SJHS News

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Hats Off to Mr. Rolfe

Faculty and Staff Spotlight May 27th, 2010

Kara Dunn and Kristi Hatch
SJHS Staff Writer
Mr. Darrel Rolfe, principal at Springville Junior High, is retiring this year after 36 years of long hard work, working with students all over Utah.
Mr. Rolfe has worked in several different schools throughout Utah. He started out at Pleasant Grove Junior High teaching English for one year. He has [...]

Journalism Presents to Nebo School Board

Classes, Student Life, Student Spotlight February 22nd, 2010

Assistant Principal Dave Knudsen, Principal Darrel Rolfe, journalism students Christopher Taylor, Andrew Garza, Spencer Duncan, Katya Wagstaff, Kristi Hatch, Cody Woolsey, Kara Dunn, Julie Barbosa, and journalism teacher Tiffanie Miley.
Kristi Hatch
SJHS Staff Writer
On Wednesday, February 10, 2010, the journalism class of SJHS made a presentation to the Nebo District School Board.  Using the same presentation [...]

SJHS Journalism Class performs superbly at PTA presentation

Classes, School Activities February 8th, 2010

Kara Dunn
SJHS Staff Writer
On January 20th, Springville Junior High’s journalism class gave a presentation to the district PTA board about what goes on in the journalism class and how they write their articles.  “Whenever the district PTA has a meeting, it’s hosted at a different school. The schools are asked to give a presentation for [...]

Mr. Rolfe: Springville Junior High Principal

Faculty and Staff Spotlight, Student Life January 11th, 2010

Mr.Rolfe and Mrs. Johnson in the cafeteria at SJHS.
Julie Barbosa
SJHS Staff Writer
With every school there is a principal behind it, one who runs the fundraisers, does the school assemblies, supervises students, and encourages staff members.  The principal behind Springville Junior High is Mr. Darrel Rolfe.
Mr. Darrel Rolfe has been principal of Springville Junior High for [...]

Out With the Old, in With the New SJHS

Student Life October 5th, 2009

Springville Junior High School students Megan Miller, Cynthia Esklund, Katelynn Marshall and Hannah Reinhardt look forward to a new junior high building.
Katya Wagstaff
SJHS Staff Writer
On June 23 of this year, the 160 million dollar Nebo Bond and Leeway was passed.  This bond gave the Nebo School District much needed funds to build new schools and [...]

Moving Schools: We Will Miss Mr. Gillespie

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

Halley Rencher
SJHS Staff Writer
With the school year ending and summer opening up with opportunities, you know some things are bound to change. That is exactly what is happening at the SJHS. Our wonderful art teacher, Mr. Jethro Gillespie, is leaving to go to the new Maple Mountain High School.
“I don’t look forward to leaving the [...]

End of Year Testing is Coming up Fast

Student Life April 6th, 2009

Sariah Morris
SJHS Staff Writer
Students, get prepared because the end of year level testing is coming up! The end of year tests are taken in math, language arts, and science. They are designed to measure students’ mastery of the state core curriculum. These tests will be taken on the computer. They are not timed, so students [...]

Springville Junior High School: History

Student Life November 20th, 2008

Springville Junior High School

Whitney Norman
SJHS Staff Writer
How would you describe the Springville Junior High School? Just an old school or… is it a building filled with history and facts? Springville Junior High school is definitely worth something. It has history, and great stories from the past, and more for the future. SJHS was built in [...]

New Knight Mural Promises School Pride

School Activities, Student Life October 31st, 2008

The knight mural painted by art students under direction of Mr. Gillespie.

Ethan Trunnell
SJHS Staff Writer
Last year Mr. Darrel Rolfe, the principal at SJHS, asked Mr. Jehtro Gillespie, the art teacher, about replacing the meadow mural with something more SJHS-centered. Mr. Gillespie liked the idea of the students painting it. The next day he asked for [...]

SJHS Receives Grant from the Esther Foundation

Student Life October 31st, 2008

Linda Hales of Nebo Foundation, Darrel Rolfe, Principal of SJHS, and Bud Bate of The Esther Foundation

The Esther Foundation donated $2000 to be used to upgrade technology in the Springville Junior High auditorium. This donation matched with the $2000 donated by the SJHS PTA, which allowed the school to purchase a 16′ motorized projection [...]

Scholastic Halloween Festivities

School Activities, Student Life October 24th, 2008

McKenna Gleave
SJHS Staff Writer
For as long as any of us can remember, SJHS has had a strict no costume policy when it comes to dressing up for Halloween. This year, however, the students were determined to change that.
Knights of the Round Table is weekly meeting with students, one representative from each homeroom class, where they [...]