6th grade student wins for both literary excellence and music composition
Boston Flake, a sixth-grade student at Hobble Creek Elementary was a double winner in the 2020-21 PTA Reflections contest. Boston won the Award of Excellence for Literature and Award of Merit for Music Composition. The Region 10 PTA President, Joann Brown, surprised Boston with the awards in his class. Boston’s award winning poem: I Can […]
Two high school seniors place in top 20 national competition
Maple Mountain High School’s DECA Club (a business and marketing club) had two senior students, Isaac Smith and Isaac James, win as a team at the State DECA Competition in the Business Law and Ethics Division. At Nationals, this team competed with students from every state as well as many other countries–thousands of students compete […]
Local student state finalist in essay contest
Diamond Fork Junior High student, Lexie Antonino, is a state finalist in the Utah’s Challenge to Do the Write Thing Essay Contest, sponsored by the governor each year. Lexie wrote a paper entitled “Youth Violence.” Lexie and Principal Dr. Brenda Burr, as well as her teacher, Reilly Ryan, will attend an 2021 DtWT Award Recognition […]
School changes lives through ‘Make A Wish’
Since Salem Hills High School opened during the 2008-2009 school year, it began an association with Make-A-Wish Utah. Chad VanLeuven, a Social Science teacher at the school, explains, “the school was looking to partner with a charity that we could raise money for, and their goals and ours aligned.” Each year, the school helps grant […]
Student makes a comeback from season-ending injury
n the Fall of 2019, Spanish Fork High School tennis player, Kylie Smith, was experiencing some chronic pain in her elbow that would result in a season ending injury. The condition is called medial epicondylitis, which is also known as golfer’s elbow. Her injury would require her to take a six month break from the […]
Soccer high school seniors leave their mark
Once again, seniors from the Spanish Fork High School girls soccer program have celebrated the end of their season with a service project. This has become a tradition for the soccer team, establishing a way for the players to leave the program a little better than when they arrived. “Senior service is such a fun […]
American Preparatory Academy presents Pops Concerts at the Park on May 13
The American Preparatory Academy Music Department will present a Pops Concerts at the Park on May 13, at Salem Pond and Peteetneet Amphitheater, featuring the advanced band, choir, and orchestras. Come celebrate outside and bring your blankets and picnics for brunch! Concerts will be at 9:30 a.m. – Salem Pond in Salem by the Community […]
Nebo School District giving high schools green light to hold graduations
In 2020, traditional high school graduations did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, while still different than usual, the show will go on for high schools in the Nebo School District. In fact, all high schools have been given the green light to operate the graduation at full capacity of attendees, […]
Welding Instructor Receives National Recognition
Shaun Black, welding teacher at Payson High School, for Nebo School District was selected as the Utah Section Educator of the Year by the American Welding Society. Black was also selected as the Educator of the Year for the 2019 school year and representative Gordon Reynolds awarded Shaun the plaque in February. Some of Black’s […]
Runners Break School Record for Relay Race
On March 19 four female Salem Hills high school runners broke the long-standing 4×800 meter relay school record in a time of 10:32, beating the old record by nine seconds. According to athlete Brie Erickson, the team went at the race with the goal to beat the record. “It was the goal to break the […]