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Show WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2007 • B3 Covering ivhat matters most NHS helps with Thanksgiving Tana Clarke SFHS Last week National Honors Society (NHS) members at Spanish Fork High School were able to participate in a service project in which they gathered enough food to provide 34 families with a Thanksgiving dinner. Students were given assignments to donate canned and non-perishable food items toward the dinners. After all these items were gathered, the NHS advisor, Ann Dart, took members grocery shopping Jo purchase all additional items needed for the dinners such as turkeys, pies and rolls. •After the dinners were SFHS Drama assembled and ready to go, they were anonymously delivered to the various families who were chosen as recipients. Those who received these dinners were suggested by a variety of sources, some coming from religious leaders in the area, some from teachers, and some from students. All NHS members agreed that this service project was a wonderful experience for them. NHS president, Whitney Dixon, said, "Doing this project was a really neat experience for this time of year. It was really wonderful be able to be reminded of everything we have to be grateful for, and then helping out people who don't have as much as we do." * Namon Bills / Spanish Fork News SHAKESPEARE MEETS THE 50S: Shakespeare's classic comedy "Much Ado About Nothing" has been re-spun by Spanish Fork High School's drama students, placing the famous story in fifties surroundings. " I t takes place in a diner, we've modernized some of fhe language, and we've cut the script so it's shorter." said Dominic Bills, a SFHS junior playing Claudio. The play, directed by SFHS drama teacher Skye Cummins, will run from Nov. 29-30 and Dec. 1 and 3. The play is about one and a half to two hours long and will be shown in the high school's auditorium. Close Up participants visit D.C. Courtesy photo HOLIDAY PREPARATIONS: Members of the NHS help gather and distribute food for Thanksgiving. Gifted Children's Association to meet on Dec. 6 The Nebo Gifted' Children's Association provides information, resources and opportunities to help enhance the educational experience of gifted children in the Nebo School District. They cosponsor the Bright Ideas program. The fall meeting will be Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, at the Nebo Learning Center located 570 South Main St., Springville, from 6:30-8 p.m. The meeting will feature three presentations for parents and teachers. There will be no activities for students at this meeting. Each presentation will be given three times. A presentation about The Big Six will be given by Richard Huff, the media specialist at Spanish Fork Jr. High. The Big Six is a process model of how people of all ages solve an information problem. PamTurley, a Nebo School District media specialist, will talk about how parents can facilitate Internet research. John Schaefer will talk about media literacy. He is the director of the Children's Media Workshop, an artist, and an educator in Salt Lake City. Schaefer focuses on looking behind commercials, movies and photography to the aims of the media we are exposed to. John is the artist in residence at Hobble Creek Elementary through a grant from the Utah Art Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Since students are using media almost eight hours a day while only reading 43 minutes, it is important for us to become media literate. Events at SFHS Dons' Early Light Mary Anne Hillier Week at a Glance Monday, Dec. 3 - B Day Drama - Much Ado about Nothing Tuesday, Dec. 4 - A Day Girls Basketball vs. Springville • Boys Basketball vs. Springville Tana Clarke, Josie Osborn and Shala Richards SFHS Faculty and students of SFHS may have missed Shala Richards, Josie Osborn, Tana Clarke, Alison Jensen and Matt Stewart on Nov. 12-18. Want to know where they were? In Washington, D.C. with their teacher, Layne Moody. During their week long trip they visited national monuments, toured museums, conversed with members of Congress, and shopped 'til they dropped. Stewart said, "It took my breath away. All the monuments and sights just take your breath away." "Seeing new places and making new friends for a week was fantastic!" Osborn said. Some places the group visited included the Washington Monument, The White House, The Capitol Building, The Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, and several war memorials. The girls also said that riding the metro was kind Courtesy photo UP CLOSE: SFHS students visited the White House as part of their tour of Washington, D.C. of scary because they were everyone agreed, was getting fantastic" Clarke said.. afraid they were going to get to know Mr. Moody outside Everyone had a great time mugged. of the classroom. and a wonderful experience The best part of the trip, "He put the fun in on their trip. Security Insurance TOP DON HONORING EXCELLENCE AT SFHS Marcus Hunt DA40 G1000 Avionics Now available First Time Ever at the SpringvUle-Spanish Fork Airport Marcus Hunt is the son of Gordon and Betty Hunt of Salem. Marcus is the senior class president for the class of 2008. He enjoys playing all kinds of music on bass guitar, and currently plays with the high school jazz band, On a road trip, Marcus would travel to D.C. and would listen to a variety of music, including Rush. st 21 Century "Glass Cockpit" DA40 Garmin 1000 Avionics Available for Flight Instruction & Airplane Rental Wednesday, Dec. 5 - B Day Thursday, Dec. 6 - A Day Diamond Friday, Dec. 7 - B Day Upcoming Events Dec. 11,2007 -Band/Orchestra Holiday Concert Dec. 13-14, 2007 - Choirs Holiday Show Dec. 15, 2007 - Preference Ball 4 Seat Airplane FLIGHT CBNTan of Spanish 290 N. Main Spanish Fork A ' G ' E > N i C <Y 798-3500 Fork, LC (801) 471-1304 www. DFCPilot.com |