SJHS News

Chris Crowe, author of Mississippi Trial 1955
Kara Dunn
SJHS Staff Writer
In Mrs. Bass’s ninth grade English classes, they have been reading “Mississippi Trial 1955,” by Chris Crowe. As part of their learning experience, Mrs. Bass’s classes invited Dr. Crowe, an English Education professor from BYU, to come and speak to them about his book and the [...]

Mrs. Bass
Morgan Bowser
SJHS Staff Writer
SJHS has many amazing teachers. One of them is Mrs. Elizabeth Bass. Mrs. Bass teaches eighth grade English. “I have a passion for ideas, knowledge, and feelings. Words when they are strategically expressed, can make me laugh, bring me to tears, help me see the beauty in the world and the [...]

Spencer Duncan
SJHS Staff Writer
At Springville Junior High, Mrs. Koriane Maughan has come up with something called Friday Incentive.  The incentive occurs every Friday.  For twenty minutes of the period an activity takes place.  The activity is a surprise.
Students earn the activity by accomplishing the task Mrs. Maughan writes on the board every Monday.  If the [...]

Jacob Simmons
SJHS Staff Writer
Over the past few weeks, students in Mrs. Mary Rice’s honors English class have been working hard to create there very own renditions of a “Faustian Bargain.”
In the story Dr. Faustus a very intelligent scholar sells his soul to the devil and in return, the devil grants the man his every wish [...]

Jacob Simmons
SJHS Staff Writer
Springville Junior High School is very pleased with their English department. One of the men that helps make the department so successful is Mr. Trent Mikesell, seventh-grade English teacher.
Mr. Mikesell is working on his fourth year as a teacher. He has taught at three schools: Payson Middle School, Pocatello High School, and [...]

Mr. Robbins reading to his students.
Sarah Jensen
SJHS Staff Writer
Did you ever write an autobiography? The students in Mr. Steven Robbins’ class are writing one right now. Mr. Robbins has been teaching English and doing these autobiographies since 1990.  However, he took eight years off to teach Geography. “My favorite thing about having my students write [...]

Bailey Penrose reading War of the Worlds in Mrs. Rice’s 8th grade English class.
Christopher Taylor
SJHS Staff Writer
Out of all the different genres in reading, science fiction is one of the largest. Stories from this genre can contain anything from time travel and stories about the future to alien invaders.  Many of these stories were inspired [...]

Brooke Seaton
SJHS Staff Writer
This year at SJHS a teacher is spending her 41st year educating. This teacher is Mrs. Vonnie Burton. Mrs. Burton teaches English, which most enjoy because of her. Mrs. Burton has fun things planned for her students. “All sorts of ‘PUNishment’.” She joked.
Maddie Joyner, an eighth-grade student, said that Mrs. Burton always [...]

Kenia Martinez
SJHS Staff Writer
Mrs. Vonnie Burton’s eighth and ninth grade English classes have been studying a literary genius: Edgar Allan Poe. According to Mrs. Burton, it was required for them to study a story by him. A story is chosen for each grade based on reading level. As part of their Elements of Suspense study, [...]

Morgan Bowser
SJHS Staff Writer
Ms. Rachel Neeley is just one of the amazing teachers here at SJHS. Ms. Neeley teaches seventh-grade English, yearbook, and creative writing. This is Ms. Neeley’s sixth year teaching. Ms. Neeley said, “I wanted to be a teacher ever since I was little. I loved reading and writing when I was in [...]

Christopher Taylor
SJHS Staff Writer
Many people feel that one of the great things about English class is that it can incorporate all other subjects.  Students can write a science fiction story or read a book about history.  Mrs. Maughan, an English teacher at SJHS, has been helping her students learn from historical literature.  Students in Mrs. [...]

Seventh graders in Ms. Neeley’s English class sharing their poetry.
Kara Dunn
SJHS Staff Writer
When most students think of English, they think of reading books, writing essays, and doing reports. However, in Ms. Rachel Neeley’s class, poetry is their focus right now.
“I love poetry; it’s like the artistic side to English,” Celeborn Stringham, a seventh grade student [...]

Mrs. Bass and her class discuss “Romeo and Juliet.”
Kara Dunn
SJHS Staff Writer
Mrs. Elizabeth Bass’s ninth-grade English class is taking a step back in time to the late fifteen hundreds, to the time when Shakespeare was the writer of the century.
“We’re starting a unit on the play, ‘Romeo and Juliet.’” Mrs. Bass explained, “Typically all ninth-grade [...]

The journalism class taking a break from writing articles in the library computer lab.  Left to right:  Spencer Duncan, Jack Setzer, Hayde Blanco, Sarah Jensen, Katya Wagstaff, Ms. Miley, Kaleb Barnum, Cody Woolsey, Andrew Garza, Christopher Taylor and Jacob DeRosia.
Chelsea Ricks
SJHS Staff Writer
Ms. Tiffanie Miley teaches seventh grade Language Arts, Reading for Enjoyment, and the [...]

Mr. Miksell teaching his 7th grade English class.
Christopher Taylor
SJHS Staff Writer
Have you ever found it hard to tell someone that you appreciate them?  Seventh grade students in Mr. Trent Mikesell’s class at Springville Junior High recently did this by writing character sketches.  According to Mr. Mikesell, kids chose someone they admire, usually in their family, [...]