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here were school boundary options A and B, and from those, C was created. But it was option D that was presented and approved Nov. 13 by the Jordan School Board. That fourth and final option, will go in effect for the 2019–20 school year. “I do not support option D,” Eastlake parent Zakia Richardson said. “The logic is incredibly flawed. Option D does not remove enough (students). It keeps the areas with the highest growth rate and the highest student yield in the district of Eastlake. So, next year, I believe Eastlake will be overcrowded again. None of the options considered moving students East of 4000 (West), who live furthest from the school.” She said that four buses currently pick up schoolchildren from neighborhoods east of 4000 West to take them to Eastlake Elementary. Next year, under option D, Richardson said – the four buses will continue the same route to Eastlake while approximately 111 students who live closest to the school will walk 1.4 miles to Daybreak Elementary. However, she knows that the board’s decision is final. “There are great families on both sides of 4000 prepared to honor any Jordan School District board decision that gives a long-term solution to the overcrowding at Eastlake,” Richardson said. Option D was presented from more than 7,000 survey responses and more than 2,900 additional comments after boundary option C was presented Oct. 24. It was for eight hours that day, after spending time the night before expressing concerns to the Jordan Board of Education, that parent Jodee Packer listened as the board worked from option B of the proposed boundary changes to formulate option C. “I wanted to be sure what I asked for was shared and heard,” Packer said. “For the most part, I’m happier with option C.” Packer, who has spent 16 years volunteering in her children’s schools of Monte Vista Elementary, South Jordan Middle School and Bingham High, said she has an investment in her neighborhood schools. “I was there to fight for our elementary — not just for the school and the education they receive there, but literally because the earlier options split our community in half and that wasn’t OK,” said the current Bingham High PTA vice president. “We’re talking about 14 homes; in six of them, the homeowners grew up in the houses and bought them from their parents so their kids could be raised with the same traditions they experienced.” In another option, Packer said that about 32 students were identified to leave the school, but after allowing those who study
Monte Vista parent Leesa Leonard addresses the Jordan Board of Education with her neighborhood concerns over earlier boundary options. (Julie Slama/ City Journals)
Chinese with dual immersion to permit back to the school, only six students were identified to leave. “That’s what made me so passionate about it,” she said. “We need to look at specifics and know what’s best for our communities.” Monte Vista parent Leesa Leonard said option C was more viable for her neighborhood.
“The board listened, and they’ve left us united as a neighborhood,” she said, adding that her community has moved several times in the past decade. “It didn’t make sense that we’d randomly be picked to move when we can walk one-half mile to Monte Vista. People bought houses to have their children attend this school. They want their children to grow up to attend Bingham High; it’s a great school for test scores, Continued on page 6...
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heryl Dority, a registered nurse from South Jordan, just returned home after spending three weeks assisting those affected by a major tropical cyclone that ripped through the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in October. “The destruction we witnessed on that beautiful island is beyond words,” said Dority. “Homes, vegetation and power lines in shambles. Our initial deployment orders were for two weeks, but due to the remoteness of the location and the amount of assistance needed, we were asked to extend our orders for an additional week.” Dority, a nurse for Intermountain Health Care, was chosen in October to help fill in for an RN position with the Hawaii team originally assigned to help with Hurricane Michael. Dority is an intermittent employee for the federal government under the division of Health and Human Services and the National Disaster Medical Services and serves with the UTAH-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team. A day before their departure, the mission was changed, and they were sent to a pre-staging mission in Guam due to a Category 5 storm headed their way. But the storm had a different idea and passed over Guam and changed its course. On Oct. 25, Super Typhoon Yutu made landfall on the Islands as a catastrophic category 4 storm. The largest Islands, Saipan and Tinian and Rota were hit with winds of over 174 mph, destroying homes and cutting off power to the entirety of the Islands. Two people were killed, and 130 people were injured. After the storm Dority and the team were flown into render aid. In the first eight days, their personnel treated more than 1,400 patients for cleanup related injuries, such as lacerations and puncture wounds. “While in Saipan, we treated patients in the ER, at a stationary clinic and also with strike teams going into the community shelters and various places,” said Dority. “We treated poststorm injuries, gave immunizations, refilled
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...continued from front page sports and traditions. This is a ‘true blue’ community.” Monte Vista was one of the schools that had several parents express concern about the proposed boundary change options at the Board meeting Oct. 23. The two earlier proposals of option A and B allowed parents to voice their opinions through a survey as well as the public forum. Afterward, the board met again to create option C, which also gave parents time to study and complete a survey that ultimately resulted in option D. Board member Tracy Miller said before the Nov. 13 vote that the board realized the earlier options would just be shifting the overcrowding from one school to another. Instead, they’ll look into other options: “add on to a school, move existing programs, build a new school or do what we need to help where the growth is,” she said. That doesn’t mean installing additional portables. Monte Vista already has 11. Eastlake, which has an agreement with the Daybreak community, is limited by a contract with the Daybreak community to four portables, and Jordan Ridge, is at six, which “the board feels is a good number,” Miller said. Eastlake, according Richardson, has been overcrowded for numerous years. “Once again, they’ve underestimated the projections of growth in our boundary,” she said before option C was announced. “They are miscalculated.” She estimated about 100 kids will come to attend the school from east of 4000 West, and another 20 will come from along “the Ridge.”
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“There was an overcrowding problem last year, five years ago, eight years ago,” she said. “We’re by far the most grossly overcrowded school and physically; we have no more space.” Last year, Principal Suzie Williams said the decision was made to turn a kiva into a classroom and a computer lab was turned into a classroom. Already, the stage is being used for art classes. This year, 36 students in the sixthgrade Chinese dual immersion class were combined into the former computer lab with both the English and Chinese teacher, as there were not enough classrooms. “Is it ideal?” Williams asked. “Probably not, but it’s working and we’re OK.” She said instead of an actual computer lab, mobile carts are moved from classroom to classroom, allowing students to still use the technology. Even with the sixth-grade class combined, she said class sizes are good, ranging from 22 in second grade to 29 in fifth grade. She also said test scores on the standardized SAGE test show students are 10 points ahead of grade level in language arts. However, with a projected 120 more students in the area, Williams said enclosing the additional two kivas will only provide space for 50 more kids. Richardson said the school was built for 950 students, and now there will be 1,157 pupils with the projected growth. “Growth is happening, and we’ve proven their projections wrong before,” she said before option C was created. “We keep expanding. Our numbers won’t go down.” Darrell Robinson said on his Facebook
page that Jordan School District’s priorities are creating longer-lasting boundaries, allowing for expected growth, aligning feeder schools and avoiding crossing busy roads. Additional parent concerns were taken by the Board Oct. 30 concerning the 240 permit students in addition to the accelerated, or ALPs, students who attend Jordan Ridge Elementary. “There were parents with signs and people had concerns about the numbers of permit students,” Miller said. “It’s a really good school, with some of the highest test scores, so we have kids permitting to go there from all over the district.” Jordan Ridge parent Candice Harding said the school attracts good teachers as well as accelerated teachers. “I’m OK with the ALPs students, but when I moved to South Jordan one year ago, I looked into schools where my children would attend and for them to consider cutting out the whole neighborhood and allowing permit students in, it’s really upsetting,” she said. “Option C keeps our neighborhood in the school boundaries, but we still need to be mindful of not allowing as many students to permit in who aren’t ALPs students.” Miller said there are multiple reasons families permit into Jordan Ridge. Jill Morely said that under the current proposal, her children, as well as others in the neighborhood, would be sent to their boundary school, Westville, and not their neighborhood school of Jordan Ridge. “We love walking and scootering to school every day,” she said, adding that if her chil-
dren were to attend Westville, she wouldn’t allow them to walk and cross the traffic on 9000 South. “We will have to apply for permits every year for them to attend a school that is closer. If our neighborhood kids attend Westville, they may not be able to participate in after-school activities because they may have to catch a bus.” Miller said the board has proposed new procedures for permit students, and it would be up to the principal and school feeder administrator to follow those guidelines and limit students to ensure proper room for projected enrollments. Neighborhood growth in the South Jordan Elementary community continues to be a challenge to project, she said. “While farms are sold off, we get more houses built on that property and get segments at a time, so it’s just pockets of growth, nothing like we can see out west and predict,” Miller said, adding that “temporarily — one or two years — until we have the way to meet the needs” the school will remain year-round. While Elk Meadows became a traditional school two years ago, Principal Aaron Ichimura said he hopes his community will remain positive. “I don’t want to lose any student in a perfect world, just add numbers if that’s the way the board decides,” he said early on in the boundary process. “With the projected enrollment, we would have sufficient space for our students.” l
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Major boundary changes affect entire district By Julie Slama and Jet Burnham
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fter weeks of receiving feedback through survey responses, letters, emails, Facebook threads, texts and phone calls, the Jordan Board of Education presented and approved the final boundary changes for the 2019–20 school year. Details can be found at boundary.jordandistrict. org. Unlike previous options A, B and C that affected almost every school, the final decision, option D, announced Nov. 13, only adjusted the boundaries of 20 of the existing 36 elementary schools and most middle and high schools. “Our choices have not been easy,” Board President Janice Voorhies said. “But they are the result of thousands of hours of analysis and discussion by our staff and board members in conjunction with the preferences and hopes of our local communities. It’s obvious that students matter to everyone involved.” The last major upheaval related to boundaries was when the District split, forming Canyons School District in 2009. Change was inevitable with the opening of five new schools next fall — elementary schools in Bluffdale and Herriman; a middle school in South Jordan and the rebuilding of West Jordan Middle School; a new Herriman high school; and a Bluffdale middle school for 2020–2021 — to ease overcrowding in many rapidly growing communities with the approval of the $245 million bond approved by voters in 2016. “The board is realigning almost all school boundaries to balance student numbers more equally and give our students opportunities for the best education possible,” Voorhies said. The changes include Majestic Elementary closing its doors in the 2020–21 school year. The school building will be repurposed for other programs yet to be determined, said district spokeswoman Sandy Riesgraf. “It was a surprise,” Majestic teacher Heather Reisch said. “There had been rumors that they were going to close Majestic because our enrollment is small. But they made improvements to our school two years ago, so I thought with that huge investment that they would not be closing us.” Every school in the district was evaluated during the 18-month process. Concerns about safety, fiscal responsibility, aligning elementary through high school feeder systems, allowing for expected growth in school population and the desire to create longer-lasting boundaries were taken into account, board member Darrell Robinson said. Every step of the process was open to the public, who were invited to a series of open houses to express their concerns and opinions. Riesgraf said the board was aware the changes were likely to be met with resistance. “We know boundary alignment is difficult on parents, but before we ask for another bond, we need to be responsible and know if we are using every inch of school space we can — and we know that there is some space on the west side,” she said.
