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Utah Valley University set to become largest school in the state

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:50:35 MDT

Utah Valley University set to become largest school in the state

By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 18, 2013 09:50AM MDT

Utah Valley University is slated to overtake the University of Utah as the public institution with the largest enrollment in the state over the next decade. The head count of the school’s student body is projected to grow 48 percent by 2022, making it about 10,000 students bigger than the U., according to projections released Friday by the Utah System of Higher Education — a prediction that comes as the state’s flagship school raises its admissions standards. As a whole, the state’s public colle...

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Study: More high school students saving for college as costs rise

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:44:09 MDT

Study: More high school students saving for college as costs rise

By Jennifer Napier-Pearce The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 17, 2013 06:44PM MDT

Magna • For Cyprus High School senior Alexius Artez, going to college has always been a goal, but she didn’t actually start thinking about how she was going to pay for it until her junior year. “I was really set on the U. [University of Utah] and then things started to become reality,” Artez said. “I was like, there’s no way I can pay for that.” So she’ll attend Salt Lake Community College this fall instead, where tuition will be $2,924 compared with $6,511 at the University of Utah. Rising tu...

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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert talks teen suicide at Cyprus High School

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:36:56 MDT

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert talks teen suicide at Cyprus High School

By lisa schencker The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 17, 2013 10:36PM MDT

Magna • A string of suicides at Cyprus High in recent years has taken a toll on students and the community, senior Jane Burns told Utah’s governor Friday. “Events like this greatly affect Cyprus High School and the Magna community,” Burns tearfully told Gov. Gary Herbert. Burns, senior class secretary, called the death of one of her friends earlier this school year “the worst day of my life.” Burns was one of a couple of dozen students who spoke to Herbert on Friday about teen suicide, offering...

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Jordan Valley School performs The Little Mermaid

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:01:02 MDT

Jordan Valley School performs The Little Mermaid

By Rinna Waddhany Special to The Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 12:01PM MDT

Jordan Valley School had a lot of fun under the sea. Well, not literally in water, but in late April the school put on a production of “The Little Mermaid” with colorful costumes, dancing and singing. “It’s one of the most unique things I’ve ever seen,” said Caitlin Barney, Jordan Valley School’s music therapist. The school in Canyons District serves students with severe disabilities. This year’s spring production marks the fourth year of what’s becoming a favorite program for the students,...

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Jordan Valley School performs The Little Mermaid

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:03 MDT

Jordan Valley School performs The Little Mermaid

By Rinna Waddhany Special to The Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 12:00PM MDT

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Students, parents rally behind Rowland Hall teacher battling lung disease

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:52:03 MDT

Students, parents rally behind Rowland Hall teacher battling lung disease

By Elliott Bueler Special to The Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 11:52AM MDT

Learning is work: It’s a philosophy, personal mantra and now magnum opus of lifelong learner, teacher and artist Peter Hayes. And students and friends want to ensure he’s around a long time to champion it. In February, the Rowland Hall High School biology teacher stepped away from the classroom after 18 years at the school to tend to his health after being diagnosed with a life-threatening lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Difficult as it was, Hayes said, even the decision to l...

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Syracuse students perform musical Fame JR.

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:48:02 MDT

Syracuse students perform musical Fame JR.

By Carol Lindsay Special to The Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 11:48AM MDT

Syracuse • Leg warmers, suspenders, big belts, sparkles, blue eye shadow and waist-high blue jeans filled the stage at Syracuse Arts Academy April 24 through 26. The middle school’s production of the musical Fame JR. looked like a flash back to the 80s. Drama teacher Melissa Burke chose Fame JR. for her spring theater performance. Burke said that as she was deciding which play for her drama class to perform she looked at the individual talents of her students. She thought Fame JR. was the perfe...

