December 2014

On Tuesday, November 11, 2014, Mr. Hatfield, a science teacher at SJHS, prepared homemade root beer for all his class periods.  Although originally scheduled for Halloween the No Tardy Party would not allow Mr. Hatfield to make root beer for all his classes, so he postponed.   

Kaden Jepperson, a student in Mr. Hatfield’s biology class, said the gathering was, “fun. We got to talk with our friends and watch a movie.”  The movie watched was Disney’s The Rookie (2002.)  

Probably one of the most wanted classes for eighth grade students, the FACs exploration, or the foods class, is making school delicious. Wendy Gwilliam, a student in foods, said, “My favorite part of foods is being able to make food and hang out with friends.” 

Mr. Rowley is an assistant principal who has been working here at SJHS for two years. He came to SJHS last year. According to Mr. Rowley, he likes working here because it is a great school. He said he wanted to work at schools because he “wanted to make a difference in the world.” He has worked in education for eight years. He worked at Mapleton Jr. High School for four years as a geography teacher. Then he worked at Payson High School for two years, as an administrator, and then he came to SJHS last year to be an assistant principal.         

What are Super Knights? “Super Knights are outstanding students at SJHS who are responsible citizens, effective communicators and successful learners,” said Ms. Miley, an assistant principal. Super Knights are chosen by teachers who get together and nominate students to get Super Knight trophies. Every month there is a Super Knight assembly where students are recognized and given a trophy.  On October 30, there was a Super Knight assembly where six students, two from each grade, were given awards and were given lots of applause by the audience. 

Ninth grade:

Teralyn Gervais said, “I became a Super Knight by doing my best in school and being kind to teachers.”

Wrestling at SJHS is a big hit this year, according to Coach Ward, the wrestling coach at SJHS. Forty eight students signed up for wrestling this year.  According to Coach Ward, the team needs more students so they can take the bus to matches, which would be very helpful.  

Students that are on the team like wrestling.  Tyler Austin, an eighth grade student on the team, said, “I like wrestling because I get to hurt people.I liked last because last year all of the moves were new to me and now I already know them all.”  Most students on the team like wrestling and are going to keep doing it for as long as possible.  

Although we have many wonderful, new teachers this year, many of our talented teachers have stayed with us. Mrs. Gleave, a math teacher, is one of those teachers.

Mrs. Gleave has been teaching math at Springville Junior High for seven years. In addition to this, she has also taught online math for three years, tutored students, and taught a year at a Hawaiian private school. 

If you have not noticed already, there are maybe 200 black signs around the school, that have big white letters that spell out, “Do One Thing.” Lots of people see this piece of paper as a sign that is just hung around the halls. But a huge percentage of students look at it and think, today will be better than yesterday. It is not that hard to find one of these signs. They are in classrooms, in the halls, and on bulletin boards. 

On October 31, 2014 all the students at SJHS who had no tardies gathered in the cafetorium to celebrate.

Mr. Rowley, an assistant principal at SJHS, said, “The students came down to the cafetorium to play Minute-to-Win-it.  We chose to continue with the no tardy party because it was fun last year.  Any kids with no tardies from first term got an invitation.  Over half the school was invited to the no tardy party.”

Ms. Miley, another assistant principal at SJHS, said, “The party was worth planning to rewarded students for being to class on time.”

On October 31st, 2014 many people at SJHS dressed up for Halloween. “I love Halloween; it’s always really fun,” said Brandon Gordon, an eighth grader at SJHS who went as ‘casual’ Batman.

“Halloween was fun because everyone was dress up, and we got to do fun stuff in our classes,” said Madison Hone and Kylee Lealiifano, eighth graders at SJHS who were a cowgirl and a witch.

According to Madison Hone and Kylee Lealiifano for Halloween they got to make root beer cookies in Ms. Murray’s class, a food teacher, and made root beer in Mr.Bass’s  class, a science teacher. They enjoyed other people’s costumes, many were very creative. 

Mrs. Woolf, a PE and health teacher, grew up in Federal Way, Washington. For college she went to BYU university. She teaches health to ninth graders and coed PE to eighth and seventh graders.

“She is a good teacher,” said Jefferson Albright, a ninth grader in Mrs. Woolf’s health class. According to Isabella Nelson, also a ninth grader in Mrs. Woolf’s health class, you are never alone when you work.

Mrs. Woolf has three sisters and one brother, and she absolutely love dogs, and is passionate about living healthy and teaching it to kids.