FFA Competition
Springville FFA members recently competed in an FFA Area Contest in order to prepare for the state competition in March. SJHS ninth grader Caitlin Dinkel came in first place in the Creed Speaking Contest.
Springville FFA members recently competed in an FFA Area Contest in order to prepare for the state competition in March. SJHS ninth grader Caitlin Dinkel came in first place in the Creed Speaking Contest.
Springville Junior High School would like to welcome Ms. Amanda Cottle to the SJHS administration! Ms. Cottle received her undergraduate degree from Arizona State University, and is currently working her Master’s degree at Brigham Young University. Before Ms. Cottle became an administrative intern she taught sixth grade in Mesa, Arizona for seven years and third grade for one year. Ms. Cottle started the school year as an assistant principal at Hobble Creek Elementary school in Mapleton, and is now working with us, here at SJHS.
According to Mrs. Kelly Anderson, girls P.E. teacher at Springville Junior High, badminton is one of the most popular sports among students at SJHS, which is why she holds a badminton Enrichment class every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday during Quest Time. Badminton goes on as long as the nets are up for the different sports they play in girls P.E.
Mrs. Anderson said, “More kids come for badminton than for any other sport.” The students rotate courts about every eight to ten minutes, and play four to five games every Quest Time period.
On Tuesday November 20th, the students of the Agriculture Science class went to ninth-grade student Andalyn Hall’s farm. Mrs. Hall, Andalyn Hall's mom, said, “The FFA class came to our farm to help Andalyn, my daughter, and a student in the Agriculture Science Class with her science project.
Caitlin Dinkel said, “I had fun on the field trip, and we learned the best way to shave an alpaca.” Although they did not shave the whole alpaca, they learned the correct way to catch and shave the alpacas.
One week before Christmas break, Mrs. Corrin Gleave’s math classes sang math Christmas carols to several different classes at Springville Junior High School.
According to Mr. Ken Van Ausdal, principal at Springville Junior High School, the 4H clubs gives students opportunities to develop talents and discover new ones. It also gives students a chance to be more involved in school activities and become more a part of the school.
On December 4, 2011, the seventh grade pod took a field trip to several different places on Brigham Young University campus in Provo. “We wanted students to understand the real world application to some of the things they were learning in math and science,” said Ms. Rachel Neeley, a seventh-grade pod English teacher.
Mr. Booth loves music. It’s a fact. In high school Mr. Booth played the trumpet, baritone and valve trombone, and later learned to play the flute, clarinet, and the drum set and can half- play several other instruments. According to Mr. Booth, his high school wrestling coach, Mr. Hilderman, inspired him to become a teacher. Mr. Booth went to school at Eastern New Mexico University, BYU, and Rick’s College. He decided to become a band teacher halfway through college. Mr. Booth was in a band called the Desotos for several years, where he sang and played the drums. The band performed all over Utah and some in Nevada.
The history classes at Springville Junior High School are learning about the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Shields, history teacher, is teaching the students about how the colonists in America wanted to be free from the British government.
Mr. Shields said, “I love teaching about the Declaration of Independence. It is such an important document, and sadly many Americans don’t even know what it is, let alone what it says.” The Declaration of Independence is important for students to learn about so they can know about the wars that happened and why they happened. How many different strategies that the Americans and French used against the British to declare their freedom.
Recently, the CTE Introduction classes at Springville Junior High switched thing up a bit. CTE is a year-long course that teaches business, family and consumer science, and technology. Every trimester (one third of the year or 12 weeks) the seventh-grade students are transferred from class to class so they can learn each subject.