The SJHS students are very lucky to have the teachers that they have now. Ms. McBride, is one of these teachers. She teaches English, and has a lot to say about how much she loves her job and her students. 

“This year I teach all eighth grade English, with one elective (Film Studies). I used to teach seventh grade, but I'm not this year,” said Ms. McBride. 

Mr. Taylor, a CTE teacher  at SJHS, said he likes teaching because it is fun being around kids and teaching different kinds of new things. He has been a teacher here at SJHS for three years. He became a teacher after he was in a Business education program. 

According to Cassandra Vasquez, a student at SJHS, she likes Mr. Taylor because he is funny and nice. “I like his class because the activities are fun, and we can explore new things with the computers.”

According to Mr. VanAusdal, the principal here at SJHS, he hired Mr. Taylor because he was the best candidate available. He likes that Mr. Taylor is passionate about his subject  matter.

Many of the teachers have come to SJHS only this year. Some of them have been here longer. Mr. Shields is one of those teachers. Mr. Shields is one of the history teachers at SJHS, and he has been teaching total for twenty-eight years, and has taught at SJHS for eight years. Mr. Shields teaches eighth grade U.S. History. 

“I love teaching history,” said Mr. Shields. Many students like Mr. Shields and what he teaches.

“I love the projects we do, so far we have done the U.S. map which was fun,” said Alexis Garrett, an eighth grade student in Mr. Shields’ class. 

Technology here at SJHS has impacted our school a lot in the past year. Students have had more contact with technology during classes. “We wanted to make more technology available to students on a daily basis,” said Ms. Miley, assistant principal at SJHS. “Technology improves learning at our school by giving teachers and students more tools with which they can  learn and explore. It enables teachers to teach in a new way, and it allows students to learn in a new way,” said Ms. Miley. 

Mrs. Seeley is a math teacher at SJHS, and this is her first year at SJHS. She teaches math for eighth and ninth grade students. Mr. VanAusdal, the principal at SJHS, said, “At SJHS we look for the best and nicest teachers to teach. Mrs. Seeley is a nice and smart teacher.”

According to Mrs. Seeley, she loves to teach eighth and ninth grade math. She used to teach Juniors and Sophomores at Bingham High School which she said she loved, but she loves younger students because of how much energy they have.

On Monday, October 13th the Nebo School District golf tournament was held at Gladstan Golf Course in Payson.  Mr. Krebs, a math teacher at SJHS,  coaches the SJHS team.  “We had a good year, we placed first, second, two people got third, and one got fourth,”  said Mr. Krebs about the golf season.  “We finished fourth in the district final, there were only four strokes between second and fourth place.”

Brandon Gordon, an eighth grade student, said he did pretty well in the tournament. He took fourth out of eighth, and mostly first throughout the season. He said, “I like to play golf and try to play as much as possible.”  According to Brandon, Salem won the tournament and Springville got fourth.

Mr.Taylor is the teacher for the digital design class here at SJHS.  His first semester class says it is a cool class.

Tay-Tay (Mr.Taylor) said, “I like this class. My favorite part about this class is that I like watching and seeing kids make some programs, games, and seeing their creativity.  I think I’m a good teacher because I'm big (not fat), loud, have good humor, and I have a good taste in college football.”

Mr. Bentley is a history and geography teacher at SJHS. He enjoys outdoor sports, especially snow sports, and water skiing. He lives in Lindon with his wife and five children. 

Mr. Bentley has been teaching since 1986, when he started at Box Elder High. “I taught history to sophomores and juniors,” said Mr. Bentley. Mr. Bentley explained, “Growing up I enjoyed helping others with their math and so I decided in high school that I wanted to be a math teacher, which changed to social studies when I started college.” 

There are many electives that students can take here at SJHS. One of those electives is Clothing Exploration. Clothing Exploration is a class where you can sew anything from aprons to bags! Ms.Bird, who is also a CTE teacher, teaches this class. It is a class for one semester and is open for eighth graders and ninth graders. 

Anna Allen, an eighth grader who takes Clothing Exploration, said, “I’ve learned a lot from this class. We have learned about textiles and fabrics so we can be better consumers. I also like how we get to work on our own pace and are always keeping busy.” 

Mrs. Riggs, seventh grade Language Arts, eighth grade English, and Creative Writing teacher, is amongst the new arrivals at SJHS this year. However we, the students of SJHS, do not really know who she is.  

Mrs. Riggs actually started out wanting to be a writer and chose Creative Writing as her major.  “As I got further in my schooling, I realized how important it is for young people to gain a love for reading and writing, so I changed my major to English Education,” she said.

Before she taught at SJHS, Mrs. Riggs was down in the Lone Star State teaching at Scott Johnson Middle School in McKinney, Texas.  She also coached the cross country and girl's basketball team in Texas as well.