Rowland Hall — Extraordinary Learning

Spring is in the air, which means that summer is right around the corner!  Now is the perfect time to enroll your child or children in any of ...[more]

Rowmark Junior Andrew Kircher captured his second title at the USSA Jr. 2 Alpine Championships in Sugarloaf, Maine winning the combined event. Foll...[more]

Opening night was wonderful and the Upper School and Middle School actors and crew did a beautiful job with Director Gary Lindemann's "re-imagining...[more]

Rowland Hall and Wasatch Community Gardens are excited to be partnering again in the Gardens ANNUAL PLANT SALE!Mark your calendars for this line-up...[more]

During the week of Nutrition the 7th Grade health class visited Wheeler Historic Farm.  The students spent the days leading up to the trip lea...[more]

Our 2009 literary magazine, "Tesserae," has been named one of 12 finalists in the National Scholastic Press Association's (NSPA) 2010 Magazine Pace...[more]

6th Grade

February’s 6th grade Goode Knight award winner has received lots of praise from his fellow students. He is nice to everyone...[more]

Seventh grade students gathered in the Eccles Library for a lunch box presentation by Polly Horvath, an author from Canada, who has written numerou...[more]

Wednesday the first event of the J2 (15-16 year olds) National Alpine Championships in Sugarloaf Maine was contested. Rowmarker Andrew Kircher pu...[more]

On Wednesday, March 3rd, Auction Syndicate Chairs Ira Rubinfeld and Willamarie Huelskamp announced that 400 memberships are available at $125 each ...[more]

Rowland Hall students Will, Jack and Drew L. proudly participated in the Utah State Wrestling Championships in late January and early February.Will...[more]

It's hard to believe, but we've just celebrated the one hundredth day of school. First graders enjoyed making 100th day hats and glasses, stringing...[more]

The 2009/10 Rowland Hall Girls' basketball season ended on February 19 in Cedar City when the Winged Lions fell in the first-round state play-in ga...[more]

The 2009-10 boys' basketball season came to an abrupt end on Saturday when we lost by one point to 4th ranked Kanab.  We executed a great game...[more]

While Rowland Hall is technically a 2A school, the debate team has been “playing up” in the 3A classification for years and last Saturd...[more]

Last week the Rowmark Women raced Super-G at McCall, Idaho.  KC Kent rocked the podium in all three races with a 2nd, 2nd and 3rd!  Wesle...[more]

Rowland Hall students, faculty, and staff met the Green Cup Challenge!

At the conclusion of the four-week contest (the Olympics of Sustaina...[more]

Each year, the Salt Lake Rotary Club awards scholarships to three Rowland Hall seniors for their outstanding service in the community. Rowland Hall...[more]

Excitement is building for the “Once in a Blue Moon” Rowland Hall 2010 Auction!  Be sure you are not left out of the fun…. ...[more]

Congratulations to our Upper School Combo #1 on earning the award of Outstanding High School Combo at the recent Peaks Jazz Festival. These young, ...[more]

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The cast and director Gary Lindemann are in the final rehearsals for Rowland Hall's production of "Romeo and Juliet," a contemporary reframing of S...[more]

“Joel Long’s new poems are a waft of sea breeze over the high desert…sparkling with crisp imagery and wit.” David Lee, Uta...[more]

The Second Grade enjoys spending time together, building community friendships across the grade level. So far this year, we have done many exciting...[more]

Rowmark Middle & Lower School ski teams brought in the 2010 ski season with
fast skiing and a slew of good finishes. With 11 Middle school sk...[more]

The Rowmark Love To Ski Team has had a great start to its season. Comprised of first, second, and third graders, these Rowland Hall student/athlete...[more]

After making a set of New Year’s resolutions, the debate team started the decade off with a trip to the Montgomery Bell Academy Invitational ...[more]

The Green Cup Challenge is all about conserving electricity. It is a friendly competition between many different schools throughout the country and...[more]

The Rowland Hall swim team traveled to BYU to compete at the 3A State Swim Meet on Friday and Saturday, February 5 and 6, with the entire team qual...[more]

