When Central Cove Early Learning Center opens later this year it will be The Home of the Monarchs! With the move from the old building to the new one, it seemed appropriate that the school’s caterpillar logo would transform into a beautiful butterfly.
The Uintah School District is holding a design contest for a logo to represent the new mascot for Central Cove, which is home to a developmental, inclusive preschool program open to all children from ages 3 to kindergarten.
This logo design contest is open to all Uintah School District students in grades 9 through 12 at Uintah High School, Ashley Valley Education Center, and Uintah Online. The creator of the winning design will receive a $500 prize.
The deadline to submit a design is Monday, March 3, at 5 p.m. The design chosen by the selection committee will be presented to the Uintah School Board at its meeting on March 12. The winning designer will be celebrated during the board’s business meeting on April 9.
Contest information and guidelines are available at HERE. Questions about the contest should be sent to Uintah School District Arts Coordinator Jim Munford at james.munford@uintah.com.
Uintah FFA Teams Compete Nationally
Students in Uintah High’s FFA chapter competed last week in the Northeast Wisconsin Virtual CDE Invitational. The event was open to teams from across the nation. FFA chapter advisor David Wilson said his students participated as practice for other upcoming CDE competitions.
Uintah’s Ag Mechanics Team of Taw Jackson, Drew Huber, Genny Lee Huber, and Cecil Watkins finished 4th out of 38 teams. The Forestry Team of Isabel Owens, Holden Thomas, and Kenna Dudley placed 7th out of 22 teams with only three members. “If we had one more team member, we would have placed around 3rd or 4th place,” advisor Maurleen Plant said.
The Floriculture Team of Auklynd Jones, Lillian Strasburg, Taryn Kidd, and Ashley Clark finished 8th out of 56 teams. The Horse Evaluation Team of Bonnie Batty, Terilyn Williams, Jayleigh Bartlett, and Natalee Lamoreaux finished 11th out of 49 teams. The Meats Evaluation Team of Aubree Harrison, Konner Hancock, Kaleb Harrison and Kray Searle finished 16th out of 35 teams.
The Milk Quality Products Team of Thomas McKeachnie, Page Liebhardt, and Conner McKee placed 17th out of 32 teams. And the Vet Science Team of Daisy Liebhardt, Bragen Searle, Bentley Garcia, Jordan Thornton, and Oakley Garcia placed 26th out of 72 teams.
School Meal Payments
Please note that when submitting a check for school lunch fees, it must be made payable to Uintah School District rather than to individual schools. This ensures proper processing and avoids any delays in applying payments to your child’s account. If you have any questions, please contact the Foods office at 435-781-3185.
Tickets on Sale of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Tickets are on sale now for the Uintah High Theatre production of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This fantastical show runs Feb. 28-March 1, March 3-4, and March 6-8 in the Uintah High auditorium. Showtime is 7 p.m. for all performances. For tickets, click HERE.
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Celebrations
Congratulations to Vernal Middle School students Denton Martin and Traysen Clyde! They won the Fall 2024 SIFMSA Foundation Stock Market Game competition and took 2nd place out of 140 teams in Utah at the middle school level. During the competition, students learn about investing and build an investment portfolio. Thanks to VMS Business and Marketing teacher Brian Ottley for providing his students with this financial education opportunity.
Congratulations as well to Uintah High wrestler Michael Alexander! Earlier this month, he set the school record with 281career takedowns during a tournament in Green River, Wyoming. The previous record was held by Dillon Dick. Yesterday, Alexander set the school record for career pins with his 119th pin in the finals of the 4A Boys Division A Tournament in St. George. The previous record was held by Brady Merkley. Alexander is one of 21 Uintah High wrestlers to qualify for the 4A State Tournament on Feb. 11-12 in Orem.
Congratulations also go out to Jaten Barraclough, Paul Buschkowsky, Keith Caldwell, and Jarom Thomas! The foursome set the school record in the 200 Freestyle Relay at the Region 8 Championships in Provo last weekend with a time of 1:32.34. It was the only boys' relay record that wasn’t broken last season. The previous school record of 1:33.06 was set in 2018 by Troy Young, Jason Valadez, Eric Brown, and Carson Talbot. Fifteen Utes swimmers have qualified for next weekend’s 4A State Swim Meet at BYU, including all three boys and girls relay teams.
Finally, congratulations to Uintah High Cheer Coach Jana Zufelt! She was recently named the 4A Cheer Coach of the Year by the Utah Cheer Coaches Association.
Weekend Events
Uintah High Boys Basketball and Uintah High Girls Basketball are both on the road today, taking on the Bulldogs at Provo High School in region play. The JV boys’ game is set for 3:30 p.m., sophomores and freshmen play at 5:15 p.m., and varsity plays at 7 p.m. For the girls’ teams, JV plays at 3:30 p.m., varsity plays at 5:15 p.m. and sophomores play at 7 p.m. The boys and girls varsity games will be streamed live on the Provo High Hudl Fan website.
The Uintah High Girls Wrestling Team will compete Saturday in the 4A Girls Division B Tournament at Mountain View High in Orem. Matches are scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m., with the finals set to begin at 5 p.m. The tournament will determine which wrestlers qualify for the 4A Girls State Tournament on Feb. 14-15 in Orem. Saturday’s tournament will be streamed live on the Mountain View High Hudl Fan website.
Good luck to all our teams and GO UTES!