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Show N £ W S B4 • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2008 Spanish Fork Covering what matters most DFJH Basketball intramurals Courtesy photos INTRAMURAL WINNERS: Diamond Fork Junior High has just completed the intramural basketball league and tournament. Mr. Tervort and Mr. Argyle announced there were 25 teams that participated this year. The students chose to sign up for either the intermediate league or the advanced league. Pictured top left are the winners of the 7th grade intermediate league, Chandler Kirk, Makay Nelson, Jayden Whitehead, Zac Ivie and Bridger Adams. 7th grade advanced league winners; Ivan Brooks, Ty Henry, Josue Mejia, Josh Phelps and Drew Bates. Pictured top right are 8/9th grade intermediate league winners, Ben Talbot, Jayden Casey, Weston Carter, C.J. Egles and Houser Dunkan. 8/9th grade advanced league winners; Colin Argyle, Mitch Kay, Jacob Boyd, Andy Perkins and Elliot Naulu. SFHS semester shoot-off Letterman club service Shala Richards SFHS Students at Spanish Fork High School were thrilled when they found out that they were able to leave class to go to a fun, exciting assembly to prove to themselves that they are the best school around. The gym packed with hundreds of students, fillins up every last seat available to celebrate how great our school is. The students loved being able to hear the band that played, and they also enjoyed seeing the basketball shooting competition. The assembly was meant to motivate everyone and get everything off on a great start this new semester. The students were able to see the kid in Mr. Mckee and how lucky we are to have such an awesome guy to represent our school. There were a lot of laughs and smiles in the gym that day and we noticed that the teachers arc just grown-up kids that want to have a great time. too. It was a great way to let everyone relax and be rewarded for the excellent job that they have done so far this year. Josie Osborne SFHS The newest club at Spanish Fork High School is the Letterman's Club. This club was thought up and brought together by Coach Albright, Coach Snell and Mrs. Barber (counselor). The club's members are those students, at the high school who have lettered in one or more sports this year. There are roughly 30 members of the club, both boys and girls. The Letterman's Club is designed to bring students with like interests together and to encourage participation in volunteer work around our community. Shaun Peterson, senior at Spanish Fork High School said, ' i think we're going to start reading with younger kids at some of the elementary schools and do other volunteer work around Spanish Fork. I'm excited to work with my community and to help out." Members of the Letterman club are Natasha Sandborn, Matt Gardner, Phillip Palmer, Selby Brummctt, Richard Wilson, Clayton Cundy, Taylor Christensen, Brady Hughes, Tevita Viatohi, Erin Redd, Cameron Catmull, Travis Reynolds, Kyle Weight, Rachelle Ramund, Natalie Stewart, Clay Kerecman, Parker Cressman, Michael Stone, Phillip Sorensen, Danee Merrell, Shea Johnson, Jace Kelly, Aly Tingey, Shaun Peterson, Nate Binks, Dallin Naulu, Jacob Clark, Rodney Cox, Mr. Albright, Kile Cassingham, Alexandera Argyle, Kelley Argyle, Jennifer Lowe, Cami Robinson, Janessa Nielsen,Trevor West, Mrs. Barber and Mr. Matua. Kelsey Hall / Spanish Fork News PEP ASSEMBLY: SFHS students attended a pep assembly to kick off the new semester. Courtesy photo / SFHS Yearbook staff Crystal Apple for Mrs. Bradley Larraine Nelson M I . LOAFER Pat Bradley, a wonderful first grade teacher at Mt. Loafer Elementary School, was awarded the Crystal Apple Award for her outstanding teaching. The faculty at Mt. Loafer chose Mrs. Bradley to be the recipient of the Crystal Apple Award. Pat has worked at Mt. Loafer for six years and has been an advocate of the arts at Mt. Loafer. She has co-authored grants for the arts for the school and has helped with the Mt. Loafer Musicians' Choir. She has taken part as a student with the orchestra class, striving always to-learn along with her students. Pat is a creative, novel and enthusiastic teacher. She is constantly assessing and evaluating her students in order to provide positive feedback to her students and their parents. Pat is married to Paul Bradley and they both are lucky to be able to teach at Mt. Loafer Elementary together. They are the parents of seven children and reside in Salem. We feel very lucky to have Mrs. Bradley on our staff. LETTERMEN: The SFHS Letterman's Club is made up of student athletes who have lettered in one or more sports. DFJH holds Geography Bee Courtesy photo Courtesy photo APPLE FOR THE TEACHER: Pictured above is Mrs. Bradley with her husband, Paul, and Mr. Harvey, a representative from Horace Mann, who sponsors this fine award. GEOGRAPHY BEE: Diamond Fork Junior High School held their annual geography bee on Jan. 15, 2008. Every student took a written exam and the top scoring 22 students participated in the school contest. The winner of the geography bee was Coby Palfreyman, an eighth grader. He was awarded a certificate and medal from National Geographic. Coby will find out in the next few weeks if he qualifies to participate in the state geography bee in March, at Thanksgiving Point. Congratulations to all the students who qualified and . participated in the school contest and good luck Coby! |