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n Cottonwood Heights, a new park will be constructed before the end of the year. The Ferguson Canyon Park (Ferguson Trailhead Parking Overflow) will be accessible from Wasatch Boulevard through Prospector Drive (between Bengal Boulevard and Fort Union Boulevard on Wasatch Boulevard). Preliminary plans for the 3.5 acres include a restroom, pavilion, asphalt loop path, natural path, and a fenced in off-leash dog area. “An area of this park property will be fenced with the intent to be an off-leash dog park, along with a perimeter around the park,” said Blu Line Designs Senior Landscape Architect Rob Donigan. “When entering the off-leash area, you’ll go through a double gated system.” As Cottonwood Heights residents have been fighting for a dog park within the city for years, Cottonwood Heights City councilmembers anticipate many public comments regarding the design. “I will be getting the calls and so will the mayor,” said Councilmember Christine Mikell. Based on previous discussions regarding dog parks, the main concern councilmembers anticipate hearing from residents will involve overuse. “We need to control usage,” said Mayor Michael Peterson. In order to not draw regional attention by attributing the area as a dog park, Ferguson Canyon Park will continue to be designed and marketed as a city park. “We won’t market it as a regional amenity,” Peterson said. “We can downplay the dog park wording so it doesn’t get thought of as a dog park,” said Mikell. “This is Ferguson Canyon overflow parking; I don’t think we need to tout it as anything more than that. Our residents will figure it out.” “This is really quite small so I wouldn’t call it a dog park but an off-leash area,” Peterson contributed. Councilmember Scott Bracken suggested encouraging residents and visitors to think of the off-leash dog area as a

A paved walking loop within the Ferguson Canyon Park will be ADA accessible. (Cassie Goff/City Journals)

supplement, not a destination. “You went to (Ferguson Canyon Trail) and brought your dog. Oh look, here’s an area you can let them run.” Some potential amenities discussed to include in the off-leash dog area were wash-off stations, combination water foundations with a dog bowl underneath, water hydrants, and water spigots. While the off-leash dog area will continue to be a point of discussion, it is not the only element of the planned park. The park will have a paved looped path with natural trails spurring from it, along with restrooms, shade kiosks and benches. “We are open to all ideas so we may be looking at some

additional amenities,” said Public Works Director Matt Shipp. Councilmember Doug Peterson asked about the trees within the area. “We will try to diversify and incorporate a mixture of both deciduous and evergreen trees,” Donigan said. “The intent is to maintain as much of the existing vegetation as possible,” said Donigan. “As we disturb the site, we will put back the native vegetation.” An irrigation system has been incorporated in the preliminary plan in both the park and parking lot for survivability of the larger plant material. “Wear and tear will always be a Continued page 5

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Waste district seeking independence By: Cassie Goff | c.goff@mycityjournals.com

he Wasatch Front Waste & Recycling District (WFWRD) Board is hoping to gain more control over their own organization. Board members are currently seeking support to shift from a special service district of Salt Lake County to an independent local service district area. Under their current special service district designation, the WFWRD Board is required to defer to their creation entity for a handful for resolution items. For example, the WFWRD Board is required to receive approval from Salt Lake County to change or adjust their boundaries. The WFWRD Board struggled with this recently as a handful of properties annexed into Sandy City from Salt Lake County and wanted to use WFWRD services. “We were not able to handle that with the WFWRD Board. We had to go back to the Salt Lake County Council,” said WFWRD General Manager/CEO Pam Roberts. “As a special service district, we are not independent.” In addition, “Salt Lake County could dissolve the WFWRD Board at any time if they wanted to. They still own the organization,” said WFWRD Legal Counsel Rachel Anderson. Becoming a special service area would allow WFWRD to have more independence as Salt Lake County would surrender their control. Decisions could be made by the WRWRD Board exclusively as they would no longer be required to go to Salt Lake County Council for any changes. “The more authority the Board has the better. We want to be as independent as we possibly can,” said Cottonwood Heights City Councilmember (WFWRD Liaison) Scott Bracken. WFWRD has been requesting to become an independent service area for over eight years. WFWRD originated as a Salt Lake County division in 1977. “It probably separated for financial reasons,” said Roberts. Over the years, Salt Lake County’s role in WFWRD minimized as WFWRD continued to expand. “We became a special service district with an administrative control board,” said Roberts. The WFWRD Board gained a majority of their control and authority from Salt Lake County as they can currently perform most of its procedural and organizational tasks, like setting the yearly budget. In 2013, the Utah State Legislature passed a bill making it easier for special service districts to become local areas.

