October 2022 | Vol. 8 Iss. 10
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WESTLAND ELEMENTARY TURNS 50,
WEST JORDAN ELEMENTARY FACES END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS By Jet Burnham | j.burnham@mycityjournals.com
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estland Elementary is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a Homecoming Celebration Nov. 10, 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. at the school, located at 2925 W. 7180 South. Past students, staff and community members are invited to attend the event, which will feature food, fun and a visit from the school mascot, Waldo the Wildcat. In preparation for a presentation and a trivia quiz to be held that night, community members and past students and staff members are invited to share their memories and stories of Westland through a questionnaire on the school website, through email at crystal.whitehead@jordandistrict.org or by phone at 801-565-7508. Students and parents will have the opportunity to catch up with many past teachers and some of the nine past administrators who will be in attendance. Westland Administrative Assistant Crystal Whitehead said it will be a fun evening of reminiscing. “We’ve had so many generations at our school,” she said. “We’ve had teachers that have taught students who are now parents, and now they’re teaching their kids.” Current Westland students are learning about the year the school was built with fun facts about 1972 during Throwback Thursday morning announcements. At 50 years old, Westland is not the oldest school building in Jordan School District. The oldest buildings are in West Jordan and the oldest is Westvale, at 59 years old. Terra Linda will turn 50 next year and Majestic is 47 years old. The Jordan Board of Education is working to address the age of these Continued page 6
Westland Elementary is celebrating its 50th anniversary. (Photo courtesy of Crystal Whitehead.)
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