Parents, Students and Friends –

 PTA Memberships​- Be Involved!

Parents and Students: It's not too late to support SFJHS PTA!  Your $5 membership directly supports a variety of student-centered activities at SFJHS - art and music events, book fairs, fundraisers, ribbon week, and more! - and encourages and enhances parental support of, and involvement in, student's educational experiences.  Stop by the office and pay in cash or check made payable to SFJHS PTA and receive a FREE discount card sponsored by local businesses that support PTA.

Ostrich Llama Count

 Raul and Esteban just started working at their uncle’s farm on the weekends. Their first task was to count the ostriches and llamas. When they reported to their uncle,

Raul said, “I counted 47 heads.”

Esteban added, “I counted 122 legs.”

“How many are ostriches? How many are llamas?” asked their uncle.

Our Hope Squad kids "Chalked the Block" for World Suicide Prevention day on Sept 10th.

Parents, Students and Friends –

 Teacher Development Day - Early Out

We want to remind all parents that next Wednesday, September 16th will be a district wide minimum day for staff development (SDD).  No lunch will be served and school will be released at 11:15a.m. with buses running accordingly.  Please be aware of this early out so that you can make any necessary arrangements.

 ACT Explore Test

Here is the schedule for next Wednesday Sept. 16th. That is the district minimal day and students will be excused at 11:15.

A Question of Speed Answer

Peter still won because he ran the 5-yard head start faster than Bill ran. 

Students often complain, “I don’t see how I’ll ever need to know this.”  But in Mr. Ferrin’s math class, 9th grade Spanish Fork Junior High students use the mathematical concepts they are learning to solve real world problems.

Today students were learning about proportion and scale.  Using tape measures and working in groups, students measured the dimensions of the classroom, the tables and desks, and then drew a to-scale floor plan of Mr. Ferrin’s math lab.  Included in the plan was a legend that indicated the scale students used.

The question facing Erin Egbert, a7th grade math teacher at SFJH, was this: “How can I help my students understand integers—the set of whole numbers and their opposites?”  Positive and negative numbers an often confuse students, so Ms. Egbert needed to turn on the creativity to create the engagement needed for solid understanding.