Each month the faculty at Mapleton Junior High presents the Spirit of the Mustang award to a faculty member that embodies the school mission statement of "Students are the focus - Success is the goal".   These individuals go above and beyond.  

In January, the award was passed to Justin Johnson, Science teacher at MJHS, with the following remarks:

**Top row, left to right: Phillip Richey, Trevor Jeppson, Samara Lessley, and Haley Green**

On December 11th, Mapleton Jr. High had their school science fair. We had many great projects this year. Thank you to all the participants. Below are the finalists that will represent our school at the district science fair in the spring.

First Place: Phillip Richey

Question: Does the temperature of a magnet affect the strength of the magnet? 

Second Place: Haley Green

The following story appeared in the Daily Herald on 12/18/2013.  See more pics at: http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/students-raise-money-for-sick-classmate/article_c208f581-fe13-57cf-bfbe-65414f8763f7.html#.UrG0WmxbXzE.gmail

MJHS Choir, Band, and Orchestra celebrated the season with their annual Christmas concerts highlighting the outstanding talents found at Mapleton Junior High!   There is no better way to alleviate the stress of this busy time of year than with music.  We hope that you were able to attend and experience the joy and peace that was present.   

Each month the faculty at Mapleton Junior High presents the Spirit of the Mustang award to a faculty member that embodies the school mission statement of "Students are the focus - Success is the goal".   These individuals go above and beyond.  

In December, the award was passed to Zack Beddoes, PE teacher at MJHS, with the following remarks:

Alice in Zombieland was performed at Mapleton Jr. High this past Halloween.  In it, Alice took her friend, Dinah, through Wonderland as they encounter one big problem, Zombies!  They interact with many different characters as they try to solve the zombie infestation.   The show was done in neon costumes under black lights. In the words of The Mad Hatter (Jon Krutsch), "This spoof was very fun to perform, rehearse, and watch.  The cast was a amazing, and the feel of being on stage during this performance was unique, it was well, honestly, really hard to explain.

Each month the faculty at Mapleton Junior High presents the Spirit of the Mustang award to a faculty member that embodies the school mission statement of "Students are the focus - Success is the goal".   These individuals go above and beyond.  

In November, the award was passed to David Jex, Health teacher and Athletic Director at MJHS, with the following remarks:

Miss Heaton's 8th Grade English students participated in a class reading challenge for the month of October. The winners are: Alyssa Holbrook 1st Period (3,000 pages), Aubree Jameson 3rd Period (3, 017 pages), Dee Dee Draper 4th Period (5, 498 pages), Alanna Hess 5th Period (9,799), Melssa Beutler 6th Period (4, 658 pages), Josh Aagard 7th Period (12, 411 pages), Zac Anderson Overall Winner (15, 232 pages).  (Alyssa Holbrook and Aubree Jameson were unavailable for the picture).

This past week, Mrs. Woodfield's Foods Classes learned how to make Soft Pretzels.  We were fortunate to have Miss Heaton, one of our great English Teachers, help out with the demonstration of how pretzels are prepared, twisted and baked.  Miss Heaton worked in a Pretzel store at the mall for a couple of years.  We made a video of her presentation so all the classes could learn these techniques.  The students did an amazing job of preparing the pretzels!