Draper Journal

Oct 12, 2023 | draperjournal.com | Julie Slama

Lucky 13. In Canyons School District’s 13th film festival, a record was set with 242 entries from 610 students and teachers. It’s a sequel that’s only missed one year—2021— since the District began 15 years ago. Even during COVID, the show went on with a virtual awards ceremony. This 2023-24 film festival categories will remain the same: short film, documentary, animation, PSA, newscast and teacher film in addition to the festival poster contest.

Sep 7, 2023 | draperjournal.com | Julie Slama

The concept was born with last year’s eighth-grade Channing Hall class, as students in the charter school’s international baccalaureate program saw “the larger world around them and wanted to be inclusive to everyone.”Heather Fehrenbach, who is part of Channing Hall’s mural design committee, said the original thought stemmed from the diversity of students in the school.

Sep 7, 2023 | draperjournal.com | Julie Slama

On Sept. 8, during the Sandy Amphitheater concert featuring folk artist Peter Breinholt, pianist David Tolk will perform a song from one of his 13 albums, marking the celebration of surpassing 500 million streams of his music. While Tolk hasn’t announced if it may be “Home” or “Echoes” from his most recent, unnamed album or an all-time favorite, “In Reverence,” it will be a historic commemoration of his 28 years composing and recording music.

Sep 7, 2023 | draperjournal.com | Julie Slama

Recent Corner Canyon High graduate Anna Rupp doesn’t want to be a brick mason, yet she gained brick-laying experience when she volunteered this summer to help build a school in Zimbabwe. For about 20 days this summer, she and 19 other teens from across the United States, participated in a humanitarian trip through Humanitarian Experience, a nonprofit organization aligned with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “We built classrooms for an elementary school,” she said.

Aug 10, 2023 | draperjournal.com | Julie Slama