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Show Thursday, December 18, 2008 SPRINGVILLE HERALD 13 0 (jf irjO PiP? 0 r fl.n-il n gar 1 i ii All A j i n Seventh grade English with Mr. Robbins Students-grades hit the web Carolyn Brown i SJHS STAFF WRITER Here we have taken an inside look into Steven Robbins's seventh grade English class at Spring-ville Spring-ville Junior High School. The class is two periods long, so Mr. Robbins splits things up. In the first period pe-riod they do things that concern reading. The students stu-dents read for a while and then Mr. Robbins reads to them. . Right now Mr. Robbins is reading the novel "Adventures "Ad-ventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain. Soon they will have turned in their first book report, and the next one is coming up soon. They will then have five more to do. The second part of the class is writing and literature. litera-ture. The students have journals where they keep a record of the things that happen to them in seventh grade. For literature, the students have to do spelling spell-ing lists through the week. The students have to do a worksheet called "4 and l's." Students look up a set of 20 words in the diction- r ri4 I I fixfV ' 4 -r! i V1 i i-AJ Mr. Robbins and his students participate in a class discussion in seventh grade English at the jr. high. ary and find the words' definition and etymology. They will also be writing autobiographies by doing do-ing papers throughout the year. Mr. Robbins has very few rules. "Be quiet, be prepared, be productive, be honest, and show respect. re-spect. Those are my only rules and they are very easy to follow," explained Mr. Robbins. "They are very important and they help to keep the class in order." Being quiet helps the stu dents so that they can focus fo-cus on their work and get the most out of it. To be prepared you must have a book, pencil, and paper. Being productive helps the students so they don't have to have homework. Being honest speaks for itself, and showing respect helps the student work well together. SJHS Choir Concert a big success M. Dayton SJHS STAFF WRITER ! On Dec. 3, Springville Junior Ju-nior High School's choirs took the stage with grand articulation. SJHS has three choirs, the seventh grade Apprentice Singers, the eighth and ninth grade Knightingales, Ladies Chorus, Cho-rus, and the ninth grade Master Singers. Each choir had 15 to 20 minutes to showcase what the had been working all semester long. "I was astounded by the sound of the three choirs," Kristi Hatch, an eight grade student, said. Many others share her same view. "The songs were so pretty," Brooke Caswell, another SJHS student, reported. re-ported. Over all, people are seeing the night as a big success. "I was really proud of my choir the Knightingales Knightin-gales and all the other choirs," Maddie Patten reports. There was an array ar-ray of songs ranging from classic carols to unheard melodies. Many family members and friends were thrilled with the program. "I loved the whole thing, especially seeing my sister and all her friends sing the songs," said Camden Dayton. Day-ton. The night was a success suc-cess in large part because of SJHS's choir teacher, Mrs. Leslie Walker. "Mrs. Walker always does an amazing job with the kids. She makes them work hard and it shows," said Jill Dayton, parent of a SJHS ; student. Many parents, ,. teachers, and students all agree that they are very lucky to have such a wonderful won-derful lady directing the choirs. It was a great night that the performers and on lookers all enjoyed. "Mrs. Walker and all the chorus students should be commended for an excellent excel-lent performance!" Arynn Patten, parent of a SJHS student, happily reflects. "Over all, it was a great performance and I'm looking look-ing forward to the next concert," Camden Dayton readily commented. Camden is not the only one. Many parents, students, stu-dents, friends, and teachers teach-ers also await the next performance in January. But more than anyone, the performers are looking look-ing forward to the next concert so once again they can enhance the lives of others through the gift of music. SJHS brings the CMstmas Spmt to the Cliristmas dance Brooke Caswell . SJHS STAFF WRITER Guess what students of SJHS? It's that time again! It is time for the Christmas dance! The dance will be at Springville Junior High on Thursday, Dec. 18, from 7 until 9 p.m. For this dance and the Valentines dance it is best dress. It will cost three dollars with your ID card and four dollars without with-out your card. The Christmas dance is decorated to be sparkling spar-kling and stunning. "I like the dance because everyone every-one was pretty with their dresses on," Taylor Earn-shaw, Earn-shaw, SJHS student, said. "I like how the dance is best. dress, except it stinks in heels but other than that it's fun being in dresses," Taylor explained. By dressing up the dances danc-es are very elegant and fun. "Dressing up makes the Christmas dance a little more special," said Maddie Patten an eighth grade student stu-dent at SJHS. "Everyone should go to the dances because they are a blast and everyone has a good time," said Sarah Sar-ah Fawson, another eighth grader. The Christmas dance is going to be a lot of fun this year so come and attended it. Jacob Simmons SJHS STAFF WRITER The Student Information System (SIS) has helped students, parents, teachers, . and administrators alike to know where students; stand, and it has made it easier for teachers to enter scores and assignments. Nebo School District first started using this system in the fall of 2000. SIS is a program that allows teachers to enter their students' scores online. on-line. Now students can see their grades online, their missing assignments, their attendance, the whole shebang. she-bang. "SIS can be very beneficial," Springville Junior Ju-nior High assistant principal princi-pal Mr. Mark Bake said. Students and parents were mailed a username and a password to access this program prior to the beginning of the school year. This is all that you need to access SIS, aside from a computer with internet in-ternet access. If you have lost or simply forgotten your password or username, you are in English as a Second Language at SJHS Brooke Caswell SJHS Staff Writer Have you ever wondered won-dered what it would be like to speak English as a second language? It is difficult dif-ficult to communicate with the teachers and learn the information presented in class for those students who speak other languages. This year Ms. Josie Jarvis, Mrs. Lise Carpenter and Mr. Trent Mikesell, teachers at Springville Junior High, are taking Teaching English as a Second Language classes at Riverview Elementary School. The teachers learn a lot of great information at these classes. "We basically are learning how to be better bet-ter teachers to our ESL students. stu-dents. We are learning how to incorporate language activities ac-tivities into our lessons, so that our students can learn and not have to worry about a language barrier," Ms. Jarvis, Springville Junior Ju-nior High computer teacher, teach-er, said. The teachers who are taking tak-ing these classes really enjoy en-joy taking them. "They are very educational and very meaningful. It is a great opportunity op-portunity to make myself a better teacher for my ESL students," Ms. Jarvis explained. ex-plained. These teachers have worked hard to improve their teaching ability. Great job and keep the good work! 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