On December 11, Journalism students toured the BYUtv broadcasting studios. Whitney and Delaney were able to record footage for their news show right from the Studio C studio. 

Students were shown all 3 studios at BYUtv including Studio C complete with a stadium seating for live audiences. They were also able to see the studio where Sports Nation is filmed. 

Before their trip to the broadcasting building, Journalism students got a treat by eating lunch together at Brick Oven. 

SaJHS now has a new long jump pit, thanks to Ethan Mayfield, a Sophomore at Salem Hills High School, as well as many volunteers from our school and the community. The groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday, December 2. Three SaJHS students “broke in” the pit by practicing a run down the newly constructed asphalt path. Ethan estimated about 500 hours of work has been put into the project. Coach Blachard expressed his thanks to Ethan, and stated that this double long jump pit will help our track team practices immensely.

Ethan Mayfield, former students of SaJHS, has been working hard to give the school a long jump pit for his Eagle Scout project. Many community members and school staff have come together to help on this project. The dedication for the long jump pit will be after school on Tuesday, December 2.

Congratulations to our October students of the month!

Pictured left to right: Trey Axelgard, Tyler Levie, Rose Dawe, Ariel Hal, Bree Jensen, and Braxton Batty.

SaJHS made the news again by being innovative and creative. Seventh graders are participating in a cross-curricular project this weekend by baking two loaves of bread from scratch. One loaf of bread will be donated to a local charity. Read the full story: http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/education/precollegiate/salem-jr-high-students-bake-bread-from-scratch/article_ff8f7d8c-78a1-5b3e-b1b8-2b9f367b2b6d.html

Salem Junior High hosted the Intramural Volleyball Tournament on Tuesday this week. There were teams from Spanish Fork Junior, Diamond Fork Junior, Payson Junior, Springville Junior and of course our 4 awesome teams from Salem Junior! Salem held the most wins through the whole tournament and represented very well. If you were a part of one of the four teams from Salem please stay after school Friday for a Salem Championship and some treats! Thanks to all those helped, played and participated over the passed few months! Salem has a lot of very athletic students!!! WAY TO GO!! 

Don't miss the second episode of the Spartan Chronicle News Show featuring the Hope Squad, The Shakespeare Team, the wrestling coach and information about the upcoming wrestling season. The show has a new segment-- Shoutouts. If you are interested in broadcasting your shoutout, please send your video to sajhsnews [at] gmail.com. Shoutout videos need to be less than 30 seconds. You can also e-mail your shoutout to the email address listed above and we will record it for you. 

On Tuesday October 21st, the Salem Hills High School Skyhawk Marching Band swept their competition at Davis High School. Several Salem Jr. High 9th graders contributed to the best performance the Skyhawk Marching Band has ever had at the Davis Cup Invitational. The band not only won first place in their division, but also took home first place awards for outstanding music performance, outstanding visual performance, and outstanding color guard performance. Keep cheering on your 9th grade marching band members as they continue their quest to another state championship! 

On Saturday October 11th, members of the marching band participated in the Rocky Mountain Marching Band Invitational held at BYU's LaVell  Edwards Stadium. This year, there were a record thirteen 9th grade students in the Skyhawk Marching Band. The students had their best performance of the season and placed third in their division. A select few 7th and 8th grade students were also able to join on the fun trip to BYU and even help carry equipment to the field for performance.

The Spartan Chronicle News Show debuted today during sixth period as teachers and students watch episode one of the weekly show in place of daily announcements. The show was co-founded by Delaney Christensen and Whitney Wilde, ninth graders and Co Editors-in-Chief of the Spartan Chronicle. The news show is scheduled to be produced and broadcasted weekly.