!st Row: Marlee Olson, Claire Stodtmiester, Tailyr Peterson, Brenley Shenk, Alisha Boyack, McKenzie Murphy, Linzi Leifson 2nd Row: Kailey Doty, Leslie Beck, Tiffany Wyson, Bailey Diamond, Paige Stodtmiester, Samme Pruit, Taylor Baum, 3rd Row: Whitney Nielson, Kennedy Andersson, Jenna Lewis, Alyse VanAusdal, Cassie Cooper, Audra Dedrickson, Jori Pace, Officers: 1st Row: Whitney Nielson-President, Claire Stodtmiester-Asst Drill Mistress, Leslie Beck-Spirit Leader/secretary, Tailyr Peterson-Drill MIstress 2nd t Row: Mckenzie Murphy-Publicity Rep, Marlee Olson-Uniform Mistress, Brenley Shenk-As

This year, the Spanish Fork High School vocal jazz choir has transformed into a female force called Las Voces Hermosas. This all girl ensemble participated this last week in the SLCC’s vocal jazz festival in Salt Lake City. While working with the clinicians, the group was impressive enough to receive an invitation to perform in the evening concert featuring jazz professionals Kerry Marsh and Julia Dollison. Las Voces Hermosas will be featured in the upcoming SFHS Spring Sing on May 18th.

Sophomore week was a big success at Spanish Fork High School. It was kicked off with a pizza party. For only two dollars students could get two pieces of pizza and a soda along with a live band, who performed in the gym during lunch. Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 was “hug-a-sophomore day;” all students were encouraged to hug their favorite sophomore. The next activity of the week was the Battle of the Sexes Spirit Bowl. Students of opposite genders competed in the games to see which gender would be named Battle of the Sexes Champion.

Sandra Vergara, a student at Spanish Fork High School, took first place in Region with her Reflections project. The project consisted of a video depicting what beauty is, which was the theme for this year’s Reflections contest. She received a certificate and a medal for winning Region, and will soon advance to the State competition. She said this about winning Region, “I felt really good; when I got the letter I screamed at the top of my lungs.” She was inspired to do her project after reading a book about Philosophy.

FCCLA, (Family Career and Community Leaders of America), student Amberly Larsen who is the state officer of FCCLA was awarded a scholarship for her interest in the field of family and consumer science education. The requirements needed for this scholarship was her participation in FCCLA for two years, fill out an application and be interviewed as well. She has proven her leadership skills through her hard work and dedication and she was one of the four candidates that received this prestigious scholarship.

Spanish Fork High School has an internship program like no other. It is great seeing students taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity. It assists students that are not quite sure what they want to pursue in a future career or helps them gain experience in a career field they are interested in. Candace Wride has just completed an internship at Peak’s Therapy here in Spanish Fork. She performed a variety of tasks while interning here. She would observe patient procedures while assisting the physical therapist by getting heat and ice packs.

On Tuesday, March 16th, a benefit concert was held for the Red Cross to support the various countries that were devastated by natural disasters. The concert opened up around 6:00 pm to the Art Gallery that was created by the art students. The Jazz band started off the musical section at 6:30. They played several pieces including “Night in Tunisia” and “How High the Moon.” The concert band then performed and played “Washington Post March” and an old classic called “The First Suite in Eb” by Holst.

Agricultural Education has proven to hold true to its legacy in our community through the accomplishments of members of the Spanish Fork FFA Chapter. Recently Spanish Fork FFA had the opportunity of attending the Utah FFA Association State Convention in Cedar City. Many Spanish Fork members competed. Cody Cornaby won Star State Greenhand in Agricultural Placement. Kayden Worthington won first place in swine production, Chaleesa Warren won Star State in Agribusiness. Spanish Fork's parliamentary procedure team took 4th place.

Recently, Spanish fork was granted the presence of Jared McNaughton. Mr. McNaughton is a specialist in the field of animal embryo transplant. The students were entertained as McNaughton explained the things involved in his job. He mentioned how he mainly works with animals of the bovine category. He has preserved some embryos from some top cows. He told of the equipment he uses, a large glove. He informed the students of ways to get into the job. Overall, Spanish Fork High School students were very glad he came.