Students from Neil Armstrong Academy were joined by members of the West Valley City Fire Department as they conducted a fun and visual science activity to study how energy and speed are related by dropping pumpkins from various heights. Each year, students join fourth grade teacher David ...
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Custodian turns lunchtime into trivia gameshow, karaoke singalong
Lunchtime at Neil Armstrong Academy is a pretty lively event thanks to head custodian Brad Robinson. Some folks from Food Services stopped by the school recently to applaud Brad for his engaging lunch activities, including: Wikipedia Wednesday, sing-alongs, jokes, trivia, and Top Eagle Tuesday. ...
Armstrong Academy partners with Utah DEQ, BYU for air toxin study
Neil Armstrong Academy has partnered with scientists and researchers from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality and Brigham Young University to conduct an air toxin monitoring project. The study uses state-of-the-art instruments to measure gaseous and particulate HAPs in ...
Armstrong Academy educator highlighted as Teacher Innovation awardee
Last week we told you about two GSD educators who are among five teachers statewide to receive this year’s KUED Teacher Innovation Award. In that article we included a link to a Salt Lake Tribune article about Kearns Jr. High CTE teacher Chris humbert. This week the Salt Lake Tribune featured ...
Two GSD teachers among five KUED Teacher Innovation Award honorees
Each year KUED recognizes five outstanding educators in Utah for innovation in the classroom. This year, two of those five teachers were from Granite School District. This week The Salt Lake Tribune featured Chris Humbert of Kearns Junior High School. Chris is a former architect who uses his ...
Video: Teachers, staff tell students to ‘Rock the Test’
Teachers and staff at Neil Armstrong Academy will do whatever it takes to motivate students to do their best on tests. As a follow up to last year's "Let It Go" cover, the staff did a remake of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" music video that was unveiled at the school's end-of-year testing ...
Board Report – March 2015
Administrative Reports Ben Horsley, Director of Communications, presented a legislative report to the board. The board convened into an executive session. Board Meeting Reverence – Neil Armstrong Academy Chorus Recognition The board recognized Academic All-State recipients for ...
Customer Service Star – Consider yourself awesome
This week’s Customer Service Star goes to a head custodian who looks beyond his job to bring smiles to faces. “Brad Robinson, our head custodian, is one of the most exceptional people I have ever met. On a day-to-day basis he goes above and beyond the call of duty and not only keeps our schools ...
Armstrong Academy unveils new university-caliber weather station
The evening TV weather report may soon be obsolete for students at Neil Armstrong Academy. That’s because they are now equipped to track, analyze and make their own weather predictions thanks to a fully functional weather station that was recently installed at the school. The station is the ...
Customer Service Star – Happily getting the job done
This week’s Customer Service Star goes to an assistant custodian at Neil Armstrong Academy who always keeps and shares a smile with others. “Dan Pirillo often has some disgusting tasks he must complete at the school. However, he always does it happily.” “Every time I see him, he greets me with ...