MT. PLEASANT—North Sanpete High School's theater department captured first place overall in its division at the 49th annual Utah Shakespeare Festival High School Shakespeare Competition, winning top honors in ensemble acting, duo/trio performance and individual acting. The Hawks earned the first-place sweepstakes award in the Cambridge Division during the Oct. 1-3 competition in Cedar City,…
EPHRAIM—After 28 years of service to Ephraim Middle School, longtime head secretary Anne Olson received statewide recognition Oct. 7 when the Utah Association of Secondary School Principals named her its Mid-Level Secretary of the Year. The association presented Olson with the award during its annual Secretaries Conference at Thanksgiving Point, recognizing her dedication to students,…
By Robert Stevens RICHFIELD—Snow College has broken ground on an expansion of the Dewain C. Washburn Building designed to create new student gathering areas and strengthen the connection between the Richfield campus and Main Street. College administrators, students, staff, board members and community leaders gathered Sept. 24 at the south entrance of the Washburn Building…
North Sanpete students reported higher rates of seriously considering suicide and on some measures of social isolation than students across the broader Central Utah region in the 2025 Student Health and Risk Prevention (SHARP) survey. Among North Sanpete School District students surveyed in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12, 14.1 percent said they had seriously…
MANTI—The South Sanpete School District has secured a $13,135,910 grant to build new Apex/CTE facilities at both Manti and Gunnison Valley high schools, officials announced during a school board meeting Sept. 9 at Manti High School. Apex CTE refers to the Career and Technical Education courses and programs offered through Apex Learning, an online curriculum…
MORONI—Ask Talia Casares what she teaches and the answer is not simply Spanish.
MT. PLEASANT-North Sanpete High School auto shop students are learning this year from instructor Gerald “Big G” Christiansen.
MT. PLEASANT—The North Sanpete School District plans to increase its annual property tax revenue by $750,000 to address capital and infrastructure needs following a Truth-in-Taxation a public hearing Aug. 11 and a school-board vote Aug. 18.
SANPETE COUNTY—Nearly 6,000 students are expected to return to classrooms today in the North Sanpete and South Sanpete school districts, with both districts preparing for new programs, updated technology and continued efforts to engage students.
SANPETE COUNTY—With the new school year approaching, the Utah Department of Transportation is upgrading reduced-speed school zones in Ephraim, Manti and Gunnison to improve safety for students and pedestrians.
MANTI—The South Sanpete School District has been awarded $13.14 million through the Utah APEX Grant Program to expand career and technical education and profession-based learning opportunities for students throughout the district.
MT. PLEASANT—Ethan Mendocino, who graduated last spring from North Sanpete High School, is one of the only Sanpete County students in several years to be admitted to the freshman class at Harvard University.
MT. PLEASANT—The North Sanpete School District plans to increase its annual property tax revenue by $750,000 to address ongoing capital and infrastructure needs, district officials said during a Truth-in-Taxation hearing Aug. 11 at North Sanpete High School.
MT. PLEASANT—School choice, dual language immersion opportunities and statewide recognition for a Moroni Elementary principal highlighted discussion during the North Sanpete School District (NSSD) Board of Education meeting on July 21.
EPHRAIM—Demolition of Greenwood Hall, a married student housing facility, was demolished last week, completing clearance of the site for a new, $41 million social science building at Snow College.