The PTA Reflections program encourages students to explore their artistic
talents by creating works of art for fun and recognition. Local winners
in each category go on to compete at the council, region, and state
levels. This year's theme is “Believe, Dream, Inspire” and includes the
categories of Dance Choreography, Film Production, Music Composition,
Literature, Visual Arts, 3-Dimensional Artwork, and Photography. Entry
Take a bow. The Shakespeare team brought 3rd place overall home to Spanish Fork High School after their competition at Southern Utah University in Cedar City October 3 through October 5.
The SFHS team competed against 30 other schools from Utah and neighboring states.
Kenny White and Jessica Peabody placed first with their scene from Measure for Measure. They each received a $1000 scholarship to an acting camp at SUU.
In the past three years, Spanish Fork High School has been leading Nebo School District in the number of students enrolled in concurrent enrollment with UVU, and "we're getting better," says Dave McKee, principal of of SFHS.
Since the fall of 2011, SFHS has had 193 more students enroll in classes for concurrent enrollment, making a grand total of 884. This bests most of the other schools in the district by 300 students or more. Salem Hills is the exception, coming in closest to Spanish Fork with 803 students in concurrent enrollment classes.
Ryan Kunzler teaches Spanish 2, Spanish 3, and Spanish 4 at Spanish Fork High School. He is in his second year, and he says he can't think of anything he doesn't like about it. Kunzler's favorite part of teaching is the students.
Kunzler was born August 4 and grew up in South Carolina. He attended BYU and now lives with his wife and two children, Ryan and Emma. While they don't focus on it, Kunzler and his wife try to teach their children a little Spanish by speaking it at home.
Representatives from Utah's colleges and universities spent the morning at Spanish Fork High School on September 25, 2013 to take part in the annual college fair for seniors.
After a keynot address in the auditorium, seniors could select three college presentations to attend. Schools from Utah State to Dixie State and everywhere in between were represented.