The 2009-2010 regular season is coming to a close.  Region 14 has proved to be very competitive, and has prepared us well for the playoffs.&nb...[more]

The Lady Winged Lions basketball team completed Region 14 play on Thursday, February 11 saying goodbye to three seniors during Senior Night.  ...[more]

Almost halfway through the ski season and Rowmark students continue to strive for success. Qualifying to the Western Region Team to compete at the ...[more]

The Steiner Library has launched a new blog. It is called Roaring Reads Reviews and you can find it at http://roaringreads.wordpress.com/. It offer...[more]

KSL 5 caught up with former Rowmarker and member of the US Olympic Alpine Team, Erik Fisher. Check it out.

And good luck, Erik.

Two women from Salt Lake City served as flag bearers for their native countries: Lebanese skier Chirine Njeim and Australian snowboarder Torah Brig...[more]

Good luck to Rowmark alums and current U.S. Ski team members, Erik Fisher (’04) and Alice McKennis (‘08), members of the 2010 U.S. Olym...[more]

Community radio station KRCL interviewed preschoolers and middle school students this week for a fun, informative and engaging radio show that wil...[more]

Girls on the Run is now accepting applications for the spring session. Girls on the Run is a health-and-wellness program for third through fifth gr...[more]

We hope you all have been enjoying the vegetarian choices all year.  These have been in addition to our regular entrees.  Some of these c...[more]

In the Western Region FIS Qualifier races in Sun Valley, ID, Rowmark had strong performances from Reid Silverman, Wesley Warner, Danelle Devine, Za...[more]

Freshman Rowmarker Breezy Johnson won the Western Region Shootout races this past weekend to qualify for the 49th Topolino Ski Games in Italy, the ...[more]

In Margaret and Stella’s kindergarten class, we had Rowland Hall’s emotional support counselor, Chuck White, join us ...[more]

Dance Company is breaking all the rules! Come to the Larimer Center and eat your lunch while watching dance on February 17, 18 and 19 from 11:45 &n...[more]

Athletic Director Kendra Tomsic is pleased to announce the hiring of Jen Anders as the Rowland Hall assistant swimming coach for the remainder of t...[more]

Following his selection as the Utah Boys’ Tennis Coach of the Year by the National Federation of High School Sports, Tim Sleeper, long-time R...[more]

On February 16, faculty and staff will spend the Inservice Day learning a new email and communication system, Google Apps for Education. Google App...[more]

Please join Headmaster Alan Sparrow and Parent Richard Badenhausen, on Tuesday, April 13, 7-9 pm (McCarthey Campus parlor), for a book-group discus...[more]

A Green Cup Challenge suggestion for week two is for all of us to check out www.parkcitygreen.org, an award-winning sustainability website. This si...[more]

On Saturday, January 23, 2010, alums living in the NYC area - and as far as Washington DC -  gathered to reunite and reconnect. They shared me...[more]

Our children experience the amazing education at Rowland Hall every day, but only “Once in a Blue Moon” do we get to experience an even...[more]

Mammoth, CA - Rowmark skiers posted some fast times on the first and second day of USSA's Western Region FiS speed series.  Max Axelrod blazed...[more]

Rowmarker Breezy Johnson '13 (Victor, WY) qualified this past weekend to take part in the 49th running of the Trofeo Topolino ski ga...[more]

Take a look at the Environs Club video for the GCC video contest.  Congrats to the students, who are taking our Green Cup Challenge to new heights this year!

