4A State Debate Held

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4A State Debate was held last week at the New West Lake High School. Mackenzi Burns and Sam Golightly took 5th placed in Policy Debate and got into the Quarter Finals. Other members of our Debate team did well in Public Form, Lincoln-Douglas, Ovatory, Impromptu and Student Congress- Congratulations on a job well done. Pictured: Back row: Peter Bradford and Alyssa Wright. Middle Row: Wesley Curtin, Sarah Nelson, Mackenzi Berns, Katelyn Johnson, Ariana Lilly, Alexandra Argyle, and Jake Muhlstein.
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by Alexandra Argyle

Dance Company Wows Crowd

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Spanish Fork High School’s Dance Company had its tenth year annual Dance Company Showcase on Tuesday March 9th 2010. Studios from all over Spanish Fork came and performed as a fundraiser. There had a successful turnout. The Dance Company started out the evening with the piece “Midnight” choreographed by Leah Vincent and ended with “Shadow” by Jocelyn Waite. Throughout the program they performed “Dance of the Peacock” by Karen Oldham and numerous studios performed as well. The Dance Company performed beautifully throughout the night and everything ran smoothly.
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by Kambri Shenk

Spanish Fork High School Prepares for Skills USA Competition

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Skills USA competition is coming up really fast. The competitors from Spanish Fork High School are extremely excited and are practicing really hard. The Skills USA competition is a big gathering of students and teachers from around the state who love careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations. This program helps students to gain a feel for a career in something that they enjoy doing. There are students from Spanish Fork High School that are going to Skills USA to compete in Automotive Refinishing, Automotive Dent Repair, Welding, Wood Working, Culinary Arts, and many more.
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by Shon Tomadakis

SFHS students named Academic All State

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Dallin Parkinson

Dallin Parkinson, a senior at Spanish Fork High school and captain of the swim team has received Academic All-State for swimming. Dallin is the son of Cameron and Marlene Parkinson. “I would like to thank both my parents for their patience and help on those late night English essays, and their support in all my academic goals. I would also like to thank my mom for first getting me started in swimming and my dad for the encouragement and motivation to get faster times than he did when we was swimming.”

New Las Chalitas Drill Team Chosen

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The year has gone by quickly for the Las Chalitas drill team. This year’s team represented Spanish Fork very well and brought life to SFHS campus. The girls really showed what it meant to be a Las Chalita. This week it was time to pick out a new team for the 2010-2011 school year. This week the senior girls put on workshops Monday-Wednesday morning from 6:30-7:30am. The tryouts were Thursday afternoon, and the new team was decided Thursday night. For some it is another year filled with excitement and never ending fun. But, for others it will be an amazing first time experience.

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Taylor Nelson

SFHS PRO START Begins New Competition

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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.
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Candace Wride

DECA Club Goes National

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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.
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Danielle Jones

SFHS Choirs Go to California

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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.
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Andi Smiley and Kristie Stoneman

Hope Squad Focuses on Fun

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Spanish Fork High School’s Hope Squad had a ton of fun activities planned for Hope Week. On Monday, students learned suicide statistics and passed out “life savers.” The rest of the week included arm wrestling competition, clash day, and door decorating contests. Students also bought a rubber duck for just one buck and their name was entered into a drawing. “The winners of the drawing received gift certificates to all sorts of places around town,” said Candace Wride, a Hope Squad member.

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Shanice Szalkowski

Madri Gras Held at Spanish Fork High School

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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.
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Miguel Jimenez