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Show -NEWS- Covering what matters most Spanish Fork WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008 • B5 Food drive at DFJH Diamond Fork Junior High School held its thirteenth annual food drive to benefit the Utah County Emergency Food Bank on Nov. 10-21,2008. The Character Education Student Council, the school's student service organization, set the food drive goal at a lofty 18,000 items. 5th period classes competed against each other in a race to donate the most items by the end of the drive. The compe- tition became downright fierce as the pride of every 5th period class was put to the test. When the smoke had cleared the students of Diamond Fork Junior High School had not only reached their goal of 18,000, but exceeded it by over v4,000 items. When the counting was finished 22,475 food items were donated. The food bank officials that came to pickup the food (in 2 different truck loads) commented that it was the largest single contribution they had ever seen. The top ten donating 5th period classes were Ms. Moses, Ms. Reese, Mr. Graham, Mr. Stubbs, Ms. Sledge, Mr. Buck, Ms. Hanks, Mr. Tuckett, Mr. Clark, and Ms. Kellis' classes. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who helped make the food drive a success! Courtesy photo WOW: Reflections winners from Spanish Fork High School, are, back row, left to right, Clark Stephens, Katie Jackson, Leeza Stephens and Melinda Lundgreen; front row, Andrea Smith and Jessica Murdock. Not pictured, Katie Tanner. "WOW" winners at SFHS Josie Osborn SFHS Students from Spanish Fork High School had success participating in the Reflections contest this year. Many students took part in this competition, submitting their drawings, paintings, photographs, writing, dance choreography, song lyrics and much more, all of which revolved around the theme "Wow." The SFHS students "wowed" the Reflections judges with each of their individual pieces. Katie Jackson, senior and Reflections winner, said, "I submitted a photo that I took outside. It was a close up of a flower and a bee ... I've never participated in this contest before, but my sister does every year and she told me how great it was and convinced me to submit my photo." Katie's photograph was one of many that were presented to the contest. The SFHS Reflections winners are as follows: Photography: 1st Andrea Smith, grade 10, Title: The Admiral; 2nd Katie Jackson, grade 12, No title; 3rd Melinda Lundgreen, grade 10, No title Visual Arts: 1st Jessica Murdock, grade 10, Title: Untouched Literature: 1 st Katie Tanner, grade 10, Title: Trying Again; 2nd Clark Stephens, grade 10, Title: The Star Dance Choreography: 1st Katie Tanner, grade 10, Title: Wow! The Power of Standing Strong!; 2nd Leeza Stephens, grade 10, No title 3D Art: 1st Clark Stephens, grade 10, Title: Artificial Transmission Interface. Courtesy photo PRINTING PARTY: Students from Spanish Fork Jr. High School display prints obtained while at a field trip to The Crandail Historical Printing Museum. Spanish Fork Jr. High School history field trip Kaye Brockbank The U.S. Honors History class'at Spanish Fork Jr. High recently went on a field trip to The Crandail Historical Printing Muse- um in Provo, Utah. A great time was had by all as students and teachers learned about the different printing presses and how each press worked, including the Grandin Printing Press. Students were shown au j ' thentic pages from Gutenberg's bible. They were also able to see a printing press used during the Revolutionary War, samples from Ben Franklin's Almanac-, and pages from Thomas Paine's Common Sense. SFHS collects teddy bears Clubs Sponsor Project Teddy Bear at Spanish Fork High School. The Spanish Fork Letterman's club and HOSA (Student Health Club) are joining forces with Bank of American Fork for Project Teddy Bear. Project Teddy Bear provides stuffed animals for abused children who are in the care of The Family Support and Treatment Center in Orem and the Family Support Center in Midvale. The goal is for students at SFHS to provide as many new or gently used stuffed animals to -these organizations. There is a competition between all first period classes and the class who brings in the most stuffed animals will receive donuts and juice or chocolate milk as a reward. There has been wonderful support for this project. Please continue to bring these stuffed animals for the project and support these children. Courtesy photo ONE MORE DAY: Mrs. Johnsons' English students read to better understand the importance of life. Students write persuasive letter Bronwyn Haws SFHS "For One More Day" is a magical and wishful book written by best-selling author Mitch Albom. Charlie, a young, promising baseball player, always looked up to his father; but when his father unexpectedly leaves, he is forever a mother's boy. Years pass, and Charlie grows up. He struggles with problems in his marriage, in money and in drugs. A divorce in his marriage, his mother's death and his unknown daughter's marriage causes him to go over the edge and he decides to commit suicide. 1 In Mrs. Johnson's class, students were asked to write a persuasive letter to save Charlie by persuading him to stay alive. Baseball, family and friends were only a few things pointed out to him. From a personal experience with death, one student was able to share her stories of heartache, sorrow and tearful goodbyes from relatives and friends. Hopefully the experience from the other points of view will convince others to live for one more day. Jones honored as SFJH's celebrity Laura Carter Brittany Jones, a ninth.grade student at Spanish for Junior High School was selected to participate in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this past Thursday! She was one of 40 colorguard students chosen from around the United States to march with the Great American Marching Band. Last summer, Brittany made an audition tape and sent in to the selection committee. Within a week she had been chosen. Brittany flew to New York City the Friday before Thanksgiving to practice with the band, get fitted for new uniforms, sightsee, and go to Broadway. She had a wonderful time and said that it more than met her expectations. She made a lot, of new friends and we are so happy for her here at the school. Congratulations Brittany! You are a wonderful representative for our school and community. Courtesy photo PROJECT TEDDY BEAR: The SF Letterman's club and HOSA have teamed up at SFHS to help bring slightly used and new stuffed animals to needy children across Utah. Fractured fairy Brittany Jones ALA Elementary students will be performing two plays that put a hilarious twist on classic'fairy tales. The club, that meets once a week after school, will have their show on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. in the Jr. High Auditorium. Tickets are $1 or buy four get one free,, available in the elementary office and being sold at the door. u^HW^^i^'M^^^^^ |