On Monday, May 2, Springville High will host an invitational track meet at Maple Mountain High in memory of Brandon Curtis, a Springville High senior who passed away last year due to a car incident. Sixteen schools will be competing on Maple Mountain’s eight lane state qualifying track. The meet will begin at 1 pm.
Junior Sondra Novak is Maple Mountain High’s Prep of the Week. Novak broke two school track records at the last meet. Novak’s track participation includes shot put, javelin, sprint and high jump. Novak said, “It is fun to watch all the meets because there are so many different events, and it’s a good environment with all the different people in one place doing the same things they love.”
Prom was a night filled with magic and fun!
Picture 1:
Senior Prom Royalty from left to right: Alex Trujillo and Nicole Gledhill (2nd Attendants), Katherine Wilkins and Brayden Rymer (1st Attendants), Savannah Martin and Hudson Sheranian (Prom Queen and King), and Jenny Hatch and Adam Keele (3rd Attendants)
Picture 2:
Junior Prom Royalty from left to right: Amy Jacobsen, David Allsop, Bobbe Graham, Madison Hurst, Carly Bastian and David Bates
Maple Mountain’s Eaglebots took 2nd place at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics regional competition which included competitors from Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming. The team had to design and create a robot that could hang tubes on racks with three rows and three columns. The top row was nine and a half feet in the air and worth three points. At the end, the teams could deploy a “minibot” to climb a ten and a half foot pole, this competition was worth 30 points.
On April 12, the Maple Mountain Lady Golden Eagles softball played the Spanish Fork Dons. Spanish Fork won by 1 point, 13-14. On April 19, Maple Mountain played Springville. Springville won by 1 point,
4-5. Both the Spanish Fork and Springville games were very close, the opponent teams won only by a fraction of a second. On April 22, the Lady Golden Eagles played the Salem Hills Skyhawks. Salem Hills won by 9 points, 1-10.
Since the beginning of the season the Maple Mountain Soccer team has shown their dedication and gradual improvement on the field. After being asked about their biggest improvement, teammate Zach Bailey replied, “We can score.”
On Tuesday, April 19, the Golden Eagles took on the Payson Lions on the Lion’s home turf. When asked before the game what they need to do to beat Payson, teammate Devon Jenson said, “We need to focus and pace the game our way.”
Cody Simpson from Maple Mountain High was chosen out of 1,000 ceramic art entrees to have his work shown in the National Ceramics Art Show. Out of all the students that were selected to be in show, he was awarded two awards, one of them was first place of the National K-12 Ceramic Show.
Wednesday evening, April 20, Maple Mountain High’s two non-auditioned choirs (Men's and Women's Chorus) performed at the Region 8 "Training Choir" Festival at Springville High school. Both choirs earned three straight superior ratings and qualified for the state choral festival in May.
Tryouts for the Maple Mountain High School Ellevés Drill Team were held on March 28 – 31, 2011. Twenty seven girls tried out with twenty girls making the final cut. The girls were taught a short military routine and a dance routine which they performed for the judges. They also showed their technique skills in some across the floor combinations.