Jake Brandon teaches Spanish and is our Latinos In Action Advisor at Salem Jr High. Senor Brandon liked to play video games on a Playstation 1 in junior high and his favorite book is Ride the Dark Trail by Louis L'Amour.

Mike Adams is our Assistant Principal at Salem Jr High. When he was in junior high, mullets were a popular hairstyle and New Kids on the Block was the most popular music group. Mr. Adams' favorite thing is working at Salem Jr High.

Check out the happenings this week at Salem Jr here 

Did you know that when you shop for the holidays at smile.amazon.com/ch/87-0546418, AmazonSmile donates to Nebo Education Foundation? Nebo Education Foundation has received $5,401 through this program.

One hundred percent of these monies fund teacher grants to help supplement equipment and supplies for students.

Advisory Lesson: On Mondays we have a little time built into the schedule for advisory time. We use this time for a variety of school wide activities which includes inform students about school events, teach school wide lessons about student success skills, student news show, and policy reviews. The lesson this week was used to review information about the Nebo district harassment policy.

Lauriejo Stillhart teaches business classes at Salem Jr High. She used to like to dress up as a clown for Halloween until discovering that lots of people think clowns are scary. When she was in junior high, Ms. Stillhart wanted to become a professional whistle-ist (yes, there really are people who get paid just to whistle!)

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Congratulations to Ben Blakesley, Parker Fillmore, and Alex Steinagel on their acceptance into the 2021-2022 Utah Junior High All-State Band. After submitting an audition video, Ben, Parker, and Alex were selected by audition judges to be officially invited to participate with only 110 students from around the state of Utah in this year's band.  Students from over 60 schools auditioned to create this year's ensemble. Ben will be playing baritone saxophone, Parker will be on tenor saxophone, and Alex will play tenor saxophone and clarinet.

Katelin Barker teaches math at Salem Jr High. She had to rummage through the garbage in junior high to help find a friend's retainer.  Mrs. Barker's advice is "It is always better to be known as the nice kid growing up instead of the bully."

School Lunch Menu: Here is the link to our lunch menu. Take a look to see what delicious delights are being prepared for our school. Thank you students for being patient, following the rules in the lunchroom, and cleaning up after yourselves!