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Students get ready for the big one with Great Utah ShakeOut

Last updated Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 7:32pm

OGDEN — As the sound of tremors spread across MarLon Hills Elementary School around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, students in Felicia Bedwell’s fourth-grade class ducked under their desks and held on.

After a minute, Bedwell ushered her students into the hallway as other classrooms emptied out. When they heard another rumbling sound, the children crouched against the wall.

After a few more tremor sounds and more crouching, all of the children in the school lined up in a designated area outside to be counted.

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Newly appointed Weber School District Superintendent Jeff Stephens sits among the students of Carolee Pickett’s sixth-grade class Friday at MarLon Hills Elementary School in Ogden.

Weber School District officials tout importance of reading

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 10:49pm

OGDEN -- Jeff Stephens dropped by MarLon Hills Elementary School on Friday to share a story about a lone piece of rice.

Stephens, the superintendent of Weber School District, stopped by teacher Carolee Pickett's sixth-grade class to award certificates for students who completed the summer reading program and to read the children's book "One Grain of Rice: a Mathematical Folk Tale," by singled-named author Demi.

In the story, set in India, a young girl tricks the raja into giving her a grain of rice, and doubling the amount every day for a month. After a month of daily doubling, she has enough rice to sustain her village through the famine.

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Previous students and current ones alike walk the halls looking at old photographs during the 50th anniversary of MarLon Hills Elementary School in South Ogden on Tuesday.

Heading for the Hills: Current, former students gather for MarLon Hills' 50th anniversary

Jamie Lampros, Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 10:39am

SOUTH OGDEN -- Tracy Hickman remembers writing his first novel as a student at MarLon Hills Elementary School.

Julianne Burnett Nielsen remembers the games on the playground. Jackie Hunt remembers sitting on the steps of the stage during lunch hour as a punishment for nonstop talking during class.

Debbie Campbell remembers making pinatas, and Cherrie Smith remembers when she and her classmates buried a time capsule.

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MarLon Hills plans 50-year celebration

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 10:36pm

SOUTH OGDEN — MarLon Hills Elementary School celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and a public party is planned to mark the occasion.

The event will be at 6 p.m. April 26 at the school, 4400 S. Madison Ave. Organizers are seeking people to share artifacts, photos and stories.

For more information about the free event, call the school at 801-452-4500.

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(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) Head custodian Mike Forney replaces a trash bag on the South Ogden Junior High School cafeteria patio last week. Forney, who himself attended South Ogden Junior High, began working for the district 31 years ago when he was a high school student. He worked nine years at Washington Terrace Elementary School and the rest at South Ogden Junior High. He is retiring next month.

Custodian, occasional history teacher retiring after 31 years

Jamie Lampros, Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Sunday, November 28, 2010 - 11:17pm

SOUTH OGDEN -- Once a year, Michael Forney takes a break from his duties as head custodian at South Ogden Junior High School and spends the day teaching in the classroom.

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