One Spanish Fork Junior High tennis player combined his love of tennis and science to create one cool science fair project!  Now that project is working to benefit the SFJH Lobo tennis team.

Bryson Dafoe knows how playing with a flat, low pressure tennis ball can affect your game.  So he came up with a brilliant idea—wouldn’t it be great if the team had a place to store tennis balls that would not only keep them at optimal pressure, but would also re-pressurize balls that were losing their bounce?

Last week FFA chapters across the nation celebrated National FFA week. Spanish Fork definitely went above and beyond.  We had a week full of activities, food, and service projects!  To start out the week, the Jr. High Officers spent the morning giving muffins to all faculty members to show our appreciation for being such great teachers and to thank them for knowing how to handle Jr. High students.

Pythagoras Saves the Day 

We can find Harper’s and Salina’s respective walking distances by using the Pythagorean Theorem. The walking distance is the hypotenuse of the right triangle formed by the driving distances. We can write the distance Harper walks home as √(32 + 72) = √58 ≈ 7.6 km, and the distance Salina walks home as √(22 + 52) = √29 ≈ 5.4 km. From here, we can determine that Harper walks 7.6 – 5.4 = 2.2 km farther than Salina.

Winners:

Holden Bayless

Our SFJHS students were very successful at the district science fair last Wednesday!  Out of the 47 students invited to the BYU science fair from Nebo School District (including all junior and senior high schools), 20 are from Spanish Fork Junior High.

In the 8th grade division, Mallory Bingham took 2nd place and the team of Wayne Blaylock, Jamison Massey and Carter Flory took 3rd place.  Additionally Treven Marler and Abby Larsen won cash prizes in the environmental science Category. 

Congratulations!! The following students from Spanish Fork Junior High have made the 9th grade baseball team at SFHS:

1. Andrew Pintar
2. Bradley Cloward
3. Cy Nielson
4. Hunter Clark
5. Kade Randolph
6. Mason Nielsen
7. Nick Van Pelt
8. Noah Conway
9. Parker Swenson
10. Skyler Hohrein
11. Tanner Peterson
12. Taye Newman
13. Tyrese Williams
14. Tyson Massey

Parents, Students and Friends –

 End of Third Term

Please note that the end of the term is coming up quickly, on Thursday March 17th.  That is just two weeks away. Students: Please check with teachers to get any missing work gathered, completed and turned in by each teacher’s cutoff date (usually several days before that last day of the term). Parents: please encourage students to work with their teachers to get any missing work or tests finished.  Together we can achieve high levels of student success!

Mrs. Freeland's class has been studying the Industrial Revolution.  Every student got the opportunity to build inventions from that time period using household items.  After everyone built their inventions the classes had a chance to vote for the best invention.  The telegraph built by Colton Engle, Hunter Sorenson, Jacob Bulpitt, Donald Roylance, Emma Manwaring and Irlanda Ayala were the winners!  Good job kids!  

9th grade students had the chance to take a trip to Nebo's advanced learning center (ALC) today.  They were able to experience hands on classes in Robotics, Engineering, Health Science, Computer Programming, Digital Media and Forensics.  The ALC is having an open house today, March 1 & tomorrow, March 2 from 4-7pm. Go see how you or your child can earn college credit taking these great classes while still in high school.

 In her article “Why Creativity in the Classroom Matters More Than Ever,” (2015) Kristen Hicks urges educators (parents too?) to help their students think creatively as they explore new ideas.  She lists five ways creativity can be brought into the classroom:  Don’t limit assignments to just one format, Set aside time for creativity, Use tech to broaden your ideas of assignments, Introduce unconventional learning materials into class, and Encourage discussion.

Today, February 26, the 9th Grade Honors math students had the opportunity to go to BYU to attend Engineering Technology Week.  They participated in several small competitions, each involving engineering and technology principles.  In addition, the students were able to ask questions of engineering students and professors as they gave them a tour of their various labs.  Some of the favorites of the students were the Virtual Reality Lab, the liquid nitrogen, the Water lab, and the Magic lab.  It was a wonderful opportunity for the students to see the mathematics the