Congrats to Holly Kuester, our term 3 recipient of the Heart of the Lion award!

Here is what Mrs. Kuester's students said about her:

"I am nominating Mrs.Kuester because she always makes me feel welcome in her classroom. She is always positive and kind towards everyone. I learn so much in her class while having so much fun.

She is literally AMAZING!!!!! She takes the time to listen to students, is so sweet and kind no matter what she's going through, and is just overall a great teacher who is easy to open up to."

We're so glad to have you here at PHS!

Our Lions have been hard at work the past few weeks in sports, academics, and more. Here are some highlights:

Track & Field:

• The following athletes qualified automatically for state based on their AMAZING marks:
  • Bridger Blauer qualified for state in the javelin
  • Zayden Cook qualified for state in the shot put
  • Ethan Olson qualified for state in the 110m hurdles
  • Olivia Nielson qualified for state in the 200m dash

Brady was born in Provo, Utah and spent his early years in Las Vegas.  He returned to Payson and attended Park View Elementary, Payson Junior and Senior High Schools.  He loves anything sports related.  He played soccer, basketball and football for the Payson Lions.  While playing, he was active in scouting and achieved his Eagle Scout Award.  He loves the outdoors where he hunts, fishes and rides mountain and motor bikes.  In the past few years he has competed in many mountain bike races including the Leadville 100 Mile in Colorad

Congrats to our February Students of the Month!

Left to right:

Angelo Chavez, David Cortez, Abigail Cobia, Chloe Carson, Easton Drage. 

Not pictured: Skyler Reiners

Coach Jeb is retiring from coaching after 12 highly successful years at PHS.  Here are some highlights. 

TWO of our amazing students have been officially named Sterling Scholar Semi-Finalists! Jakenzie Jones in the dance category and Logan Dahl in the science category will interview this week at the region competition. 

Deseret News: Will Kevin Bacon return to Utah for a ‘Footloose’ prom? These high school students aren’t giving up

Salt Lake Tribune: ‘Footloose’ was filmed at this Utah high school 40 years ago.

Boys Wrestling: Colton Theobald - Colton battled back from an injury that left him off of the mat for 6 weeks. Colton wrestled his 1st match back from his injury 3 weeks before the state finals and on Feb 17th he won his 3rd High School State Championship. 

Have a wonderful 3-day weekend for President's Day!

Come back on Tuesday, February 20 w/ a Monday schedule for Mini Teacher Conferences from 2-4 pm. 

Read the ABC4 article here: "Payson High invites Kevin Bacon for ‘one last dance’ in celebration of “Footloose” 40th anniversary"

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