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FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2011 file photo, Nancy Henderson, home economic coordinator for the fresh fruit and vegetables program, reads a story to students before they receive fruit snacks during a lesson in healthy eating at Northeast Elementary Magnet, in Danville, Ill. Northeast offers no junk food for sale to its students, but a new study found that almost half the nation's elementary schools do. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Study finds easy access to junk food at elementary schools

Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 5:51pm

Think your kid isn't tempted by junk food while at school? A study finds that about half of kids surveyed from public and private school had ready access to vending machines, snack bars, school stores and a la carte lines. And they're not just selling carrot sticks.

The study, released Monday in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, looked at the foods children had access to at various spots on campus during lunch time, in what they termed "competitive venues."

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WSU’s Kitty College starts Tuesday

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, December 25, 2011 - 10:40pm

OGDEN – Parents can give their children something to do during Christmas break with Weber State University’s Wildcat Kitty College.

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Principal reports 'possible sex crime' after 2 students kiss

Kristine Gill Naples Daily News

Last updated Friday, November 18, 2011 - 9:05am

NAPLES, Fla. -- The assistant principal of an elementary school here called in the sheriff to report a "possible sex crime" after two students shared a kiss.

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A student types on a laptop after finishing a cursive lesson in Gen Bentley's third-grade class at Bannockburn Elementary School, September 23, 2011. The students learn both cursive handwriting and typing. (Keri Wiginton/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

Cursive handwriting no longer a focus in many elementary schools

Lisa Black Chicago Tribune

Last updated Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 8:32am

CHICAGO -- Vicki Zurkowski wonders if today's cursive handwriting will be tomorrow's hieroglyphics -- an ancient form of writing decipherable by only a few experts in a specialized field.

The Elmhurst, Ill., mother was disturbed to learn that her children's school district will spend less time teaching the flowing loops of cursive in order to squeeze more 21st-century lessons, such as keyboarding, into the classroom day.

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17 Utah schools fail to meet testing standards

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 7:44am

SALT LAKE CITY — Seventeen low-income elementary schools in Utah are facing potential penalties after low test scores for two consecutive years.

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Kaitlyn George (center) acts in “The Rap Off,” an opera the students of Ruth Ann Miller’s class wrote and composed as they performed it for their fellow students on Thursday at E.G. King Elementary School in Layton.

King Elementary School students present their own opera

Dana Rimington Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 9:36pm

LAYTON -- Several Top of Utah teachers have turned to a program sponsored by the Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater Company to encourage their students to write and compose their own operas.

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Baylee Butler stands beside a sign at Eagle Bay Elementary School advertising “Dress Your Best” Spirit Day in Farmington.

Eagle Bay Elementary celebrates 'Dress Your Best' Spirit Day

Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 9:50pm

FARMINGTON -- Students at Eagle Bay Elementary were at school in their very best clothes on Friday.

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Kate Hepler (left), 9, and Jordan Malmstrom, 7, tie the edges of a fleece blanket after school at North Ogden Elementary School recently. Third-grade teacher Jolaine Garner says her brother, a private pilot, will attempt to get the blankets to people in Japan affected by the earthquake and tsunami.

North Ogden students make blankets for Japan's earthquake victims

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 9:01pm

NORTH OGDEN -- North Ogden Elementary School Principal Ralph Aardema and teacher Jolaine Garner were anxious about approaching the school community about donations for Japan.

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The entire student body of J.A. Taylor Elementary School sings “You Say It’s Your Birthday” for its 50th birthday at Woods Cross High School.

Celebrate good times, come on!: Students’ songs recall 50 years of memories

Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 6:58pm

WOODS CROSS — Music through the years has gone from vinyl records to eight track tapes, then to cassettes tapes and to CDs and to M3P players and I-Pods; and, all were seen through the years at J.A. Taylor Elementary School.

Students from the school brought to stage some of the songs from the past 50 years during a 50-year birthday celebration for Taylor. Music means a lot to many of the students and especially to the most famous student who attended J.A. Taylor Elementary from 2000 to 2002, Utah’s own idol David Archuleta.

Students from the past came to reminisce by looking through the yearbooks and photo albums from their childhood school.

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Leslye Caldera, (right) chooses a book to check out from the library at Odyssey Elementary School recently in Ogden. The Utah Legislature is deciding the level of funding for public school libraries during its annual session.
NICK SHORT
Standard-Examiner

Advocates of school libraries push for state funding

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 11:24pm

OGDEN -- School library advocates hope lawmakers keep funds available for books, technology and staff.

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Garrett Stephens (right), along with others, salutes the flag during the Pledge of Allegiance while on duty with the Courtesy Patrol at Morgan Elementary School recently. The program is designed to increase safety and the flow of traffic in front of the school.

Courtesy Patrol increases safety at Morgan Elementary

Deanne Winterton Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 11:10pm

MORGAN -- Traffic congestion before school hours at Morgan Elementary School has eased, and not because of a new sign or bus route. Instead, a handful of dedicated fifth-graders known as the Courtesy Patrol gets the credit.

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Layton Elementary School teacher Heidi Hunt sits on a ball during a class called “On the Ball and a Chairless Classroom” at Kaysville Elementary School on Tuesday.

Davis teachers learn from each other

Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 11:00pm

KAYSVILLE -- "I've decided not to retire," Grant Averill said as he left a breakout session during the Davis School District's "Learning First" conference Tuesday at Kaysville Elementary School.

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Third-graders Savanah Taylor (left) and Angie Rogers, both 8, play a word game with teacher Kathy Warnick as part of the Little Book System, on Wednesday at Doxey Elementary School in Sunset. The Davis School District uses the Little Book System as one of many tools to help students, including those in special education, learn to read.

Reading program at Doxey Elementary really paying off

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 11:06pm

SUNSET -- Third-grader Angie Rogers used four words to build a sentence.

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Emily Briggs and Conner Millaway clean off their lunch trays at Lincoln Elementary in Ogden on Wednesday. The Styrofoam lunch trays are melted down in a thermo compactor and turned into blocks that are then recycled and made into plant pots.

School uses thermo compactor to recycle Styrofoam trays

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Monday, December 13, 2010 - 10:54pm

OGDEN -- No longer are the students at Lincoln Elementary School just learning about recycling. Now they are really doing it.

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A sixth-grade student from Hill Field Elementary School helps decorate a Christmas tree as Gov. Gary Herbert looks on in the library at the Governor’s Mansion on Wednesday.

Hill Field students decorate Governor Mansions's tree

Loretta Park, Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 11:53pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A tree with hand-colored paper ornaments is one of the first five trees visitors to the Governor's Mansion will see in the next two weeks.

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