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Show SPANISH FORK Covering what matters most B4 • WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2009 SHHS students Landmark High extracts DNA of the month Rodrigo Rengifo LHS SHHS is pleased to announce their students of the month for May. For 12th grade, Mitch Cowden is the son of Shaun and Brooke Cowden of Payson. Mitch is. a leader on the baseball field and in the classroom. He is a respectful, hard-working student. In 1 lth grade, Veda Kaiser, is the daughter of Joseph and Gwen Kaiser of Woodland Hills. Veda is a no-nonsense, hard-working student who goes out of her way to make others feel included. Also in 11th grade, Jesse Martin is the son of Roger and Charity Martin of Payson. Jesse is a quiet, hardworking student who has a great attitude and never complains. In 10th grade, Mikalyn Orton is the daughter of Marcel and Susan Orton of Salem. Mikalyn is always happy and treats her fellow classmates with kindness and compassion.. • Also in 1.0th grade, Brady Pierce is the son of Robert and Gena Pierce of Salem. Brady is a hardworking, positive student who is a great contributor on the baseball field and classroom. Mitch Cowden Veda Kaiser Jesse Martin Mikalyn Orton At Landmark High School in Spanish Fork, biology and human anatomy classes had the opportunity to extract Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and replicate it. How did Landmark beat out every other school, and get such a great opportunity? Patrick Hogle, Science teacher at LHS, has connections to a professor at Brigham Young University and strived to get LHS to be the only high school in the country to get to have this opportunity. Three BYU graduate students brought ail the equipment necessary which costs a lot of money. They started helping the students during the week by instructing them on what to do, and how to do it properly. The first day of the Project was to experiment with the equipment and learn how this technical equipment works. Each class was divided into groups of four or five students. Every team member was given the opportunity to participate in extracting the DNA from craw fish provided by the BYU students. Once the students from LHS had finished the process of extraction by placing the DNA that they collected into testing tubes. each test tube was stored in the freezer until the next day for the next process. At the end of the week, every team had extracted DNA from the craw fish except for one team of students from LHS. SHHS Choir Courtesy photo SPRING CONCERT; The Salem Hills spring concert was a big hit with all five choirs performing at their best. The concert was kicked off by the Men's Camarata singing three Latin American folk songs with the ever entertaining Dalen Ficklin at the piano. Other highlights were "Red Geraniums" by the women's choir, Serendipity, Alice in Wonderland Poetry by the Concert Choir, and Billy Joel Favorites by the Salem Hills Singers. To wrap up the evening all the choirs joined in to sing "We Are the Skyhawks," written by Salem's choir instructor, Justin Bills. Pictured are Lexi Spencer and Elisa Lewis, both members of Concert Choir. ALA Drama Courtesy photo CRYSTAL APPLE: Pictured above is Brian Davenport receiving his Crystal Apple teaching award. Landmark teacher receives Crystal Apple Award Brian Davenport is this year's Crystal Apple Award winner at Landmark High School. The award is sponsored yearly by Horace Mann. The Crystal Apple Award is an award that recognizes outstanding teachers. Winner's are chosen by their peer's for significant contributions to the school throughout the year. Brian has been teaching at Landmark for four years. He graduated from Brigham Young University. Brian teaches Math, Journalism and Spanish. He is the head of the Landmark Math Department. In addition to his teaching assignments, Brian wears many other hats at Landmark. He works with students to facilitate the publication of the school newspaper. He also runs the independent study program, and is our testing coordinator. Brian knows. what it takes to help students be successful in school as well as in life. He has a positive, impact on the lives of students and is a key member of the Landmark family. Allison Phillips / Spanish Fork News DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRYTALES: Well, American Leadership Academy believes in fairytales! Monday night, May 18 American Leadership Academy's Drama program presented "The Day the Magic Died", a children's theatre piece written by ALA's Joel Osborne. One day in the land of fairytales the magic ceases to work; all the fairytale characters gather together, and with the help of the audience bring the magic back to the land. After the performance children were welcome to come on stage and meet and speak with many of the characters, as well as the Disney princesses and their princes. This play was featured as ALA's one act play in Region and State drama competitions, where they earned Superiors at both, and many students received awards for their individual roles in this play. |