The eighth graders in science class this semester got to see a demonstration from Sub Zero Ice Cream on Friday, September 18th here at SJHS. The demonstration featured liquid nitrogen freezing ice cream by pouring it onto bowls of ice cream mixture, expanding, and contracting at extreme temperatures, according to Mr. Bass, a science teacher at SJHS. At the end students also got to eat the ice cream. 

“The college or high school student made the demonstration more interesting and exciting,” said Sam Daybell, an eighth grade student at SJHS. According to Sam, all of the students learned something and got a better understanding of how science is used in the real world.

The Cross Country team is a team at Springville Junior High School, who runs long distances. This team is going on right now at SJHS! This team is an amazing team and loves to run a lot and would like to encourage more kids to join next year.

“This team is full of hard workers, and you have to work to be on this team,” said Kate Chatfield, a member of the SJHS Cross Country team. 

Mathieu Quinlan, another member of the SJHS Cross Country team, said, “Cross Country is a team that builds running skills together.” 

What do Peer Tutors do? Well a lot of people do not actually know what peer tutors do. Peer Tutoring is an elective students at SJHS can take if they are in eighth or ninth grade. Peer tutors get to work with the special education kids in the school. Students report to Ms. Merrell’s room and either go to class with students or stay in Ms. Merrell’s room and help students with their work.  Peer tutors usually help to keep the special education kids on task and help them if they have questions.

According to Baylee Neil, a ninth grade student in the Peer Tutor program, she enjoys working with the students and loves joking with them. She said, “I think my favorite thing is seeing them have fun.”

Eighth and ninth graders were baffled when we found out our nearly new gym was already getting a new paint job. But that was not the only reason it was closed here a Springville Junior High School. What we now know is that wet cement turned our nice new gym into a spongy bouncy castle. What happened was when the construction workers were originally laying cement they did not give it ample time to dry. When the construction was finished the cement was still wet. The moisture rose forming air bubble which gave the gym a slight bouncy feeling. Even though the difference was small, it only took our gym teachers a week to notice something was amiss.

The Back to School Dance took place at the school on Thursday, September 3. They decided to put it outside to try something new. The dance was held out on the blacktop behind the school. Many students complained that it was hot in the cafeteria, so that's another reason why they moved it outside. 

Mr. McGuire, the principal, said, “I thought it was a lot of fun. Students seemed to enjoy themselves.” 

Mr Rowley, the assistant principal, said, “It was great”. 

Jamie Haws, an eighth grade student, said, ”It was crazy.”

In order to make the dance more exciting Mr.Rowley suggested that more kids danced, and Jamie Haws suggested more updated music.

“She really has a knack for teaching!” said Ms Pina, a seventh grade English teacher, about Ms. McBride. Ms. McBride is an eighth grade English and film studies teacher here at SJHS.

“Springville is a great place because it’s full of great people,” Ms. McBride said. She has been teaching here at SJHS for four years, and she loves it here.

 “I love her classes. She’s one of my favorite teachers,” said Bethany Stewart, an eighth grade English student. 

Here at Springville Junior High (SJHS) football season has started! 2015 is a brand new year for Reams, one of the 8th grade football teams, to win! SJHS wants to spread their love for football!

Mike Giles, an eighth grader at SJHS, said that he has been playing football for as long as he can remember; he said maybe around five or six years! Tyler Kelly, another eighth grader known as TK, said he has been playing, “around 3 years or longer.”  They both love football and are on Reams team. Karson Benson, another eighth grader, said that their team has been undefeated. 

Last year Mr. Bass moved to SJHS as a science teacher after just finishing work as a teacher facilitator at BYU, according to Mr. Bass. He also said he was placed here at SJHS by Nebo School District.

Mr. Bass loves helping all of the students, and working with the administration and staff. “The teachers and administration and staff are very supportive and a lot of fun to work with,” said Mr. Bass. 

“He helps all of the students with the things they need help with,” said Sean Roylance, an eighth grade student at SJHS. 

“I love the plain and simple truth of search for answers that science provides,” said Mr. Bass.

This year has brought many changes that are unexpected.  One of them is the Chivalry Award.  This is the first year it has been introduced.  According to Mr. Rowley, one of the assistant principals, he and Mr. McGuire, the principal, came up with it.  According to Mrs. Porter, a US history and Utah Studies teacher, we have so many great students here, and this is a great way to honor more.  Each teacher will get to choose one student for the award.  

Mr. Shields is one of our history teachers here at Springville Junior High School. Mr. Shields has been teaching for about 27 years, and eight of them have been here at SJHS. He is currently on his ninth year here.