On Monday, October 5th, Tailyr Peterson, Claire Stodtmeister, and Whitney Nielson, a part of Spanish Fork Drill Team, were chosen by their fellow teammates to go up to Taylorsville High School and try out to be a part of the 4A all-state drill team. Girls from all of the high school teams across Utah came together to learn a short routine and audition for the all-state team. The audition went very well. Both Tailyr and Claire along with girls from across the state of Utah, made the team and will have a chance to perform at the 4A basketball state championship game together.

October 8, 2010, Spanish Fork High School held another Spirit Bowl which consists of numerous competitions between sophomores, juniors, seniors and faculty. Among these competitions were musical chairs, crab soccer, dance off, cup stacking, and a relay race. In previous years, a tug-o-war was a competition but got replaced this year with the dance off. The Spirit Bowl started off with each class cheering as loudly as they could, showing their school spirit. According to Golden Money and Brooke Kramer, the seniors, class of 2011, were the loudest and started off the annual competition strong.

Spanish Fork High school has been working hard to improve their art work and to show off their hard work. They will be participating in the 5th Annual Peteetneet Gallery Juried High School Art Show. Their art work will be hung for six weeks in October and November. The art show will be judged, which gives the students a great opportunity to gain valuable experience in entering competitive shows, and displaying their art with great confidence. They will be judgedby presentation and judges will decide what makes the over-all "look".

Alyssa Wright, a senior at Spanish Fork High School, is doing an internship at the Provo Attorney General’s Office. She’s doing it during the morning hours. Most of her job is doing lots of filing and data entry. She goes to court and spends time with attorneys to gain experience concerning her career. She listens to conferences and learns about different parts of the law. A response was given by Mrs.

Elmo Keck, a former SFHS choir teacher, will be a guest conductor at the SFHS Fall Choir Concert on Oct. 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the Spanish Fork High School auditorium. Students have been preparing for this concert that will highlight some of the songs they will be singing on tour this year. This is the first time that Mr. Keck has been back to Spanish Fork High School to be a part of the award-winning excellence of SFHS choirs. The choirs will be performing an entertaining array of folksongs from around the world.

On Monday, September 27th, Matt Schron, an FBI agent, visited Spanish Fork High School. He came during lunch hour and spoke a little bit about his job and the essence of it. Gustavo Rocha, a student at SFHS, attended the presentation. He says, “I was interested in the FBI, because of my interest in law enforcement. Plus, I got detention credit, so why not?” According to Gustavo, there was a lot that was talked about in the presentation. Matt Schron showed many videos showing a variety of jobs that an FBI agent does.

Today the Spanish Fork High School Shakespeare Team left for Cedar City to compete at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. The team of actors and singers will be competing against several other schools in surrounding states. Lillian Gill, Marty Sperry, and Nicole Olsen will be competing in a scene from Richard III; Jared Tuckett and Hannah Carson will also be taking a scene from Richard III. Bonnie Miller, Raquel Adams, and Jen Grzybowski will all be competing with monologues, and all the actors will compete in an ensemble scene from Measure for Measure.

After Spanish Fork High School’s victory against Salem Hills, students and families were treated with an after party on wheels. A nationally recognized band called “This Is Your Band” came in on a semi truck with their lead guitarist Guy Golightly. Guy Golightly is recognized for his talent with the guitar, rated as one of the top ten players in the nation. Local members sang and danced along with their neighbor rocking his guitar.“This Is Your Band” has been playing all over the United States. Spanish Fork was lucky to have such a great band play on their field.

Last week, students from Spanish Fork High gathered in the commons area during lunch to sign up for the new clubs. Many clubs from past years returned, while others were making their big entrance. Students excitedly went around looking at what each club had to offer. Some of the returning clubs included Masque Club, Key Club, Hope Squad, Red Revival, and the Ping Pong Club. Masque Club is a club for anyone interested in acting and having fun. It is a way to get students out of their bubble and to become more comfortable in the world of acting. Key Club is a club based on service.