December 2010

Last week, the Utah Career Based Transition students held their own talent show. The UCBT class is for students with special needs. The talent show was combined with all the other schools in the region excluding Uintah because they didn’t want to make the drive. The teachers love to put on the talent show so their students can perform their special talents in front of students who are just like them. This was the second annual talent show, and it has been held at Spanish Fork both years.

An addiction is never easy to overcome. Students in Spanish Fork High School’s AP psychology class learned this the hard way. The assignment was to live an addiction for 48 hours. Each student was required to have a three foot long piece of twine touching their skin at all times for the length of the simulation. This was to signify the outward signs of addiction such as needle marks. Not to mention, it was a constant reminder of the addiction, because it was uncomfortable.

On Tuesday, December 14, Spanish Fork High School will hold the annual Christmas Choral Gala. This festive evening will be filled with music, treats, and elegant decorations. The Gala will feature award winning choirs from SFHS as well as a flute soloist from BYU. This event is the main fundraiser for the choir program as well as their annual tour. Patrons should arrive to the dessert reception at 6:30 p.m. in the commons to enjoy hot cocoa, tasty desserts, and live music; the concert will begin at 7:00 in the auditorium.

On the day of October 18th, Spanish Fork's very own, talented Elliot Naulu placed 2nd in the 4A state golf tournament. The tournament took place at Sunbrook Golf course in St George. Elliot was asked to recount his experience at state and how he felt about the tournament. On the first day, he shot a 75 and the leader was only three strokes ahead with a 72. On the second day, he was 3 under going onto hole 16. Coach Rogers looked at the scores and said Elliot needed to birdie those next three holes to beat the leader. Elliot got up to the green and ended up with a par.

Spanish Fork PTSA students gave a little back on Tuesday, Nov. 22 to one of their proud sponsors “Jaxies”. While cleaning Jaxies, the students came to know the manager and the business. While the students were sweeping, dusting, and cleaning all around, the manager came to serve the students with hot chocolate. As Jaxies has only been in Spanish Fork a couple of years, they are known for their sandwiches and hot drinks. The students would like to send a special thanks to the managers, Roger and Dee for all their help during the service project.

SFHS Swimmers Excel at Competition by Golden Money The Spanish Fork High School swim team recently participated in a region swim meet at Springville on Monday, November 29. The team did extremely well at this meet. They came in second place and held close to Springville who led the competition. Among the individual swimmers at the meet, Jesse Roberts did very well and placed first in the majority of his matches. The Dons continue to do well as they traveled to Cedar City for a two -day meet.

The week before Thanksgiving, the entire National Honors Society of Spanish Fork gathered together. This was to organize food they had collected to bring Thanksgiving dinner to those who couldn’t afford it. They spent their first few hours buying the turkeys and organizing the food. Once they had it organized, they stayed up late delivering turkeys, potatoes and other Thanksgiving essentials through the snowy November evening. The NHS members worked to serve and the recipients were delighted to find that they could have a great meal for their family on Thanksgiving.

SFHS students spent their Thanksgiving break visiting residents in the Spanish Fork Nursing Home. Due to the stormy weather, some of the resident’s families were not able to visit them for the holiday. Kenya Jimenez, Freddy Jimenez and Alexandra Cia helped keep the residents company and hoped to make the Thanksgiving Spirit more prevalent. The Residents were very grateful for the students to give their time, and for bringing their homemade cookies and treats. The students felt very grateful for the opportunity to give their time, and the chance to get to know the residents.

Thursday, November 18, Spanish Fork Letterman’s Club had the opportunity to go to East Meadows Elementary school and read to the little kids, K-6th grades. They read to them for about fifteen minutes, and then they played at recess with them. At recess, there were a lot of different activities going on, depending on age and gender. They played for fifteen minutes and then came back to school. This was a great experience for everyone involved. The kids kept asking when they were going to come back.

The Concert Band and the Marching Band came together to put on a beautiful concert for their friends and family. It took place in the Main Gym at 7 o’ clock, and they performed for roughly an hour. The students had been working hard on these pieces since the first week of school, and it was finally time to show off what they had accomplished. Kyle Lowe, a member of the concert band, excitedly explained about his favorite song, a piece from the Phantom of the Opera.