Five Tips for helping youth with back to school blues
Back-to-school time can bring a wave of social anxiety among our children and teens. Transitioning from the comfortable summer routine of endless popsicles and late mornings, to the rigors of regular school and peer interactions can gently nudge, and even completely catapult a young person into unhealthy worry and fear when they think of the […]
Nebo Bus Driver retiring after 25 years is being remembered as one of the best
She was the last person the kids saw before going to school each day, the one to greet them after a long day of learning, and the one to deliver them back home safely. After 25 years, Genola resident and Nebo School District bus driver Susan Ogden is retiring, leaving many students and parents both […]
She’s One of a Kind: A tribute to Spanish Fork Junior High Student Advocate, Retiree, Julie Green
When I found out that my good friend, Julie Green was retiring, I knew I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to let everyone know what a huge vacancy that would be leaving at Spanish Fork Junior High School and Nebo School District as a whole. I first met Julie when she assisted me in the […]
Payson High School Students bring ‘Footloose’ actor Kevin Bacon to Payson for last prom
On March 22, after several years in the making, Payson High School students got the news they had been hoping for: Kevin Bacon would be coming to Prom (sort of, but we will get to that news a little later). For those who need a little background knowledge, actor Kevin Bacon was in the smash […]
Springville High School boys swim team have shared experiences, set and achieve new goals at Region and State meets
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” This quote by American poet Maya Angelou feels so true for high school swimming, in particular, the Region 7 swim meet that took place on February 2 and 3. Swimming demands years of hard work, […]
Utah’s newest medical school opens doors to the public
Cyber Monday is arriving extra early this year at Noorda-COM’s Grand Opening. Noorda-COM is the Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the grand opening will showcase a week’s worth of internal events beginning with a tech-forward open house on Saturday, March 9. The open house will offer heart attack and birthing demonstrations on CAE patient […]
Springville High Student Spearheads New ESL Peer Tutoring Program
High school is hard enough, but to those who come to the United States with limited English-speaking skills, it makes it even more challenging. Springville High School senior Kailey Parkinson has taken it upon herself to create a program that better helps English language learning (ELL) students to better assimilate into the school system and […]
Salem Hills High School Coach Wins National Award
Salem Hills High School cross country coach Jennifer Hughes was awarded the Brooks Running Inspiring Coaches grand prize for 2023, and her athletes are saying that the award is well deserved. For the past 14 years, Hughes, who is also a teacher in the special education program at Salem Hills, has been coaching the cross […]
Doug Smith Subaru surprises local teachers and students with $12,500 donation during back-to-school celebration
Doug Smith Subaru partnered with AdoptAClassroom.org to surprise teachers and students at Park View Elementary School with a $12,500 donation and 25 school supply kits during a celebratory back-to-school assembly. The donation was made as part of Subaru Loves Learning®, a national initiative championed by Subaru of America, Inc. that helps provide funding for teachers […]
Ready or not, school is here!
There was a time in my life when all I needed to get my kids ready for school was a backpack from Walmart, a cute outfit I picked out, a comb, some hairspray, a hug and a good-bye wave. Oh, how things have changed – for most of my kids anyway. I have nine children, […]
