Congratulations to Kaiden Howell, 8th grade, and Jacob Fowles, 9th grade, for finishing as finalists in the district chess tournament. 

On Friday, March 6th the Salem Jr. High concert band and advanced percussion visited the University of Utah for the Western Regional Concert Band Festival. At the festival, students received clinics from the University of Utah faculty, performed on stage at Libby Gardner Concert Hall and were taught by renowned band teacher, Peter Boonshaft. Students received recognition for a superior performance at the festival and were one of only 4 junior high bands to perform at the festival. Congrats to the Salem Jr. High band! 

We are happy to announce our March Students of the Month! These students were nominated by faculty and staff for being a Spartan in Body, Heart, and Mind and were honored at a breakfast with their parents/guardians on March 3. Congratulations!

On Wednesday, February 19th, the concert band and advanced percussion students performed at Salem Hills High School alongside the Salem Hills High concert band in a combined concert. Students are preparing for a festival at the University of Utah on March 6th.

The Utah Shakespeare Festival Touring Company will be performing Romeo and Juliet Monday evening, March 16, 2020, 7 p.m. at Springville High School. This performance is free to the public. All ninth-graders are studying Romeo and Juliet in their English classes this year.

We are happy to announce our February Students of the Month! These students were nominated by faculty and staff for being a Spartan in Body, Heart, and Mind and were honored at a breakfast with their parents on Feb. 3rd. Congratulations!

Back Row (left to right): Holly Anderson (9th), Mary-Gail Kemp (7th), Kimberly Rivera-Rawlinson (9th), Olivia Johnson (9th), Brynlie Nelson (8th), Alena Butler (9th)
Front Row (left to right): Andrew Ewell (9th), Mason Gosney (7th), Kojo Bird (8th), Kambrie Wilkinson (8th)

Our annual talent show is coming up in early March and the student council is ready to start seeing auditions. If your student has a talent that you think that they would like to perform in front of the school, please encourage them to try out. Every year we see kids with wonderful talents on our stage and the student body loves to cheer them on. Of course, musical talents are a big hit, but we like to see a variety of talent. We've had pogo-sticking, yo-yoing, magic shows, and many other talents.

We are happy to announce our January Students of the Month! These students were nominated by faculty and staff for being a Spartan in Body, Heart, and Mind and were honored at a breakfast with their parents on January 15th. Congratulations!

Back Row (left to right): Avery Allred (9th), Callie Geertsen (9th), Matthew Cox (8th), Zane Bergstrom (8th), Nate Thorne (7th)
Front Row (left to right): Ethan Muller (9th), Asher Valgardson (8th), Paisley Nelson(8th), Kate Richards (8th)
Not pictured: Sophie Flint (7th)

Some of you might be aware that this year our wonderful librarian, Mrs. Tomadakis, hosted our first ever Battle of the Books here at Salem Junior High. The competition is a knowledge bowl style competition with questions focused around 20 books from a reading list given to the students a few months prior to the competition. Each member or the four or five person teams was responsible for reading and knowing the books assigned to them. Then, during the competition, they were asked questions about the books and they had to come together as a team to answer those questions.