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“Some governing laws were created with us in mind,” Anderson said. “Now, we are ready to finalize our independence, completing the process,” said Anderson. “This is a change that has been coming for a long time.” “This makes us more nimble as we will be able to pivot sooner rather than later,” said Roberts. In order to do so, WFWRD must receive consent from each of the entities (six cities and fifteen metro townships) they service. Once they have all consented, the Salt Lake County Council must pass a resolution of approval. “There is not a firm timeline, but we are meeting with all the entities to get approval,” said Anderson. Currently the WFWRD Board is made up of one elected member from each of the municipalities it services. Even

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A new park for Cottonwood Heights will be accessible from Prospector Drive. (Cassie Goff/City Journals)

Continued from front page concern. We can keep the existing vegetation while keeping it safe,” said Donigan. In terms of design for the park, Peterson has made it a point to ensure there will be no chain link fencing. “That would be a detraction, not an amenity.” Bracken added how the fencing should not allow visibility from neighbors. He mentioned how upset the neighborhood dogs would be if they could see all their friends all day in the off-leash area but couldn’t go out to play. Mikell inquired about area setbacks for the neighboring resident properties. From any surrounding home, there will be a setback between 30 and 40 feet from the prop-

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City looks toward a sustainable future with collaborative program By Joshua Wood | j.wood@mycityjournals.com

ottonwood Heights has joined a collective community vision focused on clean energy. The City is part of Utah 100 Communities, a collaboration with Rocky Mountain Power that aims to transition to net-100% renewable electricity. The project is part of several initiatives that Cottonwood Heights has in the works to build a more sustainable future. Utah 100 Communities started with legislation passed in 2019. The Community Renewable Energy Act, HB 411, established the legal pathway for communities in Utah to partner with Rocky Mountain Power to establish net-100% renewable energy to their residents and businesses. Any community that is served by Rocky Mountain Power and that passed an aspirational resolution to join the program was eligible for further participation in the program. “Over the last year or so, there’s been a lot of back end work meeting with all of these community representatives trying to get on the same page about the program’s design,” said Samantha DeSeelhorst, associate planner and sustainability analyst with Cottonwood Heights City. “Now we’re at the point that decisions will start coming up again and cities will be able to continue to evaluate if this is something we still want to do.” Net-100% renewable energy means that participating communities will still be on the Rocky Mountain grid, but their energy usage will be offset by renewable energy projects. “There has been some concern about communities switching to renewable energy sources,” DeSeelhorst said. “But that is not a feature of the program.” Once communities like Cottonwood Heights decide whether to move forward with the program, they will request proposals for specific renewable energy projects. “There is this neat component where we can go to communities and say we are really looking for a project in Utah or for a project that encourages economic development and jobs for Utah,” DeSeelhorst said. “There is the option for them to be more local. That’s part of what’s neat about this program is that local communities get to have more of a voice.” Participating communities will decide whether or not to continue with the program over the next several months. If they elect to proceed, they will sign a governance agreement detailing potential types of projects and cost sharing options. A draft of that plan will be reviewed for comment and input by city councils this spring. “There’s a lot of flexibility built into this program to try to make it as broad and consensus-based as possible,” DeSeelhorst said. “Whether people are in a large city like Salt Lake City or a smaller community like Alta, we wanted it to

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be something that could benefit everybody. We’re hopeful that all or most communities will sign on to the program.” The primary factor that could make community representatives think twice about moving forward is cost. While renewable energy projects are designed to deliver long-term cost benefits, upfront costs will be a factor. Cities will need to decide if the program is something for which they want to budget. “A lot of the costs are startup costs associated with launching a program,” DeSeelhorst said. “It’s important that these costs are not shifted to other customers, like Heber, who are not participating in the program.” Utah 100 Communities is part of the City’s overall sustainability plan, which also includes its parks and open spaces plan. The City saw a significant increase in park and trail

