Box Elder School District

Jay Pulsipher Hawkes

Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 4:22pm

Jay Pulsipher Hawkes, born Feb. 15, 1927, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Provo. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 N. Fairfield Road. Friends may visit from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Wednesday at the mortuary. Interment, North Honeyville Cemetery at 1 p.m. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Cindy Weidman Celaya

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Last updated Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 9:21pm

Cindy Weidman Celaya, of Garland, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, in Garland. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, with viewings from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, and from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6. All services will be held at the Garland 3rd Ward LDS Chapel, 175 S. Main. Post condolences at ruddfuneralhome.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Ellen Tolman Wallace

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Last updated Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 12:37am

Honeyville resident Ellen Tolman Wallace, born April 2, 1941, in Harper Ward, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, in the Honeyville LDS Chapel, 7630 N. 3600 West, where friends and family may call before the service from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a. m. A viewing will also be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at the Gillies Funeral Chapel, 634 E. 200 South, Brigham City. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Temple Endowment Fund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Interment, Honeyville City Cemetery. Post condolences at www.gilliesfuneralchapel.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Box Elder School District to issue $14M in bonds

Amy Macavinta Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 5:25am

BRIGHAM CITY -- The last in a series of construction projects in the Box Elder School District is now under way, and the school board is preparing to sell the final $14 million of general obligation bonds to finance the work.

"I never in my life thought we would see a double trough like this, where the conditions would be this favorable," said business administrator Ron Frandsen.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Jodi Hutchinson teaches a health class at North Davis Junior High School in Clearfield recently. Because of higher-than-expected enrollment, class sizes have increased here and at other Top of Utah schools.

More students than expected enroll in area schools this year

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, September 17, 2011 - 10:42pm

FARMINGTON -- Davis School District expected an additional 900 students in its schools this year. Instead, that number almost doubled, and school officials scrambled to make room in already crowded classrooms.

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U-PASS scores please majority of area schools

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, September 17, 2011 - 10:14pm

Most of the school districts in the Top of Utah did pretty well on the U-PASS report released this month.

The tests document the achievement and progress of individual students over the years, awarding scores for math, science, language arts and participation, which includes attendance. High school numbers also include graduation rates.

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Teachers upset after board approves draft of bill with firing without cause

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, September 9, 2011 - 10:42pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Educators upset about a proposed bill that could change the hiring and firing practices of local school boards have inundated state school board members with letters and emails.

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President of UEA on tour to listen to teachers

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, September 5, 2011 - 10:06pm

KAYSVILLE -- Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh has hit the road to hear and see what teachers across Utah face daily.

The Utah Education Association president, along with UEA staff, are visiting every school district across the state during September. Not only does Gallagher-Fishbaugh want to talk to teachers, but also to parents and community members, she said.

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Mixed bag of results in state board's school progress reports

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 10:13pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah State Board of Education has released Adequate Yearly Progress reports on area schools, and most schools' scores reveal a mixed bag of academic strengths and weaknesses.

The small Morgan School District has the most to crow about, with all of its schools passing.

Surprising no one is the fact that the inner-city Ogden School District is struggling as a result of student poverty and a high demand for coursework in English as a second language.

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(ANTHONY SOUFFLE/Standard-Examiner) Box Elder High School (seen here) in Brigham City and Bear River High School in Tremonton underwent major renovations after a $70 million bond was approved for the upgrades and for the building of a new elementary school in the Tremonton area. Bear River teachers and students worked around construction workers for nearly two years.

High school upgrades in Box Elder meet unique priorities

Amy Macavinta Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 8:53am

BRIGHAM CITY -- It's been just shy of 100 years since the "old" Box Elder High School was built on the east side of Brigham City where the middle school now stands. Fifty years ago, that school was replaced with the "new" high school at its current location on 600 West in Brigham City.

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Lloyd P. Firth, Tremonton

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Last updated Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 8:11pm

Lloyd P. Firth, 67, of Tremonton, died Friday, May 13, 2011, of colon cancer. A funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at the Tremonton Stake Center, 660 N. 300 East. Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, at Rogers and Taylor Funeral Home, 111 N. 100 East, Tremonton, and from 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, May 18, at the church before the funeral. Interment will follow in the Bothwell Valley View Cemetery, where military honors will be accorded. Post condolences at www.rogersandtaylor.com.

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Bernell Garbanati

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Last updated Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 3:27pm

Bernell Garbanati, 62, died Sunday, April 17, 2011, at the IHC Hospital in Murray. A viewing will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, April 22, 2011, at Rudd Funeral Home, 1234 S. Main, Garland. A viewing will also be held from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Saturday, April 23, 2011, at the Curlew LDS Chapel, 75 N. 100 East in Snowville, with the funeral to follow at 11:30 a.m. Interment, Snowville Cemetery. Condolences may be posted at ruddfuneralhome.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Joseph Trotter assembles his saxophone at band practice. Band is just one activity funded by the school land trust. Schools throughout the state receive funds.

Community councils guide Utah schools, determine how to spend land trust funds

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 11:26pm

OGDEN -- Thursday was a busy day at Polk Elementary School. School starts early for some sixth-graders in a school band. Others spend an hour of their day with an art specialist, while about 200 others participate in the school's science fair. These varied activities are funded with money from the school land trust allocated to a special group called the community council.

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Box Elder board looks to cut overcrowding in northern part of county

Amy Macavinta Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 9:35pm

The Box Elder School Board will soon need to consider how to change school boundaries to most effectively use two new schools to relieve overcrowding at other schools in the northern part of the county.

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