November 2015

Ms. Bird has been teaching sewing for eleven years. Sewing is her favorite thing to do. She loves her students. She also loves working as a sewing teacher. She is a hard working mother of four, and a loving wife for thirty years.

In her sewing classes students make duffle bags, pajamas, two sided aprons,and quilts. Controlling the sewing machines is very easy if you know what you are doing. The classes have tests before they get to make anything, and students have to pass at 100%. 

Ms. Pina is a seventh grade English teacher at SJHS. Ms. Pina has been at SJHS for two years. According to Ms.Pina, she likes to teach seventh grade because she loves having 90 minutes. She feels like she can spend more time on reading and doing other activities. She also likes being able to spend  more time with her students. “I am so proud of my students when I see them succeeding and doing cool things (like winning the district poetry slam),” said Ms. Pina.

According to Marsha Wood, a seventh grade student at SJHS, Ms. Pina is really nice and funny, and she has a great taste in books (and jokes). Hekela Mavae, a seventh grade student at SJHS said, “She is funny. She’s like a kid, but still acts like a grown up.” 

On the 28th of September, several students went golfing for the first of many field trips for PE.  According to Coach Parker, a PE teacher at SJHS, they went to the East Bay Executive Golf Course.  They left at 8:20 and got back at 1:50.  Coach Chambers, Coach Parker, Coach Gerhauser, and Mr. Kindrick went with the students.

Ishmael Mavae, an eighth grade student, said that he went because, “I like to golf and I like whacking the ball.”  According to Sophie Mendivil, a seventh grader here at SJHS, she went to be with her friends and learn to golf.  

“I’m very excited about Red Ribbon Week!” said Ms. Murray, the food exploration teacher here at Springville Junior High. Red Ribbon Week is a week specifically put together to warn students of the dangers of alcohol and drug use at our school. Red Ribbon Week was October 5-9. Ms. Murray was in charge of putting this week together. To kick off Red Ribbon Week, Zero Fatalities came on Friday, October 2, to give a presentation on underage drinking and drug abuse. 

Mrs. Murray and Mrs. Luke are the foods teachers at SJHS. Foods is a class you can take when you are in eighth or ninth grade. According to Mrs. Luke and Mrs. Murray, students make lots of yummy recipes for occasions and learn about different food groups and new cooking techniques. They also make yummy foods for the holidays, and in ninth grade, students make recipes from around the world.

Here at Springville Junior High (SJHS) we have spirit because we have cheerleaders! The eighth grade cheerleaders cheer on SJHS football teams! 

Sophie Noyes, an eighth grade cheerleader, said, “Cheer is so fun. We get to makeup stuff, watch football, get candy, and you get to be with your friends.” According to Abby Carlton, another eighth grade cheerleader, cheer is very enjoyable and the coach is awesome. 

Presley Kennard, another eighth grade cheerleader, said, “ Cheer gets you motivated.”

Haylee Carpenter, another eighth grade cheerleader, said, “Cheer’s a great way to be with friends.” 

The Girls volleyball team did awesome! They are ninth and tenth graders playing. Our Springville Junior High girls are Ramzi Farr, Brinlee Paystrup, Emma Schultz, Gracie Thorpe, Mallory Murdoch, Saane Mavae, Jodi Noyes, and Sarah Ohman. They all enjoyed their team. 

Their coach is Ms. Elison; all the girls like her because she makes practice fun. They also enjoy when she pushes them to try to win. She is not harsh, and she is also good at coaching. 

According to  Emma Schultz, one of the players, she loves volleyball, and it is one of her favorite sports. She is also very grateful to be on the the team because it was hard for her to get in.