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Ogden School District announces slew of administrative changes

OGDEN — The Ogden School District has shuffled its deck of administrators, moving many around and discarding at least one, in hopes of building a winning hand to take the underperforming district into a more promising future.

Thirteen of the district’s 20 schools will see personnel changes.

Superintendant Brad Smith on Monday announced the hires for three new district positions created last month, and he named seven new principals and five new assistant principals, some new to the positions and others just moving between schools.

Ogden junior highs to revamp honors programs

OGDEN — The three junior high schools in the Ogden School District are all on the same page — not just with each other, but with the high schools they feed into.

District officials have been meeting with the principals of all three junior high schools and their corresponding high schools since the fall to revamp the honors program and make sure the junior highs are properly preparing students for the high school programs.

Superintendent Brad Smith said the junior highs have all had honors programs of some sort for several years, but they haven’t been aligned with anything.

Nine students suspended, tutor under investigation after scuffle over milk carton

OGDEN — An argument over a milk carton has led to the suspension of nine ninth-graders and an investigation into a tutor.

Law enforcement and Ogden School District are investigating whether David Lopez, a part-time math and language arts tutor, hurt a 14-year-old boy when he and the boy got into a struggle, and what trouble the boy and his classmates may find themselves in.

Highland Junior High School honor roll

7th grade

Highest honor: Pricilla Arriaga, Julio Carrillo, Abby Crook, Edward Desmet, Emilie Funk, Dylan Genta, Haley Greenfield, Megan Hindes, Shaylee Jones, Jovan McGough, Olivia McPheeeters, Helaina Montanez, Duy Nguyen, Selina Wamer, Traci Wayment, Gianela Zamora

Top of Utah begins cleaning up mess from wind storm

The roar of chain saws resounded through neighborhoods along the Wasatch Front on Friday as residents worked to clean up the aftermath of Thursday's windstorm.

Raechel Williams, her two children, husband, extended family members, neighbors and friends sawed broken maple and willow tree limbs and raked debris at their Centerville home.

She said it will take at least one more day to get her yard in shape.

New district superintendent shakes up staff at Ogden schools

OGDEN -- Moving vans pulled up to Ogden schools to cart away office contents of top administrators who had introduced themselves to students just weeks earlier at start-of-school assemblies.

New Ogden School District Superintendent Brad C. Smith on Monday sent out a memo outlining the immediate reassignment of three principals, three assistant principals, a coordinator and an instructional coach.

The changes involve all of the district's mainstream high schools and all of its junior high schools, as well as one undisclosed elementary school.

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Riley Pierce and Lynna Landrouche, both 14, pose for a portrait on Friday at Pierce’s home in Ogden. The two were recent state champions of the Do The Write Thing essay writing contest.

Top of Utah teens win contest with essays on bullying

OGDEN -- Being bullied in school is most often a negative experience, but Riley Pierce, of Ogden, and Lynna Landrouche, of Layton, turned that into a positive by writing about their pain for an essay contest.

Their thoughtful writings about bullying and youth violence earned the two teenagers a trip to Washington, D.C. Riley and Lynna entered the Do The Write Thing essay contest, held at their schools earlier this year, and were chosen as the top two winners for the state.

Highland Junior High School honor roll

9th grade

Highest honor: Jace Barker, Jaycie Broad Cindy Cervantes-Hernandez, Emily Clawson, Savannah Dominguez, Erik Godinez, Casandra Holden, Justin Kinsella, Christian Luke, Lexus Merill, Alissa Munoz, Ely Vargas

High honor: Mayra Alvarez, Guadalupe Armenta, Mercedes Baca, Brendan Collins, Shaylee DeBoer, Michael DeSmet, Leanza Driscoll, Juan Escalante, Adrian Garcia, Brian Harris, Randon Hill, Spencer Holmberg, Todd Houghton, Rilee Jeppsen, Andrew Jones, Gage Jones, Abbey Lucas, Brian Madrigal, Justin Neneman, Elizabeth Norsingle, Cara Sanders, Nathanial Schilling, Alyssa Staley, Ashley Thornsberry, Andrew Timson, Joshua Weber, Marcie Weloth, Monica Wilson, Rebecca Windley, Kali Yazzie, Audrey Zundel

Princess put to the test as Ogden district puts on show

Theater students from four schools are coming together for one production as the Ogden School District's musical theater department presents its spring production "Once Upon a Mattress."

The musical, based upon the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea," tells the story of a feisty princess whose royal highness is put to the test by a cranky queen.

Highland Junior High School honor roll

7th grade

Honor: Sadira Adams, Ariianna Ambriz, Rainya Avila, Kameron Barfuss, Hannah Behunin, Laura Brewer, Kayla Bronson, Lisbeth Cano, Bianca Castaneda, Brayanne Coombs, Shaylee Cornejo, Breanna Doutre, Leonardo Estrada, Lu'isa Fiorelli, Eduardo Franco, Diana Godinez, Karina Gonzalez, Caitlynn Hazelwood, Hunter Kincaid, Connor Miller, Blake Newman, Charlee Nielsen, Jesus Oseguera, Merritza Rivera, Aubree Rowley, Cierra Shelton, Rebecca Smith, Cassandra Stewart, Jordyn Stott, Robert Taufa Cannon, Autumn Townsend, Dannia Vazquez, Mariah Vigil, Diana Walker, Summer Yazzie, Jorge Zambrano, Kennedy Zundel

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