Wasatch Junior High

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Wasatch Junior High


Principal Douglas Bingham
Motto "Empowering students for success in tomorrow's global society", "Do you have the WOJO?"
Established 1959
School type Public School
Location 3450 East Oakview Drive
Enrollment 885 students
Campus Urban
School colors White, Gold
Nicknames Wasatch, Wahill, Chursatch
Website Wasatch Home Page

Wasatch Junior High of the Granite School District, is located at 3450 East Oakview Drive. It has an enrollment rate of 885 students and has the highest junior high SAT scores in the state of Utah[1].


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[edit] Faculty

[edit] Wasatch Fire

Wasatch fire of '05
Wasatch fire of '05

On July 11th, 2005, a six-alarm destroyed Wasatch Junior High. More than 100 firefighters fought the fire, along with six to eight fire trucks. At 12:30 the fire alarm went off and the principal discovered that the source of the fire was an old computer server in the media center. The fire quickly spread to the attic, making what was a three-alarm fire, a six-alarm. The fire what so powerful and forceful that firefighters had to fight it from the outside, without risking their lives inside. Wasatch Principal , Doug Bingham said, "It's just a building, but a building is a place where people are invested in each other's lives, and this one is toast."[2]

[edit] Wasatch and Churchill Junior High

Sign for Wasatch and Churchill Junior Highs' friendship
Sign for Wasatch and Churchill Junior Highs' friendship

After the 6-alarm fire, the Granite School District decided to build a new Wasatch Junior High, but in that time, Wasatch students needed to share a facility with Churchill Junior High. The faculty and staff in Wasatch Junior High had 2 months to prepare for the next school year, building their teaching materials from scratch. The staff worked hard, trying to rearrange classroom assignments, bring in new portable classrooms, change class times, and renew teachers' materials. "It was kind of like a death when you don't get a chance to grieve -- we just had to put everything aside and just get the work done," said Sam McBride, 7th grade Spanish teacher. Staff and students at Churchill, with a gradually decreasing enrollment rate, offered to make room for Wasatch students, creating two schools in one building. "It went amazingly smoothly. There were a lot of things that they had to give up; the rooms and accommodations, and they were very gracious in doing that," Mr. McBride said. What was a 700 student school, turned into a crowded 1,600 student school as Wasatch students moved in. The big challenge was sharing playing fields and stages for sports and performances; stages had to be scheduled in different times so both schools would have an equal amount of time practicing for certain plays. The field had to be split into 4 sections, each for either PE, or for after-lunch social time. Although Wasatch and Churchill still have a tense rivalry between each other, they have started to cooperate with the situation. In the Fall of 2008, the new Wasatch Junior High building will be open for the school year.[3]

[edit] See Also

Granite School District

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wasatch has the highest SAT scores.. Granite School District. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  2. ^ Wasatch Fire. KSL-TV. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
  3. ^ Wasatch and Churchill United. Deseret News. Retrieved on 2007-03-24.


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