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(Reposted from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

School districts nationwide are showing improvements in measures related to nutritional policies, physical education and tobacco policies, according to the 2012 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS).  SHPPS is the largest and most comprehensive survey to assess school health policies.

With an average composite score of 20.7, Utah’s class of 2013 received the highest average score on the ACT college entrance examination among the nine states that showed statistical full participation. Nebo’s class of 2013 did even better with a composite score of 21.8 beating the national composite score of 20.9.

Answer to Wednesday's Challenge 8/28/13

Adam Call is one of 300 national semifinalists in the Broadcom MASTERS Science and Engineering Competition.

Answer to Wednesday's Challenge 8/21/13

Over 3,500 Nebo employees enjoyed the Opening Institute that kicks off the school year. This year’s theme was presented by Superintendent Rick Nielsen “Come Join US (Unity and Service). Superintendent Nielsen told three inspiring stories illustrating this theme that included the Lars Madsen story of Sanpete County, Josephine Catherine Chatterley Wood of San Juan County, and his own Westside Elementary story of Nebo School District.

Welcome back to school. Nebo School District's mission is to provide each student with quality instruction, learning opportunities, and educational environments which inspire classroom success, personal excellence, and responsible citizenship.

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Research and a summary of The Atlantic article paints a more positive picture of our education system than the message being spread by critics of our schools.

The Nebo Native American Indian program, directed by Eileen Quintana, presented at the Nebo School District Board Meeting. The evening was a celebration of the successes this amazing program is having with rising test scores and with college and career ready students.

Sage Creek Elementary in Nebo School District was selected to host three native Mandarin-speaking teachers from China for the 2013-14 school year as part of the Chinese Guest Teacher Program, a collaboration of the College Board and China’s Confucius Institute Headquarters/Hanban. The program places visiting teachers from China in U.S. elementary, middle and high schools for one to three years, in order to jump-start or expand school Chinese language and culture programs.

Students from Spanish Fork High School and Maple Mountain High School, in Nebo School District, competed for the State of Utah in the National SkillsUSA contest this summer.