By Robby Borden
6th grade student
Basketballs without a bounce
A game that’s not announced
Brooms without bristles
Refs without whistles
I hate that stuff
The Jazz without pizzazz
A shot the other team has

‘Playoff Poetry’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images)
During the regular school year, some of my students wrote poetry anthologies about their about their favorite things. Robby Borden chose the Jazz and explained, “My poems are basketball themed because I love sports, especially basketball. My poems are about my team (the Jazz), my idols, and […]

‘Milsap Mayhem’ (Andrew Bernstein - NBAE/Getty Images)
by Riley Kuan, 6th grade student
Looking Back at the Playoffs
In our first round of playoffs, we played the Houston Rockets. Coming in at a close round with six games, we finished them off, and soon went to Los Angeles to meet the Lakers. The Lakers are a […]

My sixth grade class is getting ready to move on to middle school next year. Some students have been more successful than others. Some students, through their personal hard work and effort, will leave with high grade point averages and honors. Unfortunatley, some students chose to sit back, slide by and put […]

Some of our sixth grade students were asked to write poems about “useless things.” Riley, a loyal Jazz fan, of course, choose basketball. Here is her very clever poem.
Useless Basketball Things
by Riley K.
A basketball without air,
the Jazz without their mascot bear;
players that aren’t tall,
a game without a basketball,
jerseys without the player’s last name,
a time when […]

We spent last week in Mazatlan, Mexico. My sweetie, Galen of 37 years, and I enjoyed taking long walks on the beach, beautiful sunsets, and watching the Jazz play. Yep, we are dyed-in-the-wool, true blue through and through. Galen checked his email daily to keep track of when the Jazz were playing. The […]

Several year ago,  I lived in Springdale, Utah, a small town that borders Zion National Park, where I was part of our family buisness (motel and restaurant).  My sister, who lived in Hurricane at the time, asked me to help her with her duties as Parade Chairperson for the Washington County Fair. Since there isn’t […]

Through the eyes of a 6th grade student
by Riley
The Utah Jazz are a great team!  Their games are fun to watch and you really get into the games.  I love watching basketball games, and think that the Jazz are the greatest team in the NBA.
I had the opportunity to go on  a tour to the […]

 
‘Just like John’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images) 
Through the Eyes of a 6th grade Jazz Fan
By Ryan G.
I think that Deron Willims is going to be the next John Stockton.  Deron has been the best point guard in the NBA since he came.  He has the talent to be like John Stockton.  Deron can shoot the […]

My 6th graders and the Jazz have more in common than you might think. For one thing, March Madness applies to school as well as basketball. I am administering so many assessments this month that I have little time to teach. It seems that if I haven’t done my part (instruction, correction, […]