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Granite School District > Granite News > Employee Link > Kearns Jr. High re-designated as a Utah School to Watch

Kearns Jr. High re-designated as a Utah School to Watch

March 2017Granite Schools

Entrance doors at Kearns Jr. High
Kearns Jr. students gathered at the center of a classroom
Kearns Jr. students working on a project at a table

Touting exemplary work and a dedicated staff, the Schools to Watch program has given Kearns Jr. High a special distinction for the second time.

Earning the designation as a ‘School to Watch’ means Kearns Jr. High sustained a trajectory of student growth and improvement over the course of several several years.

“Kearns Junior High stands as a model of the program,” said Utah Schools to Watch director Lori Gardner. “We are proud of the faculty’s commitment to strive toward meeting the National Forum’s criteria even in light of changes in leadership and funding challenges presented in our state.”

Since 2007, only twelve schools in Utah have received the distinction. Chosen schools are identified as being academically excellent, responsive to developmental changes, and socially equitable as measured by researched-based criteria.

Kearns Jr. High will now be honored at the National Schools to Watch Conference in Arlington, Virginia.

The School to Watch program is sponsored by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform, an alliance of 60 educators, researchers and officers of professional organizations and foundations. Around 400 schools nation wide were designated as Schools to Watch this year.

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Filed Under: Employee Link, Parent LinkTagged With: award, junior high, kearns jr, middle school, national forum to accelerate middle grades reform, national schools to watch conference, principal, recognition, school to watch, scott bell, staff, teahcers, utah

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  1. Diane Wilson says

    March 8, 2017 at 11:17 am

    Congratulations to KJH. I have noticed great strides and tremendous improvement in programs and the overall physical facility over the years. It has been a school to watch for me personally for 20 years.

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