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Show Sentinel Guardian of Your Community News WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009 • B3 Courtesy photo THIS WON'T HURT A BIT: Emily McKinney has her blood drawn at the blood drive held and Spanish Fork High School. Blood drive at SFHS Courtesy photo TIPLINE: Students can now assist in keeping the school safer by texting to the high school tipline about incidents that occur on campus. SFHS school tipline Evan Anderson SFHS Spanish Fork High School has a new way of connecting students to security and the administration. The School Tipline is used for students who have concerns about safety or if they need to report something. The reports are anonymous so students don't need to worry about being brought into the middle of things. By lexting, they can instantly be connected with security to break up afightor to report drugs. The School Tipline is also used to get updates on what is happening at the school. Students can get texts for football games, keys to success and other activities. Parents are also able to be connected to the school through this tipline. Please contact a the school for details. Jared John Tuckett SFHS Kay Thomas Perkins, a teacher at SFHS, and the Red Cross sponsored a blood drive at Spanish Fork High School last week. Students could sign up for a time and had to pass an interview to qualify in order to donate their blood. The blood the Red Cross collected can be used for research or to help other people. Emily McKinney, a senior, donated her blood last week. "I was really nervous beforehand, but it was a good experience afterward because a lot of people really do need blood," she said. Students at SFHS were willing to donate and it was a good experience for the school. Courtesy photo AND THE WINNER IS: Spanish Fork Jr High's Shakespeare team took second overall in their division at the competition in Cedar City. Courtesy photo EXPLORING OPTIONS: Seniors at Spanish Fork High School attend the college fair to assist them in their future. SFHS holds college fair Emily McKinney SFHS schools in Utah. The students then got to choose three different colleges to On Friday, Oct. 9, se- attend presentations on. niors at Spanish Fork The students were able to High School had the op- get plenty of information portunity to attend a col- on what the colleges they lege fair and learn more were considering were about the colleges and like. universities in Utah. "It was really good, and The fair started off with it was a good opportunity a video for all students for seniors tofindout about on why they should pur- colleges and what they ofsue education after high fer," said Debora Vargas, a school and the different senior at SFHS. types of post-secondary For some students, the presentations changed their opinions of certain colleges and gave them new perspectives. "I liked the USU presentation," said Tiffany Binks, another student at SFHS. "They got me so pumped up and I didn't even want to go there. Now, go USU!" Whether the college fair changed students opinions or reinforced old ones, the college fair was a good experience for all. Halloween Dance and Carnival SHHS tasnays will be hosting family night Halloween dance and carnival on Monday, Oct. 26 in the Salem Hills Gymna-,, slum from 6,8 p.m. Bring your whole family for a night-of fun Halloween games, dancing with a DJ, costume contests, . food, treats and haunt-' ing. Admission is $3 per? person or $10 per family. There will be a photo shoot available, with one picture for $5 or two for $7. There will also be awards for the.best family costumes. • ' A • •--;• .,..;'-' -1 ._ y«. V**-. • •/•• _• .-.-, SFJHS performs in Shakespeare contest The Spanish Fork Junior High School (SFJHS) Shakespeare team swept past fellow contestants in Cedar City's 33rd annual Shakespeare Competition last weekend, proving once again that all the world is their stage. In addition to receiving several individual awards, the team ranked 2nd among some 14 or 15 schools competing in the Stratford division, and returned home with almost a third of the awards available in their category. Over 2,000 students from 91,schools throughout Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and California all gathered in Cedar City on October 8-10 for the event, considered to be the largest scholastic Shakespeare contest in the country. Students competed in acting, dance/choreography, music, art and technical theater. Adjudicators traveled from the far corners of the country, including both New York and Los Angeles, to judge the competition, afterwards providing a critique and feedback session to the young artists. In addition to receiving a 2nd place ranking in the overall Sweepstakes prizes, SFJHS also accepted several individual awards. Alexa Baker was ranked 4th among over 30 contestants for her portrayal of Queen Katherine in a monologue from Henry VIII. Marty S perry, Kalie Hiatt and Blake Alanis accepted 3rd place honors for their trio scene, the bloody murder of Clarence from Richard III. The team's 10-minute ensemble piece, taken,from Twelfth Night's revelation scene and directed as an episode of the Jerry Springer Show, also received a 2nd place award, being lauded by judges as one of the most "innovative" and "unique" interpretations of Shakespeare they had ever experienced. SFJHS also competed in the dance category and received 2nd place awards for both their trio and ensemble routines. The trio dance, choreographed by Morgan Hansen, explores the inner turmoil of Katherine in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew (portrayed by dancer Jenna Grass) as she attempts to choose between her "naughty side" (danced by Aubree Head) and her "nice side" (Michelle Jones). The ensemble routine, choreographed by Wendy Warr, features Julius Caesar (Landon Copling) and his wife Calphurnia (Chelsea Lloyd) running through a nightmare of murderous, masked senators. Judges praised the piece as "haunting" and "intense." Directors Laura Holley, Meg Grierson, and SFJHS drama teacher Kristina Holley were thrilled with the results. Kristina Holley commented, "The students did an awesome job! Many were ill, but 'the show must go on' ... and it did, to the benefit of the entire team. We haven't received this many awards for a few years. It was great to have the students* efforts honored and recognized. All their hard work paid off!" The SFJHS Shakespeare team presented a showcase performance of all their competition pieces for family, friends and the public on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Little Theater of Spanish Fork Junior High School. The awards that SFJHS received are as follows: a 4th place monologue, from Henry VIII, performed by Alexa Baker; 3rd place trio scene from Richard III, performed by Marty Sperry, Blake Alanis and Kalie Hiatt; 2nd place one act from Twelfth "Late" Night, performed by the ensemble; 2nd place dance, "Conspiracy Nightmare", from Julius Caesar performed by the dance ensemble; 2nd place trio dance, "Naughty or Nice?" from Taming of the Shrew; and 2nd place overall sweepstakes in the Stratford Division. |