Mrs. Burdick's Drawing 2 class is thriving in one of the most creative learning environments in PHS. Mrs. Burdick says the goal of this class is to experiment with each students individual artistic style and helping them reach their full potential and skill mastery. Mrs. Burdick also says that her favorite thing about this class is that they’re so talented and self motivated and that they are all there because they want to be, not because they have to be. The students themselves absolutely love taking this class too!

Mr. Blake is the internship coordinator for PHS. The students in his class only come once every other week, and the rest of the time they're out working for an internship of their choice. When they are in the classroom, the students learn valuable skills such as filling out an application, good interviewing skills and how to be a good worker. Mr. Blake’s class also learns how to give presentations. Throughout second term, his class will be making presentations using videos and pictures from their internships.

On November 5, 2015 the Utah Department of Environmental Quality announced Payson High 11th-grader Necia Torres as the winner of the 2016 Radon Poster Contest.  Students throughout the state submitted hand drawn posters to inform people of the dangers of radon in their homes. 

November's online magazine, The Mane Street Journal,  is now available!  Click here: 

http://pub.lucidpress.com/PHSNOV2015/

In this issue, you can find stories on the "I am a Lion" movement, information on the proposed lion sculpture, the story behind the new Lion Gate, and so much more.  Take a look on your favorite device (phone, tablet, or computer) and let us know what you think @PaysonLions or #LionsOnFire

This week's winner is @BrodyJWard for his inspiring tweet about the good vibes at PHS.  Thanks Brodo!

Congratulations to Garth for winning Hashtag of the Week for his fabulous use of #LionsOnFire.  

Ping pong is considered a favorite pastime for many kids at Payson High School. In Mr. Thompson's room many students can be found play ping pong before or after school. Lunch, however, is the most popular time to play. Around fifteen kids show up every day to "pong it up". The games are very competitive, and the most popular game played at the sessions is called Around the World.

New to Payson High is a student guided Art Club! Tired of all the tried and failed art clubs Perla Barreda, President of Art Club, is putting an end to it all with this brand new and improved club to get Payson High's amazing artists art out there! The goals are to improve skills of any medium, get involved with competitions, have guest artists visit the school, and much much more. Most importantly Art Club is to just have fun being creative and to make new friends who have the same passion as you do!

Mr. Russell is a welding, ag/animal science teacher as well as the high school FFA advisor. Each of his classes do many different things. On A days, he has his animal and agriculture science classes. In these classes the students learn about the different functions of plants and animals. They do many different experiments as well. At the beginning of the year, his agricultural science classes did a soil experiment. The students were to collect a soil sample, and determine what type it was. They then had to write a soil report. It was a big project all together!

This week's winner is mosher_k for her fantastic pic at the football game.  #LionsOnFire