Desplaza hacia abajo para Español.

Dear SJHS parents and guardians:

Desplaza hacia abajo para Español.

Upcoming events:

Monday, 5/8/23: 

• Our eighth graders will take the state English, writing, and math RISE test this week in their English and math classes.
• JV boys tennis tournament at Springville High School (no charge to attend)

Tuesday, 5/9/23: Varsity boys tennis tournament at Springville High School (no charge to attend)

Wednesday, 5/10/23: AP Spanish test

Thursday, 5/11/23: 

Last week, SJHS English department hosted a poetry slam. The winners from our school level competition moved on to the district event last night. Dowawisnima Groves, Thomas Wilson, and Alice Heppler did an amazing job at the District Poetry Slam. They all performed heartfelt, moving poems and SJHS is so proud of them!

This year the library and English department hosted a poetry contest for SJHS students. After learning about poetry in class, students were invited to submit their best poems. We were overwhelmed by the number of amazing poems our students wrote. A collection of poems will be published in a SJHS Poetry Anthology. The following students are this year's winners:

1st Place: Marcela Lopez for her poem, Papa

2nd Place: Molly Saybolt for her poem, Hourglass

3rd Place: Stephanie Whetman and Brinna Rogers tied for 3rd place for their respective poems, Broken Hearted and I, of the Storm

This week's "Be an Ally" recipients are:

Brayden Bascom was nominated for noticing that a teacher was carrying many things and would need help. He volunteered to carry things down the hall for me and waited while I got the door open and everything in the room.  Thanks for being an ally, Brayden. 

Diego Reyes was nominated for working hard and always being a team player in keeping our classroom clean. Thank you for being so willing to put chromebooks away! Thanks for being a responsible , Diego. 

Clint Keen was nominated for making amazing progress on a diagnostic this week.  Thanks for being a successful learner, Clint. 

Desplaza hacia abajo para Español.

Dear SJHS students and families:

The end of the year is right around the corner, and we’ll have several school activities in the next few weeks. Bus tickets for Lagoon went on sale in the finance office this week—please click here for details about cost, how to purchase tickets, eligibility, etc. Events for next week:

Monday, 5/1/23: 

Last week our Spanish and DLI students participated in the BYU Language Fair. Students compete in individual events to test their language abilities. Students also get an opportunity to participate in a simulation where they are completely immersed in the country of españolandia where only Spanish is understood.

This year, our language bowl team took 3rd place and did amazing for their first time. Our school took the sweepstakes award for the jr. high division. This means that we were awarded the highest point value in our category. We are so proud of our students' achievments!

Desplaza hacia abajo para Español.

Dear SJHS parents and guardians:

We are excited to provide the Lagoon experience to our students this year on Tuesday, May 23rd. We will begin selling bus tickets this Monday, April 24th,  for students to ride the bus up to Lagoon with the school. In order to be eligible to ride the bus, students must:

Congratulations to this week's Be an Ally Recipients:

Desplaza hacia abajo para Español.

Dear SJHS families:

Our 8th graders will take the Readiness Improvement Success Empowerment (RISE) assessment this year. The RISE is a computer adaptive criterion referenced assessment system that includes summative tests for English Language Arts, Writing, Mathematics, and Science. All 8th grade testing will be done in English, science, and math classes on the following dates: