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Show Pleasant Grove Junior Seminary relates year's activities to date, upcoming events By JENNIE BEAGLEY Pleasant Grove Junior High Seminary has held several events in recent months. During the first week of December the seminary asked students to bring goxhes for the Festival of Trees to sell. Popcorn balls, brownies, cookies, suckers, rice krispy treats and homemade candies were delivered daily and a great number of students participated. After they delivered everything and the Festival ol Trees was over, they received a thank vou note from the Festival of Trees Committee telling them that they brought enough gxdies to earn $-153.25. The money went to the Primary Children's Hospital- In the second week of January, they had a morningside at 1 a.m. Herschel Pederson was the speaker. They had a great turnout and everyone wore their best Sunday dress. The Pleasant Grove Jr. High Choir performed and did an excellent job. They were proud of their ninth graders for getting up so early and coming to such a great meeting. February 9 and 10 was Missionary Week. On the ninth, they talked about how they can start preparing to go on a mission. On the tenth, they had the full time missionaries come and speak to them. ' On February 15, the student council judged the bulletin boards done on the theme "Chose You This Day to Serve." Andrea Wallace and Brother Taylor's third period won, which gave them extra points on the Class of the Month contest. In Class of the Month, they take points weekly for how many in each class read the scriptures, memorize scriptures, how nianv tardies they have, and how WeJ they sing. The teachers then add the total points up and whichever class has the most total wins. They then get banana splits Every class works hard and looks forward to the reward they gey On March 26 they will be having their third Scripture Chase. They memorize scriptures weekly and ' then have scripture chases to see how well they can remember them This month they will also 1 selling yearbooks. Books will be $2.50. Each student is encouraged to buy one. ' On March 8, 85 contestants, 30 scorekeepers, timers, and readers several parents, and many obs6rvers came to route their team to victory at the annual Seminary Bowl. The classes had great fun trying to beat the student council. Susan Liddle was the top scorer with Mitzi Johnston, Christine Olsen, Joe Walters, Carol McFarlane, Sylvia Higgins, and Jennifer Cordner coming in close behind. Brother Taylor's fifth '. period won and everyone had lots '' of fun! All together, approximately ', ,200 people came that night. , The students have trivia questions every month, which are '. written by Jason Sorenson. They ! have another bulletin board contest '.' coming up in April on the theme, ) "Choose You This Day to Be Married in the Temple." On March 29 they will be having their annual Dress Up Day, when J the students dress in their Sunday I best, and get their pictures taken for j the yearbook. After they get their pictures taken, they then go in and ii listen to speakers from BYU ;j (usually athletes). i |