SJHS News

The journalism class brings you all the news of the Knights.

Major Multi-Tasker Named Mrs. Bird

Faculty and Staff Spotlight January 5th, 2010

Hayde Blanco
SJHS Staff Writer
SJHS has a lot of hard working teachers. One of them is Mrs. Diane Bird, who teaches three classes: service learning, CTE, and sewing. She has been teaching here for one year and has loved it. Even though she is busy with school work she still has time for her family, pets [...]

SJHS Students Donate Food and Clothing

Community Events, School Activities, Student Life December 21st, 2009

Spencer Duncan
SJHS Staff Writer
Springville Junior High just finished a food and clothing drive.  Natalie Shaw, Liz White, Taylor Martin, Shawnee Henderson, and Thalia Berriel, members of the service learning class, were in charge of the drive.
The drive went from Monday November 29 through Monday December 7.  The winning class gets a donut party from Reams [...]

Wishes Being Granted at SJHS

Classes, School Activities, Student Life November 17th, 2009

Jacob Buhler, Oscar Portillo and Jace Hartman sold stars during lunch.
Katya Wagstaff
SJHS Staff Writer
The first wish granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation was for Christopher James Greicius in Arizona.  Since that time, Make-A-Wish has grown to become a non-profit organization that has granted wishes all over the world.  Springville Junior High students have helped grant the [...]

Carnival is Held at SHS to Help Jessenia’s Wish Come True

Classes, Community Events, School Activities November 17th, 2009

Hayde Blanco
SJHS Staff Writer
The annual Make-a-Wish Carnival was held at Springville High School on Monday, November 9 from 6 to 8:30. This carnival helped raise money to make Jessenia’s wish come true. Jessenia has ALL Leukemia, and her wish is to go to Disneyworld and meet all of the Disney princesses.
This carnival had games like [...]

Having Fun in Clothing Class

Classes, Student Life October 5th, 2009

Mrs. Diane Bird, clothing teacher, helps students lay out their patterns for aprons.  Left to right:  Eighth graders Ben Johnson, Tori Glassford, Katelynn Marshall, Kaity Hansen and Savannah McNitt.
Max Schreiner
SJHS Staff Writer
There are a lot of elective classes at Springville Junior High. One of these is the clothing class; in the clothing class students have [...]

Having fun & helping out in Service Learning!

Classes, Student Life September 21st, 2009

Shawnee Henderson, Liz White, and Taylor Martin make a poster in Service Learning.
Jack Setzer
SJHS Staff Writer
Service Learning is a class that is all about doing service in the community and school.  Mrs. Diane Bird is the teacher. In a basement classroom at SJHS, the Service Learning class plans what to do and carry out their [...]

What?! Mrs. Crandall is leaving?!

Faculty and Staff Spotlight, Student Life May 22nd, 2009

Kaydie Kerby
SJHS Staff Writer
Mrs. Kathryn Crandall, the service learning, foods, and sewing teacher, is leaving SJHS to go to Maple Mountain High School (MMHS). Mrs. Crandall is going to teach Clothing one and two, Designer Clothing, Child Development, and Adult Roles. Mrs. Crandall is an amazing teacher and loved by many students and faculty.  Mrs. [...]

Mrs. Bird: A New Teacher at The Junior High

Faculty and Staff Spotlight, Student Life March 16th, 2009

Halley Rencher
SJHS Staff Writer
Mrs. Diane Bird is SJHS’s newest career and technical education (CTE) teacher. She teaches the Family and Consumer Science area, which includes child development, clothing and textiles, nutrition and food science. “Nutrition is probably my favorite area to teach, and I feel it is probably the most important,” she said, “If we [...]