April 2018

Article: Film Class

Submitted by tara.pina on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 13:44

The 7th graders this year were able to take a cool class called film studies. Last year 8th graders didn’t have this option to take this class, so most of us don’t really know what this class is or what it’s all about.  

Gage Jeppson is a 7th grader at sjhs and he stated that he absolutely loves this class, “film studies is actually my favorite class, It’s really fun and we get to watch and learn about different movies a lot, and the field trips are super fun!”  Gage says that he would very much recommend this class to other 7th grade students coming in next year, if this class is still an option to choose from!

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Article by Rylee Andreasen - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Article: Seasons "Great"-ings

Submitted by tara.pina on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 13:42

This years track season has started off in a surge for the finish.  On March fourteenth was when the track season started off for all those interested in being involved.  One problem a lot of students had this year was that they did not turn in their physical and could not participate until they had. The first meet for track is on the Friday before Spring Break.  That would make it March thirtieth at Payson High School against the Junior High of Payson. The students at our school who are involved in track have been staying after school ever since March fourteenth to show their dedication to their sports association.  

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Article by Ashlee Bayles - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Authors visit SJHS

Submitted by tara.pina on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 13:40

We have had the privilege of having two authors come and visit our school. Chris Crowe,  an English proffesor at BYU and author of the books, Mississippi Trial (a book the 9th graders have been reading). We also had the privilege of having Lance Conrad, another local author come near the end of last month.

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Article by Brighton Platt - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Article: Mrs. Riggs wins Crystal Apple award.

Submitted by tara.pina on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 13:38

The Crystal Apple Award is an award to recognize an awesome dedicated teacher. On March 15, Mrs. Riggs took home the award. In case you were wondering, Mrs. Riggs is a super awesome teacher here at SJHS that teaches both English and Creative Writing. Mrs. Riggs has been teaching full time for 6 years. She started teaching middle school in Texas at Scott Johnson Middle School.

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Article by Cameron Hall - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Article: Hope Burning Like a Flame

Submitted by tara.pina on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 13:35

Red vines, lifesavers, tic tacs, gum, heroes, hats, be red, be you, twins, and touring. This is the life of the students of Springville Junior High the last week of March. The students had the opportunity to be part of Hope Week, which is a week that the Hope Squad used to display their beliefs on how life should be for students. Each day’s dress up represented something that the Hope Squad felt should be brought to the attention of all the people who attend the school. They had several meetings to decide what they felt would help the school become the “happiest place on earth”.

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Article by Ashlee Bayles and Ella Stoddard - SJHS Student Staff Writers

Article: Summer is Almost Here!

Submitted by tara.pina on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 13:27

From todays date, there are only 20 days of school left. The end of school is near, and that means summer is right around the corner. We are still in school though, which means we still have more work to do before we can check out of school. There is Sage Testing, which requires preparation before we can start. But we are almost there.

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Article by Cameron Hall - SJHS Student Staff Writer

Article: Romeo and Julieta play

Submitted by tara.pina on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 13:24

Recently our school had the pleasure of viewing the performance of BYU Youngs Romeo and Julieta play. This play was only seen by 9h graders and spanish immersion students, and was performed with scenes in spanish throwing and unsuspected twist on the original tragic love story.

 All of the ninth grade and spanish immersion class was invited into the cafetorium to watch the performance. Jesus Hernandez, a ninth grade student said “It was fun to watch. Pretty good overall.” Jesus liked that it was in spanish and he liked the added twist. He only wished there were louder performers but he said he still enjoyed it.

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Article by Gavin Jones - SJHS Student Staff Writer

SJHS English Teachers Get Grant

Submitted by tara.pina on Fri, 04/13/2018 - 14:45

8th grade English teachers were able to receive nearly a $1000 from the Great Basin Heritage Area Partnership, to help cover the cost of taking over 130 students to the Topaz Museum of Japanese Internment.
This was a great opportunity for students to gain historical and cultural background on a subject that is local and dear to our hearts.

Thank you for the support, Great Basin Heritage Area Partnership!