March 2010

On March 4th Spanish Fork High School’s Pro Start team consisting of Casey Shakespeare, Anjuli Humphreys, Sara Almanza, Mathew Christiansen and Sarah Nelson, competed in the Pro Start foods competition held in Salt Lake City. During this competition, the team was required to prepare a three course meal in under one hour. The team prepared a delicious meal which was then judged by a panel of judges, which consisted of chefs and restaurant owners. Throughout this completion the team was also expected to fabricate a chicken into eight parts showing their knife skills.

DECA is a marketing club that focuses mainly on business. The members of DECA have the opportunity to compete in a business competition, all with high hopes to make it to state and do well with their deep knowledge of business which would then carry them to Nationals. Every year the first place winners of the state competition move on to nationals which is being held in Kentucky this year. Only few from Spanish Fork High School have made it in recent years, and this year Tanner Holt and Preston McConnell took the first place position for our state under the Virtual Business category.

On March 17, the choirs from Spanish Fork high School will head to California. The choirs have put in long hours of practice and hard work preparing for the festival competitions in Anaheim. The choirs will arrive early Thursday morning and will spend the day in Disneyland. The Spanish Fork Singers have the unique opportunity of performing in the park. The following day, they will travel to a local college to compete against choirs from across the nation. Last year the Singers received the prestigious Adjudicators Award as well as gold in the Show Choir competition.

Spanish Fork High School’s French Club threw a Mardi Gras party in the Commons at SFHS. Mardi Gras or carnival season (in English) refers to the events of the Carnival Celebrations beginning on or after Epiphany and ending on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday; this is when they would eat richer, fatty foods before the fasting of the Lenten which started Ash Wednesday. New Orleans is famous for its Mardi Gras celebrations and size of parties.

Dallas Smith, student at Spanish Fork High School, interns with the police department in Spanish Fork. “Learning the laws and getting to pull people over is a lot of fun,” says Smith. Smith also gets to learn how to process papers and other things at the police station. Dallas gets to work with the City Attorney sitting through court trials. He wants to continue his education at Dixie State College.

On March 16th, Spanish Fork High School’s Band and Orchestra’s will be holding a Benefit Concert for the Red Cross. The Band Presidency, with senior Taylor Allred as President, decided to have a benefit concert to donate to others around the world, especially in light of the many disasters recently, settling on the Red Cross as the recipient of any money collected. Playing their festival pieces, performances will include the Jazz Band, Concert Band, Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Symphonic Orchestra.

Spanish Fork High School may have lost some of its numbers with the building of two new schools, but that doesn’t mean it lost any generosity or caring for others. When the massive earthquake hit Haiti, the National Honor Society of SFHS took charge of a fundraiser to send some Spanish Fork Don support to Haiti. The whole school took part by donating money, personal care items, and writing letters for the Haitian people. Not long after, news spread about another earthquake, in Chile.

Spanish Fork High School’s choir, Singers, went to two of the elementary schools in the Spanish Fork area and performed some of their musical selections for them. They went to Brockbank Elementary on February 26, 2010 and to Riverview Elementary on February 19, 2010. They also performed at Spanish Fork Jr. High on February 16th, 2010. When asked why they did this, Shea Bradshaw the teacher said, “We wanted to give our elementary schools a great free assembly.

February 16-21, Spanish Fork Las Chalitas got the chance to go to Florida to perform in Downtown Disney located in Disneyworld. They performed Thursday February 18 on a stage inside Downtown Disney. Their performance included many of their dances including camp and competition routines. They also had solo's performed by Kambri Shenk and Katelyn Swenson. After their performances they were awarded with a Mickey Mouse trophy to put in their school for a wonderful performance to share with the people in Disneyworld. They enjoyed their trip and loved the warm weather for a week.