Valley Junior High – 1949 Inaugural Faculty

A West Side First: Valley Junior High – 1949 Inaugural Faculty

In 1949, the west side of the Salt Lake Valley reached a major milestone with the opening of its very first junior high school — Valley Junior High in Granger, Utah.

Principal Claude C. Lemmon led the school into a new era of education for grades 7–9, offering a transitional learning experience between elementary and high school for the first time in the area’s history.

That historic first faculty included an impressive team of trailblazing educators:

  • Miles Bradford

  • A.K. Daniela

  • Ivan Frame

  • Nona M. Larson

  • Ruth V. Olsen

  • Malin

  • Mary E. Van Cott

  • James T. Broadbent

  • Emily S. Stingson

  • H. DeVerl Hunt

  • Gordon D. Lee

  • Cora L. Rose

  • Margaret O. Carter

  • Drue Gilchrist

  • Sumner E. Hale

  • James Maher

  • Phebe Whiting

These educators not only launched a school—they pioneered a new model of learning for the entire west side, shaping thousands of young lives in the years to come.

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