Midvale Journal | September 2021

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September 2021 | Vol. 18 Iss. 09

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FIRST FOUR-STORY HIGH SCHOOL IN UTAH APPLAUDED BY HUNDREDS By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com

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ormer Hillcrest High teacher Don Marr remembers his and former art department colleagues’ students taking top awards in statewide competitions, and receiving college scholarships for their pottery, painting, drawing, crafts, 3D art and other mediums. The favorite memory of the teacher, who climbed the stairs above the auto shop to his room from 1969 to 1981, was an assembly where Hillcrest High received an American flag that flew above the White House. “It was in 1971 and Sen. Frank Moss presented it to us,” Marr said. “He said that we had the best auditorium in the entire country. He said that the gym and auditorium were world class and he had noticed it.” Marr said that flag flew above the school for years until U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch replaced it with another flag that flew over the White House. Marr was on hand to witness the first time the American flag and Hillcrest High flag were raised above the new school during its Aug. 13 ribbon-cutting ceremony. Hundreds of students, alumni, current and former teachers, city and school leaders and community members came to witness not just one, but three, snips of the ribbon signifying the opening of the new school that has been under construction since its May 31, 2018, groundbreaking. The first ribbon cut was by Student Body President Jason Mun, followed by Principal Greg Leavitt and Canyons Board of Education member Mont Millerburg, alongside school and school district officials. The third cut was by Midvale Mayor Robert Hale, Utah State Sen. Kathleen Riebe and area elected

Hundreds of community members turned out to witness the ribbon-cutting of Midvale’s only high school, which was rebuilt on the same campus over the past three years. (Julie Slama/City Journals)

officials. More than three years ago, the new building’s groundbreaking was on the Huskies’ soccer field, now buried under the foundation and parking lot, but only yards away from where Millerburg stood welcoming the crowd. “It was hot, and I was decked out in a suit and tie, so I

think this shirt is just fine,” he said, but joked that if he knew the building with air conditioning was so close to the ceremony, he would have dressed up more, with reference to the former non-air-conditioned school. Millerburg gave praise to lead architect Greta Anderson at FFKR Architects, who, like himself, graduated from Hillcrest. Continued page 4

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