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Students, parents rally behind Rowland Hall teacher battling lung disease

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:52:02 MDT

Students, parents rally behind Rowland Hall teacher battling lung disease

By Elliott Bueler Special to The Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 11:52AM MDT

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Whining about Pledge

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:03:52 MDT

Whining about Pledge

Updated May 16, 2013 08:03AM MDT

In “Forced to pledge” (Forum, May 10), Alex Burnett stated that he is upset that students in high schools, like himself, are now required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day instead of once a week. If he and his friends are bored by this recitation, they could do it in honor of our veterans — some of whom will never again be able to see their flag, hold their flag or stand and honor their flag. Quit whining and think about it! Jan Phillips Murray

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Prep boys’ track: Woods Cross finds unlikely speedster

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:45:04 MDT

Prep boys’ track: Woods Cross finds unlikely speedster

By Eric Butler Special to The Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 02:45PM MDT

Woods Cross track coach Judy Allen has had foreign exchange students approach her to join the team on several occasions. Allen is happy to have some extra participation from the student body despite the students’ limited time at the school. But it’s fair to say she’s never had someone like Jacopo Spano come from out of the blue before. “He came to me and said, ‘I run,’ so I had him come to one of our workouts,” Allen said. “The way he was warming up, he was doing one step to every eight for the ...

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Forced to pledge

Sat, 11 May 2013 01:01:08 MDT

Forced to pledge

Updated May 11, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Last year, the Utah Legislature required all high schools in addition to elementary schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day. As a student at Bingham High, I have never talked to a fellow student who enjoys saying the pledge every single day. Most students don’t even pay attention to what they are saying or don’t even say it at all. If a student doesn’t want to stand and say the pledge, they need a note from their parents! Yeah, that makes sense. Doesn’t the pledge say “with libert...

Draper’s Corner Canyon High will annually reconsider out-of-boundary students

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:53:30 MDT

Draper’s Corner Canyon High will annually reconsider out-of-boundary students

By ray parker The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 10, 2013 10:53PM MDT

Debbie Margo looked forward to her daughter’s freshman year at Draper’s new Corner Canyon High School, but now it’s not going to happen. After an enrollment glitch, the Canyons Board of Education voted this week to continue its policy of evaluating each year, based on enrollment, the number of permits given to out-of-boundary students. The 283 such students admitted this year, and parents such as Margo, thought the permits were guaranteed to remain valid until graduation. “I can’t send her to ...

Brooks: Kids who started at the bottom

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:01:03 MDT

Brooks: Kids who started at the bottom

By DAVID BROOKS The New York Times

Updated May 10, 2013 01:01PM MDT

Not long ago, I devoted a column to the mostly upper-middle-class students at elite universities — the empirical kids. I thought it would be interesting to devote a column to students who at least started at the other end of the social scale. So the Times researcher Anne Snyder and I interviewed a bunch of young people whom we had met earlier through the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. Edgar Leon’s background was pretty typical. Both his parents immigrated from Mexico. His mom does jani...

LGBT writer wins prestigious University of Utah prize

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:13:39 MDT

LGBT writer wins prestigious University of Utah prize

By lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 8, 2013 10:13PM MDT

When Kathryn Bond Stockton came to Utah in 1987, the lesbian feminist scholar was something of an anomaly. “I decided to be out right from the beginning. You can imagine many students had never known a gay person, never had a gay professor,” she said. Then again, Stockton only knew one Mormon. “I thought this would be an interesting place to do work on gender and sexuality,” she said, “but it turned out to be an astonishing place.” This year, the distinguished professor of English won the U.’...

Gator snatches West Valley City kids — by their hearts and minds

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:28:10 MDT

Gator snatches West Valley City kids — by their hearts and minds

By Matthew Piper The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 7, 2013 03:28PM MDT

West Valley City • A gray whale eats 900 pounds of food in a single day, peregrine falcons outpace sports cars and a live alligator can render speechless 200 third- and fourth-graders. Those are just a few of many takeaways from a 40-minute assembly at Hillsdale Elementary School on a recent Wednesday afternoon, when “SeaWorld came to us,” as principal Marla Wharton told her rapt students. An educational outreach arm of SeaWorld San Diego, SeaWorld Cares aims to inspire young Americans — even t...