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.

For the second year at SJHS, the counseling center has been hosting a series of career presentations during Quest Time called Windows to the Workplace. All interested students are encouraged to attend and learn about careers that interest them. 

Mrs. Droz, the ninth grade counselor at SJHS, said Windows to the Workplace is a place where they “invite parents and community members to come and talk about their careers.  They talk about how to get into their career, how much school and training they had to do, what kinds of things they do each day, how much money they can make, and how many jobs are available in their career right now.”    

Ms. Gerhauser is one of the four P.E teachers here at SJHS. She taught PE at an elementary school for four years, but this is her first year teaching at Springville Jr. High.

P.E was one of her favorite subjects in school, but it took her a long time to decide to teach it. She changed her major four times before choosing Exercise Science.  She was a personal trainer, and then she decided to go back to school and get her teaching certificate.

Ms. Gerhauser went to Snow College for two years, graduated from BYU, then went back to UVU for her teaching certificate.

This year at SJHS new teachers have been added to the staff. One of these teachers is Mr. McCombs, a new seventh grade English teacher. This is Mr. McCombs’ first year teaching. “This is still my first year teaching, so in a way, I'm just a tiny fish in a huge pond called teaching. Sometimes it feels like I'm drowning in that pond, but at others, it's like floating on the top of the water with the sun on my eyelids,” said Mr. McCombs.

Even though this is his first year teaching Mr. McCombs, loves his job. He said that there are many students that make it fun. Even though there are ups and downs, he absolutely loves his job.

At Springville Junior High everyone likes to show that they are drug free. The week before Fall Break, October 12-15, was Red Ribbon Week.  Red Ribbon Week is only once a year. 

“I have really liked the fun activities we had at lunch this year, and the dress-up days are always fun! I love seeing other teachers get involved,” said Mrs. Murray, a teacher at SJHS. 

SJHS did an activity every day in support of Red Ribbon. On Monday the theme was "Don’t sleep through life! Get educated and be drug-free", and students wore pajamas to school.  On Tuesday it was "Stomp out drugs and wear your craziest socks!" and on Wednesday it was "Scare drugs away with crazy hair!" 

Mr. VanAusdal is the principal here at SJHS. He has been the principal here for five years, and has worked in Nebo School District for 23 years.

“The best part of being a principal is getting to see the students succeed and see things improve better,” said Mr. VanAusdal.

He is from Rock Springs,Wyoming. He is the second oldest out of five kids. Mr. VanAusdal has been married for almost 22 years. He has four kids, and one cat. He served an LDS mission to New Zealand, and served his country in the Marines. Some of his hobbies are playing golf, reading, and taking walks.       

This year has been so much fun, getting to know the new teachers. One of these new teachers is Mr. Busath, a seventh grade English teacher.