The intern highlight this week is Stephanie Muhlestein, who interns at the Spanish Fork City Library. She helps with all sorts of jobs, from putting books and movies away to helping little kids with coloring pictures during storytime. She can check books into the system but she can’t check them out to people. Muhlestein planned to go into something dealing with the library when she grows up, but her experience at the library might change that.

Spanish Fork’s High School Shakespeare team went down to Southern Utah University to compete in the Utah Shakespearean Festival.  Along with many other high schools in the state, schools from Arizona and Idaho, competed against each other for first, second, and third place in their events.  The Team included Madison Hall, Jen Grzybowski, Tanner Holt, Katie Cable, Hannah Carson, Jared Tuckett,  Bethany Hutchison, Kyle Crotts, Mathew Cole, with the help of their technicians Chris Cannon, and Brock Larson, and the direction of Brittany Fost

Kay Thomas Perkins, a teacher at SFHS and the Red Cross sponsored a blood drive at Spanish Fork High School last week. Students could sign up for a time and had to pass an interview to qualify in order to donate their blood. The blood the Red Cross collected can be used for research or for other people. Emily McKinney, a senior, donated her blood last week. "I was really nervous beforehand but it was a good experience afterward because a lot of people really do need blood; Students at SFHS were very willing to donate and it was a good experience for the school."

On Friday, October 9th, seniors at Spanish Fork High School had the opportunity to attend a college fair and learn more about the colleges and universities in Utah. The fair started off with a video for all students on why they should pursue education after high school and the different types of postsecondary schools in Utah. The students then got to choose three different colleges to attend presentations on. The students were able to get plenty of good information on what the colleges they were considering were like.

Spanish Fork High School had the opportunity to send twelve students to an All State Choir. The Utah Music Education Association organized the All State Choirs. The top students from every high school in the state were given the opportunity to sing with talented singers from all over the state. The All State Choir totaled approximately 700 students. The students from SFHS were Christina Heywood, Karianne Nelson, Alex Singerman, Candace Wride, Andi Smiley, Ashley Davies, Taylor Bramall, Austin Leavitt, Evan Anderson, Garret Stirland, John Broomhead, and John Woodbrey.

Spanish Fork High School has a new way of connecting students to security and the administration. The School Tipline is used for students who have concerns about safety or if they need to report something. The concerns are anonymous so students don’t need to worry about being brought into the middle of things.

Spanish Fork High School Choirs had a concert on Tuesday October, 13th. People came to listen to great choirs such as Women’s Choir, Mosaic, Concert Choir, and Singers. It was a great opportunity for parents to see how well their kids are improving their singing abilities. Some of the songs performed were the following: Because We Believe, and Dream of a Blessed Spirit among many others.

Spanish Fork High School has a unique opportunity to see people who have jobs that come and talk about it. This week they had somebody from Utah County Sheriff’s Search Rescue Explorer Post come and talk about what they do for their job and what happens. Cooper Urmston had this to say about it,

On October 6th, the humanities, art, and photography students of SFHS went on a field trip to several nearby art exhibits to learn more about different types and styles of art.

They first visited the BYU Museum of Art to see an exhibit of art from the Victorian era and several other exhibits there. Their next stop was the University Mall for a photography exhibit that featured photographs of a group of Chinese monks and a fantasy art exhibit. The trip was then finished with a visit to the Springville Art Museum.

The intern spotlight this week is Hyrum Heward who interns at Mountain View Hospital. He works as a CNA and helps out by changing beds, giving people food, washing old people, testing blood sugar and checking vitals of the patients. Heward likes his jobs there, although he doesn’t enjoy washing old people.

“That part isn’t my favorite. Except for that, I like helping people.”

This internship gives him insight on what he would like to do in his future.