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Recess and air quality

January 2017Granite Schools

Vector drawing of buildings, mountains and sky with text 'Recess and Air Quality'

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 aligns with federal Air Quality Index (AQI) recommendations and links indoor recess recommendations to ...

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Filed Under: Parent LinkTagged With: air quality, aqi, epa, Featured, health, index, inversion, levels, lungs, months, pm2.5, respiratory, salt lake, temperature, utah, valley, winter

Q: During inversions, how do schools determine when to keep kids inside for recess?

January 2016Granite Schools

Photo of temperature inversion over Salt Lake Valley with text 'Recess and Air Quality'

Winter in Salt Lake County inevitably brings periods of temperature inversions, leading to poor air quality. When this happens, one of the primary concerns is the health of students who go outside for recess. In these conditions, schools follow the direction of the Utah Department of Health for ...

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Filed Under: Parent LinkTagged With: air quality, aqi, Featured, health, index, inversion, pm, recess, respiratory, safety, sensitive, smog, smoke, temperature, winter

Recess and air quality

January 2015Granite Schools

Bar graph chart for particulate matter recommendations

Winter in Salt Lake County inevitably brings periods of temperature inversions, leading to poor air quality. When this happens, one of the primary concerns is the health of students who go outside for recess. In these conditions, schools follow the direction of the Utah Department of Health for ...

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Filed Under: Parent LinkTagged With: air quality, health, inversion, poor, recess, temperature

Armstrong Academy unveils new university-caliber weather station

December 2014Granite Schools

Photo of students demonstrating school's 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 ...

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Filed Under: Employee LinkTagged With: clouds, meteorology, neil armstrong academy, pressure, rain, summer, sun, sunny, temperature, thermometer, university of utah, weather station, wind, winter

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