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DaVinci Academy

Nancy Louise Anderson

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 9:29pm

Nancy Louise Anderson, 54, of Roy, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, of cancer. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m., Feb. 15, at Washington Heights Baptist Church, 1770 E. 6200 South, in South Ogden. Friends may call from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the church. A reception will follow the service. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the Nancy Anderson AP Scholarship Fund at DaVinci Academy: 3022 Grant Ave. Ogden UT 84401. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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DaVinci Academy debuts completed gym to public

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 18, 2011 - 11:15pm

OGDEN — DaVinci Academy students spent Thursday evening greeting guests and fellow students with big grins. Many were literally bouncing off the walls as they showed off the school’s new gym to the public.

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Open house set for new DaVinci gym

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, November 12, 2011 - 10:49pm

OGDEN -- The DaVinci Academy will host an open house for its new gym on Thursday.

The public is invited, and organizers especially hope to see former employees of the American Can Company, which originally occupied the school's building.

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JUST FLOORED: DaVinci celebrates its first gym

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 11:06pm

OGDEN -- Members of the girls basketball team opened their eyes wide to take in the scenery as they entered the gym at DaVinci Academy of Science & the Arts for practice this week.

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Motivational speaker to students: Hang out with those achieving your goals

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 9:56pm

OGDEN -- Eric Thomas made the mistakes, and his goal is to keep young people from doing the same.

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(KRISTIN HEINICHEN/Standard-Examiner) Devin Beard and Michael Hougard, from Box Elder High School in Brigham City, perform a five-minute vignette from Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” during English Quest, hosted on the campus of Weber State University in Ogden on Friday

Area students celebrate free speech, communication skills at English Quest

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, February 25, 2011 - 11:49pm

OGDEN -- About 300 area students gathered at Weber State University on Friday to celebrate free speech and the English language, and to show off their mastery.

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Kids dying to pass Joe's course have some creative ideas

Charles F. Trentelman, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, November 27, 2010 - 10:48pm

My friend Joe Crnich does a fun thing with video and theater students at the DaVinci Academy: He asks them how they want to die.

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Davinci Dragons field basketball teams

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, November 15, 2010 - 10:55pm

The Davinci Academy played its first boys and girls prep basketball games last Friday at the Marshall White Center.

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(JESSICA MILLER/Standard-Examiner) Jani Ashbaker, an English teacher at DaVinci Academy, removes weeds during the academy's day of service in honor of Adrian Maxson, who was killed in 2007 when he was hit by a car near Weber State University.

DaVinci Academy serves community in remembrance

Jessica Miller, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 11:48pm

OGDEN -- If there was one thing Adrian Maxson was passionate about, it was helping people.

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Last updated Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 8:52pm

Graduation ceremony for DaVinci Academy will be held June 4 at 7 p.m. at Peery's Egyptian Theater in Ogden

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DaVinci Academy players like it at WSU theater

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 10:13pm

Life doesn't always turn out the way you expect, but it may turn out "As You Like It."

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(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) Chelsee Boehm tags a monarch butterfly during Ron Hellstern's Advanced Placement science class at DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts in Ogden on Friday. The students hope the butterflies reach Southern California.

DaVinci students tag butterflies, tracking their progress on migratory route

Trent Toone Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, October 2, 2009 - 10:50pm

OGDEN -- Ron Hellstern's Advanced Placement environmental science class successfully launched an experiment Friday.

The students, ranging from sophomores to seniors at DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts, tagged little stickers on the beautiful wings of monarch butterflies, then set them free in hopes that the colorful insects would reach Southern California.

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(BETH SCHLANKER/Standard-Exaxminer) Construction is wrapping up on a new wing, containing offices and classrooms, at DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts, a charter school in Ogden for grades 7-12.

$5M expansion of DaVinci in Ogden wrapping up

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 11:13pm

OGDEN -- As DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts students work to increase their knowledge, construction crews are applying finishing touches to a $5 million expansion project at the downtown charter school.

Renovations to a 38,000-square-foot, three-story building at the southwest corner of 20th Street and Grant Avenue in the AmeriCan complex should be completed next month to keep pace with growing student enrollment, said Jessie Kidd, executive director of DaVinci Academy.

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