Quest Time is a small, 20 minute period where the many students, teachers, and administrators at Springville Junior High School can have a little fun, or where other students can get some extra help. Mr. Mikesell, the Dean of Students, said, “The biggest goal is to help students understand concepts that they may have missed in class or didn't understand.”
Cross country is not just an after school activity. It’s a great way to get fit, and have fun. The season for cross country is throughout the fall, and it is for anyone in the grades seven through and nine. The team practices every day after school for about an hour and a half.
Many members of the cross country team have agreed that they enjoy cross country, and that it is a great opportunity to get out in the fresh air and run. Nathan Merrill, an eighth-grader at SJHS, said, “It’s very painful, but it’s worth it.” Most team members enjoy that sometimes after practice, they chill and eat otter pops, or play ultimate Frisbee.
Some of you may not know this, but your fellow students are already hard at work making this year's yearbook. A staff of 12 students was selected to be in the yearbook class. They are going to be working all year long on the SJHS yearbook. They put things in it like Quest Time, dances, school sports, and highlights of the year. This class takes place seventh period in Ms. Neeley’s classroom.
Ms. Neeley, the yearbook advisor, said ,“I hope my students learn to be responsible, creative and learn how to design.” Also, according to Ms.Neeley, SJHS students should buy a yearbook, because it will be fun to look at all the memories you had in junior high.
At Springville High School there is a girls tennis team. Four of Springville Junior High School ninth graders that are on the team. The ninth graders are Sarah Skinner, Stephanie Aragon, Maddy Brenchley, and Allyson Smith.
Springville Junior High School has a special singing program made specifically for eighth-grade boys. It’s called the Journeymen, and it is revolutionizing how boys learn to sing. It’s a boys-only class, which eases the transition for boys and their changing voices. This class is held at Springville Junior High School, is one semester long, and is taught by our fabulous choir teacher Mrs.Walker.
Most people think that the life of a cheerleader is easy. The ninth grade cheerleaders at Springville Junior High practice 24/7. So how do they do it all? Well listen up and I will explain how they do it all.
The cheerleaders have to practice a lot to get all the routines right. According to Jacqueline Bradford, ninth-grade cheerleader, this may take some girls two days, but for others it might take two weeks. “It all depends on the person,” Jacqueline said. So if students started cheering in seventh grade, the routines might be easier for the students when they hit ninth grade because they are all the same. Most girls on the cheer team practice for one hour and 30 minutes every day so they get the routines perfect.
This year at Springville High School, the girl’s sophomore volleyball team has been doing very well. Since there is not a freshmen volleyball team, the sophomore team is mostly made up of freshmen girls. So far, their record is three wins and one loss. The sophomore team’s coach, Kristin Clark, said, “Thus far I have LOVED this season! I've been working with these girls since April and being able to see their progress makes everything worth it. Their continual hard work and love of the game makes coaching so enjoyable.”
At Springville Junior High, there are some ninth-grade girls that are talented enough to play on the Springville High School soccer team.There’s the varsity soccer team, and the junior varsity soccer team. The varsity team is made up of mostly high school girls. (sophomores, juniors, and seniors) But the junior varsity team has ninth-grade girls from Springville Junior High school that help make up the team. They have away games every Tuesday and home games every Thursday. The girls have practices on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Lots of the girls really enjoy playing on the high school team, and they try really hard to get better at soccer.
We all know that ninth graders have a little song in them. Well, Springville Junior High has a choir class just for the ninth graders who have the talent to be what are called a Master Singers. Of course, students would have to be in the ninth grade to join them. What they do is go to Mrs. Walker in the spring and try out by singing her a song.Then she will choose if you can be in the Master Singers class, which is all year long.
Garrett Carr, a ninth-grade Master Singer, said, “It is easy for boys to be in the Master Singers class because all they have to do is carry a tune.”
Seventh and eighth-grade cheer has started! Earlier this year at Springville Junior High, seventh and eighth-grade students paid and signed up to do cheer. It is a recreational sport that the city does for girls in grades six through nine. The city puts each girl that signed up on a football team that they will cheer for. This year there are two teams for seventh, and two for eighth. The amount of teams depends on how many girls sign up. So if there are two football teams, but only enough girls for one, only one team gets cheerleaders. The names for the seventh-grade teams are the S.O.S Bears and the Rotary Mustangs. The names for the eighth-grade teams are Reams Badgers, Quality Cleaners, and the Vikings.
