March 2013

Mr. Rencher’s Class Controls Robots

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Fri, 03/22/2013 - 22:08

All students at SJHS are in Mr. Rencher’s class in seventh grade for Career Technology Education. After learning about technology in seventh grade, many students take Exploring Technology from Mr. Rencher in eighth or ninth grade. The Exploring Technology students were recently able to build and control robots as an activity in class. The point of the exercise was so that the students that took the class could learn about robotics and electronics. This task is called Mechatronics. Mr. Rencher had the class start in February and they spent about a month with the students programming and learning about the robots. 

Attributions
Marin Rosenberg, SJHS Staff Writer

Pinging the Pong in PE

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Fri, 03/22/2013 - 22:03

This year at Springville Junior High School the PE classes added a new unit. Ping pong! Coach Parker, the boys PE teacher at SJHS, teaches the ping pong unit. According to Coach Parker, he loves the game and he thought that the students would like it too, and so far most have. Taylor Sweeten, a ninth grader at SJHS, said, “It was really fun, but it was too short.” Taylor wishes they could have played ping pong for longer. Coach Parker likes ping pong and has fun teaching it. He said, “I just teach the basics, grip, rules, serving, doubles strategy. We do little demos, short drills, and lots of games!”

Attributions
Clarissa Scott, SJHS Staff Writer

9th Graders Take an Exciting Visit to Springville High School

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Fri, 03/22/2013 - 21:34

Ninth graders at Springville Junior High took a visit to the Springville High School on February 25, 2013. The reason they went to the high school was to get to know the school, to get tenth-grade registration materials, and to get ready for next year. The ninth graders watched videos about some classes that they can take next year.  They also got to take a tour around the school so that they could get to know the school a lot better. 

Attributions
Laura Uribe, SJHS Staff Writer

Basketballs are Flying in Girls PE

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Fri, 03/22/2013 - 21:31

The girls’ physical education (PE) classes have started shooting for the hoop. On March 4, they started the basketball unit. The students have begun learning to shoot, dribble, pass, and how to avoid fouling the other players. According to Maryn Giles, an eighth grade girl currently in PE, PE is where you learn different activities to help you stay physically fit. The main goal of PE is to teach kids how to play sports and give the kids a class where you don’t have to sit still. Natalie Sumsion, another PE eighth grade girl, said, “PE exists to make kids get physically active.” 

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Basketballs are a Flying in Girls PE

Spectacular SHS Performances During Quest Time

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Fri, 03/22/2013 - 21:17

On March 1, Springville High School’s cheer, drill, and dance teams all came to Springville Junior High School. Many SJHS  eighth and ninth grade students went to the girls gym during Quest Time to watch the teams perform. Sarah Mitchell, a ninth grader at SJHS, said, “It was a fun performance to watch! The girls on the teams did really cool stuff.” 

The cheer and drill teams started the performance with an incredible dance that they did together. After the opening number, the cheer team performed. The cheerleaders’ happy and exciting attitude pumped up the crowd. Their dance included amazing tumbling and throwing girls up into the air!

Attributions
Clarissa Scott, SJHS Staff Writer

Exploring the Constitution

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Sat, 03/16/2013 - 13:49

Eighth grade students in Mr. Shields’s history classes at Springville Junior High  are learning about the “very basic foundation of our government today,” the Constitution. To learn about this important piece of our history, the students are making a brochure advertising the Constitution and what it represents.  “The Constitution enabled the people of our country to be free from an oppressive government which would limit the people’s rights,” said Mr. Shields, the history teacher who is conducting the project. He hopes the assignment will help his students further understand the Constitution and why it is so important to our history. 

Attributions
Alexis Pool, SJHS Staff Writer

Field Trip to the Corn Wagon Quilt Co.

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Sat, 03/16/2013 - 13:42

The eighth-grade sewing students took a field trip on Friday, February 15, to the Corn Wagon Quilt Co., in Springville.  They were able to see many things while visiting the quilt store.  According to Mrs. Bird, the sewing teacher, the purpose of this trip was so the students could see the projects a quilting store does.  Visiting the store helped the students see some of the options they could have if they decided to have a career in textiles.  The students  saw an embroidery machine and a machine that puts holes in the fabric, that are later used to crochet.  Chloe Dean, an eighth-grader in sewing, said that they learned “how people made quilts.”

Attributions
Paige Cook, SJHS Staff Writer

February Super Knights

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 12:26

February's Super Knights were announced during the February 22nd assembly.  Lauryn Davis and Sam Farley were named the seventh-grade Super Knights.  Hannah Kallaker and Marcus Hansen were named eighth-grade Super Knights.  Reagan Park and Zachary Crocker were named ninth-grade Super Knights.  Teachers made the following comments about February’s Super Knights:


7th gradeLauryn Davis

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photo courtesy of Trent Mikesell

Hill Air Force Base Tops All

Submitted by tiffanie.miley on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 11:54

On February 19, Mrs. Anderson, Mr. Hansen and Mr Hatfield, Springville Junior High teachers, took a small group of eighth-grade students up to Hill Air Force Base in Ogden for an educational experience. Ben Leishman, a SJHS eighth grader, said, “Hill Air Force Base is a working Air Force Base which holds a museum with lots of cool, old planes.”  According to Chloe Wilson, another eighth grader, it is a big museum with lots of airplanes and artifacts about planes and pilots. Chloe also said, “It was an educational experience that helped us explore science, technology, and the history of flying.” The museum was large and had a lot of information about anything from pilots to the type of fuel planes use.  

Attributions
Erin Caswell, SJHS Staff Writer