SaJHS sent nearly 30 students to the intramural weightlifting competition at Diamond Fork Jr. High on Feb 19. Students attempted to lift a set weight as many times as they could, achieve the best time, or jump the highest. Events included bench press, military press, leg press, pull ups, vertical jump, and shuttle run. What was most impressive was that even though our students were competing against students from other schools they were still cheering them on to do better. It was a really great atmosphere.

On Friday, January 25th, 2013, it was opposite day here at Salem Junior High. Teachers were able to wear jeans and dress up like the students. The students got to wear skirts and ties to dress up as the teachers. It was fun to see how many people participated and had fun changing their style for a day. Although clothing wasn’t the only thing that was changed, the lunches were switched also. People with first lunch went to second lunch. People with second lunch went to first lunch. It was interesting to go to lunch at different times.

On February 1, 2013 the 1st annual “Soup”er Bowl took place at Salem Jr. High School. Ten teams of students got together in the foods room to have a “soup” cook off.The judges were the thirty lucky people that came and tried the fantastic soup. Using their spoons, they voted for the most delicious soup. We had many different people come.  We had custodians, students, and even the Principal. We had a blast! The room was decked out in Raven and 49ers decorations. We had all types of soup; chili, broccoli, cream, potato, and many more.

Both our Girls' and Boys' Basketball teams won their district championship on Thursday, Feb 7. Great job to both of our teams and their coaches!

Congratulations to our Salem Junior High January Students of the Month! 7th Grade: Nic Allred and Cassidy King; 8th Grade: Ethan Mayfield and Kellie Noall; 9th Grade: Amy Robinson and Michael Abbott. These students are amazing representatives of our school!

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!