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Utah’s poet laureate helps communities celebrate National Poetry Month By Joshua Wood | j.wood@mycityjournals.com

tah has a thriving literary community, and the state’s poet laureate has worked to let people know about it. Paisley Rekdal, a distinguished professor at the University of Utah, has built a website featuring over 200 Utah writers, and she has helped organize activities for National Poetry Month this April. Mapping Literary Utah is a website that encourages readers to discover Utah authors and their connections to places in Utah. The site lists novelists, poets, playwrights and nonfiction writers by region so readers can learn more about them and how their work connects to their part of Utah. “I remember when I was growing up in Seattle and none of the poetry anthologies had something from the Pacific Northwest,” Rekdal said. “I think Utah suffers from the same mental blind spot. There is a very vibrant group of writers in this place.” Rekdal hopes the Map of Literary Utah helps connect writers, build readership, and show that Utah has a strong literary culture. She also hopes the site will inspire budding writers in the state. “Seeing it, someone might say, ‘I can do this too, I can also be a novelist or a poet or a playwright,’” Rekdal said. Rekdal has also worked with others to mark National Poetry Month this April. This will include online poetry readings and regular social media posts featuring poets of all ages. National Poetry Month will also feature the Utah Poetry Festival, a virtual event this year from April 16-18. People can register on the festival’s website and view events on the Utah Humanities YouTube channel. The event will provide materials for educators, showcase poetry in the pandemic, and more. Rekdal has published several collections of poetry. She has also written nonfiction, including the book “The Broken Country: On Trauma, a Crime, and the Continuing Legacy of Vietnam.” With her literary versatility, she has long gravitated to poetry. “I think poetry is private,” Rekdal said. “I like it because it’s quiet, meditative, and slows things down.” Part of Utah’s literary community is its local bookstores. Aaron Cance regularly features local authors at his bookstore, The Printed Garden in Sandy, and he maintains a substantial poetry section. “Poetry enriches lives in a lot of different ways, and I think that poetry enriches not just a reader’s life but also a writer’s life,” Cance said. “Even people who are unpublished, their lives will be enriched by the act of writing poetry, in the act of trying to find a new way to describe or per-

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ceive the world around them. Any kind of writing like that is very satisfying and enriching whether you wind up getting published or not.” The Printed Garden regularly hosts the 15 Bytes poetry awards each year in November, and Cance hopes to resume the tradition after the pandemic prevented it in 2020. “I think the best poets are poets who can get you to see the world in ways that you didn’t see it before,” Cance said. “That to me is the primary function of poetry.” What better source for advice on writing poetry than the state’s poet laureate. Rekdal has a straightforward formula for writers. “You have to read a ton,” she said. “You can judge what is more urgent, see trends in poetry, and see the larger conversation in poetry, what makes a poem work and what makes it less successful.” Finding subject matter can be different for each writer. Utah’s poet laureate doesn’t necessarily search for subject matter for her poems. “I think largely the subject matter chooses you; you don’t choose the subject matter,” Rekdal said. From the recent soaring success of Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, to an already steady rise in poetry readership, Rekdal sees Utah’s literary community growing. As for those who might think poetry is beyond them, Rekdal thinks there’s enough variety for everybody. “There’s so many different types of poems out there,” Rekdal said. “I think it’s sad when people say poetry isn’t for me. That’s like saying food isn’t for me.” l

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idgecrest Elementary students were able to celebrate Chinese New Year in a new, COVID-safe way this year. Instead of families coming together at the school for a large celebration, dual immersion students sang the traditional new year song, 小牛哞哞, which was recorded and shared with parents. They also took part in the cultural and historical parts of the celebration through paper cutting, watching videos and chopstick activities such as using them to move peas and making a chopsticks dragon. Students also learned the significance of Mandarin oranges, which are symbols of good fortune. All in-person students, about 420 kindergartners through fifth-graders, had a chance

to pose in a photo booth with backgrounds of the Great Wall and the Summer Palace, make paper lanterns and watch a video about the Year of the Ox. “Making the ox lanterns went well and the students really enjoyed it,” Ridgecrest Elementary Principal Julie Winfree said. “Parents loved the song a lot. Students loved the photo booth very much, where they had the opportunities to take pictures with their best friends.” Pictured here are fourth-graders cutting heart shapes to make fish; in China, fish signify having enough food and money; and fifth-grader Brynn Sjoblom posing in front of the Great Wall of China backdrop. (Photo courtesy of Julie Winfree/Ridgecrest Elementary)l

