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olympus junior high

Kearns High student who transformed his life named Absolutely Incredible Kid

June 2018Granite Schools

Kearns student smiling with family

A few years ago Keeven Wilson's future was in doubt. He had a particularly difficult home life, to the point the he and his siblings were removed from their home and parents and placed in shelter care. He rarely attended school and found himself in trouble on a few occasions. As he shouldered a past ...

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Junior high students tackle giant issues with mini prototype cities

February 2017Granite Schools

Judges assess prototype city created by junior high students

If you've never heard of the Future Cities competition, it's because it is relatively new. Now in its third year in Granite, the Future City competition requires elements of engineering, leadership, creative thinking and writing skills. Junior high students who participate in the competition must ...

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Olympus Jr. High student wins Utah’s 2016 Radon Poster Contest

January 2016Granite Schools

Student-created poster detailing dangers of radon gas

Taylor Etherington’s expressive poster highlighting the dangers of radon gas earned him the top spot in a statewide competition. The Olympus Jr. High student was named the first place winner for grades 7-9 in The Utah Department of Environmental Quality’s 2016 Radon Poster Contest. Taylor’s work ...

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Students use recycled materials to create unique can crusher

November 2014Granite Schools

Photo of Olympus Jr High students with homemade can crusher

At first glance, the contraption sitting in a corner of the Olympus Junior High commons area looks like a randomly assembled heap of junk. Junk? Maybe. Randomly assembled? Not hardly. This skillfully crafted machine is designed to help students recycle aluminum cans in an unprecedented method. ...

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‘Hour of Code’ opens the world of computer science to students

December 2013Granite Schools

Computers are sort of like our own bodies – lots of complex systems working together to (hopefully) keep everything running smoothly. And while it may take several years to understand the full ins and outs of both computer systems and the human body, learning some basic principles can help us in the ...

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Students clean up Jordan River Parkway, progress in national competition

October 2013Granite Schools

A team of environmentally-conscious students are taking steps to improve their community as they work toward winning tens of thousands of dollars. Profectus, a group of six students from Olympus Junior High School in Holladay, spent hours clearing an invasive weed known as the "puncture vine" from ...

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