Chinese-language classes in Utah schools gaining popularity

Story and multimedia by Karen Holt Bennion Watch Chinese teacher Jim Groethe work with students at Bingham High School Listen to Shelley Huang talk about Bingham High School’s Chinese Club   It’s Monday morning and James Groethe is gathering up his teaching materials for the week. He’ll arrive at Bingham High School by 7 o’clock. [...]

The Native American ESL student

by CADE SORENSEN Teachers and PTA members at West Jordan Elementary School in West Jordan, Utah, have combined their efforts to create the “I Can Read” program, a program designed for students who need help with reading and writing skills. Cody Black is one student who has received the one-on-one help he needs to enhance [...]

A diverse education in Salt Lake City

by ERIK DAENITZ Patricia Quijano Dark wants her daughters to appreciate diversity. But she didn’t find that in the public schools near their home in Sandy, Utah, so she and four other women helped create the Dual Immersion Academy, which opened in September 2007. “At the Dual Immersion Academy we are achieving more diversity, multiple [...]

Dual Immersion Academy succeeds despite setbacks, bigotry

by DAVID SERVATIUS Some people see unmet needs in their communities, wonder why, hope that somebody will do something, then forget about it in the rush of daily life. Other people, like freelance journalist Patricia Dark, see these same unmet needs and realize they are the “somebody” that everybody else is hoping for. “If something [...]