Miss Utah visited students at DSI/Gemstone to share her musical talent and inspire them to be their best selves. Miss Sun shared her belief with students that by being unashamed of who they are and what they believed they can be their best self. She shared her love of music with students.
Utah Shakespeare Festival Returns to Decker
Utah Shakespeare Festival actors presented Shakespeare’s play Hamlet for the students at Decker Lake. The students had read the play in their English class so were ready to compare what they read with what they saw. After the play the students were able to aske questions of the actors comparing the differences the they saw […]
STEMCAP Brings Coding to DSI/GEMSTONE
Warren Pettine an Associate Professor from the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute, and Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute cam to DSI/Gemstone and talked with students about AI and how it works. AI is only as good as the person that has programed it. Students participated in an activity where they taught the AI […]
Decker Lake Celebrates Black History
Students at Decker Lake researched people for Black History Month in their Social Studies class and created posters for each person as well as a verbal presentation. Each student presented what they learned to other students and staff in an assembly. Then heritage food was prepared for students and staff.
2023-2024 YIC Award for the Year!
Debbie Jacketta received the YIC Mentor of the Year Award. “Debbie has been a mentor with Granite District for over 15 years. She is an amazing advocate for YIC students. She is proactive, finding ways to help and guide a student long before they start to have problems. One of her greatest strengths is that […]
Youth Services Go to Hill Aerospace Museum
Students at Youth Services studied the Women Airforce Service Pilots. After watching a documentary and chatting with SchoolAI WASPs, we took our students to the Hill Aerospace Museum to see their WASP exhibit and learn more about the history of aviation. While there, students played an emoji scavenger hunt to find different planes. They loved seeing […]
Decker Lake Students Write Resume and Conduct Mock Interviews
Kandice Barber and Noelle Converse spent to days in Dieter’s English classes and taught students how to be prepared to get a job by building a good resume. They discussed with students the importance of a good resume down to the paper it is printed on. As well as what information should be included to […]
YESS Teacher Retires From YESS
Sandy retired in December. Sandy taught at ARTEC, AIM and Salt Lake Valley Youth Center. She taught Business classes, Math, and supported students attending Salt Lake Community College. Thanks you! Sandy for all you did for out students here at YESS!
STEMCAP Teaches Students about Eagles
The objective was for students to learn about raptors. HawkWatch International brought two eagles in to help students understand how humans impact and change the natural environment and how it effects the lives of these eagles. Students learned about Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) an insecticide used in agriculture which was banned in the United States in 1972. […]
Gemstone Mural
The Gemstone Mural was created by the youth at Gemstone with the help of Roger Whiting a local artist. Roger came and met with the youth and used their ideas to conceptualize what the youth wanted to create. Roger worked with the youth and staff of Gemstone about twice a week for about two months […]