October 2017

Article: New History Teachers

Submitted by tara.pina on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 12:28

Ms. Reese is one of the new history teachers.  She teaches ninth grade only for six periods.  Ms. Reese was born in Walnut Creek California. But she was raised in New Mexico.  She then moved to many places including Utah, Kentucky, Indiana, Mexico, back to California, and then back to Utah where she stayed.  For college, she started at the University Of Utah, but then ended up at Brigham Young University.  In her free time, she likes to sleep, do art, and hang with her family and friends. She has five siblings, four girls and one boy.  When asked what some of her favorite things about being a teacher, she answered, “My favorite part about being a teacher is definitely the students.

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Article by Karly Bracken and Taylor Benson - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Article: Red Ribbon Week

Submitted by tara.pina on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 12:27

A few weeks ago was red ribbon week, which is a week where we provide drug awareness at SJHS. Student council and the PTSA planned many fun activities and guests to come and talk to students about being good examples and setting goals for their future. They came during lunch came for a reason. The spray painter, Ulione is a student from UVU that came to SJHS to spray paint a humongous board of our mascot, a knight. Molly Hunter said, Ulione came to show us, “If you have a passion and you pursue it then you can do what you want in life.” Safari, another guest who is deaf, world champion martial artist came to show us that if you have a disability you can overcome it, and it will not define you.

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Article by Stazie Killpack, and Amanda Gardner - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Article: Social Media Let Loose

Submitted by tara.pina on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 12:21

The first signs of social madie was in 1997, and it was called Six Degrees.  In 1999 was when the first blogs became popular.  Ever since then they have continued to grow in size and numbers.  Many students at Springville Junior High have agreed that social media can be good for you, yet it can have some terrible consequences.  Since social media is being used across the globe, it can have an effect on people all around the world.

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Article by Ashlee Bayles and Payton Evans - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Article: Mr. Rockwood Spotlight

Submitted by tara.pina on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 12:19

Don’t worry if you haven’t seen him last year, he’s walking around the halls this year. If you don’t know who he is, well, you’ve come to the right place.

Mr. Rockwood was teaching at Payson High School for 14 years! That is crazy! And then, all of a sudden, he was offered an administrator job here at SJHS! He took it, of course, and now he’s here as the Dean of Students. He says, out of the 1 ½ years he’s been here, he loves Springville. Last year, he said the leadership was awesome and he wanted to stay, so he’s our Dean of Students. Other than working towards being a principal, he is also working towards his doctorate, and by next year, he’ll be known as Dr. Rockwood instead. Fancy, huh?

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Article by Oakley Toelupe - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Article: Youth Court

Submitted by tara.pina on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 12:17

The Gavel went down and they were sentenced to eternal trash duty! Thankfully, that isn’t how it goes. Chandler Kiser, one of the Youth Court members said that Youth Court is, “A community organization that helps youths fix their mistakes and clear their record.” The members of youth court meet every other Thursday and decide what the students who have a first offense can do to wipe the bad mistake off of their record.

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Article by Amanda Gardner - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Article: The Foods Program

Submitted by tara.pina on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 12:15

The Foods class is an elective you can take in eighth or ninth grade.  In this class, you learn about nutrition, proper ways to cook, and measurements.  Everybody who has taken it, has loved it!  Doing the cooking labs are a lot of fun!

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Article by Karly Bracken - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Article: Halloween on a Tuesday

Submitted by tara.pina on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 12:12

Halloween is on a Tuesday this year?! Some people aren’t to happy about this. Last year Halloween was on a Sunday but most people went trick or treating on Saturday. So they could stay out late and sleeping.

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Article by Libby Hodson - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Article: Madison Black Spotlight!

Submitted by tara.pina on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 11:57

Madison Black, is an amazing girl who can make friends with basically anyone she meets. She can make anyone laugh with just a saying.

She is not one of those girls who can not make friends. She loves to make other people happy mostly her friends.

If Maddy could go anywhere in the world to help people, considering what has been happening lately, she said. “I would go to London because of all the attacks that are going on and I would try to help as much as possible anyway I could.”

Maddy is more classic than trendy because she is extremely unique. She likes to be different. While everyone are plain old cheerios, Maddy is a fruitloop.

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Article by Payton Evans - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Article: Fight the New Drug Assembly: Students Thoughts

Submitted by tara.pina on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 11:39

Pornography isn’t really a subject you would expect at school, so it was a really big surprise to the students at SJHS when we had an assembly about it on Monday, October 2nd. The assembly's goal was to inform the students about the harmful effects of using porn. The assembly was to give the students more info on the subject and how we shouldn’t do it. Our students during the assembly seemed to be very calm, intrigued, and pretty willing to participate when the speaker asked. What were the students thoughts on it, though?

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Article by Leslie Ruiz - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Article: Mrs. Mower Spotlight

Submitted by tara.pina on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 11:37

Mrs. Mower is an amazing teacher at Springville Jr. High School. She teaches math, and there is no one who can teach it like her. She started her math journey last year during the middle of the school year. She loved being a teacher at SJHS so much she decided to do another year of it. The way she treats her students with care and love is different from other teachers. Her lessons and techniques are also different which makes it fun to be in her class.

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Article by Taylor Benson - SJHS Student Staff Writer