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Marc Allen- Woods Cross High School

He told me that I can do whatever I can dream of. For the first time I finally thought I could. He has inspired me to become a teacher. I can’t thank him enough.
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

Healing Utah’s Teenagers: Mika the therapy dog helping at Murray High School

Anxiety, stress, depression, finals -- teens face a lot in high school. But a therapy dog named Mika is helping at Murray High School.
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

Park City teacher on leave for anti-Trump lyrics

A teacher at Treasure Mountain Junior High is on leave while the Park City School District investigates complaints about a classroom assignment.
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

Screening of ‘Angst’ sparks teen anxiety discussion

One Utah school is taking a stand to stop teen suicide and look for solutions to potential causes, such as anxiety. 
8 years ago
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Andy Bolen- Wallace Stegner Academy

I have attended many field trips with Mr. Bolen's class and am completely impressed by how he treats the students as a whole. He sets high, but attainable expectations, and respectfully and effectively pushes to them to meet them.
8 years ago
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Michelle Smith- Box Elder High School

Michelle pushes her students to succeed. She has spent many late nights at her school preparing for her lessons so that her students could benefit and get what they needed to from it.
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

NTSB recommends seatbelts for all new school buses

A federal transportation panel on Tuesday recommended to states that all new large school buses be equipped with both lap and shoulder seatbelts. The National Transportation Safety Board also recommended requiring collision-avoidance systems and automatic emergency brakes on new school buses. In 2017, the Utah legislature took up the issue of seatbelts with HB 132. […]
8 years ago
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Lay Kou- Southland Elementary

About four months ago, my husband suddenly found himself without employment. As soon as Mrs. Kou found out, she emailed if there was anything she could do.
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Rupali Munot- Oakcrest Elementary

Mrs. Munot was not satisfied with just getting Korbin through the year. She wanted him to succeed and spent a considerable amount of time working with us as his parents, Korbin's counselor, and the school's administrative staff to make sure Korbin excelled in her class.
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Paul Nelson

Herriman residents try to “Take Charge” to prevent more teen suicides

A frightening number of suicides at Herriman High School has residents and community organizers trying to figure out how they can prevent any more from happening.  They’re hosting a suicide prevention event tonight at Copper Mountain Middle School.
8 years ago
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Adam Thomas

Veterans group offers armed school guards

The Washington County School Board is considering an offer from a veterans group to provide armed guards for public schools.
8 years ago
Mary Richards

Utah school districts raise teacher salaries again

School districts across northern Utah are looking to raise salaries as a way to fill a number of open positions and retain the good teachers they already have. 
8 years ago
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Shaynie Wayman- Oquirrah Elementary

My grandson Branic Berg was a student in her E/D cluster unit (Behavior) for the 2016-2017 school year and made huge strides with academics and behavior.
8 years ago
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Glen Carpenter- Stansbury High

I was one of Mr. Carpenters students for four years. I graduated in 2015, and I know I wouldn’t have been able to do so without him.
8 years ago
Aaron Hornok has traveled a long road to his Applied Science degree at SLCC, from the military, to ...
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SLCC “Distinguished Graduate” was once homeless

SALT LAKE CITY — It was not the kind of  life Aaron Hornok had envisioned.  With a degree in Economics from the University of Utah, and a back-ground in the Air Force, Hornock thought he’d be able to find good work.  Just before the recession hit, Hornok realized he would not be able to afford […]
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

From refugee camp to medical school: U of U grad tells her story

Thursday is graduation day at the University of Utah, and one of the student commencement speakers has quite the story: just five years ago she was in a refugee camp in Ethiopia.
8 years ago
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U., Hatch team up for center to promote political civility

Orrin G. Hatch Center will be constructed at 427 E. South Temple.
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

Utah college grads earn more money, have less debt

It’s graduation season in Utah, with many of Utah’s public colleges and universities holding commencement exercises this week. And they say going to college is still a good investment not just in terms of earning power, but for life lessons as well. Last year, 25,000 graduates got diplomas from Utah’s 8 public colleges and universities […]
8 years ago
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Stephen Warner- Settlement Canyon Elementary

Even after being diagnosed with cancer Mr. Warner continued to love, encourage, and support his students.
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

More pay raises in store for Jordan District teachers

WEST JORDAN — Teachers with Jordan Schools are getting pay raises for the second straight year, and they can apply for even more money on top of that. Each Jordan School District teacher will see an increase of $3,700 with two straight pay raises totaling $35 million. The district thanks state lawmakers for the extra […]
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

Utah man overcomes prison past, graduates from BYU law school

PROVO — A Utah man who spent six years in federal prison on drug charges is graduating from BYU’s law school Friday. “People can change. They need the opportunity to change,” Ben Aldana told KSL Newsradio. Aldana was sentenced in 2004. He says he was talking to a counselor about what he wanted to do […]
8 years ago
About 65 teachers attended a free financial literacy training Tuesday at Fidelity Investment's down...
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Teachers get schooled on financial literacy

Teachers from across Utah are getting free financial literacy training from experts in the field so they can take that information back to their classrooms.
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

West Valley teacher arrested, suspected of student sex abuse

WEST VALLEY CITY – Police are looking for more potential victims, after they arrested a teacher on suspicion of sexually abusing at least one boy. West Valley Police consider Kyle Hill, 33, to have been a wolf in sheep’s clothing at Endeavor Hall Charter School. “One of the best teachers in the school,” said Lt. […]
8 years ago
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U. joins national effort to boost middle-class incomes

Schmidt Futures donated $1.5 million to the U. for the Alliance for the American Dream initiative.
8 years ago