The choirs at Spanish Fork High School had the opportunity to sing at Temple Square last Thursday, December 17. They sang songs that they performed for their gala in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and the Assembly Hall. Many families of members of the choirs attended as well as people already visiting Temple Square. Bonnie Miller, a junior in Concert Choir said, “I like singing at Temple Square because when we do we are united, it brings us together, and helps us feel the true meaning of Christmas and I love sharing that experience with other people.” Shea Bradshaw conducted the choirs.

December 7th through the 11th was DECA and FBLA Week at SFHS. These are the two business clubs at Spanish Fork High School. There were a number of activities to get the school involved and aware of business and marketing education in the school. Wednesday was professional dress day, where all students were invited to dress up in nice clothes. On Thursday, members of FBLA and DECA got together at lunch to meet with Rich Christiansen, the author of Bootstrap Business.

The intern for this week is Gemily Haymore, who works at All State Insurance as an office administrator. Some of her duties include putting things together for mailing, scanning files, and making pamphlets. “My favorite part is that I get my own office,” said Gemily.

The choirs at SFHS will be singing on Temple Square on Thursday December 17. They will be singing the songs they performed last week at the Choral Gala. They are leaving that afternoon and performing at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and the Assembly Hall as well. Taylor Bramall, a junior in choir said, “The choir trip to temple square invokes the feeling of Christmas like no other setting can.” The choirs are looking forward to take part in this amazing Christmas event.

The preference dance took place last Saturday, Dec. 12th .The theme of the dance was Winter Wonderland. The dance was hosted by SFHS Drill Team. Boys were selected to compete for the dance royalty. The different categories were Mr. Christmas Carol, Mr. Christmas Cheer, and Mr. Brownose Reindeer. The contestants for Mr. Christmas Carol sang Jingle Bells. They were Cameron Fullmer, Evan Anderson, and Justin Brierley. The contestants for Mr. Christmas Cheer performed a cheer they had made up and also did a relay race to finish it off.

On Saturday, December 5th, the SFHS Book Club had an activity where they recorded children’s books on tapes for local elementary schools. These books included some Christmas stories and The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes and Tracker by Gary Paulsen. Through this service project, the Book Club hoped to achieve their goal of helping students of all ages to get excited about books. “I think anytime you can help young readers get hooked on reading, then you’re doing a good thing,” said Mrs. Gardner, the club advisor, about this service project.

Spanish Fork High School’s Letterman’s and HOSA clubs held a school wide project of collecting teddy bears. The teddy bears will be donated to many children care centers through out Utah as a form of treatment for children in need. The clubs decided to make it into a competition so students would be better motivated to participate.

This week’s intern highlight is Kaleb Davis who interns as a photographer at The Sentinel. Unlike most interns, Davis doesn’t spend class time at his internship. He meets every week to get assignments for events, then goes out and take the pictures during the week at the different events, uploads them to the computer, picks the best ones and sends them in to the office. Davis enjoys working at this internship and learns a lot. “I really enjoy it.

This year’s Christmas Idol at Spanish Fork High is sure to be a blast. It will be on December 15th at 7:00 p.m., and it will be three dollars for admission. The talent show will be set up like American Idol, with three judges who are choosing their own characters to be. Auditions have taken place to choose both the judges as well as the contestants. Taylor Bramall has been responsible for planning the event. “Christmas Idol is going to be way fun! And it will be even better if more people come, so everyone needs to come!” Everyone come out and support this wonderful event.

The Spanish Fork High School choirs are having their annual Christmas Choir Concert. The Christmas Gala is a night full of desserts, great music and great entertainment with great decorations that takes days to set up. The Christmas Gala is on December 10th and 11th. The price is $12, and you can buy tickets at the door. Christina Heywood had this to say, “This year’s Gala is going to be beautiful. It will have fantastic music, splendid decorations, and delectable treats.