Ninth grade English teacher and poet Joel Long and former teacher and administrator now visual artist Dave Hall are collaborating on a project enti...[more]

Congratulations to fiifth grader Kate B., Rowland Hall's Spelling Bee champion! Now, she advances to the Utah Spelling Bee, sponsored nationally by...[more]

Park City/Snowbird, Utah January 7-10, 2010  &nb...[more]

Our annual Lower School/Beginning School Faculty and Staff book exchange was held at Rebecca Filion's home in December. This year, in lieu of purch...[more]

It is a busy time for our fifth graders at Rowland Hall. The New Year brings their first opportunity to experience a day in the life of a middle sc...[more]

We have worked on many fun art projects this year in the Beginning School Extended Day. The children have enjoyed being creative and trying the dif...[more]

The school year is almost halfway over, but the Interact Community Service Club in the high school is just warming up. During the first half of the...[more]

After a long holiday break, the Rowland Hall girls’ basketball team began region play on January 12 with a home contest against the North Sum...[more]

Last week financial aid application instructions were mailed to all families receiving financial aid for the 2009-2010 year.  If you have not ...[more]

The annual Alumni Boys' Basketball game was once again a smashing success!  Alums from seven different teams dating back to the 2001 squad gat...[more]

It is that time of year again when poor air quality caused by inversions becomes a health concern for many Utahns, especially children and those wi...[more]

The boys' basketball team recently completed an 8-2 preseason, highlighted by a great road win over North Sevier High School.  We had great ba...[more]

Rowland Hall's 2nd annual participation in The Green Cup Challenge begins Monday, January 25 and lasts through February 22.  The Challenge is ...[more]

Snowbird Utah - JJ Cleason and Andrew Kircher finished first and second respecitvely for the J2 boys at the opening day of Slalom racing at the Wes...[more]

Rowland Hall Upper School has been selected as one of 54 schools nationwide for the "Apple Distinguished School" for the 2009-2010 school year. The...[more]

Thank you to everyone who supported this year's Christmas give-away. It was a wonderful event and successful on all fronts. We distributed holiday ...[more]

Dear Parents,

As you are planning for or scheduling your February Parent Teacher conferences, please keep in mind that we set two days asid...[more]

In Katie and Cindy’s Kindergarten classroom for the month of December, our focus has been “family traditions.”  This experie...[more]

Congratulations to the seniors who were admitted under Early Decision or Early Actions plans at the following colleges and universities.

ED, Early DecisionClaremont McKenna College, CADartmouth College, NHUniversity of Richmond, VASwarthmore College, PA

EA, Early ActionGeorgetown University, DCHollins University, VAKettering University, MIUniversity of Michigan, MIUniversity of Portland, ORUniversity of San Diego, CA

The Winged Lion swim team continues to do well in meet competition, and many swimmers are setting new personal best times weekly in their events! T...[more]

Over 50 alums from classes ranging between 1964 to 2009 celebrated the holidays on December 27, 2009 at the home of Stead and Kendall Sumner Burwel...[more]

Rowmarkers compete in the Eric Hayes Slalom and GS races at Park City Mountain Resort  Click below for slideshow created by Julie Shipman. For...[more]

It may be cold and snowy outside but SummerWorks and SummerRocks have hot new offerings for 2010 and registration time is right around the corner! ...[more]

This year's holiday dinner giveaway was a wonderful event and successful on all fronts. On Wednesday, December 23, Crossroads Urban Center and Rowl...[more]

 After a summer and fall of hard work and focused training including four ski camps and grue...[more]

After a summer and fall of hard work and focused training, including four ski camps and grueling physical conditioning, our Rowmark racers finally ...[more]

Calling all Alums! We have quite a few Alum events coming up.  Planned events include the Alumni Holiday Party, Annual Alumni Basketball Game,...[more]

To  "Google" something is such a well-known term that it now appears in the dictionary. Adults and kids of all ages turn to Google on a daily ...[more]

On Saturday, December 5, five Rowland Hall students participated at the Lincoln Academy chess tournament in American Fork.

