October 2019 | Vol. 6 Iss. 10
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By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com
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week after the new South Jordan middle school opened, most everything was seeming to go like clockwork. Sure, there was a hiccup or two, as furniture had yet to arrive for the media center, touch-ups of paint still needed to be done, custodians were using the box office as their office until it was completed, and the indoor track wasn’t quite ready for students in the gym. But the students were in the classrooms learning — or at least in the instrumental music classroom, students were teaching their instructor how to open the new lockers. Mountain Creek Middle School, built near Golden Fields Elementary on Kestrel Rise Road and Bingham Rim Road, opened days before the school year on Aug. 15 with a traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony, where Mayor Dawn Ramsey welcomed seventh, eighth and ninth grade students to their new school. “We are thrilled for the completion of our new Mountain Creek Middle School,” she said. “With an opening day enrollment of nearly 1,100, this school is very needed.” Ramsey, who has worked with Principal Mike Glenn and his team in various capacities in the past years, said she appreciates them as well as the community for the new school. “This beautiful new building was impressively built on time and under budget and will serve our community well for decades to come,” she said. “Thank you to the Jordan District Board of Education and administration and to the taxpayers, who approved funding for this new school. It is a wonderful addition to the rich educational opportunities available in South Jordan.”
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South Jordan Mayor Dawn Ramsey welcomes the community to the new middle school, which she said is “the heart of the community.” (Photo courtesy of Tim Brooks/Mountain Creek Middle)
District Director of Facility Services Dave Rostrom said last winter the school would cost about $29.5 million and could accommodate up to 1,800 students. Assistant Principal Tim Brooks credits the welcoming of students to the student leaders, who gave tours and was a part of the ceremony that also invited the Jordan Board of Educa-
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tion, VCBO architecture firm, DWA general contractor, Herriman High drumline and other community members. Ninth grader Clare Mortmer said welcoming students was important to her. “I moved to South Jordan in sixth grade, and I had to adjust and gain my confidence,” Continued page 5
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