Cedar Valley High School’s Aviators are not the first group of aviators in Eagle Mountain. Cedar Valley has been the home for Cedar Valley Airport, private runways and the Jake Garn Airport (now the location of the new Facebook Data Center). Cedar Valley is the valley located between the Oquirrh Mountain to the East, which…
Read moreCategory: Education
From elementary school events to high school sports and district-wide decisions, we cover education across Cedar Valley with a local lens. Get the latest on school closures, board meetings, curriculum updates, and student achievements in Lehi, Eagle Mountain, Saratoga Springs, and surrounding areas. If it impacts students, families, or teachers — you’ll find it here.
Westlake Reflections Contest
On November 29, 2017 a small group of students, parents and educators participated in an awards program at Westlake High School to celebrate the participates and winners of the 2017 reflection contest. In 2016 the school only had 4 entries, but this year they were able to grow that number to 86. Westlake high school…
Read moreHow did EM Unity Pass get its name
We use names to identify everything in our world. Names are what give us a focal point and a place of reference. I recently did an article on how Eagle Mountain’s name was selected. There are a lot of other areas in Eagle Mountain that have names. One of the most common ones is the…
Read moreEagle Mountain Youth Council
One way that Eagle Mountain has setup for the youth to get involved is through the Youth Council. The youth council is defined by Eagle Mountain City code in Chapter 2.45. Basically the code states that the youth council has the following purpose and responsibilities. It is designed to give the youth of the Cedar…
Read moreWestlake Excellence
May 17th was a night of honor and recognition for a large number of the Westlake 2017 senior class. The administration staff, seniors, and their families started to stream into the Westlake Thunder auditorium for a program to honor the achievements of the 2017 graduating class. The Westlake High School Senior Evening of Excellence is…
Read moreChildren’s Books
In another post, I talked about the Children’s Books that were being written by Megan Cudworth creative writing class. That post was titled Eagle Mountain Students write children’s books for elementary students. We have arranged to make those books available on Cedar Valley Sentinel (formerly i84005). Below are 5 of the children’s books that were…
Read moreEagle Mountains New High School Principal – Courtney Johnson
In March 2017 the Apline School District broke ground for the construction of a new high school in Eagle Mountain, Utah. In the process of getting things geared up for the construction, the school district selected Courtney Johnson as the new Principal for the currently un-named high school. There have been many questions surrounding the…
Read moreEM Gets New Elementary School
During the Eagle Mountain City Council meeting on March 21st, the Eagle Mountain City Council unanimously approved the site plan for a new Elementary School. Evans Ranch Elementary School is located on the south end of the Evans Ranch Master Development off of Golden Eagle Dr. The proposed site is approximately 8.51 acres in size….
Read moreRoad Study Says Pony Express Can Handle High School Traffic
On Jan 17th 2017 the City Council of Eagle Mountain rezoned an area of land purchased by Apline School District for the construction of a new High School. During the discussion the issue of the road, Pony Express Parkway, that feeds into the high school was discussed. In the proposal, there was a road study…
Read moreEM Students Write Children’s Books for Elementary Students
Students at Frontier Middle School in Eagle Mountain are advancing their writing skills by writing Children’s Books for a Lehi Elementary School. Megan Cudworth teaches Creative Writing to the students of Frontier Elementary School. Cudworth explains the goal of the project, “With limited time in our semester-long creative writing class, I want my students try…
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