Their resul...[more]

Congratulations to ALICE MCKENNIS (Rowmark alum '08 and current U.S. Ski Team member) for a breakout weekend December 4th-6th at Lake Louise, Alber...[more]

The 2009-10 boys' basketball season is off to a good start.  We started off the season with an impressive home win over Duchesne, 58-44. ...[more]

Five out of 10 Utah Golf Association All State golfers are Rowland Hall athletes! Congratulations to First Team -- Carson Huiskamp, Joey Polychroni...[more]

Each year it is a heartwarming experience to watch the four- and five-year-olds build meaningful relationships with their fourth grade buddies. Our...[more]

Rowland Hall's "Buy Local" Dance Concert was a wonderfully, entertaining performance! The variety of ideas, dancers, and music made for an evening ...[more]

Calling All Alumni!  Join us to Celebrate the Season and Toast the New Year on Sunday, December 27, 2009, 5-7pm, at the home of Stead and...[more]

Rowland Hall would like to recognize seventh grader Ryan Graves on two outstanding achievements. Ryan has been selected as one of 80 seventh grade ...[more]

Alums from the Rowland Hall classes of 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 are invited to the annual Young Alumni Holiday Brunch on Tuesday, January 5, 2010...[more]

Eleven Rowland Hall students (nine from Lower school and two from the Middle school) participated in the chess tournament held at the University of...[more]

Rowland Hall first graders learned about children on the Navajo Reservation and watched a video about real life on the reservation. Our students de...[more]

Once again, the 3 PreK students gathered for the Friendship Feast. This year the afternoon 3 PreK class invited the full-day 4 PreK class to be the...[more]

Four students from the lower school, one student from the...[more]

Rowland Hall Latin students donned their togas on Tuesday, November 17 to join Judge Memorial's annual toga bowling event.  Latin students had...[more]

As a culmination of their study of geology, fourth graders create individual versions of the rock cycle. Thi...[more]

The Online Store is featuring a new beanie with winged lion "decal," clothing for kids and adults designed by artist and RH friend Mason Fetzer, in...[more]

Approximately 200 grandparents spent a special morning on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving touring the campus where their grandchildren spend t...[more]

The eighth grade French classes will be selling handmade Cartes de Vœux greeting cards to raise funds for our sister school in Fadiobougou, M...[more]

The City of Park City and The Park City Foundation have teamed up to create an impressive environmental resource on the web!  The ParkCityGree...[more]

Nearly 100 people attended the launch of Rowland Hall's GREEN SCREEN film series on December 1st and their voluntary contributions of $350 will pro...[more]

Rowland Hall's production of "Fiddler on the Roof" made us laugh, cry and hum along but, mostly, we are amazed by the young talent on stage and beh...[more]

A lighted candle can provide hope during the darkest of seasons and times. With this in mind, Rowland Hall students and families can provide hope t...[more]

After months of grueling physical training Rowmark skiers are finally hitting the slopes in Loveland, CO. The skiers are having an exceptional...[more]

Over the past three years, Rowland Hall has become part of a national network of schools that recognize the need and value of integrating sustainab...[more]

Our high school Interact Club, the student arm of Rotary International, is selling coffee by the pound. The coffee is organic, fair trade Guatemala...[more]

Sixty excited third graders from Rowland Hall volunteered at Tracy Aviary on Friday, November 6. Each fall, they rake leaves as part of their servi...[more]

The book Fair is a Rowland Hall tradition. It is a celebration of books and reading. And from October 12 -24, we celebrated!

We had book ta...[more]

As part of Lonnie and Rachel's Kindergarten recycling service learning study, the class took a fieldtrip to the Salt Lake County Landfill...[more]

Fine fall weather awaited the qualifying high school cross-country teams on Wednesday, October 21, at Sugar House Park for the Utah State High Scho...[more]

Upper School English teacher Joel Long is Salt Lake City’s Bite Size Poet for November.

