Diamond Fork Junior High School’s National Junior Honor Society has
been working dilligently on a service project for the last few months.
They have been cutting plastic grocery bags into strips and sending
them to mothers in Africa to crochet into baskets.  Honor Society
member Kiera Barton reported, “We fold regular white plastic grocery
bags a certain way and then cut them into 1-inch strips.  We roll them
up and are able to fit about fifty finished bags into a larger bag.
Afterwards, the two ladies in charge of the project pick them up from

Character Education students at Diamond Fork Junior High School have been busy.  Every Friday of the school year this class of 33 seventh graders collects hundreds of pounds of used paper to recycle.  After visiting each room in this school of over 1,400 students, the used paper is then hauled to the back parking lot and deposited into the recycling bin.  This recycled paper is purchased by a recycling company, which generates over $300 a year.
 

Each year Diamond Fork Junior High holds Fitness Day. Fitness Day is an opportunity to celebrate fitness and encourage healthy choices among the student body.  This year, Fitness Day will be held on Tuesday, May 22nd.  A 5K (2.5 mile) run will be held for any interested students and adults.

The Maple Mountain Soccer boys JV team has come to Diamond Fork.  Diamond Fork is home to 11 of the 22 kids that play on the Maple Mountain JV team, and one student that plays on both the Varsity and JV teams.  Diamond Fork students who are team members include Jaden Wagner, Joe Rawl, Joe Phelps, Trevor Jacobsen, Will Grahram, Drew Huffman, Logan Brower, Kelly Jones, John Chappell, Jaden Wagner, Alex Kessinger, and Renzo Barreta. It is very unusual that more than half of a high school team comes from a junior high.  The JV record currently is 2-3.

The DFJHS track team held a meeting on March 8th to discuss track team events and ensure that proper forms were completed by doctors and parents to give permission for athletes to participate on the track team.  Diamond Fork has four track coaches; two of them are distance coaches and two are sprinting coaches.  The two distance coaches are Coach Claybaugh and Coach Dowse and the two sprinting coaches are Coach Richards and Coach Draper.  All of the coaches work extremely hard so that Diamond Fork can have an outstanding track team. 

Maria Lewis, health teacher and yearbook advisor at Diamond Fork Junior High School, was honored by her fellow faculty members as this year's winner of the Crystal Apple Award.  Maria has taught at Diamond Fork since the school's opening in 1997.  Maria is known for her dedication to her students and her amazingly positive demeanor.  A fellow teacher observed, "Maria is always positive and upbeat.  No matter what challenges she is facing away from school she is always positive, smiling and a fun to be around.

Miss Anderson’s English class held a mock Supreme Court regarding the
case of T.L.O. vs New Jersey that took place in 1985. The case
concerned the search and seizure of a girl’s bag who had been smoking
in a restroom at the high school. Six students played the role of
lawyers, and there were nine justices and a handful of court
reporters. Many arguments were brought up from both sides about
whether or not the search conducted by the vice principal of the

Students from Diamond Fork Junior High School's drama department
recently performed Beauty and the Beast.  After months of hard work
and diligent preparation the play went off perfectly. Many students
contributed to the success of the play including John Baadsgaard who
played the beast, Michelle Gunderson who played Belle, Lumear was
played by Brandon Bundy, Babet was played by Yvonne Bass, the
enchantress was played by Ashley Chidester, Cogsworth was played by

Recently students at Diamond Fork Junior High were rewarded for their
good grades by attending an ice skating field trip at Peaks Ice Arena
during Diamond Back Day.  Diamond Back Day is a unique reward system
where once every term students get to attend a field trip if they have
good citizenship and academic grades.  Each term features a different
field trip.  Third term the students went ice skating, and for fourth

Diamond Fork Junior High School’s National Junior Honor Society has
been working on a service project since the beginning of January.
They have been cutting plastic grocery bags into strips and sending
them to mothers in Africa to crochet into baskets.  Honor Society
member Kiera Barton reported, “We fold regular white plastic grocery
bags a certain way and then cut them into 1-inch strips.  We roll them