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Boundary changes, initially drawn by Jordan District Planning Services and administration, were adjusted based on parent feedback and finalized by board members. “Everyone wants change to happen—to someone else’s kid,” Robinson said. “Most people don’t want to move.” In the end, more students stayed where they are than were moved, Robinson said. But many parents reacted to earlier options A and B by uniting together to express concerns about school proximity, safety and alignment of feeder schools. Many parents were concerned about overcrowded schools. The board addressed this issue by approving new rules governing permits, (details can be found at boundary.jordandistrict.org). Robinson said permits have been a problematic issue for many areas. Beginning Dec. 1, students can request a permit to a school outside their boundary only if it is at less than 90 percent capacity. Permits will be limited at schools such as Jordan Ridge Elementary, which currently has a high number of permitted students. However, it is transitioning to a traditional calendar next year that should reduce its capacity by 25 percent. Foothills Elementary in Riverton also will transition to traditional schedule, while Blackridge Elementary in Herriman, Fox Hollow Elementary in West Jordan and South Jordan Elementary will remain on a year-round schedule. South Jordan parents were concerned about overcrowding at Eastlake Elementary, where a kiva and a computer lab were turned into classrooms last year. This year, 36 students in the sixth-grade Chinese dual immersion class were combined into the former computer lab with both the English and Chinese teacher, as there were not enough classrooms. The school has four portables, which is the limit for schools in the Daybreak community. Board member Tracy Miller said those and other concerns were reviewed in the 879 single-spaced pages of survey results as well as the public comments collected during the eighthour open house on Oct. 23 to create option C, which pleased more Monte Vista parents. “We looked at the long-term (enrollment) of Monte Vista and realized those options were just shifting students to another school that would result in overcrowding there, so we decided that we’d need to look at other options — add on to a school, move existing programs, build a new school or do what we need to help where the growth is,” she said, adding that Monte Vista already has 11 portable classrooms. Growing communities on the west side were upset when overcrowding concerns led to initial options that rezoned children out of schools nearest their homes. Deborah Ivie said with Option A, B and C, she would have had to drive past one middle school to get to the proposed boundary middle school.
Majestic Elementary in West Jordan is scheduled to close its doors in the 2020–21 school year with the approval of Jordan School District’s Board of Education’s boundary changes. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
Concerns about Jordan Ridge Elementary students on school permits versus neighborhood kids who walk to school were brought up during the boundary discussions. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
“It would literally double the time to get to school for both junior high and high school,” she said. She, like many parents, wasn’t anxious to have her kids attend a school that would be too far for them to be able to walk home from after-school activities. Projected growth was a consideration that caused the board to implement a two-step boundary transition for three middle schools— Fort Herriman, Oquirrh Hills and South Hills. Boundaries were drawn for the 2019–20 school year and will be altered again for 2020–21. In contrast, Oquirrh Elementary PTA president and school crossing guard Beth LeFevre was happy her West Jordan neighborhood
was rezoned because her kids will move to a less-crowded school. Ultimately, the board tried, whenever possible, to limit the number of students who had to change schools, Robinson said. Voorhies said the feedback from residents through each step of the process illustrated the support and care families have for their schools. “I love that most communities love their current schools and care enough about their children’s education to become involved in the process,” she said. “It is very satisfying to see that citizens take their responsibilities seriously by seeing that their voices are heard.” l
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Bingham girls basketball hopes non-league schedule prepares team to repeat in Region 4 By Josh McFadden | josh@mycityjournals.com
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ike other girls basketball teams in the state, the Bingham Miners will face a lengthy non-region slate. While winning the contest is important, head coach Charron Mason is more worried about how the team improves from game to game as it heads into a difficult Region 4. Bingham opens up the season Nov. 27 at Hillcrest. It’s the first of 13 non-league games for the Miners. Mason is eager to see what her defending region championship squad is made of. She also knows that the non-region portion of the season is critical to finding out what the team needs to do better and what it does well. “We have a really hopeful outlook,” she said. “We’re excited for the season. We set up the preseason to try to compete with region teams.” Mason pointed out that last season, every region game was decided by single digits. She expects this season to be no different. The Miners must contend with Lone Peak, Pleasant Grove, American Fork and Westlake for region supremacy. “This region is so hard. We know it’s going to be tough,” Mason said. Bingham will prepare for the region wars by taking on teams such as Copper Hills, Timpview and Fremont. From Dec. 18 to Dec. 22, the Miners will participate in the prestigious Tarkanian Classic tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada. “We want to take steps forward [in the preseason],” Mason said. “We want to know what
our weaknesses are and how to improve. I’m not as worried about the outcome [in the preseason] as the process.” Bingham has three returning starters to lead the squad. One of these is senior Maggie McCord, who averaged 16.9 points per game last season. Other returning starters are juniors Ameleya Angilau and junior Jaycee Lichtie. A couple of reserves from last year will step up and fill larger roles. Mason is interested to see how juniors Samantha Holman and Madison Jones will fare this season. The Miners don’t only have plenty of talent and experience on their side, but Mason said the team brings a positive attitude and hungry work ethic to each practice and game. “The girls have worked really hard,” she said. “They’re the hardest workers I’ve ever coached. They have great energy. It makes it fun to coach. The girls are so committed, and they play together as a team.” Mason said she will also use the non-league slate as an opportunity to try different personnel on the court and mix up offensive and defensive plays. The team will vary their styles based on opponents’ strengths and weaknesses. The final non-league game of the season will be Jan. 4 at Juan Diego. Region 4 games get under way Jan. 10 at Pleasant Grove. l Junior Ameleya Angilau returns for the Bingham Miners this winter. (Photo/Pat McDonald)
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Suicide prevention training held in South Jordan By Jennifer Gardiner | j.gardiner@mycityjournals.com
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tah ranks fifth in the nation for highest number of suicides and is now the leading cause of death for children aged 10–17. There is no doubt the manner in which suicides have sharply been increasing has gripped our state with fear, but it has also created an outpouring of support and determination to find a solution. The South Jordan Police Department recently partnered with Heath South Jordan QPR (Questions, Persuade, Refer) Institute to provide training for the community on learning specific warning signs and how to react to situations that could end up saving someone’s life. Lisa Carter, a trainer with Healthy Riverton said she first received her training by Hope for Utah two years ago to become a QPR gatekeeper and trainer. “The QPR institute is based in Spokane, Washington, and has collaborated with Hope for Utah to put together a suicide prevention training that is done across the United States,” said Carter. “Thousands and thousands of people have taken this training, and it is all based off the QPR institute’s materials.” Carter said the institute keeps the material updated and trainers receive communication from QPR to let them know if things have changed or to give them updated statistics and information, but they also rely on the Utah Department of Health and the Salt Lake County Health Department to give regional stats, too. “Our target audience is the communities that we live and work in, and businesses and schools,” said Carter. “We are building a community of ‘Hope Squads,’ which is currently in our high schools and is now being implemented in middle and elementary schools.” Carter said the training people receive is exactly the same training that those involved in Hope Squads receive. “This is a community-based hope squad in an effort to train citizens to know what signs to look for to see if someone is in a suicidal crisis and know how to respond,” said Carter. “We encourage others to go through the training to help identify verbal, behavioral and situational clues to determine if they are in crisis or not and then to persuade them to work with you to get some help and then refer them.” Hope Squad members are trained to identify and refer potentially at-risk youth to school counselors. Peers refer these young people, and they become the eyes and ears of the schools in identifying troubled or at-risk youth and how to take action to prevent suicidal behavior. When it comes to approaching someone you think could be considering suicide, Carter said it’s best to always be direct. “Ask them a direct question to get a direct answer such as, ‘Have you thought about kill-
ing yourself?’ or ‘Do you have thoughts of harming yourself?’” said Carter. “You can do it indirectly too if necessary by saying something like, ‘Have you thought about just not waking up?’” QPR Institute’s mission is to save lives and reduce suicidal behaviors by providing innovative, practical and proven suicide prevention training. Believing that quality education empowers all people, regardless of their background, to make a positive difference in the life of someone they know. One can learn the QPR Gatekeeper course in as little as one hour. A gatekeeper is described as someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide. Gatekeepers can be anyone, including parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, ministers, doctors, nurses, office supervisors, squad leaders, Lisa Carter trains community members at the South Jordan Fire Department. (Jennifer Gardiner/City Journals) foremen, police officers, advisers, caseworkers, firefighters and many others who are strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide. The training provides the general public with the education necessary to know the warning signs of a suicide crisis: expressions of hopelessness, depression, giving away prized possessions, talking of suicide, securing lethal means. The training then teaches students how to respond. Millions of citizens have been trained in QPR. The institute would like to reach a goal of one in four persons trained as a basic gatekeeper for suicide prevention in the United States and in other countries. Go to qprinstitute.com to learn more about QPR. l Suicide rates per region.
