Señor Peck, Spanish teacher at Payson High School who loves to travel so much that he’s been to every state in the Nation, plans to take students on a trip to Spain in the Summer of 2020. There will be a meeting on Wednesday, April 24 at 6:30 PM for those students who are thinking about or even thinking about thinking about going on the trip. Students that will be attending Payson High School next school year, are eligible to go, even if they will be graduating in 2020.

This years current senior Student Council members all share one common thought about finding new members for the Council. They all share pride for their fellow leaders in the school. The process of running for Student Council is extremely intense! The first step to running is to make sure you are Student Council material. You need a good looking track record. This includes spotless grades and attendance marks. You also need to have good relationships with your teachers and other workers at the school. The second step is showing you can be involved.

 “Janean is fantastic! She creates magic in her classroom and culture here at PHS. Students are happily engaged in learning, sewing, and discussing childhood concepts. Janean develops an inviting, warm, positive, and energetic classroom that instills a love for children and creating. She is affectionately known as ‘Mama T’. Janean is an outstanding cheer coach and builds positive relationships. She inspires them to do their best in academics and in life. Janean’s attitude, confidence, creativity, and deep understanding of student learning is remarkable.”

For the month of March, Orchard Hills Elementary students partcipated in a reading contest, and one winner was picked from each class to participate in the Basketball Shoot Off for Reading. The Payson High School basketball team was able to help these students in their shoot off. Each participating student was able to shoot baskets to earn up to $7. It was a great celebration of reading and students had a fun time cheering on their friends.

This year the Miss Santaquin crown was passed on from Nicki Mortensen to Payson High School junior Devyn Olson. For Olson’s talent she sang “Don’t Rain On My Parade.” Her two attendants were fellow PHS students Erin Miller, 1st attendant, and Liz Waters, 2nd attendant. Payson High School is privileged to be home to such outstanding ladies!

The Nebo School Board of Education appointed Dr. David Rockwood as the Assistant Principal of Payson High for Nebo School District.

David earned is bachelor’s degree in Psychology Teaching from Brigham Young University and his master’s degree in Educational Psychology and doctorate’s degree in Educational Leadership and Policy, both from University of Utah. He received the Milton Bennion Scholarship in 2017-18.

The Nebo School Board of Education appointed Tona Graff as the Assistant Principal of Springville High for Nebo School District.    

Tona earned her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics Education from Brigham Young University and her Education Administration at Southern Utah University. Ms. Graff was the Dean of Students at Payson High for the last two years and taught mathematics at Payson High for 23 years. She also coached basketball, softball, volleyball, and speech/debate for 20 years.

March is here and it came in like a lion, as our front page picture captures perfectly. Just because the weather is less than ideal, it doesn't mean that there aren't great stories happening at PHS. This month we feature stories on CTE month, concurrent enrollment classes, upcoming spring sports, and of course a story on our state champion PHS wrestling team. Like always, all stories are completely student produced and edited.

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The Payson Lions opened the boys’ tennis season with a solid showing at the annual Stephen Wade tournament in St George on March 8 and 9.  Twelve teams participated in the varsity tournament, including several perennial powerhouse schools like Olympus, Desert Hills, and Wasatch.  Day one play determined which players and teams would participate in the three performance groups: gold, silver and bronze.