November 2017

Basketball season has officially begun here at Diamond Fork. Both boys and girls played hard and battled in their games against Orem Jr. Although we didn't come out victorious in either game, we learned a lot and look forward to games again Thursday the 30th here against Spanish Fork Jr at 3:30. 

Our Boys and Girls basketball teams begin their season this week. They will host two home games, both start at 3:30 PM. On Tuesday the 28th they will play Orem Jr. High, and on Thursday the 30th they will host crosstown rival Spanish Fork Jr. High. Good luck to all the players and coaches this week and this season!

For the 11th consecutive year we head into Thanksgiving break led by our amazingly talented students. The STARS assembly is a fantastic tradition put on by Mrs. Poulsen, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Tippetts, and their amazing stage crew. This year was awesome as always, with a variety of performances. Thanks to all involved, please visit our Facebook page for a video of today's show!

• Because of the amazing support of our students, community, and faculty the food drive was a huge success. Our school raised over 46,000 food items and over $4,000 for our local food bank. Part of the food drive cash donations are being used this week to provide 352 turkeys, 550 turkey tins, and 200 pound of yams to needy families this Thanksgiving. We easily surpassed our school goal of raising 25,000 food items.

Because of the amazing support of our students, community, and faculty the food drive was a huge success. Our school raised over 46,000 food items and over $4,000 for our local food bank. We easily surpassed our school goal of raising 25,000 food items.The food bank would like to sincerely thank everyone at our school for participating, and a special thank you to all those fun-loving, competitive faculty members who make our school's food drive such a good time.

Tomorrow is the last day of our Food Drive. We are asking everyone in the school to bring at least one can tomorrow to help us hit our goal of 25,000 items. Right now Claybaugh is in the lead, but the others are not far behind!

The Diamond Fork musical this year will be Disney's Mulan. There will be an information meeting right after school on Thursday, November 16th in the cafeteria. The musical is open to all interested students. Please plan on attending the meeting tomorrow if you are interested in participating in the production. Auditions will be held on November 28th and 29th. 

Mrs. Draper and her students have been incubating eggs for the last several weeks and they are beginning to hatch! It's so cool to see Science alive in the classroom!

Thanks to everyone that tried out. 
Coach Gull and Coach Carroll 
appreciate the hard work, talent, and 
hustle of everyone. Here are the individuals
that will be representing 
Diamond Fork Junior High Diamondbacks:

Blancher Matthew
Blanthorn Derek
Bliss Bryson
Butler Marcus
Hall Bridger
Huntington Cade
McQuivey Bryson
Mercado Kyler
Mott Korbin
Pearce Carter
Trane Jake
Wahinehookae Isaac
Wright Zach

Team Managers:
Quincy Rogers
Jordan Parks
Sam Lopez
Spencer Harward

Words cannot even begin to describe the best librarian in the world- but if they could it would be Ellen-Anita Olson at Diamond Fork. Reading nights and weekends, it is not an exaggeration to bet that Ellen-Anita has read ever young adult book in our library. She can personally recommend a book based on a student’s personality and reading preferences. Pre-ordering and deal seeking, she gets the next book in the series for our avid readers even before the bookstores. English teachers bring their students in for her engaging book talks and critiques of the latest new reads.