Winter 2018 - Education Issue

Aysha Mohamed takes a turn in the center of the circle at a recent ice-breaker activity at the Hartland Partnership Center, where participants in Youth Voices meet. Pictured in the back (from left to right) are: Islam Ibrahim, Siosia Langi (facilitator), Rahma Mustafa and Jeilani Athman (faciltator).|Left to right: Esperance Iradukunda, Manarigo Lenata, Emmanuel Rokondo pose for a photo during an ice-breaker activity at the Hartland Partnership Center in December of last year.|: Participants in Youth Voices at UNP's Hartland Partnership Center pose for a photo. Back row, from left to right: Siosaia Langi (facilitator), Emmanuel Rokondo, Aysha Mohamed, Ismahan Mohamed, Islam Ibrahim, Rahma Mustafa, Omar Bakari, Jeilani Athman (facilitator). Front row: Manarigo Lenata (mentor), Esperance Iradukunda, Aurelia Rodriguez, Fatma, Maricela Hernandez (mentor)||||

Two afterschool programs engage west side youth civically and socially

Casa Quetzalcoatl students from West High School pose for a photo at the Marmalade Branch Library. From left to right: Ashley Mercado,Tania Hernandez, Alexia Lopez, Maricela Puerta, Paola Cervantes, Sandra Inga, Arumy Fuentes, Magaly Chavez, and Grettel Garcia|Teresa Organista, cofounder of Casa Quetzalcoatl, speaks to students at a meeting.|Members of the Organista family all work together to run Casa Quetzalcoatl, which increases academic opportunities for Latino students in the Salt Lake City School District.||||

Mother of five creates non-profit that strengthens young leaders

In solidarity with victims of domestic violence, Simi Poteki of Pacific Island Knowledge to Action Resources (PIK2AR) leads a procession of men walking a mile in women's shoes around Jordan Park last fall.||||

Pacific Islander org educates community about domestic violence

Backman Elementary School, located at 601 N. 1500 West., combats the challenges its students face with exceptional administrative staff and innovative programming. Photos by Cameron Jepperson|Average annual teachers' salaries at Dilworth Elementary School, located at 1953 S. 2100 East, are 20 percent higher than Backman's. Photos by Cameron Jepperson||||

Education leaders make progress to keep experienced educators on the west side, but easier work still draws teachers away

The Continuing Education office is open Monday through Thursday from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm, and is located off the main entrance to West High, right through the entrance doors of the Commons.|Dan Potts forages for mushrooms. – The Wild Foods Foraging class, taught by Dan Potts, meets twice a year in Spring and Autumn for six sessions each and is limited to just over two dozen participants. Photo courtesy of Dan Potts.||||

Community Education offers indoor and outdoor learning year-round

Since 2003, University Neighborhood Partners, a special U of U department creating pathways to higher education for residents in 84104 and 84116 zip codes, has operated out of a house next to Jordan Park at 1060 S. 900 West. Photo courtesy of UNP||||

The U of U celebrates 15 years of collaboration with Salt Lake City’s west side

NASA Ambassador Amy Oliver answers questions and passes out protective glasses in Teton Village at Jackson, Wyoming during the Total Solar Eclipse in August, 2017. Photo courtesy of Amy Oliver|The OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft is over ten feet high and was launched in 2015 in the nose cone of an Atlas rocket standing over 150 feet high. It will arrive at Asteroid Bennu in 2018 and be back in the orbit of Earth during 2023. Besides chemical science, OSIRIS-Rex will study methods of avoiding asteroid collisions. Images by NASA.|Images by NASA.||||

Rose Park’s NASA ambassador prepares for incoming space rocks

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Getting a college degree despite many obstacles

Almaida Yanagui, center, poses for a photo with two Community Advocates, Noreida Garza and Abigail Nuñez, at a Partners in the Park event put on by University Neighborhood Partners at Jordan Park during the summer of 2017. Photo courtesy of UNP||||

Meet Almaida Yanagui, community organizer and Assistant Partnership Manager at University Neighborhood Partners, U of U

My education continues

OP-ED: Sex education in the Beehive State — time to move forward

A sign on Salt Lake Community College's Redwood Campus touts the Promise Program. Photo by Michael Evans||||

Scholarship and grant opportunities help remedy $2.3 billion in unclaimed federal financial aid

Education can make all the difference