SJHS News

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Learning Chinese at SJHS

Classes, Student Life March 1st, 2010

Kristi Hatch
SJHS Staff Writer
For the second year at SJHS, one of the many elective classes that is available is Chinese.  The Chinese class has a wonderful teacher, Mrs. Debra Wells, and the students enjoy it.
Mrs. Wells learned Chinese while serving an LDS mission in Taiwan, and then continued to study in college.  She decided to [...]

Students Test Their Artistic Ability in Chinese

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

Kenia Martinez
SJHS Staff Writer
The Chinese class at Springville Junior High School is having a contest. Students made posters, and these posters will be entered into a contest sponsored by the Utah Foreign Language Association. The theme this year is “One Word Is Worth A Thousand Pictures”.
“I will be awarding a prize at the school level, [...]

Learning Chinese at SJHS

Classes, Faculty and Staff Spotlight, Student Life October 20th, 2009

Andrew Garza
SJHS Staff Writer
Chinese is a class that has been at SJHS for three years. There are two Chinese classes; one is called “Intro to Chinese,” which is for eighth graders, and the other is a regular Chinese class for the ninth graders.  Mrs. Debra Wells, the Chinese teacher at SJHS, said that “Intro to [...]

Chinese 101 at SJHS

Classes, Faculty and Staff Spotlight, Student Life December 1st, 2008

Maddi Dayton
SJHS Staff Writer
There is no better way to start the school day than in what is no doubt the most unique class at SJHS, Chinese. This class may be hard, but learning to speak another language is a fun, satisfying and a great life skill. “I think that studying a new language is very [...]