It’s the beginning of 2017. New year, new lunch schedule? Springville Junior High´s staff has voted on the lunches changing. This rearrangement has put the ninth graders in second lunch after fifth period and the seventh graders into first lunch after fourth. Their decision has caused a lot of mixed feelings among the students.
Here at SJHS, the basketball season has ended. Many students have their own opinion about basketball and the loss that SJHS had that day.
7th grader Axston Squire says that he doesn't like basketball, because he is “Not good at it” and also didn’t watch the last SJHS tournament game. And doesn't plan on watching it next season.
Creative writing! What is it? How is it? Why is it? So many questions, such a little article!
Dances are one of the highlights for students at Springville Jr High. We have about 4-5 dances a year, and each one is extremely fun. Student council come up with crazy themes for each dance. This upcoming dance is the Fifties, we have also had a Christmas themed dance.
Zach Mitchell, an eighth grade student, says he loves the dances. It’s a good time to hang out with friends and socialize. He wishes they were longer and hopes that this dance will have good songs.
While the reasons for student advisory classes may be to be a form of large Q/A on the school and students lives, many students think it may not be worthwhile. When asked, many students told us we should just replace advisory with another quest time.
Ethan Howard said, that he loved advisory, he felt another quest time would be more worthwhile. Many students agree that having another quest time would make more sense, as it gives you time to make up low grades.
Springville Junior High’s very own Master Singers were picked to sing at an honor choir concert up in Salt Lake City at Abravanel Hall. There were twelve junior highs that sent in recordings, and they were one of the two junior highs that were chosen to sing. On January 28, 2017, the Master SIngers got on a bus and drove up to the capital of Utah to perform.
On Monday, February 6th, a group of students from SJHS that are involved in the Title VI program went to the Utah State Capitol. Title VI is a group that helps Native American students in schools. The Nebo Title VI program has a 100% graduation rate. SJHS has many Native American students that meet every Friday for advisory.
Since SJHS first started out there has always been an-unspoken rivalry between the two music classes at our school Band leaded by none other than Mr. Booth and a new teacher who has recently arrived at our school, Mr. Taylor, who replaced Dr. Tsugawa. So far the students are very proud of which musical group they are part of.
Everybody knows Mrs. Gleave as a math teacher, who works at Springville Junior High School. But nobody knows the Mrs. Gleave who learned how to build a house before she learned how to cook.
