December 2017

Congratulations to our fabulous MNJHS Chess Team, led by advisors Kirk Wright and Scott McFarland.  Our Mt. Nebo Chess Tournament was a huge success with all players competing well.  The gold medal went to Adam Coates, silver to Lane Lindstrom, and bronze to Luke Dalley.  Treven Asay, Jason Flinders, and Keller Stinson received ribbons for their outstanding performance. 

The new Chess Club presidency is as follows:

Adam Coates - President

Lane Lindstrom - Vice President

Luke Dalley - Secretary

Treven Asay, Jason Flinders, Keller Stinson - Advisors

Mt Nebo will be competing in the District Chess Tournament on February 24th.

Go Panthers!

MNJHS will present their Christmas Choir Concert tonight at 7pm in the Payson High School auditorium.  It will be a wonderful night full of song and celebration.  Everyone is welcome to attend!

Hear the ROAR! A Panther is: RESPECTFUL, OUTSTANDING, ACADEMIC and RESPONSIBLE! Congratulations to Oscar Carreno and Casey Fitzgerald for being nominated as our MNJHS Panthers of the Day on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Oscar was nominated by Mrs. Miller for making meaningful contributions to class and being a good example. Casey was nominated by Mrs. Johnson for being willing to participate in class.

Hear the ROAR! A Panther is: RESPECTFUL, OUTSTANDING, ACADEMIC and RESPONSIBLE! Congratulations to Hayden Conrad and Paige Pierre for being nominated as our MNJHS Panthers of the Day on Monday, December 11, 2017. Hayden was nominated by Mrs. Johnson for always being willing to help others.  Paige was nominated by Mrs. Miller for respectfully participating and setting a great example in class.  

Congratulations Mrs. Keetch, MNJHS Speech Specialist!

Kjirsten Keetch, speech specialist at Mt. Nebo Junior, said of her recent Nebo Education Grant, “Thank you so much for the receipt of this grant that will be so helpful toward making improvements in the speech and language services we offer our students at Mt. Nebo Junior. With the SKILL program, I'll be implementing the strategies to improve comprehension of all types of reading and spoken narratives for students with language impairments. This will also help in areas such as vocabulary, sentence complexity, and comprehension. For me, this means a lot because language impairment is so complex, and if students don't have a solid foundation for the parts and flow of narratives, it is difficult for them to build on other language skills.  The students will be directly benefited from this generous donation.”

Thank you Nebo Education Foundation!

Our MNJHS Band will be performing a concert this evening at Payson High School from 7-8pm.  Everyone is welcome to attend.  Students in Choir or General Music classes can attend for concert attendance credit points. (There will no concert attendance opportunities after Christmas so make sure to attend a concert soon!)

Our MNJHS Panther Boys and Girls basketball teams will be playing Salem Jr. High at 3:30pm today, Dec. 11th.  Head on over to Salem Jr. to watch the games and cheer our students on!

GO PANTHERS!

Hear the ROAR! A Panther is: RESPECTFUL, OUTSTANDING, ACADEMIC and RESPONSIBLE! Congratulations to Mallory Chapman for being nominated as our MNJHS Panther of the Day on Friday, December 8, 2017. Mallory was nominated by Mrs. Johnson for being kind and thoughtful.

Congratulations to Steffanie Zavala for being selected as the Utah Valley Student Of The Week!  Steffanie is a 9th grade student at MNJHS.  She is active In LIA (Latinos In Action), Student Council, and National Junior Honor Society. Steffanie is a hardworking student who mentors elementary students and loves helping others.

Read the full Daily Herald Article.

Congratulations to Amber Capell, a math teacher at MNJHS, for being selected as the Utah Valley Educator of the Week! Mrs. Capell also won the Crystal Apple in 2013, and Teacher of the Year for MNJHS in 2016-2017. Principal Troy Peterson said, “Amber has been instrumental is implementing math curriculum changes within our school and the district.” Mrs. Capell is an amazing teacher and great support to students at MNJHS! 

Read the full Daily Herald Article.