This year students were asked to reflect on a common theme "Within Reach" and create original works of art in the categories of dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography and visual arts. National PTA Reflections welcomes students from all grades and abilities to explore and be involved in the arts. Entries are narrowed down to five per state and then the National PTA Reflections Committee makes a final selection. The attachment highlights this year's 2017-2018 Tooele Region winners. We wish them luck as they move on to the state-level competition.

The January Board of Education meeting will be held Jan. 16th at the Tooele County School District building. Public session begins at 7 p.m.
Grantsville Junior High School will be recognized for the District Recognition for the month of January.

In an effort to show our appreciation, we asked our teachers and staff to nominate a guest teacher who they felt deserved the recognition of 'Guest Teacher of the Season' for Fall 2017.

By TEF Leadership Team
We hope everyone in our wonderful community had a joyous holiday season -- the TEF leadership team is again working hard on behalf of Tooele County School District’s students and staff!

At the Youth Suicide Prevention Summit, Marianne Oborn, Tooele County School District Director of Counseling and Social Services, was presented the ‘Advocate of the Year’ award by Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, Senator Daniel Thatcher, Representative Steve Eliason, and the State office of Education for quickly and efficiently implementing the SafeUt app.

Our very own Tooele County School District receptionist, Georgette Shosted, was selected as the Customer Service Winner by the Tooele County Chamber and Tourism of Commerce and Willow Creek Lending.

This year the annual Career and Technical Education Open House will be held at three different locations. To start, Tooele High School will host the event Monday, January 8th from 5 to 7 p.m.

Reward for information leading to arrest of vandals that damaged the grounds of Sterling Elementary School.

(By Ed Dalton)
In educational foundation work, many people measure the success of an endeavor or the organization by the amount of money they raise.
That is not a good way of looking at it. Of course, without adequate financial resources no foundation can survive. The Tooele Education Foundation has for the past seven years increased its monetary position through donations each year.