ASL students ready to compete

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For months, ASL students have been preparing for this day. What is this day? The day of the ASL Competition. The ASL competition will be held on Saturday, April 16th. Payson High Students will travel to Salt Lake to compete. Students have prepared themselves and entered themselves into one or more of the following events: storytelling, ABC stories, number stories, handshape stories, receptive, and culture/history.  Without a doubt, Payson’s ASL program is an amazing program, and PHS hopes they bring home some awards.

Students wanting more opportunities to dance

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Social Dance is taught by Mrs. McClellan at Payson High and the class has rocketed in popularity. Students are often showing great love for not only the class but the teacher as well. They recently performed during parent teacher conference, the Paris Coleman Benefit Talent Show, and the PHS Dance Department Showcase but students are thirsty for more.


Calling all PHS High School Alumni

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Let’s see which graduating class can raise the most money to help the class of 2016 pay for and install the new bronze lion statue in front of the school! Makay Hooley, who is a PHS class of 2016 student, is the talented artist who sculpted the statue and all that is left is to bronze the artwork. The class that donates the most is the winner and will be declared the BEST for 2016.

How To Find A Job

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Summer is coming up and school is out! Gonna have a lot of free time on hand? Getting a job is a great way to pass the time, plus you get some cash while you’re at it. Everyone is hiring and applications are coming in fast. But how and where do you actually get one? What do you need to do and how do you need to prepare? Just follow these simple steps!


Do you really want a job?

April Mane Street Journal is now online

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Click here to check out this month's edition of the online magazine. In this edition, you will learn about Payson High’s very own Western Trapper, Isaac Robbins. You will also read about some of our most musically talented students and how they placed in the 46th annual Huff Music Competition.

Star Wars the Force Awakens Movie Review

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The long awaited sequel to a great franchise. The build up for this movie was tremendous. Everyone, not just Star Wars fans, but everyone was talking about the new Star Wars mov The first trailer to the new movie came out October 19, 2015, a whole 3 months before the actual movie came out.  According to Wikipedia.org, “the hype really started after Disney bought the rights to Lucas Films in October 2012.” There was a lot of suspense and waiting for this movie, but was it built up so much that people were disappointed about the movie?

Goodbye Computer Technology

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A long awaited decision was recently made by the Utah School Board of Education (USOE). Utah students are currently required to complete a computer technology course sometime between 9th and 12th grade. After review, the school board voted that charter and public schools should move this course to 8th grade. High schoolers (grades 9-12) will still be required to complete half a credit of a computer course before graduation.

21 days until the Payson Pride Banquet

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On April 15, 2016 Payson High will be hosting the Payson Pride Banquet at Payson Jr. High cafeteria for all to enjoy. This event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a turkey dinner, dessert provided by Eli’s Ice Cream and Deli, entertainment by various clubs and volunteers, and a silent auction beginning at 6:00 p.m. The auction will include golf packages, prom packages, massages, shooting lessons, and many more.

The Huff

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Winners of Local Music Competition

March 1, 2016 was the 46th Annual Huff Music Competition held at the Payson High Auditorium. Seventeen students performed either instrumental or vocal, but only five could take home a trophy of gold in this heated competition. “I was very pleased with the talent we had at the Huff music contest this year. All who competed were prepared and did well. I am glad I did not have to decide the outcome!” said Mrs. Morgan after helping at The Huff.

Safe! Payson Baseball Wins Against Tooele

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On March 18 our baseball team won the home game against Tooele with Kaden Armstrong scoring a homerun, Tanner Manning hitting 4 RBIs and 2 triples. The crowd was cheering and our school couldn’t be prouder of the big win. Against Tooele, going into the second inning it was four runs for Payson. Fourth inning three for Payson. Fifth inning two for Payson. Sixth inning one for Payson. The game being already won, it ended with 10-2. Payson played an outstanding game and we can’t wait to see more!