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Cook Elementary students in Syracuse created an 8-foot dragon with 800 scales for display at their recent arts and crafts night.

An 8-foot dragon highlights crafts night at Cook Elementary

SYRACUSE -- Cook Elementary students pulled out all the stops for their recent arts and crafts night, with an 8-foot dragon boasting 800 scales, a rain forest decorated with florescent umbrellas, and a wind tunnel down one hallway with hundreds of Tibetan prayer flags designed by each student flapping from the breeze created by fans.

Foxboro Elementary in NSL might go year-round

FARMINGTON -- As a result of significant growth, one Davis district school will likely go year-round starting next school year.

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Davis High School basketball players Nate Pollard (right) and Zac Fuller high-five first-graders Tuesday at Windridge Elementary School in Kaysville. The team read books then them to the first-grade classrooms.

Tall tale tellers: Davis High basketball team takes reading talents to elementary school

KAYSVILLE -- Members of the Davis High School boys basketball team made the chairs in teacher Shelley Street's first-grade classroom look like dollhouse furniture.

Conner Hobbs finds an out-of-the-way place to read in the school library.

Eager readers

SYRACUSE -- Wed-nesday was the 100th day of the 100th school year in the Davis School District.

Aulene Elizabeth Morgan

Aulene Elizabeth Morgan, 50, of Clearfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 N. Fairfield Road. Friends may visit family from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Interment, Lindquist’s Memorial Park at Layton, 1867 N. Fairfield Road. Condolences may be posted at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

Xuemei Li, 31, teaches her Chinese II class to students at North Layton Junior High School recently. She spends half of her day at this school and half at North Davis Junior High School. Also known as May, she has applied to continue teaching in the Davis School District for the 2012-13 school year. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Teacher of Mandarin Chinese honored to share treasures with Davis students

LAYTON -- Walking into Xuemei Li's classroom is like stepping into another culture.

John Walton Waite

Layton resident John Walton Waite, born Dec. 20, 1921, died Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. A funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Layton Stake Center, 60 W. Gordon. Friends may visit with family from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Lindquist's Layton Mortuary, 1867 N. Fairfield Road, and from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the church. Interment, Kaysville City Cemetery. Condolences and memories may be posted at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

Davis County Read-A-Thon a celebration of literacy

The first day of February will be the 100th day of the 100th year for the Davis School District.

Thus, on Feb. 1, students, faculty and staff will set aside one hour to celebrate not only the centennial of the second largest school district in the state, but also what is arguably the foundation of all learning — the ability to read.

At approximately 10 a.m., according to Vickie Jessen, chair of the events committee for the Davis School District Centennial, everyone in Davis County is invited to participate in a districtwide Read-A-Thon, to spend 60 minutes reading a book, with the goal of 60 pages per person.

Vergil F. Glismann

Vergil F. Glismann died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, after a battle with cancer. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, at the South Weber 1st Ward Chapel, 1401 E. South Weber Drive, in South Weber. Family and friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26, at Myers Mortuary, 250 N. Fairfield Road, in Layton, or from 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, at the South Weber 1st Ward Building. Interment will be at Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, where military honors will be accorded. Post condolences at www.myers-mortuary.com.

Clearfield High School student body officers (from left) Chris Carver, Joe Giacalone, Chris Bingham, Jake Roush, Sam Rodemack and Dallin Moss get their heads shaved after the school raised $9,000 for the Huntsman Cancer Institute. The school donated $11,761.48. (Photo courtesy of Clearfield High School)

'Fabulous Falcons' raise money for Huntsman Center Institute

CLEARFIELD — Clearfield High School students lived up to their program’s motto — Falcons are Fabulous — by raising enough money to surpass their goal of $10,000 and handing over a check for $11,761.48 to the Huntsman Cancer Institute.

(NANCY VAN VALKENBURG/Standard-Examiner) Former first lady of Utah Jaclyn Leavitt speaks to students at Morgan Middle School on Wednesday.

Morgan students plug into Internet safety

OGDEN -- Morgan School District is the first in this area to adopt a new cybersafety program to educate teachers and students about positive Internet guidelines and ethics.

The program is Generation Safe, and nicknamed iKeepSafe. Former Utah first lady Jaclyn Leavitt, who is championing the program, spoke Wednesday at Morgan Middle School, first to school administrators about program features, then to a seventh-grade class, to whom she taught a digital lesson plan about philanthropy.

"It's about the safe and healthy use of technology," Leavitt told administrators. "Our children need to have these computer skills. If they don't, it will hurt them with future employers. But we also need to protect them, detect inappropriate use of the Internet and intervene when there is a problem."

Strong legacy of success in Davis School District

T.C. Christensen, a 1971 graduate of Layton High, recently attended his 40th high school reunion.

Standing in a circle with a group of fellow alumni, one person asked what he had gone on to do after high school. He told them he was a filmmaker.

Davis County school menu

Thursday: Burrito, yogurt parfait, corn, refried beans, Spanish rice, enchilada sauce

Gov. Gary Herbert speaks with Bountiful High School students and media on the state’s budget on Monday at Bountiful High School. Utah’s economy has improved from the 2009 recession, said Herbert, who anticipates growth in revenue in both the 2012 and 2013 fiscal years. (ASHLEY FRANSCELL/Special to the Standard-Examiner)

Bountiful students hear call for 1% raise for teachers

BOUNTIFUL -- The setting was appropriate for the announcement.

Gov. Gary R. Herbert announced his proposed budget for the next fiscal year on Monday at Bountiful High School in a financial literacy class.

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Jane Eskelsen helps Danny Pugmire during Spanish class on Dec. 5 at Sand Springs Elementary School in Layton.

Como se dice 'congratulations'? Teacher wins foreign language prize

LAYTON -- Jane Eskelsen said she was surprised when she found out she had been nominated for the Utah Foreign Language Teacher of the Year award -- but she was shocked when she won.

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