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Canyon transportation draft plans coming this summer: with or without local municipality feedback By Cassie Goff | c.goff@mycityjournals.com

ig and Little Cottonwood Canyon traffic remains a priority for the Utah State Legislature as they continue to allocate money to transportation improvements. Feeling the pressure from the State Legislature, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) plans to release a draft of a transportation alternative for Little Cottonwood Canyon this summer, using data from the Environmental Impact Survey (EIS) for Little Cottonwood Canyon. A final version will be published before the end of the year. Knowing there’s no stopping UDOT as they will push forward with or without feedback, the Central Wasatch Commission (CWC) has been trying to build consensus for a transportation alternative in order to provide UDOT with a recommendation. Many of the commissioners serving on the CWC have gone back to their respective councils asking for input. “If we want to have input on the EIS in Little Cottonwood Canyon, we need to do that now. That’s where the legislature has its focus,” said CWC Transportation Committee Chair and Mayor of Brighton Dan Knopp. The Central Wasatch Commission (CWC) is a participating agency with the EIS and communicates with UDOT regularly. “We provide feedback and hope to continue to do so. We represent the 10 adjacent communities (Salt Lake County, Summit County, Park City, Salt Lake City, Cottonwood Heights, Millcreek, Sandy, the Town of Alta, Brighton, Snowbird and the Utah Transit Authority (UTA)) and our outlook is a little broader. We want our recommendation to be

Ten communities adjacent to the Wasatch Mountains comprise the Central Wasatch Commission and influence canyon transportation decisions. (Photo courtesy of Blake Perez/Central Wasatch Commission)

thoroughly vetted,” said CWC Deputy Director Blake Perez. In determining a recommendation for UDOT’s EIS, the CWC has to consider one of its main goals: to create a regional transportation plan for the canyons. Their goal is to have a Mountain Transportation System (MTS) focusing not only on suitable transportation alternatives for winter (peak) season, but all seasons. “The CWC hopes to take a regional and combination approach to transportation in the canyons. It needs to be a

comprehensive plan with land use policy,” Perez said. For the past two years, the CWC has been scoping, drafting, and taking feedback for canyon transportation alternatives. They have been learning about various modes of transportation from experts who explained the strengths and weaknesses of various transportation alternatives. The CWC has learned about trains, roads, tolling, reduced parking, busses, bus feeders, cog rail, and gondolas, to name a few. “Our study focus is broader and consensus driven. We

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pulled in different experts from across the board,” said CWC Executive Director Ralph Becker. One of the main goals for many entities focusing on canyon transportation is to get as many cars off the canyon roads as possible. In 2050, 3,200 people are expected in the canyon, per hour, on what would be one of the busiest days of the year. “We want to make sure a third of those people are on transit.” said Perez. “The mag-

ic number is shifting 1,000 people per hour to a transit option in about 30 years.” “We are looking to spend $500 billion on a solution for a few days,” recapped Cottonwood Heights Councilmember Christine Mikell. “If we are going to do it, we should do it right the first time.” On March 2, after presenting the above information to the Cottonwood Heights City Council, Perez and Knopp shifted their focus to discussing Wasatch Boulevard.

“Cottonwood Heights is the city between the canyons and we value the (3,500) residents who live on Wasatch Boulevard. They specifically are feeling the impact of the canyon traffic year round,” said Perez. Mikell responded, “We have to come up with a decision for the EIS and it feels like throwing paint against the wall. You’re looking for a decision from us in April. I’m trying to understand how I, personally representing the most impacted district for this whole plan, could possibly make a determination within that time frame.” “We have to start somewhere,” Knopp said. “We have been working on this for 30 years and it looks like it’s time to start with the EIS.” “I don’t understand how one agency like UDOT can push through after committing to us they aren’t going to look at parking lots across Wasatch Boulevard. And suddenly one of their preferred solutions is a parking garage at La Callie with a gondola. They are looking at a long-term solution by 2050. We should be trying to look at short- and medium-term solutions,” Mikell continued. On March 19, the Commissioner Summit was held from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. in an attempt to build consensus among the CWC commissioners. Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities Director Laura Briefer was asked to speak about the watershed protections. “It’s a critically important element as it serves a 100,000 people in Sandy and outside areas. The big-

