FFA Jordan School District students participated in the Salt Lake County Junior Livestock Show. Students raised livestock over the summer through FFA and the USU Bastian Center in South Jordan.
Agricultural Educator and FFA Advisor at West Jordan High School, Madi Sorenson, said that “raising these animals has been a fantastic experience for our students.”
Work-Based Learning hosted cross-curricular teams for 6 JSD Middle Schools to spend time focusing on school-wide academic goals.
Jordan Academy Welding attended FABTECH in Chicago, IL, where they got to go to the Emerging Leaders Summit, to network with other young professionals and learned some great leadership skills.
ProStart students from Copper Hills and Riverton High were invited to the SLCC Culinary Institute for a tour and lunch. Students learned about the culinary program and were served delicious Filipino cuisine prepared by SLCC students.
Bingham High School and ProStart Program student An Phu Nguyen received Best of Show for his Baklava at the Utah State Fair. Congratulations!
A big congrats to our Mountain Ridge ProStart class for their amazing performance at the Utah State Fair!
Agriculture careers extend far beyond working on farms and with animals. Follow along this month as we highlight different opportunities Jordan School District Agriculture students have to learn and grow in the Agriculture Career Cluster.
Fort Herriman Middle School students toured the Riley Blake Designs warehouse as part of their College Career Awareness class. Riley Blake Designs is a family-owned fabric manufacturer based in Utah. But it is not all about fabric. Students learned what is involved in making a business such as this run smoothly, efficiently, and successfully on a growing global platform.
Hundreds of students, including more than 460 from the Jordan School District, participated in Utah STEM Fest. Industry representatives engaged students with information about diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career paths and related educational programs.