March 2017

All the choir students have been working hard in class, and outside of class to get their songs ready! The choir has usually only one concert a term, but this term some of the choirs have more than one performance!  There are 5 wonderful choirs at our school, Chamber, Women’s Choirs (both are auditioned choirs,) Concert Choir, and last but not least Chorus One Men’s Chorus, and Women’s Chorus.

What’s going on around the school? Well, there’s been a lot going on since the end of the year is coming up! We lately have had our school talent show and we have had a lot of tryouts for 9th graders! Sage testing is coming up along with all the activities going on.

Tryout Season:

We have lots of tryouts for the 9th graders who are moving on to high school. There are tryouts for soccer, baseball, softball, cheer, drill team and more!

At the Jr. High there are tennis tryouts for the boys.

Track:

March 6 might have been a short day here at SaJHS, but it had big moments during our annual talent show. I think that the talen show sponsored by our student counsel is probably my favorite assembly we do here at SaJHS. So many of our students have amazing skills that they don't always get the chance to share here at school. How often do we let kids pogo-stick around the halls between classes for example? The talent show is one day where students can show us their genius and show off in front of their peers. Let me say that these students do not disappoint. 

A new month has begun and that means that we have new Math Munchers. Here is the first challenge. It might be a bit tricky. Can you figure it out?

Students in biology class have been learning about genetics and DNA recently. In order to help her students understand the concepts like the double helix structure and base pairing, Mrs. Roberts has them building model DNA. They can choose the sequence, but the model is structured so that the chemicals can only be paired correctly. This is a great hands-on learning activity and just one example of the awesome things being done at our school on a regular basis.

For a the past few months here at SaJHS our stage has been a busy scene as students rehersed their roles in the classic Guys and Dolls. Saturday, however, brought an end to afterschool rehersals as the cast of Guys and Dolls gave their last performance to a nearly packed auditorium. Here is what Mrs. Ashworth had to say about her experience: