SJHS News

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

Wanted: 2010-11 Yearbook Staff

Classes, Student Life April 22nd, 2010

Kristi Hatch
SJHS Staff Writer
Attention! Attention!  If you’re a 7th or 8th grader at SJHS, this is your chance to be on the 2010-2011 yearbook staff!  The time has come to sign up to help make this memorable book for the whole school.
Yearbook is a fun class that lets you use your imagination.  You get to [...]

Ms. Neeley: amazing English teacher at SJHS

Faculty and Staff Spotlight December 6th, 2009

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 [...]

The Artistic Side of English

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

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. Bales, SJHS Attendance Secretary

Faculty and Staff Spotlight, Student Life November 3rd, 2009

Spencer Duncan
SJHS Staff Writer
The students and teachers at Springville Junior High will recognize the name of Mrs. Brenda Bales, attendance secretary at SJHS.  Mrs. Bales’s job is to keep track of attendance at the junior high.
Mrs. Bales has been working at the junior high for 15 years.  According to Mrs. Bales, one of her favorite [...]

Future Writers of SJHS

Classes, Student Life October 20th, 2009

Julie Barbosa
SJHS Staff Writer
Have you ever had that warm feeling? The feeling of pride and joy when you finish reading a book or an essay. Well, this feeling is all too familiar to the Creative Writing class at Springville Junior High.
Creative writing is an elective here at Springville Junior High, where students have the opportunity [...]

After School Writing Lab at SJHS

Announcements for Parents, Student Life September 29th, 2009

Mr. Mikesell is one of the English teachers who supervises the after school writing lab at Springville Junior High.
Cody Woolsey
SJHS Staff Writer
Most students at Springville Junior High have not yet heard of the important news – there is an after school writing lab for students. Students can use this writing lab to finish assignments on [...]

Yearbook Class at SJHS

Classes, Student Life September 21st, 2009

The 2009-2010 yearbook staff.  Front row, left to right:  Sadie Larsen, Jennifer Bate and Kristi Hatch.  Middle row:  Tyler Oman, Spencer Duncan and MacKenzie Pullman.  Back row:  Zach Droubay and Kyle Gashler.
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Spencer Duncan
SJHS Staff Writer
Springville Junior High School has a fun class that designs the yearbook.  The teacher of this class is none other than [...]

Mrs. Shurtz is Moving

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

Sariah Morris
SJHS Staff Writer
Mrs. Natasha Shurtz, a Springville Junior High School math teacher, is leaving us. Mrs. Shurtz is moving to Memphis, Tennessee. She is pregnant with a baby boy and will be due in August. She and her husband hope to be settled in by then and will be moving in the end of [...]

Time to Sign Yearbooks

School Activities, Student Life May 18th, 2009

Brittany Blackmon
SJHS Staff Writer
It’s that time of the year again when all the memories of the start of the school come rushing back. That’s right, it’s the end of the school year when the students receive their yearbooks and look back on all the days they said they wished school was over. On May 26th, [...]

Yearbook–Get it now!!!

Announcements for Parents, Classes, Student Life March 2nd, 2009

Yearbook students Leksi Rosenberg, Emma Graves, Sammie Schroeppel and Alli Udall sort student surveys. In the background, Aleks Newman, Kyle Gashler and Alyssa Payne work on the online yearbook creation program.
Robin Anderson
SJHS Staff Writer
It’s that time again! Students who want to get a yearbook need to get it now. The price for a yearbook [...]

Father and Son Reunited

Student Life, Student Spotlight November 6th, 2008

The Biesinger Family–Jay, Emma, Lauren, Katie Jane and their dad, Lt. Will Biesinger
M. Dayton
SJHS Staff Writer
What started out as a normal Thursday turned into a once in a lifetime Thursday for Jay Biesinger and his 5th period class. Jay was in for a big surprise, one that he’ll remember for the rest of his life. [...]

New Yearbook Teacher

Classes, Faculty and Staff Spotlight September 19th, 2008

The SJHS Yearbook Staff: Alyssa Payne, Ms. Neeley, Sammie Schroeppel, Kyle Gashler, Leksi Rosenberg, Emma Graves, Aleks Newman and Alli Udall.

by Shayla Tanner
SJHS Staff Writer
Ms. Neeley, a teacher at the Springville Junior, High was asked to be the new yearbook teacher in late March, after last year’s yearbook teacher left. Ms. Neeley said, “I [...]