Students from TH Bell and Sandridge had the incredible opportunity to travel to the FBLA National Conference in Orlando, Florida. They all did an amazing job representing Weber School District, competing in multiple events and taking advantage of the open tests available. Their hard work and dedication led to impressive results, with several students earning awards.
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Additionally, they had the opportunity to hear from Shawn Nelson, the founder of LoveSac, which originated in Salt Lake City, and attended the Expo Hall, where they gained valuable information about careers and opportunities for their future.
These achievements highlight the students' dedication and the high quality of education and support they receive at Weber School District. We are incredibly proud of all the students who participated and showcased their talents on a national stage!
Last Friday, on April 19th, students from across the district met at Weber Innovation High School for the much-anticipated spring esports tournament. Enthusiastic participants showcased their dedication and skills in the popular games League of Legends, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
For Super Smash Brothers Ultimate students competed in a singles best of 3 double elimination tournament, with Kyle Blackson from Weber High in 1st place, Jakob Zimmer from Roy High in 2nd place, and Ethan Day from Bonneville High in 3rd place.
In League of Legends Boneville High School's two teams faced off in a close finals match that ended with Bonneville 2 claiming 1st place.
For Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 1st place went to Weber Innovation High School, whose team of 4 was able to take the most points and wins across a series of 5 races.
It was a great year for esports in Weber School District, and we are excited to see esports grow in the coming years with the recent announcement from the Utah High School Activities Association that Esports will be a sanctioned sport starting in the 25-26 school year.
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!