(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Laylani Eontalez, 3rd grade, shows her classmates the box of cereal she opened. Ms. Worthington the principal, surprised all 650 students at her school with the gift-wrapped boxes of cereal, at Oquirrh Elementary in West Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lonna Slack, 3rd grade, poses for photo with her box of cereal. Ms. Worthington the principal, surprised all 650 students at her school with the gift-wrapped boxes of cereal, at Oquirrh Elementary in West Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) First grade student, Hared Macedo smiles with his box of cereal. Ms. Worthington the principal, surprised all 650 students at her school with the gift-wrapped boxes of cereal, at Oquirrh Elementary in West Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Second graders sing during a Christmas assembly, before Ms. Worthington the principal, surprised all 650 students at her school with the gift-wrapped boxes of cereal, at Oquirrh Elementary in West Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Third graders pose with Ms. Worthington their principal, after she surprised all 650 students at her school with the gift-wrapped boxes of cereal, at Oquirrh Elementary in West Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ms. Worthington, principal of Oquirrh Elementary school, talks to her students during a Christmas assembly, before surprising all 650 students at her school with the gift-wrapped boxes of cereal, at Oquirrh Elementary in West Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Second graders sing during a Christmas assembly, before Ms. Worthington the principal, surprised all 650 students at her school with the gift-wrapped boxes of cereal, at Oquirrh Elementary in West Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Madi Clauder, third grade student, holds up her his box of cereal. Ms. Worthington the principal, surprised all 650 students at her school with the gift-wrapped boxes of cereal, at Oquirrh Elementary in West Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Third grader Victoria Harwood, holds her box of cereal as she gives an interview to the media. Ms. Worthington the principal, surprised all 650 students at her school with the gift-wrapped boxes of cereal, at Oquirrh Elementary in West Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brooke Payton, thrived grade teacher, passes out boxes of cereadsl to her class. Ms. Worthington the principal of Oquirrh Elementary hands out cereal to a third grade class. She surprised all 650 students at her school with the gift-wrapped boxes of cereal, West Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ms. Worthington the principal of Oquirrh Elementary hands out cereal to a third grade class. She surprised all 650 students at her school with the gift-wrapped boxes of cereal, West Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students react as Ms. Worthington the principal of Oquirrh Elementary opens the curtain during an assembly to show the students how many boxes of cereal that were donated to her for surprise gifts for all 650 students at her school, in West Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Third grader Victoria Harwood, holds her box of cereal as she gives an interview to the media. Ms. Worthington the principal, surprised all 650 students at her school with the gift-wrapped boxes of cereal, at Oquirrh Elementary in West Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
Students at Oquirrh Elementary School received boxes of cereal to take home over the holiday break. Principal Shauna Worthington, with help from the Utah Food Bank and community donors, collected 2,700 boxes of cereal for a project intended to help feed low-income school children. It was enough to give boxes to students at five elementary schools.
Oquirrh Elementary, in West Jordan, held an assembly Thursday in which the students received gift-wrapped boxes. Others had the boxes delivered to their classrooms.
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