Every Tuesday during Quest Time many of the eighth-grade and ninth-grade Knightingales sing their hearts out to prepare for their Candlelight concert this December. The Candlelight concert is on December 5th. The Knightingales are performing with the Master Singers (9th graders) and the Journeymen (8th grade boys). The Knightingales have been working diligently with Mrs. Walker, the choir director, to improve their singing skills since the start of school.

At Springville Junior High, students get to show what they’ve learned in Mrs. Luke’s foods class by preparing a food of their choice in front of the class for their classmates to sample.  “There are two main reasons we do food demos,” said Mrs. Luke. “First of all, so I know that the students know how to measure.  The other reason is so that I know that students have learned in foods class.”  Food demos take place on Thursdays and Fridays near the end of each term.  According to Mrs. Luke, she wasn’t the one who came up with the idea; the school was already doing food demos when she started teaching here.

“I really like Spanish, I get to chill with my amigos and to excel in a different  tongue,” said, Landon Simkins, a ninth grader. As you can already tell, we have  a Spanish class at Springville Junior High. There are a lot of students who are nervous or frightened to take Spanish because they think they may not succeed. Well, according to Senor Beebe, the Spanish teacher at Springville Junior High, “Anyone can take Spanish as long as they are interested in learning it. It takes a lot of patience and time to take it, but as long as you put time into it you will succeed.” Senior Beebe also said, “My favorite part of teaching Spanish is when I see or hear enthusiastic students using what I have taught them.

On Friday October 20th, choirs from Springville Junior High  sang at the Springville High School concert. The groups that sang were the Apprentice Singers, Journeymen, and Master Singers. All of the groups sang two songs. But, the one song that all the choirs sang together was “Stand Together.” According to Zackary Dalley, Apprentice Singer at SJHS, he looks up to high school choir students because it makes him want to become a better singer. All of the choirs from SJHS enjoyed singing in the concert.

Have you ever moved before? Or have you ever thought about moving to a new place? Well a similar change will be happening to Springville Junior High, coming fall of 2014. SJHS will be getting a new school! The SJHS building that is now in use was built in 1957. It will have been in use for at least 57 years by the time we move to the new building.

“I really like Spanish, I get to chill with my amigos and to excel in a different  tongue,” said, Landon Simkins, a ninth grader. As you can already tell, we have  a Spanish class at Springville Junior High. There are a lot of students who are nervous or frightened to take Spanish because they think they may not succeed. Well, according to Senor Beebe, the Spanish teacher at Springville Junior High, “Anyone can take Spanish as long as they are interested in learning it. It takes a lot of patience and time to take it, but as long as you put time into it you will succeed.” Senior Beebe also said, “My favorite part of teaching Spanish is when I see or hear enthusiastic students using what I have taught them.

Front row, left to right: Chloe Wilson, Tiana Spencer, Carly Maughan, Marin Rosenberg, Ceci Sumsion, Natalie Sumsion, and Maryn Giles.  Back row, left to right:  Meg Longhurst, Tanika Farrar, Sadie Clark, Sadie Mangum, Allison Clisbee, and Zoe Dalley.

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This year, there is a new teacher at Springville Junior High School. She came to our school mid-year, and is here to replace the old English teacher, Mr. Strong. Her name is Mrs. Canar, and she is very excited to be teaching here at our school!

Mrs. Canar has been teaching full time since 2010, and says she loves teaching English. “It is an important subject because effective communication is such a critical skill in any profession,” she said.  According to Mrs. Canar, she is really enjoying our school so far, and her favorite part about teaching at a junior high is the enthusiasm of the students and their eagerness to participate.  

On October second, Springville Junior High’s seventh-grade students hosted a preschool in their CTE classes.  Tiny toddlers came to enjoy a fun day of arts, crafts, music, stories, and treats. Mrs. Bird, the CTE teacher in charge of the preschool, said that the reason for the CTE preschool was “to give students some experience with young children.”

On Wednesday October 17th, and Thursday, October 18th, Chase Kimball, a ninth grader at Springville Junior High School, was invited to perform with the Utah Valley Symphony at the Covey Center of Arts in Provo.  Chase performed a piano piece called “Movement lll of Concerto in F” by George Gershwin, who also composed “Rhapsody in Blue.”  According to Chase, both performances went well, especially Thursday’s performance.