October 2016

Lobo Update 10/31/16

Submitted by david.thacker on Mon, 10/31/2016 - 20:33

Parents, Students and Friends –

 Red Ribbon Week

This Week- today, October 31st through November 4th will be our Red Ribbon week. Students are invited to participate by dressing up to show their school spirit - Monday: Halloween Costumes (scare away drugs), Tuesday: Favorite Sports Team Shirt/Jersey (team up against suicide), Wednesday: Wear Orange or Camouflage (the buck stops here, you are responsible), Thursday: Hat Day (hats off to good choices) and Friday: Wear White (fight the new drug)

 SafeUT Crisis Tipline

Zombie Haiku Winners 2016

Submitted by david.thacker on Mon, 10/31/2016 - 12:56

7th Grade:

1st Place: Halle Smith

2nd Place: Meridee Nordstrom

3rd Place: Paisley Payne

8th Grade:

1st Place: Kayla Clark

2nd Place: Tyson Terry

3rd Place: Cade Campbell

9th Grade:

1st Place: Caitlyn Irwin

2nd Place: Colton Ricks

3rd Place: Sadie Starkey

Teachers:

1st Place: Mrs. Nielsen

2nd Place: Mr. Thacker

3rd Place: Mrs. Thompson

 

Trick or Treat at night

I see a zombie costume

Seventh-Grade Utah Studies Classes Visit This is the Place

Submitted by david.thacker on Wed, 10/26/2016 - 16:21

Seventh-graders from Mrs. Harmer and Ms. Terry's classes got to go to This Is The Place Heritage Park today.

Students learn about the lifestyles of mountain men and Native Americans.  They also saw demonstrations on skills need by the Utah pioneers like tanning leather.  They even learned about the trans-continental railroad.

Later in the year, students will visit the Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island.

Field trips help make learning authentic.  Thanks Mrs. Harmer and Ms. Terry for planning learning activities that engage students.

Attributions
by Rillene Nielsen with Shea Harmer

Lobo Update 10/24/16

Submitted by david.thacker on Mon, 10/24/2016 - 20:04

Parents, Students and Friends –

 End of 1st Term

Please note that the last day of first term is this Friday, October 28th - Final term grades will be printed and sent home with students  the following Friday, November 4th.

 Red Ribbon Week

Students Encouraged to Participate in Freedom Festival Contests

Submitted by david.thacker on Mon, 10/24/2016 - 10:19

This just in to SFJH—

Provo’s annual, Freedom Festival is encouraging students from all over Utah County to participate in one or more of its five (5) contests.  Here is there official announcement:

“The Freedom Festival sponsors multiple patriotic contests each year in categories including Art, Essay, Speech, Storytelling, and Video. The video contest is open to everyone; other contests are open only to students. The contest theme this year is Freedom.”

Seventh Grade Students Explore Careers

Submitted by david.thacker on Mon, 10/24/2016 - 07:37

The seventh grade College and Career Awareness classes participated in a career fair on October 18th and 19th.  Parents and family of seventh grade students volunteered to come to the College and Career Awareness classes to teach students all about their jobs. 

Here’s a list of some of the awesome jobs we learned about:  Juvenile Court Victim Coordinator, Building Inspector, Sr. Software Engineer, Internet Marketing, Meteorologist, Assistant Athletic Director for BYU, Registered Nurse, Cosmetologist, Dietician, Seamstress, and Financial Planner.

Attributions
by Kathy Thacker

Native American History Topic of Cross Grade Assembly

Submitted by david.thacker on Wed, 10/19/2016 - 07:48

Mrs. Shea Harmer and Ms. Lois Terry’s 7th and 8th grade Social Studies students recently had the opportunity to learn about the contributions made by Native Americans to the United States and our lifestyle.

During a presentation by Eileen Quintana and Brenda Beyal of the Nebo School District Indian Education program, students learned about the history of Native Americans and their impact on history.  They were also able to examine artifacts Quintana and Beyal brought with them.

Attributions
by Rillene Nielsen with Shae Harmer, pictures by Shae Harmer and Lois Terry