Taking a Photo Field Trip
Ben Smith's photography classes in the Upper School combined their two periods to take a "photo field trip" in the local area. The lesson focused on light -- how to see it, reflect it, and create...
"Fiddler on the Roof"
Opens Tonight!
Whether you were one of the lucky ones who saw "Les Miz" last fall or one of the regretful ones who only heard how extraordinary it was, you know you can't miss Rowland Hall's production of "Fiddler," under the talented direction of theatre teacher Gary Lindemann....
Joel Long Poet of the Month
Upper School English teacher Joel Long is Salt Lake City’s Bite Size Poet for November.
What are Bite Size Poems? According to the Utah Arts Council website, these are poems by living Utah poet, gathered by Katharine Coles, Utah's Poet Laureate, and each of them takes one minute or less to read aloud. The project features a Poem of the Month which is distributed throughout the state via an email blast. Joel received the 2009 Mayor’s Artist Award for Literary Arts at the Utah Arts Festival and the Writers Advocate Award from Writers at Work.
Halloween Fun in the Middle School
The Middle School was the scene of fun and frolicking this past Friday, as students, faculty and staff came to school in costume to celebrate Halloween. From a costume parade and a contest, to a ...
Free Trade, Organic Coffee To Benefit High School Service Club
Our high school Interact Club, the student arm of Rotary International, is selling coffee by the pound. The coffee is organic, fair trade Guatemalan coffee. We have a Dark roast as well as a Forest roast ...
Easter Calendar Note
Early last spring, during our administrative council's discussions about this year's academic calendar, it was decided that we would take the Monday after Easter off instead of Good Friday and this was published in our 2009-2010 calendar. This decision was made based on the academic value of having a full week back after Spring Break before taking another day off from classes. We realize that this decision affects some of our families and want to reassure you that any religious observances and/or travel plans for Good Friday will be accommodated by the school.
In the future, we will make every possible effort not to have classes on Good Friday, which has been a long-standing tradition at our school.
Bookfair Success
The Book Fair is a Rowland Hall tradition. It is a celebration of books and reading. And from October 12 -24, we celebrated! We had book talks, a teacher preview day and a parent preview, author visits and author signings.
Many parents helped set up the ...
Mr. Roberts Receives National Recognition from NCTE
Congratulations to Mike Roberts, eighth grade English teacher, who has been awarded the prestigious Edwin A. Hoey Award by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the Weekly Reader Corp...
Music Class Inventors
In Cindy Hall's second grade music class, students explored the four basic ways to initiate sound on an instrument: plucking, hitting, blowing, and buzzing. After experimenting and crafting at home, students demonstrated their original instruments for their classmates and played them in the Lower School Halloween parade.
Service Learning for the Birds
Sixty excited third graders from Rowland Hall volunteered at Tracy Aviary on Friday, November 6. Each fall, they rake leaves as part of their service learning experience. The project ties service learning ...
Annual Fund Fact of the Week
Each year, independent schools across the country rely on the generosity and loyalty of their families, friends, faculty and staff to advance the institutions’ missions.
Rowland Hall is no exception The money raised each year through our Annual Fund helps make up the difference between what tuition covers and the actual cost of running the school. Our wonderful Rowland Hall community of families, friends, faculty and staff, and alumni help the school each year to cover this difference. Please consider joining this community of givers and make a gift to the 2009-2010 Annual Fund. ...
Sustainability History at Rowland Hall
Over the past three years, Rowland Hall has become part of a national network of schools that recognize the need and value of integrating sustainability into school life. As a group, these schools are asking themselves and each other large-scale questions, such as: How can the school minimize its environmental footprint (and operating costs) by ...
Practicing the 4 R's of Recycling
As part of Lonnie and Rachel's Kindergarten recycling service learning study, the class took a fieldtrip to the Salt Lake County Landfill. There they learned about the four R's of recycling...
Utah Jazz Breast Cancer Awareness Night
The Utah Jazz and Swing for Life (founded by Coach Kathy Howa) are partnering to bring a Breast Cancer Awareness Night on Wednesday, November 18, at 7:00 p.m. Discounted tickets are available and the Utah Jazz will donate $5 back per ticket to Swing for Life.
Cross Country Season Ends on a High Note
Fine fall weather awaited the qualifying high school cross-country teams on Wednesday, October 21, at Sugar House Park for the Utah State High School Cross-Country Championships. The boys’ team took second place, just five points behind this year’s 2A champions, Enterprise High School.
All-State honors were awarded to Nathan Z-S. and Andy G. for placing in the top ten over-all. Nathan, a junior, placed 8th in a time of 18:21, while Andy G., a sophomore, nipping at his heals the entire way, finished in 9th with a time of 18:26. Finishing in the third position for the team was Chris S., ...