 60 of Keller Williams’ independent agents donated a cumulative 1,0...
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Art specialists added to three Sugar House schools
Starting this fall, public and charter elementary schools throughout Utah are adding highly qualified arts specialists to the classroom. The additional instructors are part of a new education pro...
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Hawthorne Elementary receives foundation grant
Hawthorne Elementary School has received a $2,500 grant from the 100% for Kids Credit Union Education Foundation. The grant will be used to purchase 17 violins for fourth-grade music instruction....
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Westminster grads Elizabeth Tippy, Kasey Carmichael and David Wintzer donated blankets to a local hospital for the children during their work in Kenya. Local college grads join YouthLINC service trip to Kenya
The YouthLINC organization of Salt Lake City wrapped up the summer with one last service trip, this time to Kenya. About 30 YouthLINC team members spent July 24-Aug. 4 in Kiamuri town, building c...
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Kari Barnard of Sugar House, in the cap, joined other high school students digging for fossils as part of Westminster College’s Experience Camp this summer. Sugar House resident digs for fossils
Sugar House resident Kari Barnard, 16, recently had the opportunity to get her hands dirty while learning about Utah’s ancient past. Kari participated in Westminster College’s Paleo Camp, part of...
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Sugar House resident Chris Skinner and fellow YouthLINC volunteer Melinda Dickson with kids at a Moken Village in Thailand. Moken people are sea people who have been forced to live on the land on reservations, similar to those of Native Americans. Sugar House resident participates in YouthLINC trip to Thailand
YouthLINC debuted a new work site in Khao Lak, Thailand in June, and Sugar House resident Chris Skinner was part of the first team there. A humanitarian organization that provides sponsorship for...
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Westminster College’s Chamber Singers recently spent two and a half weeks taking part in pre-Olympic cultural festivities in Beijing, China. The group performed with a massed choir of about 500 si...
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Highland High School students give to younger children
Students at Highland High recently turned part of their last school day into a “Day of Service,” reaching out to Salt Lake City School District’s future high schoolers. The students made 1,000 bo...
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Boys & Girls Club
Preston Griffall, a Salt Lake City native and member of the 2006 US Olympic men’s luge team, spent the afternoon of June 25 teaching a luge clinic to 14 teens from the Sugarhouse Boys and Girls Cl...
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Architectural rendering of the new Meldrum Science Center, scheduled to open on Westminster’s campus in 2010. Courtesy of VCBO Architects. St. Mark’s Hospital donates $300,000 to Westminster College’s Meldrum Science Center
St. Mark’s Hospital located in Millcreek recently gave Westminster College a gift that has helped the school move forward in the construction of the Meldrum Science Center on campus. St. Mark’s d...
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Annalisa Steggell, new Director of Community Relations for Westminster College. Westminster College’s new director of community relations plans to reach out to Sugar House residents
The doors have been open between Westminster College and the people of Sugar House for a long time, but now the college has an ambassador to the community that will help expand current relationsh...
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Carolyn Cooke, seventh grade, shows off a friend’s science project.

Hillside Middle School showcases students’ work and welcomes new principal
Hillside Middle School celebrated two endings and a beginning on May 14. Students showcased their hard work over the past school year in the school’s first “Palooza.” Displays and demonstrations o...
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Westminster College to host youth summer camps
Westminster College will be offering a wide variety of youth day and overnight camps this summer that will keep young minds and bodies active. The 2008 “Experience the WEST” camps will include th...
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Cast and crew of the “Diamondback Cave” trailer during filming. From left, Nadia Calderon who played Wesley’s friend Amanda, Shawn Carter who played Wesley, author K.L. Fogg, Kim Christenson who was the sound boom operator, cave guide Michelle Kowallis, and Rachel Langlois who was lighting best boy. Local children’s author visits Highland Park Elementary School
K.L. Fogg, author of the “Serpent Tide” series for children, visited Highland Park Elementary May 27 as part of a volunteer tour of schools all over Utah. The Highland Park assembly of fourth to s...
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