Ogden City School District board honors students, state champions and staff

The Ogden City School District board opened its meeting by celebrating student and staff accomplishments across the district before turning to regular business.

Board members recognized students of the month from multiple schools, including Omar (Ben Lman High School), Graffy (Ogden High School), David Norris (George Washington), and Isaac (post‑high transition program), praising academic effort, extracurricular participation and personal growth. The district noted several students qualified for national competitions in SkillsUSA and Educators Rising and highlighted two state champions from the district’s National History Day entries; the district library specialist said the lineup included an archival-research award from the Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Superintendent and presenters also recognized staff achievements: Amy Woy, district supervisor of kitchens, was named Utah School Nutrition Association director of the year and will represent the district at the national conference in Boston. Ken Crawford, director of support services, introduced Woy and credited her work on programs that increased meal participation and retention. "This award recognizes the extraordinary contributions of school nutrition leaders who manage effective school meal programs," the presenter said.

Athletics and academics were celebrated as well: the boys soccer coaching staff and the 3A state championship team were invited to the dais, and several student-athletes were honored as Academic All-State recipients under the state criteria (GPA and ACT thresholds). Liberty Elementary staff described receiving IB Primary Years Programme authorization and said the district is pursuing a K–12 IB pipeline by adding the middle-years program at Mount Ogden and linking to the high school career/diploma programs.

The recognitions segment concluded with musical performances by an after-school marching group and additional applause for award recipients. Those celebrations preceded routine agenda items and votes later in the meeting.