Congrats to the Girls Basketball team! On Tuesday, February 6, they won the region title.
Payson Girls hasn't won a region title since the 2004-2005 season. Payson Girls have been a defensive juggernaut, and ranked 1 in defense for most of the season.
Coach Syme says they're looking forward to a good run in state tournament.
"Since 1976, every American president has designated February as Black History Month and endorsed a specific theme.
The Black History Month 2024 theme, “African Americans and the Arts,” explores the key influence African Americans have had in the fields of "visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinary and other forms of cultural expression (Black History Month).""
This week's highlight is Ice Cube.
"Since 1976, every American president has designated February as Black History Month and endorsed a specific theme.
The Black History Month 2024 theme, “African Americans and the Arts,” explores the key influence African Americans have had in the fields of "visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinary and other forms of cultural expression (Black History Month).""
Each week, come back for a spotlight on one Black artist.
The Athletes of the Week are sponsored by the Payson/Santaquin Area Chamber of Commerce and Menchie's Frozen Yogurt.
The Athletes of the week this week are the swim girls relay team that have not lost a relay event this season. The girls on the team are Avery Bulkley, Alex Mobbs, Haley Bott, and Maisey Preece. It is an amazing feat for a team to go undefeated heading into regions. Congratulations to the girls team and to each athlete individually for their performance.
Drill - Ellie Wilkerson: She was nominated because Ellie is an extremely hard worker. She doesn’t just put in the work at practice but at home too. She is always positive and gives 110% in everything she does. Ellie also is a straight A student.
Cheerleading - Kaylee Fratto: She was nominated because Kaylee has been the positive voice of the team these past weeks. She has been tireless in her encouragement of her teammates and really helped build our team spirit this week! That is important as they head to their state competition.
Congratulations to our PHS Sterling Scholars for 2023-2024! These students are all incredible leaders and community members. They have completed their portfolios and are eagerly awaiting news about the semi-final regional competition, which happens in February. Good luck with the semi-finals, Lions!
Whitnie Blackham is the recipient of the 2023-2024 Crystal Apple Award. This is a unique award given to teachers who go out of their way to provide help and friendship to the students and co-workers at their school.
We had several school records broken for Indoor Track last weekend at BYU.
Denver Spanheimer BROKE the boys school record for the Indoor 60m Hurdles with a time of 8.55.
He also BROKE the school record for the Indoor Long Jump at 20' 9.5"!
Ethan Kimmel BROKE the boys school record for the Indoor 2 Mile with a time of 10:31.11.
Regan McKenna BROKE the girls school record for the Indoor 800m Run with a time of 2:32.85.
This year, Payson High School students can learn about Healthcare careers from professionals in that field.
Students can go on a field trip from PHS to MTECH in Lehi where over 20 professionals from Doctors, Nurses & Paramedics will be sharing their expertise and how they entered the career.
This is free and a bus will take the students from PHS to MTECH. Afterwards, lunch will be provided to the students.
Don't miss it on February 2nd, 2024. The sessions are open until they are full.
On Monday, January 15, we'll commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the day off school.
This federal holiday is observed on the third Monday every January, and this year, it "falls on the actual birthday of the celebrated civil rights leader who was assassinated more than a half a century ago (NPR).
Since 1994, Americans have been "encouraged to observe the day "with acts of civic work and community service" in honor of King's legacy."
This upcoming Monday, consider what you can do to make a difference in our community. Go Lions!
