Mr. Chipman teaching one of his 8th grade U.S. History classes.Carolyn Brown
SJHS Staff Writer
This year the Springville Junior High School has gotten many new teachers, and one of them is Mr. Michael Chipman. He teaches U.S. History for the eighth graders. He teaches Geography first semester and World History the second semester for the ninth graders. “I love working with all of the kids. It is amazing to see how they can change and improve,” said Mr. Chipman.
The students that have him are very glad that they were able to be in his class. “He helps me to get better grades, and I really like that,” Afton Brown, one of his students, said. Another student, Rebekah McClain, said this about the way he teaches, “If any of the students have a question he talks with them personally, I think that is really cool.”
One of the most popular things that he does is a Current Events Day; every Tuesday he takes time away from normal class lessons, and he and the students have a discussion about the things that are going on in right now in the USA. Sometimes the students have to read a news article or watch a news program and write half a page on it, but most of the time they just discuss the event as a class. Since the class has been studying the Revolutionary War he sometimes has the students get in groups and do presentations on things like important people or major battles. “I like how he is able to make history fun and interesting for me,” said Rebekah McClain. As you can see, Mr. Chipman is a great addition to the faculty here at Springville Junior High School.
