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Show At Jr. High . . . Many Activities Held by Becky Gillins Many exciting things have been happening at Pleasant Grove Jr. High School this month. mon-th. One of these things is that basketball season. Both boys and girls teams are playing their first game against Orem on Wednesday (yesterday). The boys played at home and the girls at Orem. Mr. Christensen said her girls are really good and the school hopes they they win. Mr. Walker says the boys are working well also. Volleyball has just ended and now basketball basket-ball is starting in girls' intramurals. There are seven teams, six girls teams and one from the faculty. Intramurals aren't serious competition, com-petition, but are lots of fun. Mrs. Storrs held her first semester debate tournament on Jan. 4. The first teams resolution was: "Resolved, that the federal government should provide comprehensive com-prehensive medical insurance in-surance for all United States Citizens." The debate students researched the subject and studied debate techniques throughout the semester. The first place team was Bert Steele and Becky Gillins. The second place team was Lori Bone and Jennifer Hicks. Third place went to Christine Warnick and Ginny Wallman. These teams received trophies and awards. The whole debate class went to Chuckarama for their awards banquet. Everyone received an DEBATE WINNERS:1st place, Bert Steele, Becky Gillins; 2nd place, Jennifer Hicks, Lori Bone; 3rd place, Chris Warnick, Ginny Wall-man, Wall-man, at the PI. Grove Jr. High School. award and a good lunch too. The math classes are sponsoring a chess tournament. The first round will be on Jan. 31. It will be a double elimination tournament. tour-nament. All Jr. High students are welcome to participate and there will be a 25 entry fee. Trophies will be given to the first, second and third place winners and all winners will be recognized. A new class was started star-ted this semester. It is called Unified Studies. The students in this class study many dif ferent subjects, ihey will spend most of their time doing biology, literature, English and social studies. This is a great opportunity for these students to get extra learning experiences. ex-periences. The journalism staff is sponsoring a dance in January. Students can buy tickets and will be excused from classes to go to the dance. They are hiring disc jockey Lee Kelly, who will be bringing his sound system and music to the dance. It's been a great month at the Pleasant Grove Jr. High. |