SJHS students board the busses for the 95% attendance activity.

Morgan Bowser
SJHS Staff Writer

Now that the end of the term has come it’s time for the 95% attendance award activity.  The 95% attendance award activity happens at the end of each term. Students who have 95% attendance and didn’t get any F’s, N’s, or U’s on their first term report card get to miss school and go to the Spanish Fork Red Carpet Theater where they can watch a current movie.

Maddie Joyner, an eighth-grade student, said, “I like skipping school to go see a movie!”  According to Victoria Ireland, another eighth-grade student, she liked going in the past because she can be with her friends and not have to worry about doing school work all day it’s nice to relax. The 95% Activity Award Activity was held on Thursday, November 19th.

Makaiah Williams
SJHS Staff Writer

As term three comes to an end, the students at SJHS are rewarded for their good attendance. Students with good attendance get to go to a movie of their choice. The students can have a combined total of two tardies or absences in each class; if they have three or more tardies or absences in any class they will not be able to attend the movie. The movie activity was on April 10th.

“It’s a fun way to spend a school day,” said Whitney Norman, an eighth grader at SJHS, “And plus I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t rather be at a movie than school.”

“I don’t get to go to movies with friends a lot,” said Morgan Bowser, a seventh grade student at SJHS, “So it is a time when my friends and I can hang out and watch a movie together.”

Throughout the year, the number of students that get to go has decreased. In the fall there were approximately five hundred students that were able to go. Now, that number has decreased and only three hundred and twenty are eligible to go.

by Sarah Fawson
SJHS Staff Writer

The 95% attendance program is an activity that rewards the students that have 95% attendance and get good grades, which means no F’s and also no N’s. Students get to go to the Spanish 8 Theater and choose from three to five movies. The students have to pay three dollars to go to the movie, and if students want to get snack you have to bring your own money from home.

The first 95% attendance will be on the 14th of November the students get to miss almost a whole day of school, but they have to make up the work that they miss in their classes.

The reason the students have to have A’s B’s C’s students also have to have no N’s and also no F’s is because it spells fun, so no F’s, no U’s, and no N’s. This encourages the students to get better grades and to try their hardest on test or assignments and to pay attention in class.

Mrs. Crandall organizes all of the attendance activities that we do all year. She teaches service learning and also does the fundraiser which is cookie dough and all the decorations for the dances we do at our school. She helps with some of the assemblies each year.

The 95% attendance is a program that rewards those who try to do their best at school. It is a lot of fun, so students should stay looking forward to go and do your best to get all A’s.

by Matthew Fitzgerald
SJHS Staff Writer

After all the blood, sweat and tears students at SJHS puts forth towards school work, who wouldn’t want a reward? If you have 95% attendance for a term, the school will reward you with the option of getting out of school and watching a movie at the Spanish 8 Theater!

Of course, to earn this fabulous reward you have to fulfill a few requirements, but at least they’re pretty simple. For one, you have to have 95% attendance, which means you can only miss two days in the whole term. You also can’t have any F’s, nor unsatisfactory or needs improvement citizenship grades.

As a result of having this activity, teachers have noticed an improvement in attendance. Kathryn Crandall organized the activity and she said, “Yes, it definitely improves their attendance! They’re more motivated.” Students definitely like the 95% activity. Eric Mageno, a ninth grader said, “Who wouldn’t want to get out of school to have fun for a while?” Gavin Hurlburt said it was definitely a motivation.

Students are supervised while they’re out taking advantage of their prize. Mrs. Crandall explained they have one or more teacher per bus, supervising. The teachers make sure everybody gets on and off the bus so they don’t leave anybody, which is accomplished by checking of their names as they walk in. Mrs. Crandall proudly said that nobody has gotten in too much trouble before.