As a special treat for the “Year of Firsts” at the Kauri Sue Hamilton School, Sheriff Jim Winder, with the Salt Lake County Unified Police Department brought the Easter Bunny to greet the students. Officers accompanied the Easter Bunny as he went into each classroom and handed out stuffed bunnies and sheriff’s badges. Although some students were reluctant at first, they quickly warmed up as they watched the Easter Bunny give high fives and hugs and saw their friends get their pictures taken. Principal Rita Bouillon said, “The Sheriff visited with students throughout the morning and into the afternoon and his staff shed a tear or two at some of the reactions of the students.” ★

A student is thrilled with his gift.

Sheriff Winder poses for a photo.

Westvale Elementary’s Spirit Club sponsored a collection drive to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake.  While the donations brought in by the student’s were mostly in coin, they collected more than $600 to donate to the American Red Cross. ★

The Bingham High debate team, coached by Carol Shackelford, won every tournament that had an overall winner.  As a team they have won over 100 individual trophies and achievements beginning in October and ending at the state tournament on March 13 at Davis High School. The debate team also won that tournament by a 20-point margin.

The Bingham High Academic Decathlon team recently won the first place trophy in the large school division of the state tournament held March 12-13.  The Bingham decathletes scored 34,573 points, which was more than 680 points ahead of Lone Peak High School, who was the closest rival. ★

The recent Jordan School District 5^th- and 6^th- Grade Science Fair held Feb. 26 at Daybreak Elementary included 228 science fair entries from 23 schools. There were 103 first-place winners chosen to go on to the Elementary Central Utah Science and Engineering Fair held at BYU on March 24.  The students were able to attend the science fair as the result of a $3,500 donation from Energy Solutions.  The winners were from the following elementary schools:  Bluffdale, Columbia, Copper Canyon, Daybreak, Eastlake, Falcon Ridge, Foothills, Hayden Peak, Heartland, Herriman, Jordan Ridge, Midas Creek, Monte Vista, Mountain Shadows, Oakcrest, Riverton, Rose Creek, South Jordan, Southland, Terra Linda, Westland, and Westvale. ★