Porter's Peeps

03/26/2022

Dear Salt Lake City School District families, community, and staff:

Earlier today, the legislature overturned Governor Cox’s veto of House Bill 11, which regulates the ability of our transgender students to participate in high school athletics. With today’s legislative vote, the bill creates a ban on the ability of transgender girls to participate in high school sports.

This legislation is troubling, but our reason for writing to you today is our concern for our students. This bill has implications beyond just our student athletes, and we want to make it clear to all our LGBTQIA+ students, and in particular today to our transgender students, that you are wanted, you are needed, and you have a place here in the Salt Lake City School District.

Unfortunately, this development comes on the cusp of our spring break, which means many of our students will not have access to their school counselors or other trusted teachers or administrators. Please download the SafeUT app right now to your mobile devices. This is a FREE, life-saving tool that provides 24-7 access to mental health professionals and crisis counselors. You can learn more and download the app at: https://safeut.org/

There are additional mental health and crisis resources available in Salt Lake County. You can find a longer list of these resources here.

If your student feels they could benefit from ongoing support, our district has a FREE Telehealth School-Based Therapy partnership with Odyssey House. You can learn more about that partnership and about how to sign up here.

Do not allow the actions of politicians to change the way you see yourself. Please know this does nothing to change the way WE feel about you, and we will continue to advocate for you and to support you in any way we can.

Yours sincerely,

Salt Lake City School District Board of Education

Melissa Ford (Precinct 6), President
Nate Salazar (Precinct 4), Vice President
Bryce Williams (Precinct 1)
Jenny Sika (Precinct 2)
Katherine Kennedy (Precinct 3)
Mohamed Baayd (Precinct 5)
Kristi Swett (Precinct 7)

The SafeUT app provides a way to connect to licensed counselors that are ready to listen to any sized crisis or concern. Help is immediate and confidential, and as easy as reaching for your phone and sending that first text.

01/08/2021

The Utah Department of Health is offering free COVID-19 rapid antigen testing in communities across the state, and the clinics for our community will be held in the gym at Glendale Middle School tomorrow, Friday, January 8, 3-7 PM and Saturday, January 9, 10 AM-2 PM. Anyone can get tested at these free clinics, even if they do not have symptoms of COVID-19.

Those who wish to be tested can register online at https://coronavirus.utah.gov/utah-covid-19-testing-locations/. If you can’t register online, you will be able to register at the school when you arrive. Identification is required. Test results will be emailed to those tested within 30-60 minutes after being tested.

COVID-19 situational briefing will be held Friday (1/8) at 11:30 a.m. It will be streamed on Facebook Live. Actualizatión de COVID-19 será el viernes (8/1) a las 11:30 a.m. Puede verla en Facebook Live.

11/09/2020

10/01/2020

09/09/2020

We’ve spent the day monitoring the weather conditions throughout our city and updates from Rocky Mountain Power. We currently have power outages in more than half of our schools, as well as throughout the city, and Rocky Mountain Power has let us know it may take up to two days to restore power to everyone.

For that reason, we have made the tough decision to cancel school for tomorrow.

We have posted more information, including information about student meals and Warming Centers available in the city, to our website, https://www.slcschools.org/news/2020-21/schools-closed-on-wednesday-september-9/.

08/31/2020

REMINDER: Today is the last day to apply for P-EBT benefits! The federal government’s “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” includes a benefit called Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) for children who received free or reduced-price school meals in the 2019-2020 school year whose school was closed during the pandemic. If you are a Salt Lake County resident who is not enrolled in SNAP (formerly known as food stamps), you have to apply separately for P-EBT to receive a credit of up to $308 per child. Enrollment started August 1 and ends August 31. Learn more at https://jobs.utah.gov/covid19/pebt/index.html

08/26/2020

HI everyone!

Make sure you have registered your student for 6th grade! Teachers should be contacting you for before school testing this week and next.

I am teaching kindergarten this year, please come wave at my window when you come in! I am in room 124.

Miss your faces!!!!

08/20/2020

Food for Families:

The Salt Lake Education Foundation will continue to provide emergency food for families throughout the summer.

Community Learning Center Food Distribution

Families can come to one of our Community Learning Centers to pick up a bag of emergency food at the following locations and times:
Liberty Community Learning Center: 1078 S. 300 E., Salt Lake City, Utah
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am to 12:30 pm.
Glendale Community Learning Center: 1388 S. 1340 W. Navajo Street, Salt Lake City, Utah
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am to 12:30 pm.
Rose Park Community Learning Center: 1105 W. 1000 N., Salt Lake City, Utah
Starting August 12, Rose Park will be distributing their food in the evenings, Wednesdays from 4 to 7 pm.