Providence Hall Junior High

Good Evening Patriots,

We hope you all had a wonderful weekend and were able to enjoy some time relaxing or running around like crazy, whichever one brings you the most joy.

I wanted to start off by thanking you all from the bottom of my heart for all of the kind emails and messages we got regarding the outcome of our movie night. It was once again a reminder of how lucky we are to have the opportunity to work in this community. While the outcome was not as we had envisioned, and was definitely a lesson in humility. Here at PHJH, we are firm believers in the power of failure, but man, this one for us was a doozy with a little extra spice dumped on the wounds. We learned some good lessons, one of which is that we have a movie curse, and it is vital for our survival that we avoid them at all costs going forward. 😂

After a good night of sleep and a large glass of chocolate milk, I woke up thinking an equal travesty to having to shut the event down was the loss of all of the exposure to the CLASSIC references that the kids missed!!! They robbed themselves of some priceless conversational tools... Insanely immense education and life lesson opportunities were lost that night.

Parents...The passing of this essential knowledge is in your hands now.

Without you, they will never know the meanings behind...

"Sweep the leg"

"Wax on, wax off"

"Paint the Fence"

“Man who catch fly with chopstick, accomplish anything.”

In all seriousness, though, Patriots, while we were super sad about the behavior at the event and the way it ended, we are firm believers in the power of learning from our mistakes, resetting, and trying again.

We can not wait to see your beautiful faces tomorrow!

As always Patriots...

You are LOVED!!!

Mrs. Summers

Mrs. Turley

Mr. Joyce

Hello Patriots,

I was asked to share a little about myself with all of you, so here you go...

I graduated from BYU with a Bachelors in Elementary Education. After teaching 5th grade in Houston, Texas (yay Texas!) I decided that the aspects of education that I love more closely align with the job of a school counselor, and so it was time to go back to school! I'm now a full-time Grad Student through Utah State University, and I will graduate this year with my Masters in School Counseling. Before I became a Patriot, I worked at Summit Academy in K-12 in several different roles; Math Interventionist, ELL Coordinator, Gifted and Talented Specialist, and High School Counselor. I love working with kids of all ages and am excited to be working with kids right in the middle.

Some fun facts about me- I have chronic hiccups. I'm not sure why, but I hiccup about once every hour.

I'm a theater kid! I will always wear that badge proudly. I've never met a more loving, inclusive group than a group of theater kids (young or old)

My favorite form of self-care is painting my nails. They are a new color every week.

I am fascinated by people- why they do what they do, and why they think what they think. If you want to discuss court cases, true crime, mystery novels, psychology, or moral or ethical debates- I'm your gal.

Thank you for welcoming me with open arms!!!

Celeste Van Valkenburg (Miss V)

School Counselor Last Name A-K

Providence Hall Junior High

cvanvalkenburg@providencehall.com

Our Elementary, Junior High, and High School Patriots all got a chance to go and spend a day at the Charter Day On The Hill during School Choice Week. We were given a special tour of the Utah State Capitol and got to hear Governor Cox give a short speech about education. We ended the day with PHHS Guitar class giving an amazing performance.

Thank you to Mr. Marchall, Mr. Fry, and Ms. Palma for making the day a day to remember.

Last night we had our first annual National History Day Night. These are the amazing junior high students who made it to Regions, which will be held on March 9th at the Taylorsville campus of Salt Lake Community College.

6th Graders:

1. Brynlee Blanchard, Makenzie Cook, and Ennalynn Lomu and their exhibit on Corrie Ten Boom

2. Camilia Della with her exhibit on Christopher Columbus

3. Katherine Hawkins, with her Documentary on Louis Armstrong

4. Vicente Diaz, Angelo Palma, and Lucas Scherf, with their documentary on Simon Bolivar

7th Graders

1. Laura Bullen and Norah Stewart with the exhibit on the Oxford Dictionary

2. Paige Anae, Elise Gilham, and Aspyn Patterson and their exhibit on Racism in Sports

3. Mackenzie Winslow with her paper on the Social Commentary of J.R.R. Tolkien

8th Graders

1. Miley Buttars and Emelia Fry and their exhibit on Harriet Tubman

2. Marley Halversen, Meliana Haugatau, and Dante Cedeno and their exhibit on the Oklahoma Land Rush

3. Reema Al Saadi and April Aguayo and their exhibit on the Discovery of Penicillin

4. Abigail Rasmuson with her paper on Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

5. Gianna Wynn, Isabella York, Lola Lounsbury, and Kellyn Madeo with their exhibit on Women's Suffrage after the 19th Amendment

6. Emilia Chiarenza, Michelle Naksone, and Charley Peterson with their exhibit on Susan B. Anthony

7. Carter Bell and Jared Alzamora with their exhibit on Hank "the Hammer" Aaron

8. Kellyn Madeo and her documentary on the Discovery of Anesthesia

9. Halle Francis, Sophia Legendre, and Brooke Nilson with their documentary on Resistance in the Holocaust

10. Jackson Gray, Noah Johnson, and Caden Lee and their Documentary on the Logistics of D-Day

11. Aubrey Enger and her performance about Lucille Ball the Queen of Comedy

This year with all three grades participating, we had close to 60 different projects with close to 130 students who worked on researching and creating these fantastic projects. I love doing this project with these students because they have a passion for their projects but also learn about being flexible and communicating with each other to create a historical argument in different ways.

We are so proud of each and every student that participated this year!

Mrs. Winslow

Mrs. Rauch

As we transition from IB to our Patriot Pathways program, we want to start recognizing students that have been shining in each of our Pathway Areas. All of the students are teacher nominated and we are excited to celebrate our Patriots each month.

Each Pathway Is Listed Below

P-Performing Arts

A-Accelerated Learner

T-Trailblazer

R-Reach and Rise

I-Innovator

O-Occupational Exploration

T-Trades

Now is a great time to talk to your students about their SRI and SMI scores. Some great talking points include.

• Do you know what your SRI and SMI scores are?
• Do you remember what your growth goals were?
• Do you know what the SRI and SMI scores mean?

We are working really hard to help our kids take the steering wheel with their learning, so the more we can ask them questions and remain curious, the more success our students will see.