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Mission: Haiku: Davis students become special agents for project

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 7:23pm

CLEARFIELD — The “Mission: Impossible” theme song can be heard as the voice of Special Agent 13 comes over the intercom into a classroom at South Clearfield Elementary informing students that their class has been chosen to lead a secret mission.

“Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is top secret,” said the special agent, who is really Assistant Principal Mike Page.

He explained that there were confidential instructions hidden in the classroom.

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

Eager readers

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Last updated Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 10:04pm

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

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Meg Williams joins the Davis High class of 1939 for its monthly lunch held in Layton.

1939 Davis classmates meet monthly for lunch

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Last updated Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 6:39pm

LAYTON — The talk around the lunch table was about rattlesnakes, fishing and general good times.

This group of Davis High graduates, at age 90 and 91, meets each month to socialize and enjoy a good meal together.

On Jan. 10, the group met at Red Lobster in Layton.

While there is nothing unusual about former classmates delighting in each others’ company, this group doesn’t know who will be able to join them each month.

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Knowlton Elementary students eager to serve others

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Last updated Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 10:58pm

FARMINGTON -- Boxes of shoes were stacked on tables around the perimeter of a room across the hall from the circular staircase.

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Crews still working to restore power in east Kaysville

Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, December 3, 2011 - 8:50pm

KAYSVILLE -- Many residents on the east side of Main Street remained without power Saturday, but the city hopes to have it restored soon.

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Syracuse students learn about business practices

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Last updated Saturday, November 19, 2011 - 10:21pm

SYRACUSE -- Students at Syracuse High School dressed the part of successful business people on Thursday.

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Davis High students learn chemistry through viscous project

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Last updated Saturday, November 19, 2011 - 6:22am

KAYSVILLE — Slime oozed across the table, dripped from hands and bounced off walls during a special science lab Friday at Davis High School.

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Alyvia Hall is holding the key to the city that had just been presented to her. Her little sister Alyssa, who she pushed from the swimming pool to save her, is standing with her.

Kaysville honors 6-year-old for saving sister

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Last updated Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 6:22am

KAYSVILLE — When 6-year-old Alyvia Hall saw her 4-year-old sister Alyssa run and leap into the deep end of a swimming pool, she took action.

Alyssa was struggling for her breath when Alyvia jumped into the pool and pushed her to safety.

On Nov. 8, Alyvia was surprised when Mayor Steve Hiatt, Kaysville Police Lt. Kenton Pies and the school principal Mike Volmar went to her first-grade classroom at Sam Morgan Elementary School to honor her for saving her younger sister’s life.

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(NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner) Aspen Field laughs with fellow dancers during rehearsal at the University of Utah Marriott Center for Dance on Oct. 24 in Salt Lake City. Field overcame a serious childhood leg injury to fulfill her dream to become a dancer.

Teen fulfills goal to be a dancer

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Last updated Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 11:02pm

NORTH OGDEN — Aspen Field’s dream of becoming a dancer was nearly destroyed when she broke the tibia in her left leg in a fifth-grade gym class.

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Fisherman's Point Trailhead still a secret in South Weber

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Last updated Friday, November 11, 2011 - 11:06pm

SOUTH WEBER -- One of the best-kept secrets in the city is the new Fisherman's Point Trailhead, located just off Interstate 84 along the Weber River.

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Miss Davis County to speak at event

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Last updated Monday, November 7, 2011 - 11:39pm

KAYSVILLE -- The Kaysville-Davis Branch of the American Association of University Women invites the public to join them at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Kaysville Branch of the Davis County Library, 44 N. Main St.

The speaker will be Kara Arnold, Miss Davis County, who will talk about how to "Discover Your Potential Through Science and Math."

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Students demonstrate the “Thriller” dance in Kirstin Reed’s sixth-grade class at Knowlton Elementary School in Farmington on Friday.

A Real 'Thriller' at Knowlton Elementary School

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Last updated Friday, October 28, 2011 - 11:04pm

FARMINGTON -- In Michael Jackson's music video "Thriller," the dancers were dressed as zombies, but at Knowlton Elementary School on Friday, the dancers sported a variety of costumes as they danced to the song made famous by the King of Pop.

Though most adults know a lot about Jackson, sixth-grader Khaiden Haney said, "I d

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Elissa Prestwitch samples Egyptian food at Cook Elementary School in Syracuse on Wednesday.

Live like an Egpytian: Students get a taste of ancient culture

Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 10:14pm

SYRACUSE -- "I love my name," 11-year-old Kaylee Lewis said as she lifted the small handmade cartouche that hung on a string around her neck.

"My name is the best, because it is my name," Kaylee said.

While the cartouche was once worn only by pharaohs, each of the 112 sixth-grade students at Cook Elementary School made the simple cartouches as part of their Egyptian studies.

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Pumpkin seeds and innards appear to be spewing out of the mouth of a carved pumpkin at the Kaysville city-sponsored Monster Mash & Dash on Saturday. About 100 pumpkins were available for painting. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

They did the Monster Mash in Kaysville

Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 7:04am

KAYSVILLE -- Crowded around tables, children busily painting tiny pumpkins -- and as one child stood up to leave, another was there to take the vacated place.

Kacy Wilson attended the Monster Mash & Dash with two of her children -- Rafe and Ripley -- who sat at opposite tables, causing their mom to run back and forth to help each of them.

"The kids have enjoyed this a lot," Wilson said of the city-sponsored event Saturday evening at Heritage Park. "They have been begging me to paint pumpkins. They have seen signs around town (about the event) and have been looking forward to it."