December 2017

Parents, Students, and Friends –

THANK YOU!

We extend a huge thank you to everyone who attended parent teacher conferences last week. We know your time is valuable and we know your children are even more valuable. We are glad you took the time to spend a few moments with teachers and administrators to discuss your child’s progress this year. The year is going by swiftly and we have so many more exciting things to come in and out of the classroom! We are grateful for the support you provide to our school in so many ways. 

The winners from last week were 

Isak

Bartholomew,

Joseph

Boyack,

Camilla

Bush,

Sara

Chandler,

Parker

Coe,

Gage

Fevold,

Ethan

Graham,

Peter

Heap,

David

Heap,

David

Huff,

Callie

Johnson,

Tracee

Jones,

Noah

Lane,

Corinne

Orton,

Molly

Peterson,

Jeffrey

Sass,

Jesse

Shepherd,

Kylie

Smith,

Esther

Zacharias

This week's problem is:

Spanish Fork Jr. High students gave a Book Buddy to every first grader at Riverview Elementary school. A Book Buddy is a small stuffed toy designed to be small enough to easily fit in the first graders’ desks.  First graders can read out loud to their Book Buddies to improve their reading fluency. 

In Mr. Madsen’s 7th-grade science class, students tested the Popsicle stick bridges they had made over the course of the week.

The bridge had to span over a foot, and you could use up to 100 Popsicle sticks. They were held together with glue. The goal was to hold 1 kilogram, and students just stacked weights on until it broke.

This week Miss Warren’s College and Career Awareness class talked about food stylists and food scientists. They learned all about what they do.

Seventh graders made their own ice-cream. They got to design, style, and taste test their own ice cream, just like a food scientist and a food stylist. Students chose their own ice cream flavor and toppings. Some of the many toppings were Oreos, cookie dough, M&M’s, chocolate, and caramel to drizzle over the top of it all.

The Spanish Fork National Junior Honor Society is sponsoring a Spirit Night for our SFJH family in conjunction with Chick-fil-A.  It is for anyone—everyone!—so invite all you know to have dinner at Chick-fil-A on the night of December 11, 2017.  They will donate a percentage of each meal purchased to SFJH NJHS.  In turn, NJHS will donate this money to our “Warm the Soles” campaign.

Meals can be purchased in-store or when going through the drive through.  Just mention that this order is for SFJH’s Spirit Night.

Winter Captains Academy took place on Wednesday, Nov. 29th.  Student-athletes from all the junior high schools and high schools in our district attended.

Captains from our boys’ and girls’ basketball teams, Isaiah Jones and Macie Clark, and wrestling team captain Tate Sorensen, all had a great experience. They learned from many people about different things that it takes to be a leader. Dustin Smith, who founded the program especially for athletes, was the final speaker.  His message had a big impact on all that were in attendance.

Ceremony of Carols
Thursday December 14 at 7 pm!!

"I told them I'd give them fifteen minutes to finish a writing assignment or read.  They were so engaged after twenty minutes, I didn't want to disrupt them.  I love this job!"

- Mrs. Thompson