May 2024

Athletes of the Week: May 17

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The Payson/Santaquin Area Chamber of Commerce would like to recognize this week's Athletes of the Week. 


For Girls Lacrosse - McKenna Mecham - McKenna is a big part of why this team has a chance to play for a state championship. Her footwork and skills have kept the Girls Lacrosse team in all of the games they played and was a big part of the playoff wins this season. 

Payson Page Turners Field Trip

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Congrats to the champions of our Payson Page Turner Reading Challenge 2023-2024!
 
These students

The school from ‘Footloose’ lobbied Kevin Bacon to visit. He delivered.

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Here are some snippets from the Washington Post's article after our Kevin Bacon visit. Thank you again to everyone who helped  make this possible!

‘All of our dreams came true’
Though Payson students, including student body president Rubie Raff, had long lobbied for Bacon to return — and, if possible, attend the spring prom — his visit still took them by surprise.

Athletes of the Week: May 3

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The Payson/Santaquin Area Chamber of Commerce would like to recognize this

Student of the Month: April

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Congrats to our Students of the Month for April!

Left to right: Jared Worthington, Colby Olsen, Mandy Beasley, and Neptune Cuddeback

Not pictured: Ava Rigby, Jacob Larsen, Brielle Ivers, Andrew Ramondini, and Dakota Johnson

Choir Qualifies for State with Incredible Scores

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With all the amazing things happening with our Payson High students, I would be remiss if I didn't include a congratulations to our chamber choir who not only qualified for state but did so with perfect scores, a very difficult thing to accomplish, and our women’s chorus who also qualified for state with near perfect scores!