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Miners fall to region rivals in state football semifinals By Josh McFadden | josh@mycityjournals.com
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or the Bingham High School football team, not reaching the state tournament finals is a rare occurrence. On Nov. 8, the Miners fell in the Class 6A semifinals to American Fork, 28-21, ending Bingham’s season and the hopes of a third straight state championship. Bingham finished the season with an overall record of 10-2 and tied for the Region 4 title with a 3-1 mark. The Miners rolled into the semifinals with a pair of victories. Bingham defeated Herriman in round one 20-10, after struggling with the Mustangs for much of the game. It took a 3-yard touchdown run from Evona Hall in the fourth quarter to seal the win. A week later, on Nov. 2, Bingham had its way with Kearns, posting a 46-0 shutout win. The Miners did most of their damage in the second quarter when it scored 31 points. Peyton Jones threw three touchdown passes and had 131 yards passing on just five completions. His 72yard touchdown pass to Avi Parikh in the second quarter put his team up 21-0. Defensively, Bingham held Kearns to just 26 yards on the ground. In the state semifinals, held at Rice-Eccles Stadium on the campus of the University of Utah, Bingham knew it would have its hands full with American Fork. The Miners had slipped by the Cavemen 28-24 on the final game of the regular season Oct. 12, scoring the winning touchdown in the final seconds.
This time around, the exciting contest went into overtime. After a scoreless first quarter, Bingham took a 14-7 lead into the locker room, thanks largely to a pair of TD passes from Jones. His first went to Josh Woolf from 29 yards out in the first quarter. He then connected with Parikh from 31 yards to break a 7-7 tie late in the first half. American Fork scored two consecutive touchdowns to go up 21-14 in the fourth quarter. Things were looking dire for the Miners when the Cavemen were driving deep into Bingham territory midway through the fourth quarter. However, Bingham picked off its second pass of the game, setting up a game-tying touchdown when Jones hooked up with Briasen Harward on a 19-yard pass with five minutes to play. Neither team got on the board for the rest of regulation, so it went into an extra session. In overtime, American Fork got the ball first and cashed in with a touchdown. Bingham couldn’t overcome a critical penalty and threw an interception on its overtime possession, ending the game with a 28-21 defeat. The Miners had four turnovers in the contest and was held to 101 yards passing. Andrew Wimmer had 105 yards rushing, while Hall chipped in 73. The Miners had a tough time containing American Fork’s passing attack. The Cavemen completed 30 passes for 346 yards. l
Andrew Wimmer scampers through the Herriman defense for a big gain during a 20-10 defeat of Herriman in the first round of the playoffs. (Justin Adams/City Journals)
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Calling all angels: accepting donations for youth in need By Michelynne McGuire | m.mcguire@mycityjournals.com
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alt Lake County Youth Services and ShelterKids are holding an annual giving opportunity called the Angel Tree campaign. They accept donated items for kids and young adults who have experienced neglect and abuse, are at-risk or homeless. Donations will be accepted at all the county library branches, except for Holladay and Riverton. The holidays are the season to be jolly, which is the message of hope this campaign hopes to bring with these contributions. The holidays especially can touch our hearts and inspire all to remember those in need of a helping hand. The Angel Tree campaign is a local nonprofit. They have teamed up with the Salt Lake County Library branches and will accept donations Dec. 1–15. According to Carolyn Hansen, the Salt Lake County Youth Services director, “The donations we receive go directly to clients we serve that are struggling during this holiday season. The generosity and support our county employees and community have shown over the past 13 years is appreciated,” said Hansen. Donations can also be brought directly to Salt Lake County Youth Services, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. up until Dec. 17. This is the third year Salt Lake County Library has participated in the donation drive, and according to Liz Sollis, the marketing and communications manager for Salt Lake County Library, “It is something that our patrons and community fully support.” In the past they’ve collected clothing, games, shoes and books. “Last year, the donations we collected helped thousands of Salt Lake youth who are recipients of support and resources from Salt Lake County Youth Services. The drive continues to uplift the community, our staff, and most importantly, Salt Lake County youths,” said Sollis. Salt Lake County Youth Services has been doing this for 13 years, and the recent teaming up with Salt Lake County Library over the past three years will hopefully bring more awareness. Noelle Reymond, a volunteer and outreach coordinator with Salt Lake County Youth Services, explained what the Angel Tree is. “The ornaments list items of need for the youth in our program. The community is encouraged to choose an ornament and purchase the item listed to donate to Youth Services. We then disseminate the donated items during the holidays and over the next year as needed within our programs,” said Reymond. There will be an Angel Tree decorated with ornaments at each participating library and there will be places to leave the donated items, as well.
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(On right) Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, Salt Lake County Youth Services staff including Carolyn Hansen, director (left) and ShelterKids board members. (Noelle Reymond/Salt Lake County Youth Services)
Maria Drummond, Salt Lake County Youth Services recreational therapist, shared a story shining light on how important these donation drives are. “We had a youth arrive to therapy wearing canvas shoes soaked by a walk through the deep snow outside. It was such a pleasure to be able to gift them a pair of good snow boots that would keep their feet warm and dry on their walk home that day and throughout the season,” said Drummond. And the giving continues past the holidays. “It’s because of the generous donations of the community each year that when a youth has a need, whether it be in December, March or November, we can meet that need,” said Drummond. ShelterKids supports Salt Lake County Youth Services throughout the year. They are always looking for volunteers to help with their programs. For more information, contact Noelle Reymond at nreymond@slco.org or (385) 486-4506. Donations can also be brought directly to Salt Lake County Youth Services: 177 W. Price Ave., Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. up until Dec. 17. For more information on what donations are needed or any general inquiries, please visit the following websites: Slco.org/youth/donations. www.shelterkids.org www.slco.org. l
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side-splitting musical olios, following the show. The “Swingin’ Christmas Olio” features hit holiday themed songs and merry, musical steps mixed with more of Desert Star’s signature comedy. Food is available from an á la carte menu and is served right at your table. The menu includes gourmet pizza, fresh wraps, appetizers, and scrumptious desserts. “How the Grouch Stole Christmas” Plays November 8th - January 5th, 2019 Check website for show times: www.DesertStarPlayhouse.com Tickets: Adults: $24.95-$28.95, Children: $14.95 (Children 11 and under) 4861 S. State Street, Murray, UT 84107 Call 801.266.2600 for reservations For additional information, visit our website at www.DesertStarPlayhouse.com l
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Vocational training becomes high-tech
“These aren’t the grease monkey positions we used to know.” By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com
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erriman High junior Abi Wilkey said she took a quiz at the UTA booth and learned about transmission and brake systems. Herriman senior Braxton Fabert said after making a tool box at the Utah Sheet Metal Education and Training booth, he learned sheet metal was more flexible than he thought. Learning about career opportunities is one reason Career and Technical Education leaders in Murray, Granite, Jordan, Canyons, Salt Lake and Tooele school districts as well as area charter schools wanted to hold a showcase where high school students could explore and ask questions to college and industry leaders. “We had close to 2,000 Jordan School District students, mostly juniors and seniors, look into what is happening next in terms of employment, internships, college and university, technical training,” said Jason Skidmore, Jordan School District career and technical education director. “We want student to learn about different careers that they may not be familiar with and have a chance to interact with those in the field.” Riverton High science teacher Angela Pommerening said just learning was part of the goal she had for her students. “We wanted students to go out, talk to people, not be stressed or freaked out, but just learn about these opportunities,” she said. Janet Goble, Canyons School District CTE director, said those conversations may be impactful. “Many industries are offering part-time jobs, internships, education reimbursement and one-on-one conversations about opportunities,” she said. Skidmore said right after the expo he heard of about a dozen Jordan District students being offered jobs and internships, and others were planning to follow up on connections they made. Goble said it’s an effort to support “1, 2, 4 or more,” meaning post-high school education and training such as earning a certificate to a doctorate program. “It used to be pushed that job opportunities came with a four-year degree, and that’s not true anymore,” she said. “There’s a severe shortage in all the skilled, technical areas, as the current workforce is retiring. Some starting careers can reach six figures and tuition reimbursement.” Such is the case with Komatsu Equipment, said Matthew Pruss, Komatsu Equipment director of human resources. Komatsu, which supports the Utah Diesel Technician Pathways through educational opportunities at Jordan and Canyon technical education centers, was just one of more than 100 businesses and college and university departments at the Oct. 16–17 Pathways to Professions’ Career & Technical Education Showcase. Pruss said that workers earning “six fig-
