With cold weather in the forecast, it’s a good time for a refresher on how extreme cold temperatures and air quality can affect recess time. Student health and safety is our primary concern. As such, schools monitor temperatures on a day-by-day basis and it's up to the administration of each ...
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This is how schools make decisions regarding recess and air quality
With winter setting in, it’s a good time for a refresher on how air quality can affect recess time. Student health and safety is our primary concern. As such, schools monitor air quality indexes and take appropriate action based on guidance from the Utah Department of Health. The guidance ...
Watch: Junior high students tackling big environmental issues
Students in JoAnne Brown's science classes at Olympus Jr. High are participating in the national Lexus Eco Challenge, which invites students to develop environmental solutions in their own community. This year's participating teams are taking on air pollution, clean transportation, biofuel, and ...
Help us keep the air clean for our students
You can reduce air pollutants with the turn of a key. Although it may seem like your individual effort to reduce emissions won’t have an impact, the collective actions of each person can help our students breathe easy. The bulk of wintertime inversion pollution comes from mobile sources ...
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 ...
Student “Clean Air” projects featured at Utah Capitol
Granite School District students lent their voices about Utah’s air quality issues in the form of art, literature, and video projects during the Students Who Care about Air Anti-Idling Competition. The contest was initiated by state Rep. Patrice Arent, who was inspired by Luke Parker – a Upland ...