August 2014 South Salt Lake CITY NEWSLETTER Mayor’s Office BACK TO SCHOOL EDITION Cherie Wood, Mayor 801.464.6757
[email protected] Mayor's Message: Welcome Back to School! South Salt Lake Greetings! As South Salt Lake Lake and our many educational and community partnerships are City Council Members children and many adults yielding valuable opportunities and cutting-edge programming that from our community head help us to achieve high economic and community development Ryan Gold, District 1 back to school this fall, we are potential. 801.558.6293 excited to celebrate the high-
[email protected] quality educational options Led by the Promise South Salt Lake Initiative, our afterschool and opportunities available program partners are working to help youth to achieve targeted Kevin Rapp, District 2 to South Salt Lake residents. academic benchmarks, such as homework completion, social 801.485.5817 From preschool through higher skills development, and improved classroom behavior; to provide
[email protected] education, we are partnering a welcoming place for youth to learn and play together; to provide Sharla Beverly, District 3 and working to support and working parents a safe place for their children to be during the 801.803.4127 strengthen our local public afterschool hours; to offer arts, recreation, and other interest-
[email protected] schools. Together we aim based programs that support the learning that occurs during the to ensure that educational school day. Promise afterschool programs are offered to our youth Roy Turner, District 4 opportunities are available that at no cost, and offer the equivalent of 70 extra school days worth 801.266.5703 increase the likelihood of our of instructional hours.