Jordan High School (Sandy, Utah)

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Jordan High School (also referred to as Jordan High or JHS ) is a public high school located in Sandy, Utah (United States) It is one of five high schools in the Canyons School District. The school was established in 1907, making it one of the oldest public high schools in the state of Utah.

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Jordan High School
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Location
Jordan High School (Sandy, Utah)
95 Beetdigger Blvd, Sandy, UT 84070
Coordinates 40°34′27″N111°53′17″W / 40.57417°N 111.88806°W / 40.57417; -111.88806
Information
Type Public
Established1907
School district Canyons School District
PrincipalBruce Eschler
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,886 (2023-24) [1]
Student to teacher ratio23:1 [2]
Color(s)  Maroon   Gray
Athletics Baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, drill team, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling
Athletics conference UHSAA 4A Region 10
MascotBeetdiggers
Website https://jhs.canyonsdistrict.org/

Timeline

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Jordan High School (1920)

1907–1914

Jordan High School took root when a student body of just seven students led by a man named Weston Morley began meeting in the basement of a church in Midvale. His small group started to grow in numbers and its members began to give Morley money. The enrollment numbers quickly grew, and soon it was necessary to move the students and faculty into their first real school building. This original school was initially known as The People's College because it was open to students of all ages. After a year, this small college became a student body of 2,000 students.

1914–1996

A new Jordan High School opened at 9351 South State Street. The original building was on the National Register of Historic Places. Jordan Commons Movie Theatre is now at the old location of Jordan High School.

1996–present

The current campus for Jordan High School is at 95 E. Beetdigger Blvd. (9880 S.). It can serve 2,600 students.

Centennial (2007)

The school celebrated its centennial [3] birthday in 2007. This huge two-day event to celebrate 100 years of education at Jordan High took place from 6 July through 7 July 2007.

Academics

Jordan High School offers a wide selection of AP and Honors classes, as well as the ‘Step 2 the U’ [4] program which allows students to take colleges classes at The University of Utah during high school. The average ACT (test) score for Jordan students is 25, and the school's average SAT score is 1150 [5] The school has produced several National Merit Scholar award recipients, finalists and semifinalists as well as Utah State Sterling Scholar finalists.

Mascot

Jordan High School students are known as Beetdiggers. This is due to the fact that large areas once surrounding the school were composed of sugar beet fields. [6] Up until about 1950, at harvest time, classes were usually cancelled during vacations of a week or two in October, which allowed students to assist with the harvest. Their mascot is known as ‘Digger Dan’.

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "Jordan High".
  2. ↑ "Jordan High".
  3. ↑ "JHS Alumni Association (Jordan High School Beetdiggers) - Sandy, Utah: Centennial Information and Forms". Archived from the original on 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
  4. ↑ https://us.utah.edu/step2theu/about_us.php
  5. ↑ "Explore Jordan High School".
  6. ↑ https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/s/SUGAR_INDUSTRY.shtml
  7. ↑ "UFC: For onetime Utah walk-on Sean O'Connell, the hard way has been worth it".
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