Today is Job Shadow for Salem Junior High. Students code-named "Captain America" & "Hawkeye" did their Job Shadow visiting the SIS specialist Kim Hudson ("Oh Great Kim!") at the District Office. As part of this experience they got to visit all the different departments throughout the district.
On January 25th and 26th, seven students from Salem Junior High School participated in State Honor Choir. The students were: Hannah Armstrong, Stephanie Davis, Reagan Fausett, Zoe Kennedy, Nathan Millington, Jackson Badger, and Joel Mason. This choir was made up of seven or eight auditioned students from each Junior High throughout Utah. The event took place at Cottonwood High School in Murray. Each person in the choir was given five pieces of music which they had to learn on their own before the concert.
Two SaJHS students were selected to represent our school on the Nebo Youth School Board. The students are Trevyn Zobell and Hannah Hughes. They were invited to meet with the Nebo School Board and let them know about all of the great things happening at our school. Hannah and Trevyn reported that they enjoyed meeting students from the other junior highs in the district and learning about their schools also. We are proud of how Hannah and Trevyn represented our school!
Parent Teacher Conference is on Thursday, January 31, 2013 from 3:30 to 7:30 pm. You will be meeting with your teachers to discuss your grades, attendance, and behavior in class. In the case of having bad grades, you will discuss with your teacher and/or parent how you can fix your grades. If you have an unexcused absence or tardy, you can make it up before school in Ms. Ward’s room every week Monday thru Friday. Also, if you have had bad behavior in a class, you can go over how you will resolve your problems in that class.
Our students and parents have enjoyed our 4-H Afterschool Clubs and our Club Leaders have done a fabulous job. Enjoy these pictures of the Parent Showcase in December and our 1st semester clubs!
Our hardworking, fantastic students of the month for December are: Mariah Sainsbury, Sam Lofthouse, Yvette Lazarte, Tanner Palmer, Spencer Crow, and Sienna Pfaff. Congratulations to our December Students of the Month!
Thursday, December 20, was Salem Jr. High's first orchestra concert. It was a spectacular show with amazing music. The 7th, 8th, and 9th grade orchestras all performed, and they were also joined by the Salem Hills High orchestras. The 7th grade opened up the show with three amazing songs. The first song they played was "Up On a Housetop" followed by "Brandenburg Concerto No. 5", and they concluded their performance with the "Can Can." The next group to play was the 8th grade orchestra.
Our school’s wrestling team has done extremely well, especially considering that it’s only our first year. Every day after school our team has practice from right after school till five o’clock. The practices start with warm ups and agilities for about ten minutes, then we drill for another ten. Once all of that is over with, the coaches teach us our moves for the day. This will typically take up the remainder of the practice. The final ten to fifteen minutes are filled with constant conditioning.
This year for the school musical the directors, Mrs. Brooksby and Mrs. Stubbs, have decided to put on the production of “Annie.” Students were trying to keep their grades up all December so they would have a better shot at getting a part in the musical. Auditioners were practicing for days to get the song they chose to preform just right for the judges and directors.
On Tuesday, December 18, 2012, Mr. Stolworthy put together an arrangement of band groups together for a big performance. The beginning band started it off with five great pieces, featuring the brass, wind, and percussion instruments.
The percussionists blew in with relaxing “Seaside Stroll” and performed a spectacular rendition of “Carol of The Bells”. Not to be out done, the jazz band played “All of Me” and other wonderful and exciting songs.