Wasatch School District superintendent announces retirement- The Park Record, April 8, 2025
Wasatch County School District Superintendent Paul Sweat is retiring.
After 34 years of working in the district, Sweat now has plans to join three of his six children on the Sweat family cattle ranch in Idaho. It was always the plan, he said, to retire after 30 years. But when that anniversary came, Sweat said there were a few initiatives he did not want to leave unfinished.
In the years since he started as a math teacher at Rocky Mountain Middle School before much later becoming Wasatch County School District’s superintendent, Sweat said that his style as an educator has, more or less, remained unchanged. His core principles, he said, have stuck around.
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Here’s how Trust Lands funds are used in Wasatch County schools - The Park Record, April 1, 2025
The final school Land Trust reports for the 2023-24 school year are, after a lengthy accounting process, in for secondary and elementary schools in Wasatch County.
The board last week addressed that school finance “runs slower,” and that the account for that year has only just been finalized. Plans for this year and the next will be presented to the board in the coming month.
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Wasatch High School wrestler earns first national title in 20 years - KPCW Radio, April 1, 2025
High school wrestler Wyatt Hanssen made Wasatch High School history this weekend when he was crowned a national champion.
His win marked the first time in 20 years a Wasatch student earned the title.
The National High School Coaches Association competition is recognized as one of the premier wrestling events in the country and drew more than 5,800 high school wrestlers from across the nation.
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Board of Education March 28, 2025, Meeting Recap
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Inside the new Deer Creek High School - The Park Record, March 28, 2025
Just west of Heber City and south of the North Fields, Deer Creek High School is under construction. Brick walls are built, a few classroom wings are painted and the athletic wing has a roof on it.
While the concrete is poured, windows installed and tennis courts laid out, administrators are starting trickier discussions — boundaries for what students will attend from which zones, class sizes and educational opportunities for Deer Creek High School students.
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Wasatch County School District in favor of a new immersive, community-based program - The Park Record, March 28, 2025
The Wasatch County School District, apparently, has something to learn from the Francis Howell School District in Missouri.
In an effort to immerse parents and community members in the goings-on of daily life in schools, Francis Howell’s Citizens in our Schools program guides a cohort through once-a-month, full-day programs. Wasatch County School District Director of Elementary Education Stephanie Discher said participants walk away as “graduates” with a comprehensive understanding of the inner workings of their school district.
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This Utah school enlisted parents to help their kids succeed. The result? Proficiency rates more than double the state average - The Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 23, 2025
At Timpanogos Middle School, parent volunteers patrol the hallways daily, their presence punctuated by the occasional sharp command: “¡Vaya a su clase!” (”Get to class!”) — a clear warning to lingering students as the final bells ring.
These Latino parents are part of the school’s “Padres y Madres Líderes” (”Father and Mother Leaders”) volunteer program. Timpanogos Middle, like many schools across Utah, had been struggling to support an influx of newcomer students, the majority of whom arrived from Spanish-speaking countries.
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