In Mrs. Murray’s teen living class at SJHS, students were given flour sack babies to carry around and take care of. Teen living students took care of the flour sack babies from December 10th through the 14th. Ricky Moala and Andrew Lewis, ninth graders in Mrs. Murray's class, said, “The purpose of it is to show that it is hard to be a teen parent if teen pregnancy happens.” According to Mrs. Murray, while students are in class, they can set their baby on their desk, by their desk, or in a designated nursing area.

The eighth grade girls choir (aka “The Knightengales”) practices at Springville Junior High School every Tuesday, but they aren't always cooped up here at the school. On December 18th, 2012, the Knightengales went on tour to elementary schools all around Springville! All of the girls participating were really excited, and after how hard they've worked, its easy to see why!

On December fifth, two of the choirs at Springville Junior High School had a Candlelight Concert.  The two choirs are mostly made up of eighth and ninth-grade students.  They have been practicing since the middle of October for this concert.  In the concert, they sang a lot of  Christmas songs, and also one song that is traditional at  Springville Junior High, called, “One Candle.”  There were two ninth-grade soloists for that song.  The students who were the soloists for “One Candle” were Kelsie Taylor and Bailey Bird.  Students in the choir can tryout in front of the class to receive a solo.  Whoever gets the most votes gets the solo.

Every winter at Springville Junior High School, the girls’ basketball season starts.  Only ninth-grade girls are allowed to try out for this team.  The girls on this year’s team are Sarah Skinner, Allyson Smith, Sarah Mciver, Tiana Ta’ala, Katie Johnson, Maddie Brenchley, Stephanie Aragon, Courtney Myers, Emma Hargett, Ciara Snapp, Lavasi Leilua, and Kayla Pexton. There are two coaches for this team, Coach Woolf and Coach Gurney.  The girls practice everyday after school for two hours.  Coach Woolf said, “We have a great group of girls that are willing to work hard and improve their skills. I like to see the improvements they make during each practice.

Office TA’s work behind the scenes for SJHS. They work for the office and especially help Springville Junior High School’s secretaries. They run papers and notes to students and teachers, they help students that are new to SJHS with their schedules and lockers, they rake leaves, and they also help decorate the Christmas tree.  Mrs. Bales, an SJHS secretary, said, “They are our gophers. They do anything and everything.”

Have you ever met someone that can joke around, has an amazing sense of humor, and can do it all while teaching a class about science? Well at Springville Junior High School, we have one of those teachers. His name is Mr. Kindrick. Josh Sanders, an eighth grader, said, “Even with his silly personality he can get to the topics well, and we can leave the room feeling confident in what we learned, and also know that we learned something new.” There are a lot of students who feel that Mr. Kindrick is an amazing teacher and he can be silly. Ms. Hamilton, a teacher at SJHS, said, “My favorite thing about Mr. Kindrick is that he loves to boogie down to the music that plays in the hallways during the break.”        

For the past ten years, the honors English teacher, Mrs. Rice, has shown Springville Junior High a different style of teaching that has helped her students improve and excel in reading and writing.  Mrs. Rice said, “Teaching English gives you the chance to do deep philosophical thinking and take a stand on many moral and ethical issues.”  Mrs. Rice has a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Master’s Degree in Teacher Education.  

It isn’t too often that students get to see animals inside of a junior high school.  But all seventh graders at Springville Junior High School had the opportunity to not only see a few animals, but learn a little bit about them.  On Monday, October 22nd, Zoomania came to SJHS to put on an assembly for seventh graders during their CTE class.  According to Mr. Taylor, one of three CTE teachers at SJHS, the reason for the assembly was to show students a few career paths involving animals.

“Some people think reading is boring, but if you get into a book, you will be hooked because it takes you into the world of the book,” Danielle Melendez, a seventh grader said. Daniela is part of the Reading for Enjoyment class at Springville Junior High School. 

Wood, paper, clay, metal these are only a few of the unusual materials being used in the sculpture class at SJHS!  Mr. Cudney, the sculpture teacher at SJHS, said that sculpture “is a class for beginning and intermediate artists.  We explore sculpting and many different  types of media.” Megan Gashler, an eighth-grade sculpture student at SJHS, said, “I love working with my hands and making things I’ve never made before, and the sculpture class gives me a chance to do both of them!”