Students participated in a presentation about Indigenous People and learn how to make tortillas. It was very informative and the food was fantastic!
DT SAYS GOODBYE TO MRS KATHLEEN!
It is with sadness we say goodbye to Mrs. Kathleen. She is retiring at the end of the 2023-24 school year. She has shared her passion for art with many students over the many years that she has taught. We will miss her.
AIM GETS A MAKEOVER!
AIM adds color to their walls with positive affirmations created by the students. They show their creativity as well as a positive attitude.
Students Explore Antarctica with VR to find Penguins
Dave Nelson used National Geographics VR program to have students kayak, climb ice mountains, set up a base camp and survive a storm to final find penguins. Students were able to take pictures of what they saw and learn what Antarctica is like.
Miss Utah visits DSI/Gemstone
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 […]