In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we gathered teacher feature nominations sent in by colleagues and parents from school locations throughout Granite School District. These spotlights were shared throughout the month of May over on Granite's Facebook page, and we've gathered them all ...
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Videos: Mill Creek Students Reflect on Creating ‘Tactile’ Murals
A handful of students and teachers from Mill Creek Elementary have been traveling around the Salt Lake Valley presenting biome murals at different art symposiums, legislator luncheons, and USBE board meetings. At first glance the murals seem like fairly typical projects for an elementary science ...
December Board Meeting Report
Administration Report David Garrett, Business Administrator, and representatives from Lewis Young Robertson & Burningham presented a report on bond sale results. For more information, please contact Business Services at 385.646.4594 The board convened into an executive session. Board ...
Board Meeting Report – November 2019
Administration Reports Kieth Bradshaw, Director of Risk & Property Management, presented the 2019 Student Enrollment report to the board. Rick Anthony, Assistant Superintendent of Educator Support & Development, reported on employee survey data for preferences regarding New Contract ...
Woodrow Wilson Elementary takes top spot in attendance challenge
Schools throughout the district are making gains in stopping and preventing chronic absenteeism. The Every Day Counts Challenge encourages administrators and teachers to develop ideas and incentives to improve student attendance. This year’s competition was especially tough as schools were up ...
High school students organize after school program for kids
A group of Olympus High Students organized a weekly after school arts program for students at Mill Creek Elementary. There were three classes that were offered and taught by the Olympus students: Visual Art, Ceramics, and Dance. Each class worked on different projects and taught the kids to love ...
Mill Creek Elementary honors late teacher with new trees
Students and staff at Mill Creek Elementary planted four new trees last week to honor a teacher who passed away early in the school year. The trees were donated by the folks at Tree Utah, and will provide some welcome shade for generations of students to come. Read this statement from Principal ...
Photo Gallery: Mill Creek teams up with St. Mark’s Hospital for disaster drill
School staff and students at Mill Creek Elementary were happy to help their friends at St. Mark’s Hospital with some dramatic training exercises last week. As part of a mock disaster drill, students in Mrs. Sorensen’s fifth grade class feigned injuries from a fictional Halloween chemistry ...
Mill Creek Elementary students host Rep. Matheson, ask the “tough” questions
Fifth and sixth grade students at Mill Creek Elementary cordially welcomed their special guest, Congressman Jim Matheson, with polite handshakes, respectful applause, and questions that would be on par with any political pundit. During a visit in which he delivered boxes of books from the Library ...
Mill Creek team wins state Creative Pursuits competition
A “Safari” playground sounds like the ultimate place of enjoyment for young school kids eager to step outside for recess. But for a team of students at Mill Creek Elementary, it meant tackling a design problem. Young engineers from the school took home the state title in the Creative Pursuits ...