gest risk to water quality in the canyons is sanitation and development.” “I’m a proponent of taking an incremental approach and studying again,” continued Briefer. “We should do something we can actually swallow, manage, and pay for.” Salt Lake County Councilmember Jim Bradley voiced a concern that many other commissioners echoed, “Is this for economic development and tourism or is it for quality of life? We have to satisfy quality of life issues with whatever approach we take. Water quality and traffic are concerns. I care less about entertaining tourists. I am concerned about the people who live here.” “For transportation solutions, getting cars off the road is a transformative system. It’s social as people are going to learn how to change their behavior to get out of their cars. That takes a long time,” Briefer said. Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson voiced concern over the process as she did not feel like she could ask for a recommendation from her council without enacting a bias. Around 11:30 a.m., realizing a consensus would not be reached before noon, a few commissioners voiced their frustration. “I had hoped we could move this forward with more consensus than we have,” said Millcreek Mayor Jeff Silvestrini. “I’m sad we are this far apart from this,” said Brighton Mayor Knopp. “We are not getting anything done here and I just wasted two years of my life.” l

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UMEA awards committee co-chair Jenni Perkins and Canyons District Arts Coordinator Sharee Jorgensen presented Brighton High Principal Tom Sherwood with the Utah Music Educator Association’s Outstanding Administrator Award; he is joined by Brighton High School band director Mikala Mortensen, who nominated him. (Photo courtesy of Jenni Perkins)

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n May 2017, the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) announced that it would be sanctioning boys and girls lacrosse teams beginning in the 2019-2020 season. After years of high participation in club lacrosse programs, high school lacrosse athletes across the state could not wait to compete as a sanctioned sport. In March 2020, what was supposed to be the inaugural year of sanctioned lacrosse, UHSAA canceled spring sports due to COVID-19. With only a few games under their belts, Utah lacrosse coaches and athletes were crushed. Among those disappointed by the short season was Brighton lacrosse coach Melissa Nash. Instead of letting last season get her down, she chose to look on the bright side by pointing out the ways in which their short season went well. “We got three games last season; we were one of the lucky schools. We were undefeated which is great,” Nash said. Nash has been able to instill this attitude into her team. With the abrupt end to last season, the Brighton girls lacrosse team knows that competing in their beloved sport could be taken from them at any time. “We don’t take anything for granted. I feel like we come to practice every day like we are not going to be able play the next day. We practice really hard every day,” said standout senior Haley Taylor.

Coach Nash is excited for a full season under UHSAA. As the UHSAA coach’s representative for girls lacrosse, she has seen the changes that sanctioning has brought to the sport. “I think lacrosse is going to grow more and more because of UHSAA. Keeping cost down for the players will just allow more people to try out,” Nash said. Nash, with support from the administration at Brighton, has been able to take advantage of the inclusivity that sanctioning has brought. With one of the biggest teams in Utah lacrosse at 38 players, Nash has welcomed any girl into her program who wants to play. “We had more girls than ever try out. We don’t do any cuts because we just want to give girls a chance to play,” Nash said. With a team full of outstanding players, the Bengals are looking forward to leaving their mark on this first year of sanctioned play. When asked what their goals for the season were, both Nash and Taylor did not hesitate to say they were eyeing that first ever UHSAA state title. Instead of using UHSAA’s traditional classification system, lacrosse will continue to use their previous system for the 2021 season. At the end of regular season play, which will primarily take place among traditional region opponents, teams will be ranked using an RPI index. The top 36 teams will then be placed in

