December 2018

Holly Hickman wins school art contest

Submitted by sam.mcgrath on Fri, 12/21/2018 - 10:58

Congratulations to Holly Hickman who won first place in a school art contest run by Mr. Shaffer and the art department. The theme for the contest was Spartan Strong. Cooper Christiansen took third place and Paris Johnson placed second. Holly's piece along with her statement wowed the judges.

Here is Holly's statement:

Percussion class received a special visitor

Submitted by sam.mcgrath on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 14:39

On Wednesday, December 19th, the percussion classes were visited by recent University of Utah graduate, Cris Stiles. Students were able to see Cris perform solos on the timpani, marimba, and snare drum from his recent senior recital. Cris also taught the students about 4 mallet technique and timpani technique. 

Attributions
Daniel Stolworthy

Winter Band Concert

Submitted by sam.mcgrath on Tue, 12/11/2018 - 11:42

The Salem Jr. High Band held their annual Winter concert on Monday December 10th at Salem Jr. High. All band classes were involved in the performance which included the beginning brass, beginning woodwind, beginning percussion, advanced percussion, concert band, and jazz band.

Drama 1 Performance

Submitted by sam.mcgrath on Mon, 12/10/2018 - 20:44

Last week, the drama 1 performed plays in front of an audience of friends and family. They worked hard on these performances and did a great job. Our drama department always does a great job.

The pictures above are from the B2 evening performance of The Polka-dot Thief.

Look forward to a play coming in the spring. They will be performing Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

 

December Students of the Month

Submitted by neely.mcewan on Tue, 12/04/2018 - 10:34

Congratulations to our December SaJHS "Students of the Month." They were recognized at a breakfast with their parents and teachers. We are proud of these students for being "Spartan Strong" in Body, Heart, and Mind!

Sterling Shoemaker 9th,  Lexie Christiansen 8th, Kyler Baum 9th, Maloree Davis 9th, Gabriel Lee 7th, Tayson Olson 9th, Addy Hansen 8th, Trista Ream 8th