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ures” rings true in the diesel tech careers, where they also offer apprenticeships and help pay for education. “Careers are becoming much more hightech,” he said. “These careers aren’t the grease monkey positions that we used to know. Now, our technicians are on the laptop, understanding electronics, coding and programming.” For example, a drone’s photography may be used to measure elevation, which then can be used in developing models of roads or where to place piles of dirt when building a future school site. From there, technicians build and create models with 3D printers, which may be used when excavating with computer-programmed autonomous hauling machinery and trucks. “There are prototypes where there are no drivers in the cab; they’re already being tested,” Pruss said. “We’re needing technicians right now, and students can work right into the program where we’re experiencing shortages.” Stephen Hemmersmeier, marketing department data coordinator at Jerry Seiner Dealerships, said they too are experiencing a technician shortage in the automobile industry, and incentives such as tuition reimbursement for two-year technician certification programs are possible with Jerry Seiner Dealerships. “Many students think it’s working with your hands and tinkering with engines, but now it’s being able to upload and run diagnostic equipment on the computer,” he said Hemmersmeier and other companies interested students through hands-on activities at the Pathways expo. At Jerry Seiner, students were given a “Minute to Win It” scavenger hunt to identify 25 parts of a Kia Stinger. “It’s a fun, interactive way to get students involved and then they feel more at ease to ask questions,” he said. Drayke Gray, a cadet with Salt Lake City Fire, answered students’ questions about what he does and why he chose to enter a program for students from age 14 to 18 to learn about the fire service. “Even if they end up not wanting this career, it helps them learn leadership, accountability, knowledge, working with people and opportunities that will help them in their careers or with scholarships with colleges,” he said. Asking questions and exploring careers was part of what Herriman High science teacher Myranda Brown wanted, saying she hoped students would find something that interested them. “Maybe they’ll learn what they may want to do in the future and just get their feet wet,” she said. “It’s possible for them to find people to network and help them with college or after-high school training or even hire on in an internship.” Skidmore said booths featured agriculture, business and marketing, family consumer sci-
Jordan High students Rhiannon Adderley and Jordan Barrus check out Utah Valley University’s airplane at the Pathways to Professions showcase. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
ence, skilled and technical areas, technology and engineering, information technology and health sciences. “We invited education and industry from all those sectors with a goal to provide students variety and have them look and learn what options are there,” he said about the 8,000 students in attendance. “Harmons has been here all three years we’ve held the Pathways Showcase. They tie into agriculture, culinary, business and marketing — so many more opportunities than students realize.” Skidmore said he also hopes students are intrigued to pursue their own passion to make it their career. As part of the expo, Salt Lake Community College hosted Jamie Hyneman, cohost of the television show, “MythBusters,” who
shared how he did that. Jordan High’s Work-Based Learning Facilitator Lisa Willis said it started with “solid advice about following through with what you start” in terms of jobs and education. “He learned through survival, starting to make his own way when he was 14 and did a variety of jobs to survive,” she said, adding that he also earned a master’s degree. “He wanted students to know they could be more than the students who took a test. They could be the students who could find the new method, not just answer a question right, but to think outside the box — to do hard things and make things better. He said they needed to learn things and see things through to the end, not just be passive or give up.” l
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Tests? Fitting in? It’s more than that as student anxiety increases By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com
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t may be that an elementary student is fearful to come to school and once there, he is afraid to enter the school. If that student makes it to the classroom, often he is unable to cope or focus. In secondary schools, feelings can be internalized, leading to disengagement and depression. “There is likely an equal distribution of anxiety and stress K (kindergarten) through 12 (12th grade); however, associated behaviors will manifest is different ways,” said Judy Petersen, Granite School District’s college and career readiness director. “Younger students are more likely to act out and struggle to regulate their behavior. Older students tend to internalize their struggles until they manifest as self-harm and/or suicide ideation.” Veteran teacher Karen Larson, who instructs English at Canyons District’s Brighton High, learned that first hand. “The anxiety level is off the charts,” she said. “Students worry about paying for college, competing in the global marketplace for a job to support themselves, failing, being on their own and having that responsibility, what’s going on in the world.” Larson, who has students keep a journal that she tells them she reviews, has read those entries and more, including a student trying to harm himself. “I immediately let people know. By looking through his phone, they learned there were more pressures coming at him. What is happening in the world — shootings, climate change, cyberbullying — just adds to anxiety,” she said, adding that before reading the journal entry, she had no idea that the student attempted suicide. Sometimes, teachers and counselors recognize anxiety, such as being nervous before a test, but other times, it can be disguised as anger, illness, apathy or other behaviors that look entirely different, said Torilyn Gillett, Canyons School District school counseling program specialist. “Everyone will feel a level of stress in their lives,” she said. “Anxiety is when that stress becomes a point at which the person can no longer accomplish their everyday tasks. Therefore, it is often that a student may not be able to concentrate and participate in academic learning nor complete assignments.” Anxiety in the classroom isn’t just hitting students locally, said Jordan School District Health and Wellness Specialist McKinley Withers. “Nationwide, the suicide rates have increased,” he said. “Hopelessness, depression, anxiety all contribute. This is a generation needing different support than we’ve seen in the past. Much of their social world is fragile, contained to a device. There is a definite biological need to be face to face, to have that human interaction and touch, that is being reduced by technology. Now, some peers are lacking self-confidence, and anxiety grows as they text their peers next to them and sit isolated with their earbuds.” The Child Mind Institute reported in 2015
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that more than 17 million U.S. children and adolescents have or have had a diagnosable mental illness — and 80 percent of the kids with anxiety don’t get treatment. According to the National Education Association, nearly two-thirds of college students reported in 2016 “overwhelming anxiety,” up from 50 percent just five years earlier. For seven straight years, anxiety has been the top complaint among college students seeking mental health services, with nearly one-quarter saying it affects their academic performance. Petersen said social workers report a higher number of students with behavior issues related to anxiety. “Students seem to be more anxious about safety at school, away from their parents, especially in K through 6 (sixth grade), by negative influence of social media and issues related to their status — and their family’s status — related to immigration,” she said. Gillett said that anxiety at a young age often centers around separation, being worried about their parents when they’re at school, or being anxious in school, speaking to teachers or in front of a classroom. Sometimes, children worry about a variety of everyday things and are filled with stressful thoughts, Gillett said. “Some worry is excessive and not normally warranted,” she said. Testing and academics also may play a factor, said Granite School District parent Robyn Ivins, who has taught in a classroom. “Teens today are really pressured from a young age to succeed so by the time they’re in high school,” she said. ”There’s real pressure to get a 36 on the ACT (college standardized test) and have a 4.0 (grade-point average). It’s really taken a toll. Students are struggling to get the best classes, the best teachers, the best of everything. Sometimes, they feel the pressure from parents or their peers. Sometimes, it’s pressure they put on themselves.” The National Education Association officials said these teens grew up in classrooms governed by No Child Left Behind, the federal law that introduced high-stakes standardized testing to every public school in America. Starting in elementary school, instead of making art and new friends, the NEA said they learned to write fullon sentences in timed tests. These are the same students who instead of having hours of art and recess, attend pep rallies to pump them up for state testing. Even the stress of teachers needing to meet certain standards may be adding to the picture, wrote University of Michigan professor Daniel P. Keating in “Dealing with Stress at School in an Age of Anxiety.” Ivins said certain anxiety issues, such as families struggling, may impact a number of Cottonwood High students, with some of the 1,700 students coming from refugee families. She and others try to take away that anxiety by providing food and needed items through the school pantry, which is open to all students.
The Zitting family attends Park Lane Elementary’s STEM Night. Counselors recommend families spend time together to help build bonds to make students feel safe and valued. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
“In high school, there are all sorts of pressures from sleeping with a boyfriend or getting asked to a dance and wearing the cutest clothes to where their next meal will come from and how their family will cope with pressures,” she said. Ivins, who said she’s not an expert, has seen the effects of social anxiety maximized through technology, such as social media. “There is a false look of the world when something is posted on Snapchat,” she said. “Whether its students posting or the parents, what’s there is not the whole story. They’re only posting the best. They see that their friends are succeeding, but what isn’t posted is a child having a tantrum or getting a C on a test. It becomes a struggle to lead the perfect life they see their peers have.” Gillett said sometimes, youth can’t fully understand messages and posts on social media. “A friend may say something, and your child takes it as a harsh rejection when it’s not meant that way at all,” she said. “Or, they see all the great things that people do, but that’s only 1 percent of their life that is posted. We tend not to post our whole stories, just great accomplishments, not our normal days. Often that results in feelings of not measuring up when they compare themselves on what they see posted.” Withers agrees. “Social media sucks kids in and creates anxiety in who sees what or how they measure up,” he said. “Kids bullied at school feel less anxious nowadays than those who have been cyberbullied. Online, you don’t know who has seen what, and you feel your whole life has been broadcast. You have no idea how far it went or who talked about it.” The accessibility of having a smartphone also has led to more concerns beyond social media.