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t Cottonwood High, more than 40 languages can be heard amongst students in the hallways, according to the Colts’ student body president. “We have so many cultures, so many different backgrounds, we want to celebrate those,” student leader Faith Godina said. She said that as a student pushed his pin in a world map to show he identified with the Republic of Congo. Already students had marked countries they came from or where their families originated—from India to Mexico. According to U.S. News & World Report, Cottonwood High, with about 1,750 students, is one of the most diverse schools in Utah, with 51% of the student body identified as minorities. Of that percentage, Hispanic, Black and Asian comprise 44%. Indicating countries on the map was one of several activities lined up for students to participate in during the school’s first diversity week celebration. Flags were hung in the commons celebrating those countries as well. The four-day school week was set up with each day celebrating the Colts’ diversity: language, music, talent and food. “It looks a little different than we wanted with COVID-19, but we’re getting good

participation with the first year,” she said. For example, students submitted recipes for a school cookbook rather than make ethnic food samples for their classmates to taste. Godina had planned to submit an Italian cookie recipe she makes with her grandmother. The cookbook was then to be posted and distributed to classmates so they could try their hand at international cooking. Students also submitted restaurant recommendations for cooking from their homeland. “We wanted this to be the most authentic it could be, not what we perceived to be authentic,” she said. “We want this week to be genuine.” Student body officers also posed questions to the student body about culture and traditions and a contest to identify a flag that represented a part of Cottonwood’s population. Winners could sample a piece of candy from another country. Students also could submit a talent video or a piece of art representing a part of Cottonwood’s diverse culture to share. “The week got more people talking and groups uniting in activities,” Godina said. Then, students began walking to their

During their lunchtime, Cottonwood students push in a pin marking countries where they came from or where their families originated. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

next class as international music played— songs that students submitted representing their language and culture. Many students walked past posters greeting them in a variety of languages.

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Butler Elementary French teacher to depart, encourages dual immersion By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com

or the past three years, Butler Elementary’s French teacher Aurelie Demarcq has taught students her native tongue in the school’s dual immersion program and she wouldn’t trade that experience. “I’ve loved it,” she said. “The kids are learning with the language. It’s very rewarding.” Demarcq’s journey as a dual immersion teacher began with her post-secondary school career. Instead of pursuing the idea of being an orthopedic doctor, she went into languages since she excelled in them. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Spanish civilization, language and culture and her master’s in French as a foreign language. “With my master’s, the choices were work at a private language center or go teach in another country. It’s better to go outside of France,” she said. Demarcq left her homeland in 2011 and after teaching in the Ukraine a couple months, Saudi Arabia for one year, Egypt for six years and Utah for three years, the word “home” is relative. “My passport is full of cool visas,” she said. Demarcq’s next stop is back to Egypt, her husband’s homeland, where she plans to teach at an international school starting in August. “When I teach in different types of schools and in different countries, there are different curriculums, so I have to adapt. Here, I’ve learned technology and new strategies. I have had to adapt because expectations in Utah are high. Utah does a good job teaching so students learn the most they can. They improve so much because they practice speaking,” she said. One thing Demarcq has noticed is when students are learning, they apply what they know. “Many of them are trying to make words out of the words they do know. Kids do the same with English or Spanish or any language. I just smile and see how they create and make sense with the French vocabulary. Others will correct them, and the students will just repeat without understanding. I’ve learned if you don’t correct, they learn quicker and correct themselves and have a greater knowledge,” she said. Through the COVID-19 pandemic, Demarcq incorporated more technology and blended strategy platforms while the school was on former Gov. Gary Herbert’s soft school closure mandate last spring and throughout this year while students have been isolated or quarantined. She also encouraged students to practice by watching movies with French subtitles not just while in quarantine, but all the time. “I’ve learned a lot of English by watching American movies. I may lose some of the words, but when I can read them and see how they’re spelled, I learn more vocabulary and improve my English,” Demarcq said, adding that free digital books in the language or practicing the language with a sibling or friend is helpful as well. She also uses videos from French TV and music when teaching students. “They’re authentic ways students can learn the language and understand the culture from the language itself. It’s in our music, our stories and what they learn. They can comprehend it and create their own stories as they retell, speak and write,” Demarcq said. One thing that was initially difficult teaching in the United States for her was the difference in people’s approach. “The French people are more reserved. Students are stu-

