At this year's FBLA State Leadership Competition T.H. Bell had some amazing results! Students had a lot of fun and many placed well in their competitive events.
Overall, T.H. Bell tied for 3rd place out of all the junior high/middle schools that competed, which means T.H. Bell had the 3rd most awarded points out of the whole state. There were about 300 students at the competition. Lehi Jr High, who has 1,360 students, took 2nd, and Willowcreek Middle School, which has 1,659 students, took 1st. T.H. Bell was able to do this well with a student body of only ~672 students!
Roy High School's SOUT (Special Olympics Utah) Unified Mario Kart Team won 1st place at the Ken Garff Esports State Spring Celebration. Teams competed in the John M Huntsman Center at the University of Utah, with hundreds of students from across the state there to watch and cheer them on!
All of Weber School District's esports clubs attended to watch these State Finals, as well as participate in workshops, coding competitions, cybersecurity competitions, and listen to guest speakers. The purpose of Ken Garff Esports is to enhance and enrich scholastic experiences through and beyond gaming. Learn more about their events and purpose at their website kengarffesports.org.
Fremont's FCCLA students did an excellent job at their National Conference in San Diego! All 5 girls earned gold medals in their individual STAR events. Kaitlyn Howes Placed in the Top Ten in Early Childhood and Sarah McBride placed 1st in the nation in the Career Investigation STAR event!
Weber School District's Esports clubs joined students from all across Utah for the Ken Garff Esports Spring Celebration, featuring the State Finals for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, and Rocket League, as well as guest speakers Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson and President of Nintendo of America Doug Bowser! Shout out to Roy High's Mario Kart team for qualifying and making it to the Quarter-Finals, and to Ethan Day from Bonneville High for shoutcasting the Super Smash Brothers matches!
Teams and individuals from Bonneville and Roy High School's Automotive groups did incredibly down at State Skills this past week.
Dozens of our FCCLA students from across the district shone brightly at State FCCLA qualifying for nations. The attached pictures are of TH Bell, North Ogden Jr. Snowcrest and Bonneville High -- but there were even more schools than those that led the way and had a great day!
State Educators Rising competition was held at the Eccles in Ogden and it was incredible. We had more students competing than any other district in the state. Students from Bonneville, Fremont, Roy, and Weber as well as four of our junior high schools (Snowcrest, Orion, Sand Ridge, and Roy Jr.) competed in a number of different categories, all related to careers in teaching. It was so inspiring to look around and to see Weber School District students engaged, excited, and developing professional skills like communication, teamwork, problem solving, and creativity/innovation.
There were service projects and scholarships and the development of applied skills regardless of whether students won or lost. Congratulations are in order for Weber High School who was awarded the "Chapter of the Year" award! Each of our schools-- Bonneville, Fremont, Roy, and Weber were so well-represented and will have dozens of students going to nationals this year in Atlanta. I loved even more the sense of accomplishment and belonging our students felt there... cheering each other on and happy for the chance to try something they may not have tried without this experience.
Weber School District ProStart Competition hosted by Fremont. It was amazing to watch each of our high schools prepare this food that was sooooo tasty. It was one of the best events of the year and students had a great time!
Weber School District held it's inaugural ESPORTS tournament at Weber Innovations this past week. All of our high schools were represented with multiple teams competing. The area is growing so fast and Esports is too.. it has been fun to be a part of this event!