What are Bite Size Poems? According to the Ut...[more]

The Middle School was the scene of fun and frolicking this past Friday, as students, faculty and staff came to school in costume to celebrate Hallo...[more]

Ben Smith's photography classes in the Upper School combined their two periods to take a "photo field trip" in the local area.  The lesson foc...[more]

In Cindy Hall's second grade music class, students explored the four basic ways to initiate sound on an inst...[more]

Rowland Hall's Mask Parade is a school tradition we anticipate each fall and this year art teacher Kathryn Czarnecki and her students have outdone ...[more]

Congratulations to the editorial staff  and to their advisers/teachers Kate Taylor and Ben Smith on the publication of the first "Gazette" of ...[more]

Chase Kroesche is passionate about making music.  Equally as comfortable playing guitar, blowing sax, or singing, Chase performs in the school...[more]

During last few weeks of September, apples take over our classrooms and find their way into every area of the 4 PreK curriculum.  Here are a f...[more]

We hope you received via email the 2009-2010 Annual Fund Everyday Giving Video and enjoyed watching it.  Our staff had so much fun making...[more]

Want to run in a fun and family-oriented 5K this fall? Come run with the girls! Sign up here:  Girls on the Run is a health-and-wellness ...[more]

The Rowland Hall Girls’ soccer team has finished another highly successful season. The girls' traveled to Beaver for the State quarterfinal a...[more]

Each year, Rowland Hall hosts the Crossroads Urban Center's Christmas Dinner Give-Away in our Lincoln campus cafeteria. This event provides holiday...[more]

In the Fourth Grade, students engage in a yearlong study of our local environment, the Jordan River Watershed. A watershed is the area of land...[more]

Rowland Hall is pleased to host the annual statewide National Energy Foundation Middle School Debate Conference at the Lincoln Street Campus on Sat...[more]

Third grade has joined other Rowland Hall classes by making their own personalized t–shirts. We decide...[more]

Recently the four- and five-year-olds in all three classrooms had the chance to take a bus ride to Mabey’s Pumpkin Patch.

The childre...[more]

After defeating Liahona Prep 2-1 in the first round of the Region 14 Tournament,  the girls’ soccer team suffered a loss to eventual tou...[more]

Approximately 285 Upper School students fanned out to 15 non-profit organizations around Salt Lake City on Wednesday afternoon, October 14, to...[more]

The second grade students ended their insect unit on an exciting note. Grant D. brought a preying mantis to school for observation and release in t...[more]

Home and School dues are an essential resource that helps support many activities organized by Home and School. These dues benefit your children, f...[more]

The third grade visited the Wheeler Farm on October 8th for a field trip to learn the ins-and-outs of farm life. Many of the books we read in third...[more]

Congratulations to Tim Sleeper on his selection by the Utah High School Activities Association as their 2009 Boys' Tennis Coach of the Year! Accord...[more]

The first graders spent a brisk morning in the great outdoors looking for signs of fall.  As they walked through the Miller Bird Refuge, many ...[more]

Research studies have demonstrated that children benefit in many ways from using nature as an integral part of learning. Well-designed outdoor scho...[more]

The Rowland Hall Girls' Tennis Team finished a great season with a Runner Up performance at the State Tournament on Saturday, October 3. The team c...[more]

We are lucky again to have Broughton Coburn, a premier authority on the culture and environment of the Himalaya,  come speak to Lincoln Street...[more]

Middle School math teacher Bill Tatomer retired from the Navy after 22 years of service as a pilot and flight instructor. Now, he is teaming up wit...[more]

Each Wednesday afternoon after school, a small group of Upper School students assemble in room A-14 on the Lincoln Street Campus eager for their st...[more]

No doubt you've received a letter from a volunteer, a call from a board member or a note from one of us in the development office asking for your s...[more]

On September 30, our Interact Club focused a "Day of Action" to raise awareness of the local and global impact of sexual assault of women by raisin...[more]

The sea of red shirts flooded the Salt Lake City International Airport on Monday, September 21st as the eighth grade prepared for their adventure t...[more]

Sarah Young of Rowland Hall Middle School was one of 60 panelists, from a nat...[more]

This year the Rowland Hall Book Fair is offering some new and exciting changes. Held during Parent Teacher Conferences (October 21-24), the fair wi...[more]

With pre-season behind them, the Winged Lion volleyball team entered a tough schedule of Region 14 play on September 15 at South Summit, followed b...[more]

The 2009 Rowland Hall Golf team just completed an undefeated season in Region 14 for the third season in a row!  It feels great to be three-ti...[more]

