March 2015

HOPE Week

Submitted by david.thacker on Mon, 03/30/2015 - 11:43

This week is HOPE Week, and our HOPE squad has an ajenda of events: 

  • Tuesday:  Assembly Tommy Wells (afternoon)
  •   HOPE Walk 7 PM @ Spanish Fork High School.  Bring flashlights or glow sticks
  • Wednesday:  Wear Yellow day
  • Thursday: "Praise your Peers"  (students sign a compliment wall at lunch)
  • Friday: HOPE Pledge (Students pledge to stand up to bullying at lunch)

 

Winners from last weeks math problem, and the new problem of the week

Submitted by david.thacker on Mon, 03/30/2015 - 06:10

Deck Problem

 ANSWER:   New Dimensions:  (starting from the top and going clockwise)  10 ft, 4 ft, 2 ft, 2 ft, 8 ft, 6 ft.    Dimensions of the scale drawing.  5 in, 2 in, 1 in, 1 in, 4 in, 3 in.

Winners: Kyle Bartlett, Wayne Blaylock, Andrew Gunyan, Maddy Johnson

Growing Polygons Problem

Winners from last weeks math problem, and the new problem of the week

Submitted by david.thacker on Fri, 03/20/2015 - 17:02

Dog Run Problem

Answer:  No...it is 99% of the old. Winners: Kyle Bartlett, Andrew Gunyan, Maddy Johnson, and Greg Olson

Deck Problem

Your Dad is going to build a deck for your house and he finds the perfect plans but he needs to make it 2/3 as big as it is in the plans.  He wants you to help him come up with the new measurements.  Then, he wants you to make a scale drawing so he can share his new plans with his brother.  He wants the scale to be 1/2 inch = 1 foot.

Answer's to Last Weeks Math Problem of the Week and the New Math Problem of the Week

Submitted by david.thacker on Fri, 03/13/2015 - 15:23

TV Problem
Answers:  Length = 21.6”; Width = 16.2”
Winner:   Maddy Johnson

Dog Run Problem

Tim wanted to change the shape of his dog run so that his dog has more room but he isn't sure this will give him more space.    He decides to increase the length by 10% and decrease the width by 10%.  Is the new area more that the old?  Why or why not?


 

Sharing the Staff of Life

Submitted by david.thacker on Thu, 03/12/2015 - 06:08

On Friday, March 6th, 2015, representatives from King Arthur Flour came to SFJH and met with the seventh grade students in a CTE sponsored assembly.  Students learned the ins-and-outs of bread making and were given recipes, a dough scraper, and two 2 pound bags of flour.

Attributions
by Rillene R. E. Nielsen