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Dear Mount Ogden Junior High Students and Families,
I am pleased and honored to continue to serve as principal for the 2024-25 school year. We have had a fantastic summer getting ready for this new school year. MOJH educator teams have attended conferences and other learning opportunities focused on topics such as increased academic success, literacy, and school safety. We hosted a successful year of summer learning, giving 9th graders another opportunity to make up lost credits in order to be able to begin high school on track for graduation. At the same time, 7th and 8th grade students participated in our summer reading interventions in partnership with University of Utah Reading Clinic.
While all that learning from adults and students was happening, our building was also receiving some upgrades. Students and families may notice the new carpeting in the lower hallways, fresh coats of paint in some areas, and repairs and upgrades to some of the student restrooms. We will continue to improve the physical aspects of the building throughout the school year.
We are READY to launch the 2024-25 school year! Most exciting is the MYP/IB authorization visit scheduled for October of this year. For the past couple of years, we have been in the application status for International Baccalaureate’s Middle Years Programme, as our staff and students have made a shift in perspective and practice toward conceptually- and inquiry-based learning; we are now ready for an IB site team to visit our school and classrooms. We are expecting that our hard work and collective focus will move us quickly into authorization. We will keep you updated.
The culture at Mount Ogden Junior High is one of high expectations, inclusion, connection, caring, and achievement. One of the aspects of a school that correlates with student success and sense of belonging is opportunities for extracurricular participation. There really is something for everyone at MOJH, including a robust team and individual sports program, many after school clubs and activities, and HOPE Squad, Latinos in Action, and Student Body Office opportunities during the school day. We encourage you to take advantage of these opportunities.
The Ogden School District’s theme for the 2024-25 school year is “Unleash Your Potential,” and the MOJH parallel theme is “¡Sé el cambio! Be the Change!” We are excited to welcome our students to this fresh new page, and to support and prepare them to access their amazing potential, and to embody what they discover is most valuable and important in their lives and the world.
We are grateful to be a part of the journey of Mount Ogden Junior High students.
¡Sé el cambio! Be the Change!
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History of Mt. Ogden Junior High School
Ogden, Utah is the home of Mt. Ogden Junior High School, where it sits on the East Bench at the base of the Wasatch Mountains.
Groundbreaking for Mt. Ogden Junior High School took place on June 19, 1957. Dedication of the building was in October, 1958. The ram was chosen as the school mascot. During the late 1970s - early 1980s, after District leaders and educators studied different educational models other than the traditional junior high, in 1981, the junior high schools in the Ogden School District were converted into middle schools. Mt. Ogden Jr. High became the home to sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students. Mt. Ogden Middle School, along with the other two district middle schools, were returned to a junior high structure beginning the school year 2007-2008. Seventh, eighth, and ninth grade students attend.
Many academic and extra-curricular programs are implemented to meet the diverse needs of the students. There are the Honors Pathway courses; Flex Time was implemented every day to give students a built-in structure of intervention support; YMCA has an after-school program each day; and a full sports program is in place.
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Mount Ogden Junior High students, staff, parents, families, and community members collaborate to create an environment that fosters academic, social, and emotional learning, cultivate high student achievement, and develop critical thinkers and problem solvers by meeting the diverse needs of all students. We provide quality instruction that empowers our students to be compassionate, confident, lifelong learners who are prepared for college and career, and to be positively engaged in our local and global communities.
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