Poetry Slam!

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We're having our school Poetry Slam on Thursday, April 25th at 6:30 pm in the Little Theater. All are welcome to attend.

World Civ Students Push for a Revolution!

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Mrs. Harmer’s 9th grade World Civilizations classes marched their written complaints and arguments to the school office and posted them on Mr. Christensen’s door in the hopes of starting a school reformation.

Students have been learning about Martin Luther and his Protestant Reformation.  Luther had complaints about the Catholic Church during the Renaissance.  He articulated them in his Ninety-five Theses and posted them on the main doors to the church so everyone could see them.

Spanish Fork Junior High Freshmen have now had this experience of their own!

Attributions
story by Shea Harmer, with Rillene Nielsen pictures by Shea Harmer

LOBO UPDATE 04/15/19

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Parents, Students, and Friends -

EARNING AN ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE MEETING

If you are interested in completing an Associate Degree while in High School there are some informational meetings being held by UVU at the ALC in Salem (161 E 400 N). Dates: April 17, May 16 & August 8. All meetings start at 6:30 pm.

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Freshman Brian Gunyan Takes Second in State

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On Saturday, March 23, Brian Gunyan, a Freshman at Spanish Fork Junior High, participated in the varsity section of the Utah State Chess tournament where he took second place in state!

Brian reported, “Unfortunately, I was unable to perform in the official segment due to other obligations. During this tournament, I took second place with 4.5/6 points, one loss and one draw that should have been a win and would have been a win if I had looked at the board for a few more seconds. The winner had 5/6 points.”

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story be Rillene Nielsen, Tanner Mortimer and Bryan Gunyan picture by Tanner Mortimer

“She Tech” Seminar a Huge Success

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She Tech was an amazing experience that encourages girls to get involved with technology and science. I enjoyed the entire event and would definitely recommend it to others.

Some of my favorite features include the “Raspberry Pi” class.  Raspberry Pi is a very basic computer you can program to do different things. In the “Girls Who Code” after-school club, we are using this technology to build a robotic dog.

Attributions
by Aspen Brinkerhoff Pictures by Aspen Brinkerhoff and Angela Rogers, a She Tech instructor

Freshmen Explore Career Choices

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Recently, our 9th graders completed some activities on www.utahfutures.org . Students took the Career Cluster Inventory and were able to look up occupations and what education is needed for careers they are interested in.

They were also able to look up college admission information so they are familiar with what is required and how to do a scholarship search to see the thousands of scholarships available and how to apply.

Attributions
by Melissa Nielson

Shakespeare for the Family—It’s Free!

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The Utah Shakespeare Festival is once again hitting the road with its Shakespeare-in-the-Schools touring production – this year performing one of the world’s first psychological thrillers, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

An evening performance for everyone is this Monday, April 15, at 3:30 p.m. at Spanish Fork High School, 300 West 99 North, Spanish Fork. And, admission is free.

Another performance will be held on Tuesday, April 16, at 7:30 at Springville High School, 1205 East 900 South, Springville.

500 Pound Book Donation Reaches Liberia

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Back in October, students and teachers helped Jacinda Dietrich, a social science teacher at SFJH, collect  books for a school in in Liberia, a country on the west coast of the African continent.  Ms. Dietrich had heard about the need for books through an organization she’d become connected with—Sustain Liberia.  Students and teacher collected over 500 pounds of books to send to the school.

This week students found out that the quarter ton of books they’d shipped finally made it to the school!

Attributions
story by Rillene R. E. Nielsen with pictures from Jacinda Dietrich