Clothing Exchange

 It's time to start planning the Summer Clothing Exchange and Boutique. We are looking for some extra people with fresh exciting new ideas to help plan this amazing event.We would love to have some people to join our team with advertisement skills, organization, boutique knowledge and flyer and document know how.  Please contact Amber Wimmer if you are interested at
saavolunteers@hotmail.com

Science Fair Judges Needed

We still need volunteer judges for the science fair.  Judging opportunities are as follows:   

Monday Mar. 5, 2012

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM     4 more volunteers needed

12:00 PM – 3:00 PM     2 more volunteers needed

Tuesday Mar. 6, 2012

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM      2 more volunteers needed

12:00 PM – 3:00 PM      1 more volunteers needed

Wednesday Mar. 7, 2012

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM      12 more volunteers needed

Thursday Mar. 8, 2012

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM      11 more volunteers needed

If you would like to volunteer please contact:

B.J. Albrecht

801-678-8390

Albrecht.brian@dol.gov

POEC

Dear Parents,

It is time once again to elect the POEC Chair and Co-Chair for next year. The duties for each is as follows.

Chairman

1. Oversee Co-Chairman and committees.

2. Report to the Board of Directors

3. Preside at monthly POEC meetings.

5. Work with Chairmen o organize assigned committees.

Co-Chairman

1. Work with Chairmen to organize assigned committees

2. Review and improve Emergency preparedness plan yearly.

3. Report to committee activities at POEC meetings.

4. Act on behalf of President in his/her absence.

The roll of Co-chair is a 2 year position, you server as co-chair the first year and then serve as chair the second. Please know that the POEC can sponsor all the fun activities without parental support.

In addition to the elected offices the POEC is in need of volunteers to chair the Volunteer and Car pool Committe.

If you are interested in any of these position please email Brody Dezember at brodydezember@me.com no later than Monday, March 5, 2012. The elections will be held the following week.

Thanks for all your support,

POEC

Jazz Reading Contest

Our Usborne/ JAZZ reading contest will end on Tuesday Feb 21st. All reading minutes must be turned into your students teacher on Wed. Feb 22nd by 9:00A.M. in order for us to count them in our reading total. We have done well in the past and would like to continue this tradition. If you have lost your blue paper, make your own sheet and have a parent sign.


Usborne sponsor money is also due the week of Feb 22nd, please fill out the wish list and turn your envelope into the office, make checks payable to SAA POEC. Thank you for your participation. Go JAZZ!!!

Monday Messages

February 6-10 was National School Counselor week.  If you ever wonder what school counselors do here’s some information from the American School Counselor Association (ASCA).

Why Middle School Counselors?

Today’s young people are living in an exciting time, with an increasingly diverse society, new technologies, and expanding opportunities. To help ensure that they are prepared to become the next generation of parents, workers, leaders, and citizens, every student needs support, guidance, and opportunities during adolescence, a time of rapid growth and change. Early adolescents face unique and diverse challenges, both personally and developmentally, that have an impact on academic achievement.

Middle School Students' Developmental Needs
Middle school is an exciting, yet challenging time for students, their parents and teachers. During this passage from childhood to adolescence, middle school students are characterized by a need to explore a variety of interests, connecting their learning in the classroom to its practical application in life and work; high levels of activity coupled with frequent fatigue due to rapid growth; a search for their own unique identity as they begin turning more frequently to peers rather than parents for ideas and affirmation; extreme sensitivity to the comments from others; and heavy reliance on friends to provide comfort, understanding and approval.

Meeting the Challenge
Middle school counselors are professional educators with a mental health perspective who understand and respond to the challenges presented by today’s diverse student population. Middle school counselors do not work in isolation; rather they are integral to the total educational program. They provide proactive leadership that engages all stakeholders in the delivery of programs and services to help students achieve success in school. Professional school counselors align with the school’s mission to support the academic achievement of all students as they prepare for the ever-changing world of the 21st century. This mission is accomplished through the design, development, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive, developmental and systematic school counseling program. The ASCA National Standards in the academic, National Model: A Framework For School Counseling Programs, with its data driven and results-based focus serves as a guide for today’s school counselor who is uniquely trained to implement this program.

Middle School Counselors Implement the Counseling Program by Providing:

School Guidance Curriculum

·         Academic skills support

·         Organizational, study, and test-taking skills

·         Education in understanding self and others

·         Coping strategies

·         Peer relationships and effective social skills

·         Communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict resolution

·         Career awareness, exploration, and planning

·         Substance abuse education

·         Multicultural/diversity awareness

Individual Student Planning

·         Goal-setting/decision- making

·         Academic planning

·         Career planning

·         Education in understanding of self, including strengths and weaknesses

·         Transition planning

Responsive Services

·         Individual and small group counseling

·         Individual/family/school crisis intervention

·         Peer facilitation

·         Consultation/collaboration

·         Referrals

System Support

·         Professional development

·         Consultation, collaboration, and teaming

·         Program management and operation

http://www.schoolcounselor.org/content.asp?contentid=231

As the school counselor at SAA’s Jr. High I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support of this program.  As a team we can do great things for our students!

JANUARY DRAGON/STUDENT OF THE MONTH RECIPIENTS

SAA Jr. High students were honored on February 7^th for showing HONOR, which was our Principal’s Principle for the month of January.  Student of the Month is chosen by their classroom teacher and Dragon of the Month is voted on by all teachers.

Congratulations Student of the Month recipients

English 9                                English 8                        English 7

Drew Saddler                          Tannice Jensen                 Duncan Thompson         

Earth Systems                       Science 8                        Science 7

Jack Ence                               Nick Ludwick                   Anna Smith                        

Pre-Algebra                           Algebra 1                        Algebra B         

Brooke Bigger                         Kortney Gold                    Bailey Smith    

Geography                             US History                      Utah Studies                     

Tony Bittman                           Ellecyn Brimley                  Adam Amott     

Theater 1                               Photo 1                             PE 9

Jordan Willis                            Casie Wiggins                   Aleise Bailey      

Chamber Band                      Spanish 2                  Guitar                                         

Marissa McNamara                        Katie Short                               Ashley  Desmond                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Congratulations Dragon of the Month recipients!

9^th           Garrett Bitton, Marissa McNamara                                                                         

8^th           Logan Wright, Lidia Newman                    

7^th           Alex Allen, Victoria Womack      

The two winners of the Dragon tickets drawing were Casey Peterson and Kiyana Andersen.  Each received a $10 gift certificate.

Jazz Contest

After two weeks into our reading contest SAA has read 442,617 minutes.  We are almost ½ way to our school goal of 930,000 minutes.  Please continue to read and turn in your blue reading slip.  It is very important that everyone remember to turn in their last reading slip on Wed. Feb 22^nd.  This is the end of the contest and we will be out of school for five days, this is the only day we can count students reading minutes since they must be faxed to the JAZZ by 10:00 on Wed.  Please help us by remembering to return your slips on Feb 22^nd.  Don’t forget to get sponsors, Usborne books sponsors our reading contest, ½ of the money goes to the student to choose a book and ½ of the money goes to the library for books.  Thank you for participating in our Usborne/ JAZZ Contest.