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Butler Elementary dual immersion teacher Aurelie Demarcq helps a student with a French lesson. (Photo courtesy of Aurelie Demarcq)

dents and a teacher is a teacher. We may not share our lives and here, students want to know about us. I’m changing and understanding that with a better relationship, they learn better,” she said. “Our first week, we do icebreakers to get to know each other and make that connection.” Demarcq said Canyons School District has implemented several teaching strategies to help students learn, some which she plans to continue as she teaches in other countries. “I like how we get in a circle and it allows us to build relationships and speak. I may ask them about their favorite book. One child may say what their favorite book is, but another will be able to share about the book and we can all learn from that student how to speak, how to listen, how to put together words and something about that student. It’s kindness and building a community. I didn’t believe that it would work at first and I was wrong,” she said. Demarcq also appreciates the Butler school community. “In Egypt, I taught at a very big school and the faculty don’t often speak to one another. At Butler, I feel it’s like a family. There is someone here to listen. We’re not alone; we help each other,” she said. While Demarcq will miss not seeing everyone at World Night, the school’s international showcase of languages and cultures for families that won’t be held because of the pandemic’s social distancing guidelines, she stresses the opportunities she’s had with knowing varying levels of English, Arabic, Spanish and French and wants to give that to Butler students. “Dual immersion is important. The world is all together. There is always someone speaking French somewhere. English right now is everywhere, but that may change. By learning a language, you can better communicate with others and it is another way of thinking that will help you understand them and yourself. It opens your mind to accepting differences, it helps you grow and realize there is no right way, but many ways,” Demarcq said. “I encourage everyone to try the program. If you don’t love it, you don’t have to continue; but if you do, it can open many opportunities to understanding our world.” l

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Brighton basketball seniors end 2021 season with new records By Tavia Dutson | t.dutson@mycityjournals.com

he Brighton girls basketball team entered the season with a lot of excitement and a lot of big goals. As the season came to a close, the Bengals were able to record 11 wins and secure a playoff berth. Individually, two seniors were able to leave their mark on the program by setting new records and hitting important milestones. Lilly Cheatham set the school record for three-point shots made in a season and in a career. Jaimeson Meyer was able to score 1,015 points throughout her high school career, surpassing the highly sought after 1,000-point mark. “It was awesome,” said head coach Doug Nielsen. “They surpassed everyone’s expectations.” In the first round of the UHSAA tournament, Cheatham hit a three-pointer that tied the record at Brighton for most threes in a season. Shortly after, she rolled her ankle and had to come out of the game. Nielsen was tracking her season statistics and was worried she would have to finish her season without sole claim to that record. “She said she felt better and came back in the fourth quarter and hit two more. It was unbelievable,” Nielsen said. Cheatham finished the 2021 season with 55 three pointers and 116 total career three pointers. Without this outstanding season,

Cheatham would not have even been thinking of eying these records. At the onset of the season, the team was not sure what to expect. In a tough region and with a rocky past few years, morale within the program could have been low. But Nielsen and the team knew that this was a special group that could set big goals. “Our goal with the schedule we had was to get 10 wins and we got 11,” Nielsen said. While most of the Brighton team was setting these goals and playing together in fall games, Meyer was not sure she would even be able to play basketball this season. Meyer has been a standout athlete in both basketball and lacrosse at The Waterford School in Sandy for the past three years. When COVID-19 got increasingly bad in the fall of 2020, administration at Waterford made the tough decision to cancel winter sports. “I definitely wanted to make it to 1,000 points but when my school canceled the season it just felt so out of reach. I thought I wouldn’t be able to play,” Meyer said. “Luckily, my dad found this opportunity. At that point I had given up on my dream of scoring 1,000 points.” After making the team, Meyer had to get used to playing at the 5A level which proved to be different from her experience in 2A. “I was used to putting a lot of pressure

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derclassmen are excited to get training. “We are going to build off this season. The season ended and everyone wanted to know when we are playing next,” Nielsen said. The team is unlikely to forget the history made by Cheatham and Meyer. Their teammates were excited to experience their achievements alongside them and are hungry to leave their mark as well. “It’s very cool that both of us seniors have been able to leave a mark on the school. I think we have had an impact on the girls we played with,” Cheatham said. Among those inspired is Abigail Gray, a junior and the second leading scorer from the team. As soon as Cheatham broke the threepoint record they began talking about ways that Gray could overtake that record just next year. “That’s just one example to show what is expected now,” Nielsen said. “This is what we are doing. This is not something that won’t happen again for five years.” l

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