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HOPE Squad: Our first annual MARCH FOR HOPE is coming soon! All of Nebo district's HOPE Squads as well as anyone interested in joining the walk are welcome to march. HOPE Squad members will wear their HOPE shirts from their different schools.  Everyone can bring banners and posters promoting hope, mental health awareness, and positive messages. They can also bring lanterns, glow sticks, flashlights, etc. since it will start to get dark during the walk.

Last Thursday Mr. Tuckett's 5th period Concert Choir class could be heard singing a Polynesian song with a touch of the Haka. Each term when the students have perfected their songs, Mr. Tuckett allows them to sing it in the front foyer of the school under some incredible acoustics. The students enjoy doing this and those in the neighboring offices and classrooms are drawn into the front hall to watch as they follow the sounds of beautiful melodies. Thank you Concert Choir and Mr. Tuckett for the wonderful music. 

Last week Ms. Hanks class continued the dissection unit to include pigs. Students worked together in groups to observe differences between the reptilian and mammalian anatomy and physiology. Students also learned proper dissection technique and conduct, lab report procedures and analysis and the importance of set up and clean up before and after the lab. 

When asked about overall impressions of the labs, students stated:

Diamond Fork Parents,

Fourth term is upon us as we wind down from the school musical and next year’s school registrations and gear up for spring sports, musical performances, Diamondback Days, and academic achievements. Teachers continue to prepare students to take their knowledge to the next level by teaching skills such as inference, comparing and contrasting, cause and effect, and evaluation embedded within math, science, PE, health and social studies lessons.

Recently, students were asked to write to Barnes & Noble to nominate a favorite teacher. 9th grader Kynsie Hone took on the challenge and chose to write a poem entitled, "The Best Teacher Ever" about 9th grade English teacher, Mrs. Moses. DFJHS was informed that Mrs. Moses won one of the awards! Thank you, Kynsie and congratulations Mrs. Moses!