Collaboration builds community at St. Francis Xavier School

KEARNS — At Saint Francis Xavier Regional School, middle-school students meet with first-graders several times during the school year to work on math and science skills. They also participate in other activities, ranging from peer tutoring to helping younger students master prayers for school rosary services.

Shown (right), eighth-grader Sierra Meyer plays a math game with first-grader Karen Carreno.

In the middle, Jake Jones explains the properties of magnetism to Savannah Bass, Rozario Aguilar and Angela Gonzales.

At far right, Devin Cook discusses the steps that Keston Nolan and Adante Darling need to follow to complete their experiment on states of matter.