The Murray Cross-Country Invitational proved to be yet another great competition for our team this season.  The challenging 5K course offers u...[more]

With the help of advisor Liz Paige, the Upper School Student Council planned and organized a Pep Rally to recognize our fall athletic teams and coa...[more]

Rowland Hall head boys’ golf and basketball coach, Shawn MacQueen, was recently selected as a recipient for a 2009 Utah High School Activitie...[more]

Fifth grade is starting off the year by working at the Utah Food Bank. Each class visits the Food Bank four times over the course of the year. The ...[more]

If you attended eighth grade graduation in June, you heard me pledge that I would go on the ninth grade interdisciplinary trip. I am not a camper. ...[more]

Teaching a child to read can be daunting.  Teachers are responsible for helping each young person under their care to become fluent readers.&n...[more]

The five-day, three year old PreK class discovered white paper mice hiding throughout their classroom.  After each child found a mouse, they l...[more]

Two ways to be the boss of your mailbox.Mail Stopper or Catalog Choice will help you stop junk mail in just 3 simple steps:    * 1. ...[more]

Student Council will host a movie night (Ghostbusters) on Friday, Sept. 25 from 7:30-10:00 pm on the Lincoln Street back field.  No charge but...[more]

The 2009 Boys Golf Team just completed a perfect regular season in Region 14!  This extends our 2A winning streak to 26 matches over the past ...[more]

Rowland Hall welcomes a new dance teaching assistant, Megan Morrison, pictured here, a graduate of the U of U's Modern Dance Department. "Mega...[more]

Congratulations to the 12 seniors who have been named 2010 National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, once again g...[more]

All independent schools fundraise to supplement annual operating costs and build a financially sustainable future. This year you'll hear a lot abou...[more]

Booster Club has made cheering for your favorite team at Rowland Hall a lot more fun this year. There will be one "Pack the Bleachers" for each Upp...[more]

Congrats to freshman Lauren Babcock who scored her first college goal for St. Olaf (see video), and to her fellow 2009 classmates Robbie Hull and B...[more]

Every summer each state sends its two top high school debate teams to the National Forensic League Tournament -- this year both teams were from Row...[more]

The volleyball season highlight has been the “Pink” game vs. St. Joe we hosted on September 3 in effort to raise awareness about b...[more]

Imagine retracing the route that John Steinbeck and his dog Charley followed in 1960 which provided the inspiration for Travels with Charley celebr...[more]

Salt Lake City jazz musicians Dan Chamberland (piano), David Bowen (Bass), Jamie Dalton (drums) and Alan Michael (Soprano Sax) worked with members ...[more]

Recent grad athletes are making waves at college!  Lauren Babcock played 11 minutes for St. Olaf soccer on September 1st in a match with Grinn...[more]

This summer ninth grade English and creative writing teacher and poet Joel Long and his students never skipped a beat in their love of poetry. Take...[more]

Students from Rowland Hall’s upper, middle and lower schools joined together in the first ever all-school, first-day convocation.

Rowland Hall students Micah W. and Matt J. were invited to perform this summer with the Crescent Little Big ...[more]

“They were all under sail in open water with Sicily just out of sight astern, lighthearted as they plowed the whitecapped sea…”&...[more]

Welcome back for the 2009-2010 school year. It looks to be the best year ever for so many reasons. ...[more]

Eight young actors presented "After Hours," a short play by Kevin Stone, in the Larimer Center on August 14 as the finale of their three-week Summe...[more]

Saturday was a great day for the Winged Lions! Our boy's soccer team and boys' tennis team both won 2A state titles in their sports!

News c...[more]

On Monday, May 4, during a morning meeting at the Upper School, Student Body President Caitlin J. gave a brief history of our school and introduced...[more]

Have you been to our online store for some cool Winged Lion gear? You'll find water bottles, perfectly-sized back sacks, clothing, and more...all c...[more]

"Forever Rowland Hall," our school song, will be sung at the All-School Convocation on September 2 and at various school events all year. Here's yo...[more]