Free Community Events

Mark you calendar to attend one or both of these upcoming free community events at our schools.

May 23 - Lincoln/Liberty Wells Block Party
5-8 p.m. at Lincoln Elementary School
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May 31 - Glendale Monster Concert
2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Glendale Middle School
Featuring 11 pianos and pianists
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Music in the Parks

At the recent Lagoon Music in the Parks competition, Hillside Middle School's orchestra won first place with a Superior rating and also won overall for all orchestras. Congratulations!

Science and Engineering Fair Winner

West High School student Ema Parker won fourth place in the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering category at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair. She also won a trip to Geneva, Switzerland to visit CERN and the Large Hadron Collider. Congratulations Ema!

Arts Education Award Winners

The Utah State Office of Education today announced the winners of the inaugural Sorenson Legacy Awards for Excellence in Arts Education. Among the winners were three Salt Lake City School District educators. Congratulations to Hilary Carrier, Budge Porritt, and Patrick Eddington!

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Registration is OPEN for Summer Kindergarten Readiness

Registration is currently open through June 14, 2013, for Summer Kindergarten Readiness at Bennion, Lincoln, Mountain View, and Rose Park Elementary Schools. This program is tuition-based ($50.00 total per child) and enrollment is limited. Participants must be five years old by September 1, 2013.

Classes begin on June 10, 2013, and end on July 11, 2013.

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Nibley Park Community Garden

Nibley Park K-8 School students got their hands dirty today as they helped set up the school's community garden. The garden will be available for community use but will also be used for hands-on science lessons for students.

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A Fresh Look for our High Schools

After spending more than a year working on this project, we are proud to announce a fresh look for our three comprehensive high schools – East, Highland, and West. Parents, students, teachers, and administrators have met over the past year to refresh the high school websites, mascots, and logos. The results are stunning and reflect the strong traditions and history at each school. At the same time, the new logos and mascots are designed for easy use in today's digital world.

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Grow Anywhere Tour At Escalante

More than 1,000 pounds of produce and 500 vegetable plants were delivered to students, families, and community members when the Burpee Home Gardens "Grow Anywhere Tour" stopped at Escalante Elementary School.

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Over 1,000 Volunteers

Thank you to the more than 1,000 volunteers that showed up last Saturday for Comcast Cares Day! The volunteers selflessly dedicated hours of their personal time to help beautify and re-energize Lincoln Elementary School and West High School. Click the link below for a few pictures from that day.

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Take A Stand Against Racism

Last month, Edison Elementary School joined others throughout the district, state and nation to take a stand against racism. The Stand Against Racism™ is a movement of the YWCA that aims to eliminate racism by raising awareness through its annual event.

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Surprise Huntsman Award

Joanne Brings, a teacher at Bryant Middle School, was excited to learn this week that she has won a Huntsman Award for Excellence in Education. The award was a surprise to Brings and was announced in a school assembly.

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Opera In Schools

Uintah Elementary School students participated in a live video chat with Mezzo-Soprano Alice Coote this past week. Ms. Coote will be singing in the upcoming MetOpera Live in HD production of Giulio Cesare, which select Salt Lake City School students have the opportunity to see. Uintah students participated with four other schools around the country in asking Ms. Coote questions about being an opera singer and aspects of being in an opera.

Team Reading Progress Awards

Grade-level teams of teachers were honored today for their work. Using DIBELS testing data, these teams were selected because their students showed the highest growth in reading. They were treated to Afternoon Tea at The Grand America Hotel. The Grand America is the district's partner for our data-driven teacher recognition program.

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Arbor Day at Escalante Elementary

Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker joined students and families at Escalante Elementary School in celebrating Arbor Day by planting a tree in front of the school.

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Special Ed Teacher of the Year

Know a great special education teacher? Nominate him or her for the Salt Lake City School District Special Education Teacher of the Year! Nomination forms are available on the district website. They must be turned in to Jeanette.Hartley@slcschools.org no later than May 24.

Join Us For Comcast Cares Day

We're aiming for 1,000 volunteers to join us this Saturday for Comcast Cares Day. This event helps re-energize and beautify select Salt Lake City Schools. This year's schools are Lincoln Elementary School and West High School. Come get involved in your community and make a lasting impact in your neighborhood. Breakfast and registration starts at 7 a.m. Contact Victoria Palauni at (801) 578-8121 for more information or to sign up to help.

Highland High Drama Winners

Highland High School placed 3rd in the 4A State Drama Competition! Students took 2nd place in the one-act play with Hannah Foster winning Best Actress. Kali Scott Placed 2nd in Dramatic Monologues, with Harrison Lind and Zoe Smoot placing third in Classical Scenes.

Highland High Students Take Top Honors in Art Contest

The Salt Lake City Police Department concluded its annual Student Art Contest yesterday afternoon, with top honors going to students from Highland High School.

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The Great Utah Shakeout

Salt Lake City School District is participating in the Great Utah Shakeout. Are you participating? Join us in a statewide earthquake drill on April 17. Use the links below to get more information.

The Great Utah Shakeout website...
YouTube video about being prepared...