“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.         

This year at SJHS is exciting for ninth graders for one big reason- everyone is so happy to turn 15. Some kids say it is like a preadult card is given to you in the form of a permit. Yes, kids can finally get their permits and start driving. 

“Driving is such a thrill,” said Aydan Marshall, a ninth grader at SJHS. And he is right according to Jesse Viaria, a 15 year old  here at SJHS, driving makes you feel free. And it is such a thrill that ninth graders cannot get enough of it. 

Springville Junior High wants the 2015 seventh graders to know twenty different physical features of the state of Utah, but instead of writing they made Utah out of candy in Mrs. Porter’s Utah History Class. 

Mckay Dalley, a seventh grader, stated that it helped him learn about Utah because he could see where the physical features were. Samuel Gee, another seventh grader, said, “It helped me learn about Utah because to me it made it as realistic as possible.”

Mrs. Porter said, “I think you learn when you are enjoying yourself, and this activity definitely is a good mix of fun and learning.”

Agricultural Science is a class offered to all ninth grade students and counts as a science credit.In Ag Science you learn about agriculture, FFA or Future Farmers of America, animals, plants, food, public speaking and leadership. According to Kosner Lewis, a ninth grade student at SJHS, you learn about how science is used in agriculture.

Since 1995, Mr. Krebs has coached the SJHS Golf Team for students.  Tryouts were held on the week before Labor Day. The team practices at the Hobble Creek Golf Course once a week for two to three hours.  The SJHS golf team plays to win and to have fun.  

According to Mr. Krebs, the golf coach and a math teacher here, the golf team was an intramural program offered by Coach Perkins, a former coach here.  In 1995, Mr. Krebs took over as coach of the team. 

Cellphones are a huge part of our society and that includes school. So how serious is the cell phone threat, and is it even a threat?  Many teachers are for cell phones being allowed in school as an emergency tool, calculator, or even a way of entertainment (if allowed by the teacher).  Here at SJHS there is no standing rule about cellular devices, instead it hinges on how the teachers feel. If a teacher is against cellphones in their classroom, that is their choice.

Springville Junior High eighth graders learned how to play basketball a different way in Mrs. Porter’s US history class. In Mayan basketball you can not use your hands or feet, but you can use your body to play,and it was intense. If you lost they would kill you as a human sacrifice; it  was huge in that time. You also had to get the ball in rings, and the ball had to weigh nine pounds. Mrs. Porter, a US and Utah history teacher who has been at the school for two years, taught her students to play.