December 2011

World War II in an English class?

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 12:14

At Springville Junior High School one of our English teachers is Mrs. Elizabeth Bass. In her eighth grade class, Mrs. Bass is teaching her class about World War ll, and will soon be reading the Dairy of Anne Frank. Mrs. Bass thinks that everyone with appreciate learning the history for many reasons.

Jordann Wallentine, and eighth-grader at SJHS, said, “It is very interesting to learn everything about Hitler, and World War ll, there are so many different and cool things we are learning about this topic, And Mrs. Bass is having us do a presentation on one of the many topics with partners.”

Attributions
Shay Johnson, SJHS Staff Writer

Recipe Demonstrations in the Foods Class

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 12:12

The foods class is known for cooking food, but that’s not all they do.  Most Fridays, the eighth and ninth-grade students who are enrolled in the foods exploration class at Springville Junior High School are required to do a demonstration in front of their class.   This is where the students make a food by themselves, or with one helper.  Demonstrating in front of everyone, including the teacher, proves that students have learned how to cook on their own.  The eighth graders can choose any food recipe they would like to make.  The ninth-grade students choose a recipe from a foreign country.  They are also supposed to share ten facts about the country with the class.

Attributions
Marynda Chipman, SJHS Staff Writer

FFA attends leadership conference in Richfield

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 12:08


The Future Farmers of America (FFA) from Springville Junior High School went to Richfield on Friday December 2nd to attend the Utah Youth Leadership Conference. At the conference they learned about how to be a good leader and how to speak in front of crowds. They learned that someone is always looking up to them. They went to the state fairground, split up into groups, and went to different people to learn about how to be good FFA students. Students in agriculture classes and can sign up to be in the FFA group. The group drove to Richfield and stayed overnight because the conference took two days, and they wouldn’t be able to make it back in time if they drove back to Springville. 

Attributions
Marin Rosenberg, SJHS Staff Writer

Mr. Dahl’s Classes Make Cell Models

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 15:20


On October 24th through November 4th, Mr. Sam Dahl’s seventh-grade science classes at Springville Junior High School made cell models.  Students had about three weeks to make a cell out of whatever material they could.  Mr. Dahl said, “Many students used styrofoam spheres and modeling clay to build their cells.  Some used food products.  I had one student make a big sugar cookie with different types of candy to represent the parts of the cells.”  

Serina Mumford, seventh grader in Mr. Dahl’s science class, said “I got to think and figure out what to do with my cell.” According to Mr. Dahl, students should have learned the parts of the cell and what the functions of the parts are. 

Attributions
Somer Johnson SJHS Staff Writer

Spotlight: Mrs. Hunsaker

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 15:19

Ever since Mrs. Amanda Hunsaker, was a little kid, she wanted to either be a history teacher, because she loves history, or a nurse, because her mom and sister are both nurses so she wanted to be one. But when Mrs. Hunsaker went to college, she did a summer camp for students in Special Education. She fell in love with it. So now, Mrs. Hunsaker teaches Special Education at Springville Junior High school. Mrs. Hunsaker said, “I never thought that I would ever teach this, but I just fell in love with it when I was in college doing the summer camp.”

Mrs. Hunsaker loves to see her students learn and progress. She really likes to see the students master difficult things. 

Attributions
Allyson Smith, SJHS Staff Writer

Spotlight on Mrs. Nilsson

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 15:17

Mrs. Angel Nilsson is one of the new teachers here at Springville Junior High. She teaches pre-algebra all day, and she loves it! Mrs. Nilsson loves seeing her students reaction when they understand the math that she is teaching them. 

Mrs. Nilsson went to Brigham Young University to get her mathematics education. Mrs. Nilsson said, “I never thought I would end up as a teacher, but when I got to college and started studying math, I realized that teaching would actually be ideal for me.”

Attributions
Sarah Skinner, SJHS Staff Writer

Spotlight: Mrs. Persson

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 15:16

Springville Junior High has a new teacher named Mrs. Erica Persson; she teaches dance, health 8, and aerobics.  Mrs.  Persson has wanted to be a teacher since she was a little girl.  Mrs. Persson said, “I really enjoyed helping people and found teaching was fun.” Mrs. Persson’s favorite part about teaching is “The ‘Ah Ha’ moments, that is when the light comes on and I know the student understands what is being taught.”

Attributions
Somer Johnson SJHS Staff Writer

SJHS Has A Culture Assembly

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 15:15

On November 22, 2011, Springville Junior High School had a culture assembly where students were able to sing, dance, or play their instruments in front of the school.  The students began practicing in September for two or three times per week.  The theme of the assembly was “Diversity Means.”  Mr. David Hansen, a history teacher at SJHS, said, “We wanted the students to show their different cultures and talents.”

Jentry Hendricks, an eighth-grade girl, was one of three girls in a singing performance.  The other two girls in the group were Ciara Snapp, and Demmi Nava, who are both eighth graders.  They sang a song called ‘Liar Liar’ by Christina Grimmie.  One of Jentry’s favorite performances was the Aztec dance.

Attributions
Marynda Chipman, SJHS Staff Writer

The Amazing, Fun Choir Tour

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 15:12


The Springville Junior High School choir Mastersingers (ninth grade boys and girls), Knightingales (eighth grade girls), and Journeymen (eighth grade boys), went to five different elementary schools in Nebo School District and sang Christmas songs on December 2nd.  Sarah Skinner, an eighth grader, said, “It was so fun. I would love doing it again, because we got to hang out with our choirmates and sing to all of the little people.” Everyone had a fantastic time.

Attributions
Allyson Smith, SJHS Staff Writer

Quest Time's Fiddling Fiddle Band

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 22:56

Quest Time is the period when students can have fun if they have good grades, or catch up in a class if they are behind or have a deficient grade. Dr. Samuel Tsugawa, orchestra teacher at Springville Junior High School, has started an activity back up during Quest Time.  Dr. Tsugawa’s activity is called the Quest Time Blue Grass Fiddle Band, but some students like to call it Fiddle Band.

Attributions
Sam Hall, SJHS Staff Writer