May 2014

On Friday, May 2nd, all the Super Knights for the year went to Boondocks for a reward party! “I was excited to be a Super Knight so I could go to Boondocks. We did laser tag, played arcade games, and did a lot more,” said Emmalee Smith, a seventh-grade Super Knight.

“I liked being a Super Knight because my parents came to see me accept my award. I put the statue on my desk so I can see it all the time and be reminded that I am a Super Knight. I had so much fun at Boondocks! We rode go karts, played arcade games and my favorite, went to the batting cages! I also liked earning tickets so I could trade them in for prizes. I got a yo-yo, a bouncy ball, and some candy,” said Logan Furner, an eighth-grade Super Knight.

Students from SJHS were selected to perform at  the Districts Poetry Slam based on their performance at the SJHS Poetry Slam. The participants from our school were: Olivia Brown, Abby Kawai, Chloe Potter, Zoe Dalley, Jackie Durfey, Conner Widfelt, and Sara King.

Ms. McBride, an English teacher for seventh and eighth grade, said, “A poetry slam is an opportunity for students to perform poetry. It's not just memorizing a poem and reciting it--it is performing it with expression, rhythm, and feeling.” 

 Most people are unaware, but the month of May, is the official mental health month. The counselors at our school have decided to do some activities to raise awareness of this month. “The purpose of mental health awareness month is to get people thinking about the importance of mental health and to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness,” said Mrs. Walker, a counselor at SJHS. “Sometimes the view society has of mental illness is negative or shameful, so we want to help change that perception.”

Julie Sumsion, a ninth grader, just broke the Springville High School record for fastest two mile. The previous record was set in 2008 and the record was 11:28. Julie ran the two mile in 11.22.09. Julie broke the record at the BYU invitational on May 1st and went to the state track meet competition. The State Meet was May 16-17 at BYU. Julie runs on the high school track team. 

Julie said she loves to run and likes to push herself. Julie said she  prepares for track meets by “telling myself I can do it and do my best.” Outside of school Julie runs with the track teams. When Julie broke the record she said, “I felt like I accomplished something and reached my goal.”

Way to go Julie!

On Thursday, May 8th and Friday, May 9th, the boys tennis team at SJHS had a tennis tournament at Salem Hills High School. On Thursday, Cole Monson, Stone Harding, Ethan Bird, Kaden Jepperson, Luke Gleave, Benton Aegerter, Jake Leavitt, and Jackson Chambers participated. On Friday, McKay Carr, Kevin Sumsion, Zach Miller, Zach Follette, John Andelin, Kolby Carter, Tyler Jessee, and Andrew Hammond participated. 

The last dance of the year was on Thursday, May 8 in the SJHS boys’ gym. The dance started at seven and ended at nine. A lot of students showed up for their last dance at SJHS. The dance was filled with seventh, eighth and ninth graders. The dance was full of screaming sweaty kids having fun. 

Kayli Remund, an eighth grader, said, “I got to dance with my crush, hang out with my friends, and listen to music. My favorite part was at the end, the last slow dance.”  

Holly Barlow, an eighth grade student, said, “I had a lot of fun!” 

You probably know that people write poems, but did you know that people also perform them? Springville Junior High School had a Poetry Slam competition on Wednesday, April 30th at 2:00PM in the school auditorium. All students who wanted to participate signed up and performed, and the contestants with the top ten scores advanced to the district competition, which took place at Salem High School.

SJHS has a dance class! You learn how to dance to all different genres of music and make lots of new friends. “I really like learning the dances and doing across the floor routines and leaps. We do jazz, hip hop, lyrical, and many more. Ms. Jarvis is really fun so it makes dance fun,” said Rylee Patti, a seventh grade student in the dance class.

“We have lots of fun in dance. Mostly we like to joke around with each other for fun! We do contemporary, modern, and even square dancing! I think it’s really fun, and more people should do it,” said Tanika Farrar, a ninth grader in the dance class.   

 Here at SJHS, we have a wonderful math teacher named Mr. Krebs. He has been teaching for over thirty-three years! Mr. Krebs started teaching in the fall of 1980. He used to work in building construction, and as an electrician, and aerospace technician among other careers.

“I like the challenge of teaching math. It is satisfying to me to teach students math and see the light in their eyes when they understand how to get the solutions to questions,” said Mr. Krebs.        

Do you like hands on activities? If you do, sculpture is a great choice, and we have it here at SJHS . Mrs. Wallace, the art teacher, is teaching the students different techniques that different artist use. They learn the basics and get to work. 

Cole Monson, an eighth grader, said, “You can be creative and do whatever you want, and it’s fun .”  Cole also said they work with paper, clay, and paint.

Jeric Adamson, another eighth grader, said, “ I like how it’s a hands on learning experience- you get to learn and work.”