“The increased screen time affects students,” Gillett said. “Constant access to the world can be a good thing, but it also means that the young are no longer sheltered from troubles, the next school shooting, bombing or even bullying, as we were when we young. Sometimes, they can’t process it at a young age. We need to build in escape time daily.” She said even adding meditation, relaxation, deep breathing or taking a few minutes each day for a mindfulness app will help take away panic and anxiety feelings. “Even a walk without technology gives good exercise for both the body and the brain,” Gillett said. She also recommends that having family time as well as putting away devices at dinner will help build bonds to make students feel safe and valued. Sleep, about eight or nine hours nightly, is one the best things for students as well, Gillett said. “Just as your phone needs to be plugged in to recharge, your brain is the same way,” she said. “It needs to recuperate.” Gillett isn’t anti-technology. “It’s a factor of the world we live in, and we need to find a healthy way to navigate through it,” she said. “Technology developed super quickly, and now we’re seeing the adverse effects and are understanding them. We need to help students make healthy choices that will support and protect them in the world they live in.” Teachers are becoming more aware of how students cope with anxiety and how their relationships are critical, Gillett said. “Some anxiety, such as their ACT scores or fitting in the crowd, is normal, but it’s when there is hysterical crying or depression, those are warning signs and having a positive, strong rela-
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tionship where a student can talk to and trust an adult is important,” she said, adding that secondary schools have become more proactive in sharing the SafeUT app or suicide hotlines with students. “We’re taking away the barriers in talking about mental illness. Any mental illness is a risk factor for suicide.” Suicide prevention education begins in seventh and eighth grades in Canyons District from warning signs to recognizing where to get help to good coping skills. Hope squads, students who are “the eyes and ears” of secondary schools who help identify warning signs and seek help from adults, are in place in a number of secondary schools across the state. In September, Canyons showed, “Angst,” a movie about students dealing with anxiety and had a panel discussion afterward. More than 500 families attended, Gillett said. “Anxiety has become a hot topic for parents, and we have seen an increase in discussion and in seeing students who previously didn’t know where to get help,” she said. Olympus High in Granite School District also showed the movie in October, and Skyline High held a suicide night Oct. 16. Several parent outreach meetings on mental health and suicide prevention are held throughout Granite School District. In Jordan District, where the Herriman High community experienced seven student suicide
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deaths last year, 36 psychologists were added this year so every elementary has a full-time health and mental professional to match those already in place at the secondary schools. Petersen said there also has been an increase in the number of students — and their parents — reporting that they feel anxious and stressed. “We do not track this specifically, but we have seen an increase in ‘anxiety and stress’ used as reasons for not attending school and an increase in the number of students — and their parents — requesting a home instruction placement for the same rather than a traditional school schedule,” she said, adding that all Granite District staff are trained on what to look for and how to talk with struggling students. Murray School District Director of Personnel & Student Services Darren Dean said school personnel do not diagnose anxiety but help with resources. “We train administrators and teachers to work with the parent on accommodations in the school setting that will help the student to be successful,” he said, adding that services include meeting with school counselors or extending referrals to an outside agency for counseling services. Withers said while school districts aren’t designed to treat mental health, Jordan District supports students and provides families with resources, including Jordan’s Family Education Center where students can receive eight weeks
High school students’ anxiety may increase as they fill out college applications. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
of free counseling services. Withers said there is even an anxiety group that meets regularly. Gillett said some immediate changes such as healthy eating and sleeping can help. “By setting goals and exercising daily habits of living a healthy life, students are building
protective factors against anxiety,” she said. “If those are already in place, then that routine will help when anxiety or depression comes. Balance is something we need to learn for ourselves and for our children.” l
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Are letter grades failing students? Parents give the grade to report cards By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com
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t may be a positive experience when little Gabriella or Alex brings home a report card from elementary school informing parents they’ve mastered or are progressing to meet a standard in the core curriculum — all without the traditional letter grade. But parents say that may not be the answer for high school students. “So far, my kids have been spared the drama of the standard-based report cards,” Bingham High PTA vice president Jodee Packer said. “With my kids applying to colleges, random proficiencies compared to letter grades don’t make sense. Everyone knows that a 4.0 GPA (gradepoint average) means all As.” Packer, who lives in Jordan School District, also points out to compete in high school athletics, GPAs are checked to allow students to compete, and to change it “complicates the system unnecessarily.” “It’s a system we all know. How do we check grades if we’re all doing proficiency-based report cards?” she said. Nationally, the trend is exploring standard-based report cards as educators say letter grade report cards diminish students’ interest in learning and result in them thinking about how well they’re doing rather than be engaged in what they’re doing, said education expert Alfie Kohn, author of “Punished by Rewards” and “Schooling Beyond Measure.” “The research quite clearly shows that kids who are graded — and have been encouraged to try to improve their grades — tend to lose interest in the learning itself, avoid challenging tasks whenever possible (in order to maximize the chance of getting an A), and think less deeply than kids who aren’t graded,” Kohn told the National Education Association in 2015. “The problem isn’t with how we grade, nor is it limited to students who do especially well or poorly in school; it’s inherent to grading. That’s why the best teachers and schools replace grades (and grade-like reports) with narrative reports — qualitative accounts of student performance — or, better yet, conferences with students and parents.” Locally, school districts are taking a closer look at transitioning to or have already made the change to standard-based report cards to complement their parent-teacher conferences. Granite School District, Salt Lake City-area’s largest district, began reviewing the standard-based grading more than eight years ago and has been making the transition, tweaking it along the way, said Assistant Superintendent Linda Mariotti. Four years ago, 18 teachers tested the new system. Last spring, 400 Granite District teachers used proficiency-based grading. This fall, 1,200 of the 4,000 teachers in the district were on board, mostly in the elementaries, she said. “Anytime something is new, it can be overwhelming because change is hard,” Mariotti said. “But proficiency-based grading empowers our students. It supports student learning and we
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want to do what’s right for our students.” She, along with other educators, inform parents in town meetings about what the district calls proficiency-based grading, which she said is a synonym for standard-based grading. “I may be one of the oldest in the room and grading hasn’t changed since I was in grade school, but we need to let you know how well your student is learning at that moment in time and we can do that with proficiency-based grading where a letter grade can’t do that,” Mariotti told parents recently at town meeting held at Cottonwood High. “The PBG report card will show where students are struggling and how you can help them and with what. It allows teachers to evaluate the assessments and know where to reteach. It eliminates grade inflation and extra credit not based on course work. Our report cards now will have value where the traditional letter grade report cards haven’t been making the grade when it comes to measuring student progress and achievement.” In traditional grading, Mariotti said letter grades report the number of points earned on assignments in a subject but it doesn’t reveal what the student has learned. Proficiency-based grading, she said, offers better feedback by evaluating how well the student has met measurable standards. Through the PBG or standards-based grading, students will receive a score based on assessments put into an algorithm. The latest assessment will carry the most weight as students are expected to know the subject better, she said. “This will ensure that we are being consistent and that the students will be learning the standards,” Mariotti said about the assessments that can be retaken during that school year. “With PBG, students are given multiple opportunities to demonstrate proficiency in multiple ways — they can write it, build it, dance it, say it, paint it, say it in another language — any way they can articulate they know it.” That one to four score will be what is shown on report cards for elementary-grade children, but Granite secondary students currently will have that converted into letter grades as well. “Nationwide, colleges are placing less emphasis on GPAs and more on ACT (college standardized tests) and the courses students are enrolled in, but we realize it is a bigger system out there so right now, we’re continuing to provide both the score and letter grade. USHAA (Utah High School Activities Association) also has student-athletes eligibility on GPA so that’s another reason to provide both. But we know letter grades can be subjective and may not really be reflective of what students are learning and PBL eliminates that,” she said. However, the transition frustrates some parents. Sheri Wade’s children have some classes that are graded on a PBG system and some that are not — she thinks. “My daughter’s math class is straight forward,” she said about the eighth-grade honors
Granite School District Assistant Superintendent Linda Mariotti discusses the transition to proficiency-based report cards at Cottonwood High School. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
class at Bennion Junior High. “If the student gets a one, then we know the student needs improvement and in what area. If there’s a four, then we know the student has exceeded the expectations.” What confuses Wade is a science class. “I’ve been told that if a student receives 40 percent on a quiz, that it can’t be retaken and that assignments and labs are part of the grade where I’ve been told that with PBG it’s not graded so it’s hard to understand what is going on,” she said after the parent meeting at Cottonwood High. Earlier, Mariotti said that homework is not scored. “Homework is independent practice. Teachers demonstrate and talk about a skill, then they do it together with students and then ask students to do it on their own either in class or at home. Teachers provide students feedback, but not in terms of grades or scores, but rather to see them do well and improve,” she said. “There also is no extra credit. The scores are based on proficiencies’ assessments. It’s a new mindset that we’re needing to shift.” Cottonwood School Community Council member and parent Robyn Ivins then questions the motivation for homework. “I really like the proficiency-based grading and I’m grateful for them trying to make a difference, but it’s confusing to students and parents with how assessments really work and if homework and extra credit are really not part of the grade,” she said. “I feel like all the teachers who have switched to PBG are on the same program, but they aren’t.” For example, Ivins said her daughter, who she thought was in a PBG math class, just had her homework graded and was told that the teacher informed her that homework needed to
be completed if any student wanted to retake tests that term. Even the change of mindset may prove difficult, Ivins said. “If teachers tell them they’re not grading homework, the majority of high school students won’t do it. It’s hard for them to be motivated to do it just for the sake of learning. It’s hard for students to suddenly be told they don’t have to get a certain grade. It goes against everything they’ve been told from first grade that they need to have certain grades so they can be ready for college and receive scholarships,” she said. Ivins also expressed concerns with the new grading system for refugee students and those with disabilities. Mariotti gave the example if a parent has a sixth-grader and she is reading on a third-grade level, the teacher is still to teach the sixth-grade standards. “The IEP (the student’s individualized learning plan) will be able to show and help her with different ways she may be able to demonstrate her learning and trying to meet the proficiencies, which she may or may not get to, but she may get to a concept or objective level,” she said. “The same is true with an English learner, where a state test helps identify her understanding level and from there, she can demonstrate the learning.” Many parents wanted a concrete date the district will completely transition to PBG. Mariotti said there isn’t “a drop dead date,” but encourages teachers to shift when they’re comfortable. “Already this is rolling over on its own, just snowballing. I know it’s frustrating to parents we don’t have a specific date, but we want teachers to embrace it, not resist it,” she said, but added that in two years, she expects most teachers and
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schools to be on board with PBG for Granite’s 67,900 students. The transition also is occurring in nearby Jordan School District, that educates students in the southwest part of the Salt Lake Valley. Jordan School District Administrator of Middle Schools Michael Anderson said that he’s “excited to give more meaning to our grading system. It’s part of the trend to get to the heart of school and learning and education.” While he said that middle school and high school levels haven’t changed their letter grades, with SBG, they are able to provide an “accurate reflection of what students know and are able to do.” “With standard-based grading, extra credit, effort or not getting work down isn’t the focus; it’s assessments,” he said. “We’re changing report cards from a grading game to a learning game.” He said that the assessments will reveal what standards students miss and will help teachers determine if the question was poor or if it’s an area that needs to be retaught. He said that homework is used for students to practice what is taught to be ready to take the assessments. “Kids can retake assessments, but only after homework is done, so they have a chance to learn the material,” he said. “The four, three, two, one score with proficiencies will show if students know or can show proficiency and can demonstrate and apply it. This will give more meaning to the A to F letter grade on current report cards and allow the student to know why they may have a B in a class and know he or she
needs to show proficiencies in certain standards to improve. Standard-based grading empowers the students to know where they are learning and what gaps they have.”
