October 2015

Students of the Month - October

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Mapleton Jr. High School is pleased to announce the October 2015 Students of the Month. Each academic area selects one outstanding student per grade level to represent their department for student of the month. In order to be selected these students must show superior academic achievement along with exceptional citizenship. The MJHS students of the month were invited to a pizza party to celebrate this fantastic accomplishment. The students of the month for October are (listed by academic area):

CTE: Ella Conners, Makoa Webb, Savannah Seeley

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Andrea Pond

Teacher Spotlight - Mr. Nalette

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One of our awesome Social Studies teachers is Mike Nalette. His favorite food is Mexican, and he likes the color purple. He likes to golf, hunt, and fish. He is also our golf coach for MJHS. He is married and has 1 adorable daughter. He also has 2 dogs. An interesting thing about Mr. Nalette, is he used to be a fly fishing guide. His favorite place to travel is Seattle, Washington. We are so luck to have such a great teacher here at MJHS! He definitely has the Mustang spirit and shares it with all of us!

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Tiffany Jones

New Teacher Spotlight - Mrs. Barney

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Mrs. Barney graduated with a bachelor's degree in Math Education from Brigham Young University in December 2015. She worked as a substitute at Mt. Nebo Junior High for 3 months and then substituted all over Nebo District at the end of last year. She loves math and she tries her hardest to help her students love math too. 

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Andrea Pond

Dance 2

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This is the first year of Dance 2 at MjHS.  These girls have worked extremely hard and learning various styles of dance.  They choreographed and taught the 'Manly Mustangs' during Spirit Week.  (Teaching 30 boys to dance is a challenge!!


Dance 2 just finished learning their hip-hop dance and couldn't be happier!  They will have an opportunity to showcase their hard work later in the semester during a school performance."

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Kourtney Shumway

Diet Coke and Mentos

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The 8th graders participated in a Diet Coke and Mentos distance
challenge on Tuesday.  The students designed a delivery system to
release the Mentos into the Diet Coke and had a contest to see who
could get it to spray the furthest.  Thanks to all the students who
tried their best and had such a fun time.  The record of the day was
40 feet!  Good work 8th graders!

Attributions
Justin Johnson

NetSmartz Assembly

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Last Friday we had an assembly for the students put on by NetSmartz.  The assembly contained useful information regarding internet and cellphone safety.  NetSmartz is is an interactive, educational program that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer online. For more information visit their website at http://www.netsmartz.org/Parents

 



 

 

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Andrea Pond

Teacher Spotlight

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One of our fabulous math teachers is Stephanie Swensen. She does everything possible to help students succeed! She loves all food, and loves to cook! She also loves to sew, hanging out with her family and sarcasm! She is married and has 3 great kids. They have a cute fluffy dog! She loves to travel to national and state parks in Utah. She also loved going to Europe.


We are so happy that Mrs. Swensen is here at MJHS sharing her talents and love of teaching!

Attributions
Tiffany Jones

Spirit of the Mustang - October

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Kevin Diehl is a new member of the faculty, yet he has won the hearts and voices of the choir students at Mapleton Jr. High.  I overheard some of his students talking in the Foods Lab about what a great teacher he is, and what a great sense of humor he has.

To help to get to know him better, here is some information about Kevin.

Attributions
Linda Woodfield