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Alpine School District will celebrate National Instructional Coaches Appreciation Day on Tuesday, Oct. 6, recognizing five types of instructional coaches who work alongside teachers in all 91 district schools, including first-year Skyridge High teacher Thor Labrum.
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Students from Willowcreek Middle School and Lakeridge Junior High represented Alpine School District at the State Capitol for Utah's inaugural statewide Read-a-Thon on Oct. 2, while Lehi High School and Eagle Valley Elementary held their own literacy celebrations.
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The Utah State Board of Education added seven titles to its statewide banned-book list on Tuesday, Sept. 29, bringing the total to 44 prohibited titles in all public schools, including those in Alpine School District.
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The Lehi Historical Society completed the first year of its Fourth Grade Trading Card Program across 12 elementary schools and secured a new PARC grant to continue in 2026-27, with plans to start earlier in the school year.
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Alpine School District high schoolers in grades 10-12 have until Oct. 1 to submit essays proposing AI policy for Utah schools, with cash prizes up to $1,000 and a chance to debate policy at the State Capitol in November.
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Lone Peak High School seniors have until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, to apply for Utah's Sterling Scholar program, with interviews running Oct. 22–30 and university scholarships on the line.
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Utah dropped from 2nd to 5th in WalletHub's 2026 teacher rankings, with high class sizes and low per-pupil spending dragging down the state's score. Alpine School District's student-teacher ratio of 24.09 exceeds both state and national averages as the district enters its final year before splitting into three successor districts.
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Meta committed $2.1 million to the new Lake Mountain School District, including $600,000 for elementary school land and $1.5 million for its education foundation, while the Lake Mountain board negotiated $10,000 scholarship contributions each to Aspen Peaks and Timpanogos districts.
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Aspen Peaks School District is using a $282,277 state grant to research career pathways for local students, a move that aligns with Utah Superintendent Molly Hart's response to a Gallup poll showing national K-12 satisfaction at a 27-year low.
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QTS Data Centers donated $10,000 to Cedar Valley High School at an Aug. 21 pep rally, funding zoology dissection specimens and 3D printing equipment for the Alpine School District campus in Eagle Mountain.
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Alpine School District says a standardized protocol lets staff notify parents within eight minutes of a school emergency, using a messaging platform that handled about 25 incidents last year including four evacuations.
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Aspen Peaks School District received a $282,277 APEX Center Planning Grant in July, making it one of nine Utah education agencies funded to research and design career and technical education pathways before the new district opens in July 2027.
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