December 2012

Wreck it Ralph is a newly animated Disney movie. It first came to theaters November 2,  2012. Many SJHS students attended this movie for the No Tardy Party.  Emily Bird, an eighth grader at SJHS, said, “Milk my duds, I loved it! It was my most fav movie of the year, it was totes hilar.”

Wreck It Ralph is about an arcade character that is a bad guy in his game, “Fix it Felix Jr.”  He wants to be the good guy for a change, and to him, that means getting a medal. So he goes into a game called “Hero’s Duty” to win a medal. Who would know that it would take him on an adventure that would change his life forever, to making lifelong friends and saving the day?  

Recently, there was an assembly at the Springville Junior High. Cherie Davis came and told stories to SJHS students.  She also taught them about good storytelling abilities. Carter Call, seventh grader at SJHS, said, “She taught us that you can use actions to make the story come alive and that by switching your tone, you could change the feeling of the story. She also taught us that you should look at the people in the audience while you were telling the story so that you kind of had a connection with them.” Mrs. Davis is a professional, and she told several fairy tales to the students. Many students enjoyed the event.

“She relates to you.” “She’s a hardworking teacher.” “She knows how to work with other people.” “She has a great personality and she’s really awesome.” All of these quotes describe one amazing SJHS counselor--Mrs. Linton.

Mrs. Linton is the eighth-grade counselor. She said, ”There is a long list of things I do as a counselor. Teaching guidance lessons, helping students with future planning, registration and class choices, collaborating with counselors from elementary and high schools, holding friendship groups, but my favorite part is working with students one on one and in small groups to solve problems and achieve their potential.”

Three girls from Springville Junior High School recently accomplished a great feat in making the Springville High School basketball team. Those three students are Lydia Austin, Alexandria Sorensen, and Marynda Chipman. Marynda said, “My goal has always been to make the girls high school basketball team, and I’m really excited that I actually made the team!” These girls have been playing for a very long time and have gotten better as they have kept practicing. According to Lydia, she has been playing since she was about five years old.

What in the world is Model UN? First of all, UN stands for United Nations. Basically, it is a meeting where groups of ambassadors from different countries meet together and discuss each country’s problems. They then come up with solutions to resolve the problems. Model UN is where kids from different schools represent different countries. According to James Smith, a ninth grader on the Model UN team at Springville Junior High, schools choose the countries they represent by first come first serve.SJHS is representing Ireland.

In the foods class, students are making different types of food for different holidays that come up. Ms. Fausett is substituting for Mrs. Luke while she is out having her baby. According to Ms. Faucet, the eighth graders in her foods class are making pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving time. The ninth graders made pumpkin cookies. Most students in her class really enjoy the foods class because they learn how to make a certain type of food, so when they go home they can show their parents and make it themselves.

All the students here at Springville Junior High School are familiar with the music that plays in the halls seven times each day. But how much is really known about this? This music starts two minutes before and stops one minute before the tardy bell rings so that students know how much time they have before they need to get to class. It is all done and supervised by SJHS assistant principal Mr. Mikesell. But the big question is, how does the school pick this music, and how does it all work?

The no tardy party has arrived at Springville Junior High School. (Make your lead sentence past tense.)  Students that had no tardies during first term watched the movie Wreck-It Ralph on November 19 at a theater in Payson. According to a couple SJHS students, the No Tardy Party rewards students for not being tardy to class for the whole term.

Nearly every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday after school at Springville Junior High, there are intramurals.  Intramurals are a chance for students to make up lost points for P.E. or other physically inclined classes.  Students can also go to play the sports after school just for fun if they want to.  Right now, the activities available for intramurals are weightlifting, pickleball, and badminton.  Any students in the school are allowed and encouraged to go.  Mr. Parker, the boy’s P.E. teacher, said, “Intramurals provides students the opportunity to be active in a supervised after school activity.  We have intramurals because it is FUN!”

Springville Junior High School has a Chinese class that is taught by Mrs. Wells.  Students who take Chinese learn how to read and speak a new language.  They learn sayings, phrases, and a variety of words used in normal Chinese conversation.  Mrs. Wells, Chinese teacher at Springville Junior High, said, “I love introducing students to something brand new.”

According to Taylor Whitney, an eighth-grade student at SJHS, the Chinese class gets to learn something new and exciting every day.  Mrs. Wells is a very experienced teacher.  She is fluent in Chinese, and has been teaching it for eight years.