November 2019

Occupation Problem 

Arthur, Bobbi, Cheri, and Dan are at their weekly luncheon. Their occupations are actor, botanist, carpenter, and drummer, but not necessarily in that order. Dan just told the botanist that Cheri was going to be late to the luncheon. Arthur is sitting across from the drummer and next to the carpenter. The drummer never said a word. What is the occupation of each person?

We are excited to announce our 2019-2020 girls basketball team! Please congratulate these girls if you see them.

Hallie Bennett
Megan Binks
Kortney Congdon
Izzy Barney
Brynn Anderson
Libby Shaheen
Brett Milner
Braylee Orton
Abi Smith
Gabbie Ramirez
Aubrey Peterson

Go Lobos!

Spanish Fork Junior High students are full of surprises.  Take for example this video recently shared by seventh-grade English teacher Jaimie Dannelly.

Ms. Dannelly said that her Sevies, “dance down the hall every day on the way to my class, and they planned something special last week.”   

This says something about what it’s like here at SFJH.  Sure, it’s crazy and goofy sometimes, but when students go out of their way to make the memorable, that means they are engaged.  It means they trust and appreciate their teachers.

KUDOS TO SF MARCHING BAND

 A Cranberry Craving  

On Thanksgiving Thursday, Carissa ate some cranberries.  The next day she couldn’t stop thinking about how good the cranberries were and ate seven more cranberries than she had eaten on Thursday.  Each day after that she ate seven more cranberries than the day before.  By the following Wednesday she had eaten a total of 161 cranberries for the whole week. How many cranberries did Carissa eat on Thanksgiving Thursday?

Yesterday, we ran the Pacer test in our P.E. classes.
For those that don't know what the Pacer is, it is a 20-meter, multistage, aerobic capacity test that progressively get more difficult as it continues.
All the students did great but these few were the top ones of their classes.

Coach Johnson's top Pacer scores from Wednesday! 

Way to go!

 And BTW—Fitness log #3 is due Nov. 12th

Recently, Coach Brooks’ class got to see just how SCARY alcohol can be by doing different activities with drunk goggles!

Yikes!

How scared can you get in just thirty seconds? 

Ms. Knecht's English 7 classes wrote their own Half-Minute Horror stories! Although these stories may have taken only thirty seconds to read, Ms. Knecht's students worked hard on their stories for weeks! From studying examples, to brainstorming their own unique ideas, to writing multiple drafts and working with their writing groups, to sharing their final stories with the class, Ms. Knecht's students showed they are true authors! 

Check out some of their best sentences posted outside Ms. Knecht's classroom, room 35.

Ms. Knecht's Reading for Enjoyment students transformed into some of their favorite book characters last week! 

You could find Dumbledore, Percy Jackson, everyone's favorite wimpy kid, Greg, and more hanging out and getting to know each other at the Reading for Enjoyment Halloween Party. But, they couldn't reveal their identity until the end of the party! They did a great job trying to guess each other's characters and bringing their own characters to life.