The Uintah School Board held a special meeting on Wednesday to approve capital outlay projects for Fiscal Year 2027. Video of meeting can be found on the district’s YouTube channel.
Schedule Change for March 20
Friday, March 20, will be an online learning day for all Uintah School District students in grades 6 through 12.
This includes students at Eagle View Elementary, Uintah Middle School, Vernal Middle School, Uintah High School, and Ashley Valley Education Center. Students should still complete their Friday assignments before Sunday at midnight.
This change will allow secondary teachers the opportunity, if they would like, to participate in a safety exercise that is being sponsored by the district at Uintah High School.
Frozen Opens on March 6
The Uintah High Theatre production of Frozen: The Musical opens next Friday, March 6. Great seats are still available for this family favorite at uintah.ludus.com. The musical is an adaption of the Disney animated hit and features Princess Elsa, Princess Anna, Kristoff, Sven, Olaf and all the other fan favorites. Performances are set for March 6-7, 9-10, and 12-4. There will be a matinee performance on March 7 that will include ASL interpreters, as well as an evening performance that night. Show times for all evening performances is 7 p.m. Tickets for this show are expected to go fast, so get yours today!
Mr. Uintah/Miss Uintah Tickets
The 2026 Mr. Uintah and Miss Uintah Competition is set for March 18 at 6 p.m. in the UHS auditorium. The event is moving to reserved seating this year. You’ll find the option to buy tickets in advance at https://uintah.ludus.com just below Frozen the Musical. Main floor seats are $11.25. Balcony seats are $6. Reserve your seats today and they'll be waiting for you on March 18.
Celebrations
Uintah DECA has earned Chapter of the Year for the second year in a row and for the third time in the past eight years! An incredible 25 UHS students qualified last week for the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Atlanta, Georgia in April.
The Utes’ first-place finishers at State were Isaac Abrams and Bridger Christensen (Buying & Merchandising Team), and Julia Sagers, Kate Jolley and Thalia Nelson (Business Growth Plan). The second-place finishers were Jaevry Elison, Ava Haslem and Eliza Averett (Community Awareness Project), and Julia Sagers, Kate Jolley and Thalia Nelson (Start-Up Business Plan). The third-place finishers were Eliza Averett, Lauron Bowden and Daron Ross (IMC Service), and Prestynn Duncan and Alivia Nickell (Innovation Plan). Kiera Meanea, Kenadie Maughan and Taylor Smith (Community Giving Project) finished fourth; Treyson McKeachnie and Adam Wallis (Buying & Merchandising Operations Research) and Athena Oldham and Hadlee Pickup (Sports & Entertainment Operations Research) finished fifth; and Truan Christensen and Mitchell Larsen (Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team) finished sixth. Josh Hill and Alice Nickell earned SBE Gold Certification.
Congratulations and good luck at ICDC!
Congratulations as well to Uintah High senior Rykan Hacking on being selected as a finalist for a National Merit Scholarship! Each year, about 15,000 finalists are selected from the semifinalists who are named in September. As a finalist, Hacking will be considered for one of 6,870 Merit Scholarships, which will be awarded by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation in March.
Congratulations also go out to the staff of the Uintah High Teen Center. The Teen Center was honored at Thursday night's Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce Gala with the Business of the Year award in the Government, Education and Community Leadership category.
Founded in 2025, the Teen Center is a student-focused resource hub dedicated to supporting high school-aged youth by meeting their basic needs. Located inside UHS, the center provides free access to essential resources, including showers, laundry facilities, study rooms, a food pantry, hygiene products, clothing, snacks, and school supplies. Between Sept. 11 and Nov. 13, 2025, students checked in to use one or more of the center’s services over 2,500 times.
The Teen Center’s mission is to remove barriers to learning by meeting students’ basic needs with compassion, dignity, and respect. Staff members intentionally create a welcoming, inclusive environment where teens feel valued, connected, and supported. Through free access to critical resources and individualized care, the center promotes stability, opportunity, and a sense of belonging for every student it serves.
Since its founding, the center has grown through meaningful partnerships and student-led initiatives. In the fall, the center partnered with the UHS FBLA Club to host a successful food and hygiene drive, resulting in donations that directly served students and families. In November, the center and FBLA also provided Thanksgiving dinner boxes for six families. In December, the UHS Heritage Club sold Secret Santa gifts, donating the proceeds to support the center’s services.
The center has also received donations from local businesses and organizations, including Bolder Way Forward, alumni from the UHS Classes of 1969 and 1992, Utah Power Credit Union, UHS Seminary students, and the Current Topics Club. These contributions allowed the staff to better meet student needs and extend the center’s impact beyond the school by regularly sending food and hygiene supplies home for teens and their families.
Teen Center facilitators Janet Mitchell, Karen Laub, and Vanity Caldwell focus on building positive relationships with students by meeting them where they are. UHS Vice Principal Carissa Magee oversees the center with a strong student-first approach, ensuring that meeting student needs is at the heart of all efforts. In the future, the staff plans to expand the center’s offerings to help teens prepare for life after high school, while staying true to the center’s core mission.
The Uintah High Teen Center was made possible through a $40,000 matching grant from The Policy Project and a $250,000 grant from the state of Utah. Additional costs were covered through Uintah School District capital fund savings and waived fees from VCBO Architecture. The center occupies a remodeled space within the high school that became available after classes moved to the UHS Agricultural Sciences building during the 2024-25 school year.
To learn more about the UHS Teen Center or for donation information, visit https://www.uintah.net/o/uhs/page/uhs-teen-center.