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Show Thursday. February 1, 2007 SPRINGVILLE HERALD 11 n ro 9 9 3 And the Sydney Joyner SJHS STAFF WRITER Just this last semester, the Springville Junior High School brought back the Peer Court. The Peer Court is a court system run by 15 students. Students, who have a complaint about something, some-thing, fill out a referral sheet; which gets turned into the office. The office then gives the referral sheet to the class. The class then goes over the referral refer-ral sheets, making note of which ones should be dealt with first. The class then tells the students that they will be summoned to court. There are three judges, instead of . Springville Jr. High to stage "Beauty and the Beast" This year the Springville Jr. High School is putting on the musical "Beauty and the Beast." Tryouts were earlier this month. Mrs. Walker (the director di-rector and choir teacher) says "The audition process pro-cess is exhausting because there are always so many students auditioning. This year we had five hours of acting call backs because it was so important to find the right actors for each part." When we asked her if she was happy with the talent she got from the students she said "Yes. The talent was excellent. Several students cast as leads were unknown to me before the auditions. The teacher who has been at SJHS the longest Bree Hathaway SJHS STAFF WRITER We decide to interview Mrs. Burton, the teacher who has been at Springville Spring-ville jr. high the longest! Mrs. Burton has been working at SJHS from 1968 till today. Since she has been here a couple things have changed around the school; there has been two renovations to the buildings. For instance, Mr. Woods classroom used to be the cafeteria; the building ended were Mrs. Crandall's room is, and the whole north side 410 South 450 West Springville, Utah 84663 801-489-9676 Dr. DOG & CAT When you're out of town, rest assured your pet is having a good time with us! We provide pets with loving care, proper nutrition and plenty of exercise in a safe and healthy environment! Veterinary Supervision Individual Outdoor Walls Group Play Individualized Feedings Indoor & Outdoor Runs Heated & Air Conditioned Facility verdict one judge and a jury, three lawyers for defense, three for prosecution, bailiffs and clerks. The student court learned about how a court system is to be run. They started off with learning what courtroom decorum deco-rum is and progressing to opening statements and objections. At one point during the semester, two different lawyers came in to help out with opening statements. The Peer Court had many cases throughout the semester including ones dealing with swearing to ones dealing with disruptions disrup-tions during class. The judges were fair in all of the cases making It's always fun to find new talent!" They are coming along splendidly with the play. The cast wakes up early every morning so they can arrive on time to school by 6 a.m.! "We have an excellent cast which is making it easy to make good progress. prog-ress. The actors are learning learn-ing their songs, we've blocked the first scene, and we're learning our :big dance number, "Be Our Guest") this week." Mrs. Walker stated. She's getting a whole lot of help putting on this production from "parents and two high school students-Andrew Larsen and Rebecca Jenson- directing of the school is new. Mrs. Burton has taught eighth grade choir, ninth grade choir, jr. high performing, per-forming, reading, ninth grade drama, eighth grade speech, eighth grade English, and ninth grade English. Mrs. Burton's favorite favor-ite subject that she has taught is ninth grade drama. dra-ma. Her favorite year at SJHS is when the school had a female vs. male composition In different matches there was a "Mr." Jr. High contest. They had girls come down from the Harold Judd Davis D.V.M. Veterinarian BOARDING! V- Is... sure a reasonable punishment punish-ment was given according to the violation. Their adviser, ad-viser, Mr. David Hansen, made sure of this by meeting meet-ing with the judges during the time the verdict was being made. "The class was a success," suc-cess," according to one student, "because students were more willing to refer re-fer someone to the court instead of referring someone some-one to the administration office. It also showed students stu-dents were having a say in what punishments were to be given according to what they did wrong." The Peer Court was unable un-able to continue the second semester due to schedule conflicts. the music. Our choreographer choreogra-pher is a college student named Tyne who also choreographed "Joseph" in last years musical." "I put on the musical every year to give students