Spotlight on Mrs. Nilsson

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Mrs. Angel Nilsson is one of the new teachers here at Springville Junior High. She teaches pre-algebra all day, and she loves it! Mrs. Nilsson loves seeing her students reaction when they understand the math that she is teaching them. 

Mrs. Nilsson went to Brigham Young University to get her mathematics education. Mrs. Nilsson said, “I never thought I would end up as a teacher, but when I got to college and started studying math, I realized that teaching would actually be ideal for me.”

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Sarah Skinner, SJHS Staff Writer

Spotlight: Mrs. Persson

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Springville Junior High has a new teacher named Mrs. Erica Persson; she teaches dance, health 8, and aerobics.  Mrs.  Persson has wanted to be a teacher since she was a little girl.  Mrs. Persson said, “I really enjoyed helping people and found teaching was fun.” Mrs. Persson’s favorite part about teaching is “The ‘Ah Ha’ moments, that is when the light comes on and I know the student understands what is being taught.”

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Somer Johnson SJHS Staff Writer

SJHS Has A Culture Assembly

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On November 22, 2011, Springville Junior High School had a culture assembly where students were able to sing, dance, or play their instruments in front of the school.  The students began practicing in September for two or three times per week.  The theme of the assembly was “Diversity Means.”  Mr. David Hansen, a history teacher at SJHS, said, “We wanted the students to show their different cultures and talents.”

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Marynda Chipman, SJHS Staff Writer

The Amazing, Fun Choir Tour

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The Springville Junior High School choir Mastersingers (ninth grade boys and girls), Knightingales (eighth grade girls), and Journeymen (eighth grade boys), went to five different elementary schools in Nebo School District and sang Christmas songs on December 2nd.  Sarah Skinner, an eighth grader, said, “It was so fun. I would love doing it again, because we got to hang out with our choirmates and sing to all of the little people.” Everyone had a fantastic time.

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Allyson Smith, SJHS Staff Writer

Quest Time's Fiddling Fiddle Band

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Quest Time is the period when students can have fun if they have good grades, or catch up in a class if they are behind or have a deficient grade. Dr. Samuel Tsugawa, orchestra teacher at Springville Junior High School, has started an activity back up during Quest Time.  Dr. Tsugawa’s activity is called the Quest Time Blue Grass Fiddle Band, but some students like to call it Fiddle Band.

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Sam Hall, SJHS Staff Writer

Mastersingers decorate choir students’ lockers

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This year Mrs. Leslie Walker’s ninth-grade choir class, the Mastersingers, came up with a creative way to make the students in choir feel welcome. On the choir students' birthday the Master Singers go and decorate their locker.  “We thought it would be a great way to make the choir students in all the choirs feel that we care about them!” said Mrs. Walker. 

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Clarissa Scott, SJHS Staff Writer

Harry Potter Speaks Chinese

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Mrs. Debra Wells, a Chinese teacher at SJHS, and her first period Chinese class recently made a short film and sent it into the Utah Foreign  Language Film Festival (UFLA). Mrs. Wells’s Chinese class usually sends in a poster each year, but this year the UFLA asked schools to submit a short film.  
According to Mrs. Wells, before they made the video, she passed out small slips of paper with Harry Potter characters on them. Then the students would stand up and introduce themselves as that character speaking Chinese.

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Claire Davis, SJHS Staff Writer

Springville Junior High School Welcomes Mrs. Murray

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Mrs. Adrienne Murray is the new Foods Exploration, Teen Living, and Service-Learning teacher at Springville Junior High School. On top of that she is also the school’s student council advisor--all during her first year of teaching at SJHS. Not many people know this, but Mrs. Murray did do some student teaching at SJHS last year.

Tanya Garibay, an eight grader at SJHS, said, “Mrs. Murray is always trying to make things fun. She gives us recipe cards and she makes up games so we can learn and have fun at the same time.”  According to Tanya, Mrs. Murray has been a good teacher and has taught her a lot of stuff from yummy recipes to how to  cook them well. 

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Jennifer Pizarro, SJHS Staff Writer

Model U.N. Competes

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Mr. David Hansen and Mrs. Lise Carpenter are teachers at Springville Junior High School.  They teach normal, everyday stuff, but they also coach the Model UN team. What is Model UN? According to Mr. Hansen, Model UN is a simulation of the United Nations Assembly. Sarah Clark, a ninth grader on the team, said, “Model UN is like a debate team, but students are given countries and they have to argue about their resources and needs.”

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Jennifer Pizarro, SJHS Staff Writer

Thanksgiving Pies in SJHS Foods class

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The SJHS foods class recently made thanksgiving pies to get into the Thanksgiving spirit. They all worked together to make apple or pumpkin pies. The class spent November 21st learning about how to make the pies, and then the next day they mixed the ingredients together and baked them.  Even though it was Thanksgiving, the class listened to Christmas music.

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Marin Rosenberg, SJHS Staff Writer