May 2017

SaJHS takes 2nd and 3rd place at District Poetry slam

Submitted by sam.mcgrath on Fri, 05/12/2017 - 09:43

Annaliese Eddington, 9th grade, took 2nd place and Olivia Christiansen, 8th grade, took 3rd in our district's annual poetry slam last night at Salem High School. The night's poems were divided into two categories: Original and Recetation. Annaliese and Olivia were in the Original category. Annaliese wrote and performed a poem called "Someday" and Olivia wrote and performed "My Journal."

Another student, Marian Smith recieved an honorable mention for her recitation of a poem called "Slow Dance" which she signed as she recited the poem.

Students of the Month for May 2017

Submitted by sam.mcgrath on Tue, 05/09/2017 - 15:05

We have officially announced the last group for our Students of the Month. Congratulate these students when you get the chance. They have been working hard and are staying strong until the end of the school year.

7th Grade: Alexandria Goodman and Kyle Campbell

8th Grade: Jaydee Jorgensen, Brayden Adamson

9th Grade: Jill Ashcraft, Xander Griggs

Finalists from the 2017 Poetry Slam

Submitted by sam.mcgrath on Fri, 05/05/2017 - 18:03

Today, 60 students met in front of their peers and parents to perform poems for our annual poetry slam. And they were great. Some poems were from famous poets and some were poems that the students themselves have written. This was a great year for the poetry slam and the contestants all did an amazing job, not only reciting a memorized poem, but performing it as well.

English Students Create Poetry

Submitted by sam.mcgrath on Tue, 05/02/2017 - 08:45

Our students have been learning the art of poetry and how to use and indentify figurative language. Probably the most difficult thing about poetry is the ability to express a lot of meaning in few words. One subgenre of poetry that our students have learned about this  year is Blackout Poetry.