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Anderson said that since letter grades are “universal” with colleges worldwide, Jordan has remained with letters, but “has put more meaning into those letters” at the high school level. Elementary students are on the numeral system. “Our teachers and administrators have worked their guts out for better education and standards of learning for our kids,” he said. “Standard-based grading takes the guess work out of report cards.” Oquirrh Elementary PTA President Beth
LeFevre appreciates that. “The report cards are trying to explain it more and there’s no guessing that one assignment can bring down a grade,” she said. “It gives parents a better idea of what a child needs to work on, but I’d still like to see more explanation with the scores and see the percentage of where they’re at. If I don’t understand something, or want more detail, I don’t wait for the school to contact me. I just go to the teacher.” Both Granite and Jordan districts have online report cards so students and parents can review students’ learning — as does Murray School District. Murray School District students receive the common letter grades. “All Murray City School District schools use a traditional letter grade report card that measures completion,” said Scott Bushnell, Murray District assistant superintendent. “The MCSD report card is issued quarterly and gives a snapshot of a student’s academic, citizenship and attendance status at that time.” However, Murray District educators have looked into the pros and cons of standard-based grading. “We are focusing by grade levels and subject areas, across schools, working on agreement of standards and levels of proficiency. We are currently working within the traditional grading format and communicating with students and parents on how a student is performing. In English/language arts, math and science, we have begun to monitor the progress of students with respect to grade-level standards. This progress
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he holidays are right around the corner and there are plenty of things to do in the Salt Lake Valley. Many of them are free. Here’s a list of activities that won’t put a dent in your budget and will provide fun for all. Herriman’s Night of Lights: Monday, Dec. 3 from 5-9 p.m. at City Hall and Crane Park (5355 W. Herriman Main St.). There will be a gingerbread contest, a visit with Santa, the tree lighting, a candy cane hunt, holiday crafts, food trucks, performances by Herriman Harmonyx and Herriman Orchestra, photo ops, and ice skating. There is a fee for ice skating (weather permitting), but everything else is free. Draper’s Candy Cane Hunt: Monday, Dec. 10 from 4-5 p.m. at the Draper Historic Park (12625 S. 900 East). This is a free family event sponsored by the Draper Parks and Recreation Department. Children ages 3-6 will hunt for thousands of candy canes that are scattered around the park and hidden in bushes and trees. Santa and Mrs. Claus will also arrive on a fire truck and will be available for photos under the gazebo. While you are in Draper, don’t forget to check out Draper’s Tree of Light (or sometimes called The Tree of Life), which is a big willow tree in the middle of Draper City Park (12500 S. 1300 East). This tree is decorated with more than 65,000 lights. Draper City first lit the tree for the Christmas season in 2008 and each year more lights have been added. The lights turn on at dusk and stay on until midnight every day until New Years. This has become a popular holiday destination for people statewide. Gingerbread House Contest in South Jordan: Gingerbread houses will be on display in the Gale Center Auditorium (10300 S. Beckstead Lane) from Nov. 27-Dec. 6 for People’s Choice Award voting. The hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Light the Night at the South Jordan City: On Friday, Dec. 7 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the South Jordan City Plaza at 1600 W. Towne Center Drive. There will be pictures with Santa, hot cocoa, gingerbread houses, the unveiling of the candy windows display featuring artists Jennifer Vesper and Krista Johansen. Visit Santa on Towne Center Drive in South Jordan: On Dec. 7 from 6:30-8 p.m., Dec. 8 from 3-5 p.m., Dec. 14 from 6-8 p.m., Dec. 15 from 3-5 p.m., Dec. 21 from 6-8 p.m., and Dec. 22 from 3-5 p.m. (1600 W. Towne Center Drive) Riverton’s Holly Days in the Park: On Nov. 26, 30 and Dec. 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Riverton City Park, large pavilion, 1452 W. 12600 South. This free family event includes: the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus on a fire engine, hot chocolate and warm buttery scones, and walking through the park reading from the giant-sized storybook pages of “T’was the Night Before Christmas.” There will also be vendor
Two boys sit on the laps of Santa and Mrs. Claus during Holly Days at the Riverton City Park. (Photo credit Angie Meine)
booths so visitors can get some holiday shopping done. Christmas Night of Music: This 3rd annual event will be on Dec. 15 from 6-8 p.m. at the Riverton High School auditorium and will be a night filled with a community choir of over 100 voices and a local orchestra. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Riverton High School is located at 12476 S. Silverwolf Way. This is a free event. Salt Lake City: If you are downtown celebrating the season be sure to drop by and look at Macy’s holiday candy window displays at City Creek Center. Also in Salt Lake City, on Dec. 17 is the 32nd Annual Christmas Carol Sing-Along at the Vivint Smart Home Arena. This free event will be filled with holiday music and fun. There will be musical numbers by the Bonner Family. This event starts at 7 p.m. Santa Is Coming to Town in West Jordan: On Thursday, Dec. 20 from 6-8 p.m. there will be a craft, a coloring station, story time with Mrs. Claus, hot cocoa and cookies, carolers, and a visit with Santa. Santa will be arriving at 6 p.m. sharp so don’t be late. This event will be located in the City Hall Community Room at 8000 S. Redwood Road. Saturday with Santa: Christmas Around the World: On Saturday, Dec. 8 from 2 to 4 p.m. families can come visit with Santa, enjoy food tasting from places around the world, crafts and
games and entertainment. This event is free and is sponsored by Taylorsville Preservation Committee and will be held at the Taylorsville Bennion Heritage Center, 1488 W. 4800 South in Murray. Back for the second year at The Shops at South Town in Sandy is Chistmas in the Wizarding World. Step into the world of a wintry Hogsmeade village that features unique merchandise from the “Fantastic Beasts” and “Harry Potter” films. It is free to walk through and will be opened from now until Jan. 21. Even though it is not free, there is another activity in Sandy that is inexpensive when it comes to ticket prices. The Dickens’ Christmas Festival at the Mountain America Exposition Center (9575 S. State Street) is produced and organized by Olde World Historical Council and claims to be a “unique and unusual entertainment and shopping experience.” From fortune tellers, to old English shops, the “real” Father Christmas, period costumes, street theater, puppet shows, a mini-production of “Scrooge” and visits from the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Ticket prices are $3.50 for children and $5.50 for adults. l
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reat Harvest Bread Co. has stood the test of time. Some who spent hours on college campuses in the late 1990s might remember portable Great Harvest stands, that served up warm and thick-cut slices of bread, at a price students could afford. That time was before food trucks and moving cuisines were a big hit “thing” in SLC. Great Harvest remains strong as a staple bread supplier, a café spot and a fresh baked choice for communities. The permanent locations continue to become more convenient. A new Great Harvest is open in South Jordan (3591 W. 11400 South) Monday through Friday 6:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Sat. 6:30 a.m.-6 p.m. and closed Sunday. A few facts about Great Harvest (for bread and business stat enthusiasts) are: All Great Harvest locations are individually owned. They are now a franchise of about 300 stores nationwide, but are owned and operated by local bakers. They are a neighborhood-style bakery. The new South Jordan Great Harvest owner and operator Jason Pennock has been involved with Great Harvest with his partner Natalie since they were 20-year-old students. “We chose Great Harvest because of the lifestyle, the food and the connections with so many wonderful people along the way,” Pennock said. “We have owned the Draper Great Harvest for the past 13 years and have now decided to open this new location in South Jordan. We are thrilled to become part of the South Jordan community.” Great Harvest offers many types of breads. Their signature honey whole wheat is baked daily. These loaves are made with
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five simple, fresh ingredients: water, honey, stone-milled whole wheat flour, yeast and salt. In a time when many product labels are not as transparent as they could be, Great Harvest offers raw honesty. Their nutrition details are clear with no nine syllable words—a straightforward approach to mixing and making. Pennock asks with sincere concern for food consumers, “Have you ever looked at a bread label at the grocery store? Can you even pronounce half of what is on that label? That is what makes our bread unique—pure and simple ingredients, baked fresh every day right in our bakery.” Great Harvest also mills their wheat daily into brand-spanking new flour, to use for each Monday through Saturday baking routine. They have crisp components that have not come from a can or been sitting around on a bulk storage shelf. Their ingredients today are newer than yesterday’s. Great Harvest has many options to suit the savory, sweet, earthy or texture-craving tongue. Other breads include cinnamon burst (a recommended option for making french toast), ninegrain, beehive white, cranberry orange, tomato herb, nutty grain, white garlic cheddar, low carb bread, pumpkin chocolate chip, cinnamon raisin, eggnog cake bread and lemon poppyseed. The list goes on, to dazzle any heel or soft center fan. They bake at least 10 varieties daily. Pennock happily manages a menu that changes monthly and seasonally. “Inside the café end of our business, we serve delicious sandwiches. The outside (the bread) is as good as the inside,” Pennock said. “Some of our specialties include a grilled turkey
pesto, Baja chipotle turkey, savory roast beef, turkey goddess (with creamy avocado dressing), harvest veggie...to name a few.” “We also do beautiful gift baskets. If you want to give great gifts, come see us,” Pennock said. They do client, neighbor and catering gifts as well as box lunches, dessert trays, breakfasts, business meeting meals, weddings and parties. “We want you to come by and taste the fresh baked difference,” he encouraged. Pennock has an energetic mood and obliging attitude. It is pleasant to shop where customers are appreciated and are welcomed with a warm slice of bread. Great Harvest offers that, together with commitment to serve great food. The staff is knowledgeable, experienced and excited. They are ready to suggest memorable-tasting treats, for the people of South Jordan and anyone lucky enough to be passing through. l
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Merit Medical is a manufacturer and marketer of disposable medical devices used in intervention, diagnostic and therapeutic medical procedures. The company’s worldwide headquarters are in South Jordan, but it also has manufacturing, research and development facilities in seven other countries around the world. Fred P. Lampropoulos, Merit Medical chairman and CEO, said they are appreciative the state of Utah is willing to invest in it as a homegrown company dedicated to improving the lives of patients and building long-term opportunities for our children and grandchildren. “We are hiring students from our state’s great institutions of higher education as engineers, mathematicians, statisticians, marketing and business professionals,” Lampropoulos said. “We are committed to growing our business with local talent in all areas.” The Merit Medical jobs will be created over the next 15 years with total wages exceeding 110 percent of the average county wage. Ramsey said with the creation of 2,433 jobs with an average wage of nearly $55,000 (not including benefits) and nearly 1,000 jobs with an average wage of $92,000, it will increase that payroll projection to at least $161 million. “Utah-grown Merit Medical just keeps growing,” said Theresa Foxley, president and CEO of the Economic Development Corporation of Utah. “We can’t wait to see the company go after its ambitious goals and solidify its lead-
ership in the medtech space.” Merit Medical will be allowed to earn up to 25 percent of the new state taxes they will pay over the 15-year life of the agreement in the form of a post-performance Economic Development Increment Finance tax credit rebate. The GOED has approved a tax credit rebate and each year that Merit Medical meets the criteria outlined in their contract, it will earn a portion of the total tax credit rebate. Founded in 1987, Merit Medical Systems, Inc. is engaged in the development, manufacture and distribution of proprietary disposable medical devices used in interventional, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care and endoscopy. Merit serves client hospitals world wide with a domestic and international sales force and clinical support team totaling in excess of 300 individuals. Merit employs approximately 5,600 people with facilities in Utah, Texas, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California, The Netherlands, France, Ireland, China, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Australia, Japan and Singapore. The Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development, under the direction of Gov. Gary R. Herbert, provides resources and support for business creation, growth and recruitment, and drives increased tourism and film production in Utah. l
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Positive attitude critical to Bingham’s success in the pool By Josh McFadden | josh@mycityjournals.com
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oming off a fourth-place showing at the Class 6A tournament last season on the girls’ side and an 11th-place effort for the boys, Bingham has room to improve. With both inthe-pool and out-of-the-pool work, head coach Rachael Kankamp is confident her squads can make strides in the 2018–19 campaign. “I expect the kids to be dedicated and put the work in now,” she said. “If they are able to do this, I expect they will be able to reach their goals by the end of the season.” Kankamp will rely on several competitors this season to pace the teams. On the boys’ side, senior Logan Johnson will swim the 200-yard freestyle and the 500 free. Another senior, Sean Yraguen, is the sprinter of the group. He specializes in the 50 free and the 100 free. Meanwhile, senior Hunter Browning will join Johnson in the 200 free and 500 free, while junior Aiden Martin will headline the 100 breaststroke event. Nate Rock, just a sophomore, has high hopes in the 200 individual medley and the 100 breast. There’s plenty of firepower on the girls team as well. Senior Kamree Kelley will swim in the 200 free and 500 free events. Kankamp is optimistic about senior Cayla Callus and junior Lexi Middleton, who will also give it a go in the 200 free and 500 free events. Middleton will also take on the challenge of the 100 breast. Sara Wimmer, a junior, does well in the 200 IM
and the 100 breast. “I am looking forward to the swimmers achieving their goals, improving upon where they started, seeing hard work pay off and having fun,” Kankamp said. While swimmers concentrate on their individual efforts and times, their accomplishments lead to team success. Every team member understands this, and Kankamp said this mindset improves teamwork and camaraderie. The cohesion is a hallmark of the Miners’ program. “Their biggest strength is their commitment to the team,” she said. “They are always supporting one another and cheering for one another. They genuinely want to see their teammates succeed. They also are extremely hard working. Each swimmer is dedicated, and they all have positive attitudes.” Early morning practices and long meets can challenge the mettle of any swimmer. Kankamp is pleased to work with young men and women who know the importance of setting goals and working toward them. For her, this is the most gratifying part of her job at Bingham. “The best part of coaching is seeing the kids achieve their goals,” she said. “Nothing makes me happier than seeing the joy on their faces when they have gotten a best time and/or had the swim of their lives. It is exciting seeing them do things they didn’t think they could do or are capable of.”
The Bingham swim program look for improvement upon last season’s showing at the Class 6 state meet. (Photo courtesy of Rachael Kankamp.)
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ore than half of former NBA coach Barry Hecker’s coaching career has been spent at the highest levels in the sport of basketball. Yet, his love of teaching the game spans all age ranges. The veteran coach will hold a three-day “Shooting and Offensive Skills” camp Dec. 26-28 at the Gene Fulmer Recreation Center, located at 8015 S. 2200 West, in West Jordan for boys and girls in grades three through nine. “These camps are all about the basic fundamentals of basketball,” Hecker said. “We focus on quality fundamental instruction, we work hard with a lot of discipline and structure and we have a lot of fun. When these kids walk out of there, they know they’ve been taught and improved.” The camp will be held Dec. 26, 27 and 28 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The cost of the camp is $80, which includes a T-shirt. Registrations are open online at www.slco.org/gene-fullmer/ or at Gene Fullmer Recreation Center through the first day of the camp. The first 25 kids registered will receive a free basketball. Contact Jason Kehr at jkehr@slco.org or (385) 468-1951 for more information. The camp is being sponsored by Ken Garff
Automotive Group, Champions of Autism and Standard Optical. Hecker has been coaching basketball at every level for more than 40 years — including 21 years in the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Memphis Grizzlies — but particularly enjoys working with those new to the game. “If you teach skills, that leads to confidence and that confidence can allow anyone to do anything they want,” he said. “I have more fun with young kids than with the pros. In the NBA, you have guys who are making millions. These kids are making nothing and they’ll listen to you.” The long-time NBA coach is a native of the Salt Lake area and has been a resident of Murray for years. He said he loves to share the values of hard work, teamwork, unselfishness and persistence, along with the physical skills of the game itself, with others. “I don’t care who I coach or when I coach,” Hecker said. “I simply enjoy teaching the game. It’s great to see a smile on someone’s face as they experience success. If you help somebody, you’ll be somebody.” l
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Brain power: Hugs are better for your mind than electronics By Travis Barton | travis@mycityjournals.com
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our family needs at least eight hugs a day. That’s according to Dr. Christy Kane. Kane has a Ph.D. and is a clinical mental health counselor who practices in Utah and Salt Lake County and has spent years studying and preparing to write a book on how electronics affect the human brain. She does workshops around the state previously presenting in Tooele and Cedar Hills. On Nov. 12, Kane was at Herriman High School telling the almost 200 people in attendance how to help your family members better deal with the electronics in their lives. “This is the information you want to hear for you kids,” said Laura Warburton, whose daughter took her own life, as she introduced Kane. “It’s going to blow your mind and save lives.” Today’s electronic world of social media, text messaging, video games and snapchatting is neurologically changing kids’ brains, Kane said. She noted how today’s generations differ from previous ones. Past generations would spend their youth blueberry picking or getting neighborhood kids together to play games and build forts. “We’ve gone from floppy discs to hand-held computers giving us unlimited access to anything we imagine,” Kane said. While the information at our disposal is important, she said it also comes with side effects: - Fractured attention spans limiting our ability to maintain focus and concentrate. Kane showed ads from the ’60s that would cut from shot to shot every six to eight seconds. Compare this to today when videos tend to cut every three seconds. - Less socializing because we spend more time in isolation. During the ’80s, kids went out three times a week socially. Today, it’s one or less. Kids spend more time isolated alone in their bedroom, according to the Center for Disease Control. - Brain growth is delayed. Kane explained we’re born with 100 billion neurons in our brain. They don’t multiply and divide; they grow connections. Learning to play the violin or speak Spanish creates neurological connections for long-term growth. That process of growth is stimulated by complex activities that require focus, waiting, memorization, tactile (or touching) activities and social interaction. If such activities are diminished, brain growth delays, warned Kane. All this is most prescient with teenagers. Ninety-two percent of teenagers have smartphone access, and nationally, teens are spending 6.5 hours per day on electronics. Kane said when today’s 19-year-old is 60, they will have spent 20 years on electronics. The brain is addicted to electronics, and without properly planning and rationing out screen time, brain development is stunted, both cognitively and emotionally, Kane said. “You have the power to decide that you control (electronics); they don’t control you,” Kane told the audience. To combat these issues, Kane said we need to understand three chemicals in our brain: dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin. Anything that creates an emotion of anticipation is dopamine, like Christmas morning. It’s the addicting and pleasure seeking chemical. “Too much leads to anxiety and not enough is depression,” Kane said. The brain burns 90 percent of the energy you consume, while the body gets 10 percent. “It’s like running three to four marathons in our minds every day,” Kane said. “It’s because we’re constantly existing in a dopamine world.” Serotonin is a stabilizer chemical. It affects mood, sleep, appetite, memory and perception. This comes from the food we eat, notably nuts, seeds, eggs and chicken. Oxytocin is where the eight hugs come in. Only produced from human touch and animals, oxytocin influences emotion and
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Shirts reminding people to give eight hugs every day were sold after Christy Kane’s presentation at Herriman High School. (Travis Barton/City Journals)
social behavior. It’s known as the “cuddle” or “love hormone” because the chemical is released when you snuggle up to someone. “We are meant to be held, we are meant to socialize,” Kane said. “If you take nothing else from tonight, take this: Your family needs hand to hand, eye-to-eye, body-to-body-contact hugs.” Kane was quick to point out that electronics aren’t evil; there just needs to be balance. Teens need nine hours of sleep. Families can create media plans to unplug and limit screen time. Other ways she suggested were writing in cursive, reading paperback or hardcover books rather than kindles before going to sleep, taking notes by writing them rather than typing them and spending time in nature. Neil and Tara Lilley recently moved to Utah from Georgia. They brought their two pre-teen boys to check out Kane’s presentation as part of family night. It left an impression. “There were so many things I never considered, like memorizing phone numbers or that video games are designed to make you addicted,” Tara said. “It can be kind of tough because you can’t always control what kids do at their friends’ house. But we’ll definitely change some things at our house.” Kane will present at Alta High School on Jan. 28. l
