About seven years ago, Kathryn Wilkins became the advisor of The Cougar Claw at Kearns High School. At that time, most people didn’t even know there was a newspaper at the school. When Wilkins started, they didn’t have much of a budget. She and her class would take 11x15 papers into the copy ...
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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 ...
KUED accepting nominations for Teacher Innovation Awards
KUED is accepting nominations for outstanding teachers in its annual Teacher Innovation Awards. KUED will recognize five educators, grades PreK-12, for the 2014-2015 school year. This year KUED is expanding the awards to any educator who is using innovative classroom techniques. Winning teachers ...
Bennion Elementary teacher recognized for innovation in the classroom
For Amber Palmer’s fifth grade class at Bennion Elementary, history has a way of coming to life through a method you would not normally expect. Scattered in different groups throughout the room, her students diligently work on tablet computers as they step into the lives of individuals from World ...