New teachers join SaJHS faculty
We love all of our teachers at Salem Jr. High. We have had the pleasure of Ms. Rigby and Mr. Guthrie to come and teach classes. Mr. Guthrie is now teaching choir after Mrs. Brooksby, the past choir teacher sadly left our school at the end of the first semester. Ms. Rigby is filling in for Mrs. Hales, an 8th and 9th grade math teacher as she is away for a few months during pregnancy. The students of theirs have loved having them teach their classes.
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Lily Christensen
Drill Team is challenging, but fun
Salem Hills High school’s drill region competition was Thursday January 28, 2016. It was held at Salem Hills, with a mix of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Thanks to all those who came out and supported them. The drill team placed high enough to qualify to compete in the state competition which was in February.
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Ashlyn Hill
Students of the Month for January
(L-R) Matthew Johnson, Trayven Averett, David Jones, Cassidy Haight, Sarah Watson, Hailee Oldroyd
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Amy Huhtala
"Who's Been Caught Reading?"
Books, books, and more books. Could there be anything more delightful? Many teachers have jumped on the reading bandwagon, and are now advertising the books they are reading in the school library. Students can go there to find book recommendations from their favorite teachers and check them out in the library. “It’s a way to start conversations with students and teachers,” Ms. Williams, a school librarian says.
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Sydney Ward
Stop Bullying- Editorial
Bullying affects everyone. Those who bully, those who are bullied, and the bystanders. Some people are bullying without acknowledging it. Many people tease thinking it’s a joke, but others take it more seriously than you meant it. Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about--be kind.
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Summer Wilde
Water line breaks causing flooding- school remains open
SaJHS had a water line break at the school this morning. The water flooded the 400 Hall and the three classrooms in that hall (Ms. James, Mr. Brooks, and the PE Classroom). The water also got down into the Multi-purpose room and that entire hall. The Salem Fire Department, Nebo District Maintenance, and SaJHs custodians and administration worked all morning to clear the water and dry the carpets. School will be held as normal on Monday.
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Amy Huhtala
2016 8th grade Geography Bee
On January 27, Salem Jr High held its second annual Geography Bee. The Geography Bee is a contest, resembling a spelling bee, but, instead of asking the spelling of words, the Geography Bee asks the names of countries. The purpose of the Geography Bee is to encourage eighth-grade students to learn geography. According to Mrs. Van De Graaff, a teacher at Salem Jr, who both ran and acted as a judge at the Bee, it was very successful at fulfilling this purpose.
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Hyrum Devenport
Opinions on Olympic Time
Olympic time is quite different than it was last year. There are many different opinions about it as well. We personally think that we should have olympic time on Thursday and then on Wednesdays we have advisory. This way we think people will want to try harder to be able to go to enrichments and it also gives an extra day to catch up in classes. We made a survey to send to the 8th grade english classes to see some students opinions on olympic time. Here are their responses.
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Sophie Callister and Jocelyn Johnson