Christy Kane, a clinical mental health counselor speaks to hundreds in attendance at Herriman High School. (Travis Barton/City Journals)
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arry Potter fans got a special treat on Nov. 7 when Oliver Phelps, who played twin George Weasley in the movies, came to the Shops at South Town in Sandy. He was on hand for an exclusive interview with the Sandy City Journal, and later sat for an open Q&A to celebrate the opening of the Christmas in the Wizarding World shopping experience. Phelps was excited to do the event because he heard how well attended it was last year. “They were telling me how many people came through here last year, and it’s always a plus for us (the actors) to see that. Tonight should be good fun!” said Phelps. Though the 32-year-old has done several fan events over the years, he says he keeps coming back because the audiences are so amazing. He enjoys hearing stories of what role the books and films have played in people’s lives. “When you film it’s like you’re in a goldfish bowl — you don’t know how it will be received. The stories people tell me make me so glad to be involved with it,” Phelps said. Phelps was full of compliments for the people of Sandy, and commented that he had even been to a Real soccer game. “It’s such a cool city, especially the general public and how approachable and interested they are, which always makes my job a lot easier,” said Phelps. The Weasley twins famously argued about which one of them was better looking, and for those who wonder if Oliver and James have the same argument, Phelps put that issue to rest. “There’s a reason I’m here and James isn’t,” Phelps said with a smile, then clarified that in fact his brother is doing a theater show right now. Fans of the Harry Potter series will remember that each year Hogwarts takes a Christmas-time visit to the village of Hogsmeade. It’s that Victorian-like English village setting — complete with authentic Harry Potter merchandise and a wand shop — that the Wizarding World Experience at Shops at South Town recreated. “Certainly in the first film and book, Christmas is a big thing. Harry Potter has adapted itself really well because it’s quite fitting to have the snow on the rooftops and things like that. And the movies seem to always be on TV at Christmas time,” Phelps said. Phelps doesn’t resent the fact that he’s associated more with the Potter universe than any other professional endeavor. “It’s something I’ll never be able to hide from. The way I always think about it is, without Potter my life would be totally different,” said Phelps of his claim to fame. Phelps sees the Potter world continuing for many generations. “The cool thing about it is the costumes, the locations and stuff like that are all based in their own universe. Its fashions aren’t dated. And it’s a nostalgic thing now. I think it will be one of these things that always just follows on,” said Phelps. Heather Nash is the marketing manager at South Town, and said this event is unique not just
Oliver Phelps starred as George Weasley in the Harry Potter movies and was in Sandy on Nov. 7 for a Q&A. (Robin Saville/Shops at South Town)
to Utah, but to the world. “We were talking with Warner Bros. about how to bring something very unique here,” Nash said. “We put together a proposal on ‘Why Sandy?’ and the thing that sold it was the local interest here. The Megaplex, especially Jordan Commons, was number one (in ticket sales) in the country when the first Harry Potter film came out. That told them that this is an audience that loves Harry Potter,” Nash said. Nash also emphasized that they wanted to put together something that would be free to the community. The Q&A was open to the public, and South Town patrons can walk through the Wizarding World set, play mini Quidditch and watch wand demonstrations free of charge now through Jan. 21. Phelps’s appearance brought fans from around the Salt Lake Valley like Ian, a sophomore at Bingham High. He describes himself as a “Super big Harry Potter fan,” and likes both the books and the movies. “I started reading the books when I was really young, and I’ve read them all a couple of times. I really like ‘Half-Blood Prince’ (book 6) and ‘The Order of the Phoenix’ (book 5). I like that they’re all rising up together against the Ministry of Magic, and in book 6 it explores what’s going to happen in the seventh (final) book,” said Ian. He heard about the event the day before, and came early to get a coveted front-row seat. “I felt like it would be really cool to meet one of the cast members.” Fans at the hour-long Q&A weren’t disappointed. Phelps answered questions submitted by fans online. Moderator Val Cameron-Walker of the morning show at B98.7 radio had the lucky job of sitting on the stage with Phelps and asking questions. Phelps answered questions about his character and filming the series. He exhibited much of the same lightheartedness for which the Weasleys are famous. His answer to the question, “What similarities are there between you and your character?” was, “We’re the same height.” And about what he wishes he could do like George? “I wish I had a joke shop.” l
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State Department of Public Safety welcomes new commissioner By Carl Fauver | carlf@mycityjournals.com
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ne of his earliest memories as a young boy growing up in Delta is of a “different sounding” telephone ring. New Utah Commissioner of Public Safety Jess Anderson said that “funny” ring was possibly the first thing to inspire him to dedicate his life to public service and emergency response. “My dad served for several years on the volunteer fire department in Delta,” Anderson explained. “This was before cell phones and pagers. Back then, they hooked up our phone so it had a different ring when it was a fire call. So, I associate that distinctive ring with my dad hurrying to the phone and then racing off to fight fires. I guess that is the first thing that taught me how critical it is for people to be willing to act quickly in an emergency to help others.” Last summer, when 31-year law enforcement professional Keith Squires tendered his resignation as DPS commissioner, Governor Gary Herbert also acted quickly in tapping Anderson to assume the post. “Jess Anderson is a respected leader in our law enforcement community and I have immense trust and faith in him,” Herbert said. “I look forward to working with him and I believe he will make wise decisions when it comes to public safety.” For Anderson, the move to the state Public Safety Department headquarters in Taylorsville (4501 S. 2700 West) is a kind of “coming home” in his law enforcement career. “I was attending Utah Valley State College (now Utah Valley University) back in 1999 when I knew I wanted to pursue a law enforcement career,” Anderson said. “So, I decided to start in on my police academy training. I did not have a job yet, so I had to self-fund it. Back then the academy was held out of this same (Taylorsville DPS headquarters) building. “I am familiar with this area. I remember jogging the streets around here while attending the academy. So, coming back here feels a little like home. It’s a great place. People are so friendly. So many of them have dropped off goodies or just stopped by to say ‘hi.’ It feels a little like coming home.” The Police Officer Standards and Practice (POST) academy has since moved to Sandy. And Anderson said he has observed much bigger changes in Utah law enforcement over those past 19 years as well. “We used to have hundreds of people show up for officer candidate testing — many, many more than we could ever
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hire,” Anderson continued. “It was very competitive to become a police officer. But now, due to changes in retirement benefits, and some of the negative police coverage in the media, we often don’t even get enough people testing for the number of positions we have available.” However, despite that trend, Anderson noted that the number of Utah Highway Patrol troopers has grown by more than 10 percent in just the past year, from 425 to 475. “We have hired 103 new troopers this year alone,” he said. “About half of those were due to attrition, while the other half are new positions.” Nearly all of that growth, Anderson said, is due to the UHP’s on-going assistance in downtown Salt Lake policing, as a part of Operation Rio Grande. “I was a UHP major and assistant superintendent when the governor asked us to assist Salt Lake Police (August 2017) with Operation Rio Grande,” Anderson said. “We assigned 84 UHP troopers to assist in cleaning up the area for the first three weeks. We still maintain 50 to 55 officers there each week. Six to eight troopers are visible in the area at any given time.” And Anderson said it has worked. “It’s a complete night and day difference now,” he said. “You no longer see drug needles strewn around on the ground. People are starting to take their families
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stealing the family’s Christmas tree. He feeds her a lie and moves on with his night. On Christmas morning, well…I won’t spoil it for you. In the story, The Grinch steals everything relating to Christmas, even though Dr. Seuss mentions a few very specific things on The Grinch’s list: pop guns, bicycles, roller skates, drums, checkerboards, tricycles, popcorn, plums, pudding, roast beef, ribbons, packages, boxes, bags, and even the tree. If you don’t want to tempt The Grinch this holiday season, maybe it’s worth not having all of the above-mentioned items easily accessible. We’re in good shape with the first item on this list. Pop guns will probably be unavailable for purchase in many stores. Instead of buying an entirely new bicycle, tricycle, or roller skates, maybe it would be worthwhile to provide a gift card for the app related to the dockless electric rental scooters littering the streets of downtown Salt Lake. I haven’t used one myself, but from what I understand, you pay through an app on your phone and the scooter will run for as long as you pay for. Instead of buying a drum kit, which can run anywhere from $200 to upwards of $600 or more, maybe gift some drumsticks and lessons; or the Rock Band video game provided a gaming console has
been previously purchased. Checkers isn’t the popular game it used to be. Instead of spending $15 to $300 (I’m surprised too) on checkerboards, pick up a few packs of cards for less than $10. Not only are cards less expensive, there are unlimited variations of games that can be played. I’m not so sure checkers can say the same. For popcorn, just don’t. Who wants kernels in their teeth? Or to string popped popcorn? Unless that’s crucial to family tradition, please don’t partake. Also, plums and pudding. I’ve never incorporated those into festivities myself, so I don’t personally understand the appeal. However, I do know that my home is flooded with cookies and other homemade treats gifted from neighbors and family members. If you’re like me and have a swarm of goodies anyway, don’t buy plums and puddings either. Along the same thread (no, not the popcorn one), is roast beef. Does anyone still do roast beef for Christmas? It must be a Who thing. For ribbons, packages, boxes, and bags: keep it simple. Let’s start with boxes and bags. I’m sure a good portion of us will be doing online shopping this year. Keep the boxes from those orders. Personally, I keep boxes from online orders all year long so I can re-purpose them for gift giving. If I need to use
bags, I’ll buy a wholesale pack, because spending $2 to $10 per bag is madness. For ribbons and packages, I recommend buying wholesale as well. Hit up your local craft or party store and buy a few spools of ribbon which you can use multiple times. Balloon ribbon makes for surprisingly fancy present wrapping ribbon. Finally, the tree. I’m exceptionally biased. There’s nothing better than the smell of fresh pine from a live tree throughout the season. I would have saved a few hundred dollars by now if I had invested in a fake tree, but some things are just worth it. l
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