April 4, 2025
Weekly District Update
The Uintah School Board will hold a regularly scheduled work session and business meeting on Wednesday, April 9, at the district office in Naples. The work session is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m., with the business meeting slated to start at 6 p.m.
Agendas for both meetings will be posted on the district website in BoardDocs, which can be found in the School Board tab. The district intends to stream both meetings live on its YouTube channel. Online input for the board can be provided at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SZX5P63.
Teacher, Employee of the Year
Congratulations to Ashley Elementary teacher MarKay Anderson and Transportation Department secretary and dispatcher Cynthia Shiner. Anderson was announced on Thursday as the district’s Teacher of the Year, while Shiner was announced as the district’s Classified Employee of the year.
More information about these outstanding individuals can be found on the main page of the district website under the News section.
Central Cove Waitlist Open
The waitlist for 2025-2026 enrollment at Central Cove Preschool is open. First offers of enrollment will be sent by email starting on April 4 and will continue until all spots are filled.
To be eligible, children must:
· live in Uintah County,
· be at least 3 years old by Sept. 1, and
· not turn 5 years old before Sept. 1.
Families can apply by completing the waitlist application. Tuition financial assistance may be available based on income. For questions or more information, call Ryshann Searle at Central Cove at 435-781-3125.
Tickets for Happy Days on Sale
Tickets are on sale now for the Uintah High Theatre production of Happy Days: A New Musical. The famed drive-in malt shop and No. 1 hangout, Arnold's, is in danger of demolition. So, the gang teams up to save it with a dance contest and a TV-worthy wrestling match. The show will run four nights only – April 29 to May 2. All performances start at 7 p.m. For tickets, visit uintah.ludus.com.
Celebrations
Uintah High recently completed the accreditation process, which looks at the whole school – from policies to learning conditions and cultural context – to determine how well the parts work together to meet the needs of every student.
Cognia accredits schools in the United States and conducted the accreditation at UHS, awarding our school an Index of Education Quality (IEC) score of 340. Cognia's IEQ network average is 296. An IEQ above 300 indicates that a school meets Cognia's expectations for accreditation.
Great work, Utes!
Students from Uintah Middle School and Vernal Middle School did well at the 2025 Ritchey Science and Engineering Fair, which was held recently at Weber State University.
The following students received recognition for their science and engineering projects:
2nd place: David Pierce
3rd place: Sullivan Olson, Austin Taylor, and Shayanne Ulwelling
Excellent: Ellie Anderson, Sophie Batty, Orrin Gardiner, Megan Glazier, Cristin Halverson, Abbilyn Hill, Tyler Huber, Paisley Johnson, Madeline Keith, Melody Liebhardt, Cole Murphy, Josh Ottosen, Sam Pierce, Paizlee Seamons, Quinlee Seamons, Omner Sheffer, Morris Stewart, and Ember Zufelt
Honorable Mention: Claire Davies, Treyson Farrer, Fiona Faucher, and Nadia Wong.
Paizlee Seamons from VMS earned the Spirit Award.
Congratulations to these outstanding students and thanks to everyone who supports their interests in the sciences and engineering!
Congratulations as well to the Maeser Elementary Super Readers! They won the inaugural 3rd Grade Battle of the Books on Wednesday. The Uintah Cookies from Davis Elementary earned second place as a team, and the Discovery Elementary Foxy Readers finished in third place.
The three schools chose to compete against each other to find out who had retained the most information after reading a collection of 20 books. Each team was asked questions with specific details from the books. The team that correctly named the title and author of the book earned points. The competition was extremely close, with several rounds requiring tiebreakers.
Finally, congratulations to Uintah High wrestler Caden Young, who earned All-American status this past weekend. Young finished second in his weight class at the NHSCA Nationals in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Weekend Events
The Uintah High Boys Soccer Team is scheduled to play the Alta High Hawks today at Coach Belcher Stadium. The JV game is slated to begin at 3:30 p.m., with the varsity game scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m.
The Uintah High Baseball Team is scheduled to play the Bountiful High Redhawks today on the UHS baseball field. First pitch for the JV game is set for 3 p.m., with the varsity game to follow.
Both the varsity soccer game and varsity baseball game will be streamed live on the Uintah High Hudl Fan website: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ut/vernal/organization/11359/uintah-high-school
Spring Break 2025
There will be no school from Monday, April 14, to Friday, April 18, for Spring Break. The district office will be closed Thursday and Friday, April 17 and April 18. Classes will resume as normal and the district office will reopen on Monday, April 21.