The new school year has brought with it an increased rate of school bus safety violations by motorists in the North Sanpete School District (NSSD), creating safety concerns for district officials. As of Monday, Sept. 19, the district had recorded 29 stop arm violations (where a motorist illegally drives past a loading or unloading school…
MT. PLEASANT—The North Sanpete School Dis- trict Foundation held its first Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, recognizing its inaugural class on Saturday, Sept. 10. George Lee, Dr. Roy Ellefsen and Governor Spencer Cox are the first three inductees, and they received their awards at a banquet at the high school. Event Chairman, Abby Ivory said…
MORONI—Students at North Sanpete Middle School watched some high-flying BMX stunts and a magic show while learning about the importance of being kind at the Stand 4Kind assembly on Friday. Stand 4 Kind started because there was a problem in schools, students were hurting, and people didn’t know how to help. They provide impactful assemblies…
EPHRAIM—Athletes at Snow College have new wheels to ride on for competitions all over the country after the Athletic Department unveiled a team bus on Thursday, Aug. 25. Snow College unveiled the bus at a ribbon-cutting ceremony prior to the Badgers’ season-opening football contest. Before now, Snow had been leasing buses and flying athletes to…
GUNNISON—Administrators at Gunnison Valley Elementary want their students to build on all their best strengths, both academic and social. Elise Bown, reading specialist at the school, said this means they want to recognize and encourage their students’ hard work. And they have an exciting new plan in place to help students succeed. “We are committed…
Every high school has its homecoming traditions. Many of those traditions denote a coming home of sorts, an opportunity for alumni to visit their old stomping grounds and see old friends, teachers and the underclassmen they left behind. In Sanpete County, a lot of people will be headed back to their stomping grounds to take…
EPHRAIM—Threats a Snow College student made during a computer game to shoot up a school were picked up in Finland, transmitted to an international police agency in Washington, D.C., and passed on to the Ephraim Police Department, leading to the student’s arrest last week. According to Michael Lee, acting Ephraim City attorney, Maximus Johnson, 18,…
MANTI—On a blustery day last Thursday, the girl’s tennis teams of Manti and North Sanpete faced off, and North Sanpete came out ahead, winning four of six matches. Two of the Manti singles players won all three games, in No. 1 singles, Heidi Jorgensen defeated Abrianna Benson 6-1, 6-1. And No. 3 singles, Marianne Everett…
GUNNISON—There comes a time in every individual’s life when they are faced with a cold reality: The world will not change for you, Lance Allred, a former NBA player and motivational speaker, told Gunnison Valley High School students earlier this month. Though comfort is what the human mind instinctively strives for, Allred said, the world…
EPHRAIM – Delta Middle School Principal Becky Callister has accepted a position with Snow College as the director of the career and technical education department. Callister will serve as the contact person between the college, all central Utah high schools, and the business and industrial community. “Callister has done an outstanding job as the principal…
MANTI—What better way to get important health messages to families than a health fair, especially when the fair is paired with an opportunity to make sure immunizations required for the new school year are current? That’s the approach the Central Utah Public Health Department (CUPHD) took last Friday, Aug. 12 when it staged a health…
MANTI—As students return to class this week, Delene Coates, Nutrition Specialist for South Sanpete School District (SSSD) shared some concerns about food services with board members at their first monthly meeting of the school year on Wednesday, Aug. 10. For the past two years, school lunches and breakfasts have been free because of special funding…
MT. PLEASANT—The North Sanpete School District (NSSD) school board approved an approximate 8 percent increase in the certified tax rate at its monthly meeting last Tuesday, Aug 9. According to the published Truth in Taxation notice, the increase means the property tax the district levies on a $402,000 residence will increase from $1,040.28 to $1,140.21,…
MANTI—With school starting tomorrow, the South Sanpete School District is emphasizing finding and focusing on the good, said Superintendent Ralph Squire. “We want students, parents and employees to ‘Find the Good’ and ‘Focus on the Good,’” he said. Squire said the schools have been through two tough years of COVID, and it’s easy to get…
MT. PLEASANT—Safety and wellness will be the main focus areas in the North Sanpete School District this year, Superintendent Nan Ault says. Most of the elementary schools in the district, along with the middle school, already have “secure-entry” systems. Ault says, where a visitor pushes a buzzer at the front door. A camera projects a…