stu-dents an opportunity to be involved in an excellent production I also believe that doing theatre bonds friendships that will last all through high school." Mrs. Walker said when I asked her what the reason rea-son was for putting on this musical. She hopes you will come and see the show! The dates are March 8, 9, 10, 16, 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium. Students with ID get in for $4 and without and ID it is $5. high school to judge. The guys wore swimming suits and walked down the line. There has been eight principles at SJHS during the years that she has been here. She has worked at SJHS so long just because that is her calling in life. She worked at two different differ-ent other schools Provo High School and Payson Jr High School. Advertising on Thoroughjiargeted distributionputs your ad directly'into 1 jUOOO homes in the area . Be sure to oiit yourself in front of people as soon as they move into town or even sooner Information about schools; parks and community events make the map more useful , Custom individualized design makes Springville s map unique, accurate and up-to-date jull-color publication makes an attractive, eye-catching outlet for your ad Ms . " v 7 Student to Mrs. Bales went to school at Springville Jr. High from 1970 to 1971. She did not like school but she did like to go to this school. Now, she is the secretary at the school. Mrs. Burton was her teacher and she had lots of fun in her class. We asked Mrs. Bales if there was anything in the school that she would like to change and she said, Music helps Jessie Kolesar SJHS STAFF WRITER Here at Springville Jr. High we appreciate music as best we can with various vari-ous classes such as orchestra, orches-tra, choir, and band. There are currently 345 students attending these classes. "Music makes you look at the world different, students stu-dents are more aware of there surroundings. Most students who play (or sing) become motivated and get better grades they also learn self discipline." said Mrs. Boone as she explains music and students. In orchestra, Mrs. Boone teaches string instruments giving the students an Opportunity Op-portunity to learn, play and perform an instru- Volunteers needed How do you pronounce "o-u-g-h"? Well, it depends on the meaning of the word. Try pronouncing rough, though, thought and through. Was that "tough?" When our children learn to read, they find out that English came from many languages lan-guages and has many spelling forms. They need to know the regular phonic sounds, then add to that words that don't follow the rules. Tutors are needed to help direct the learning of any students stu-dents who may be struggling with reading. Call Norman Smith at 798-1609 for details. Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace. - German proverb Dorit Put Your Business On jHometowri Marketing is working with the Springville Area Chamber or Commerce to publish its very hrst area map. the Chamber of Commerce Map Offers Your Business: secretary "Respect because I want the kids in this school to have respect for the property prop-erty of the school." When Mrs. Bales was in school there were not as many people in the school as there are now. When she was in school the cafeteria caf-eteria was not upstairs like it is now so she had to go all of the way down to the basement. students in lots of ways ment. Some of the instruments instru-ments are the violin, viola, cello and bass. In choir, students get to sing and perform plays or musicals conducted by Mrs. Walker. Last but not least the band, students get the chance to learn brass, ; J0il8 a . IXSEPEXDHT, BETEBSIXED, STBOKfi J riiiH Mapleton Junior High School congratulates the eighth grade, high point, second term 2007 Accelerated Reader Winners. They are, left to right: Jeremy Arbon, Zachary Bailey, Tabitha Brower, Lauren Wake and Hannah Savage. Mapleton Junior High School congratulates the seventh grade, high point second term 2007 Accelerated Reader Winners. They are ,eft t0 r'9ht: Jessica Schultz, Casey Ashcraft, Kaycie Jordan, Hannah Nelson and Kaniho Burns. miss the chance to at SJHS They did not have the office of-fice where it is now when she was in school because where the office is now used to be the stairs. The reason that Mrs. Bales wanted to be the secretary of the school is because she loves kids and she wanted tp have the same time off that her kids have including the summers sum-mers and the holidays. wind and percussion instruments, in-struments, as Mrs. Booth teaches with discipline and prestige. According to Mrs. Boone, "I think music is very important and an excellent way to communicate commu-nicate without words and bring others joy." 1ft Hie Map 4 1 tit J t Is I j v |