IN THE KNOW

IT'S SHOWTIME...Watch our awesome videos HERE

Watch our Social Media Showtime here. It's something we all can learn from.

Watch our Mental Health Showtime What’s Up Cavemen. It's so important and has some great advice.

Special Olympics Unified Track Meet

Want a feel-good moment, watch this video with our Superintendent, Shane Farnsworth who interviews students from Special Olympics Unified Track Meet last Friday, held at Orem HS. These kids are amazing and an integral part of our school. We are so proud of our Cavemen who raced, jumped, and threw during this event!

Congratulations to our Teacher of the Year, Rachel Bradshaw. She won the prestigious Accent On Excellence Award, which is only given to 20 employees of Alpine School District every year. She was honored by an amazing speech by our Student body President-Elect, Mary Cummings. Guess who taught her how to give speeches? Mrs. Bradshaw! A full circle moment. Thank you to DoTerra, Sierra West Jewelers, and other sponsors for putting on this event.

GREEN HOUSE SALE: Our annual Green House sale begins Saturday May 6 from 8 am to 12 pm. The following week it will be open M, T, Th, F from 8 - 3 pm, and Wednesday from 8 am - 1 pm. Click here to print a list of plants and prices.

YEARBOOKS

There are only 240 Yearbooks left. When they are GONE, they are gone! Purchase one at the Finance Office or on MySchoolFees today for $65. To check if you have purchased one, search for your student number HERE.

School Lunch Fees

Our school year is winding down, don't forget to pay off your student's lunch balances with Nutrition Services.

HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS

A huge thank you to Jill Brown and the wonderful moms for their hard work with our Humanitarian Service Projects. They provided many service opportunities for our students each Monday during lunchtime. This year our students made 84 blankets, 65 bears, 86 jump ropes, 26 hats, 185 notecards, just to name a few. These projects will be given to people in our area and around the world. We appreciate all they have done to organize, prepare, and spend time here with our students! Our students have really enjoyed participating and look forward to next year! 

2023 Cavestock

May 19 from 4-9 PM is our annual end-of-year festival, Cavestock. The price per student is $15. Parents of those playing in one of the bands are welcome to come and support. Just check in at the entrance to receive a wristband. Students/friends of the bands from other schools are required to buy tickets. Each ticket comes with a Cavestock shirt while supplies last. 

Band lineup and approximate times

5:00 ………..Street Signs 

5:30 …………American Chopsticks

6:00 …………Alaskan Ice Fishers

6:30 …………Ignatious

7:00 …………Bloomsday

7:30 …………Health Care

Food Trucks (4-8 PM)

Auntie Anne’s

Thirs-T

TokyWa

El Sahuaro Taco

Leilani’s Love Shack

Activities

Rock wall provided by the Utah National Guard

Giant Inflatables (4-7 PM)

The Life Shop 

Yearbooks (4-6 PM)

Chalk Throw at 8:30 PM

9 Square (4-8:30 PM)

Cornhole (4-8:30 PM)

Spikeball (4-8:30 PM)

AP Testing

AP Tests will be taken next week on May 1 - 12. Make-up tests will taken on May 17-19.

GRADUATION/SENIOR INFORMATION

"Senior Grad Night" will be held May 24 from 11 pm - 2:00 am at Provo Beach Resort. Students need to be in the South Parking Lot at 10 pm and students arrive back at 2:30 am. STUDENTS CANNOT DRIVE THEMSELVES! Please make sure your student arrives on time to catch the bus. Pizza and drinks will be provided. The cost is $40 until May 22 and then it increases to $45. Tickets can be purchased on myschoolfees.com or at the Finance Office. Tickets need to be purchased by 1:30 pm on May 24. Tickets will NOT be sold the night of!

PARENT CHAPERONES ARE NEEDED!

The PTSA is looking for parents to help chaperone the grad night party. Those who chaperone will need to be fingerprinted at the ASD main office. Please schedule a fingerprinting appointment by clicking here. If you have already been fingerprinted you do not need to do it again.

Come join the fun. Please contact Jackie Borget at jackie.borget@gmail.com if you are interested in helping out.

PLEASE ALERT YOUR SENIORS

On July 1, 2023, the student accounts for seniors will be inactivated, archived, and eventually deleted. We realize that over the years students may have accumulated a lot of work and materials tied to these accounts. In order to keep any and all of the materials currently stored in their alpinesd.org Google Drive they may use Google Takeout to save an external archive of your files. They will need to follow the steps included here to download their Google account data to a hard drive or external flash drive. This needs to be completed before July 1 in order to avoid losing access to all of their work.

Seniors - Chromebook check-in will be on May 17

Chromebooks will be available for purchase, more information is coming soon. Cap and

Cap and Gowns

Cap and Gowns will be available for pick up starting in the afternoon of May 19.

Textbook Turn In will be on the 11 and 12 of May. 

Seniors! To order FINAL TRANSCRIPTS

Please come to the Counseling Office and fill out a Final Transcript Request Form. Beginning Monday, June 5 they will be either emailed or printed in a physical form depending on what you requested. Physical copies can be picked up in the Registrar's Office, Room #1, from 8:00 am until Noon in June and in the Front Office during July. 

GRADUATION

For those students graduating that missed the graduation assembly held on April 25, watch this VIDEO. Also, please print and read this information before graduation so they are prepared for their big day HERE.

SENIOR RECOGNITION NIGHT

Senior Academic Recognition Night

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 6:30 PM in the Auditorium

On this night we will recognize:

Valedictorian

Salutatorian

Sterling Scholars

High Honors

4.0 GPA

Spirit of the Caveman

Caveman in Excellence

Seal of Bi-Literacy

CTE Pathway Completers

Academic All-State

FFA State Contests Winners

The Poultry Evaluation team took 1st in the state! Jared Hare received the high individual award with Hayes Bromley right behind him at second High individual! They will head to Nationals in October! 

The Veterinary Science team took 3rd overall in the state with Logan Hunter and Nora Griffin tying for 3rd overall High Individual! Logan Hunter also received a scholarship for his hard work! 

The Milk Quality Evaluation team took 4th overall in the state! Gavin Tolman was the 4th high individual in that contest! 

The Agricultural Mechanics team was 5th in the state and won the final round of competition! 

The Horse Judging team took 11th overall.

Great job FFA!

ADOBE FIELD TRIP

Mrs. Powell, Mr. Hanby, and 20 Commercial Art AFHS students were able to tour and visit Adobe in Lehi. In addition to seeing some amazing artwork from local artists, playing games, and receiving Adobe swag, students were able to learn how to use some Adobe software on their Chromebooks, and get a sneak peek at Adobe possibilities with AI. Students also learned about what it takes to work at Adobe. 

COUNSELING

UVU CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT

If you would like to register for Concurrent Enrollment classes for the Fall, UVU Concurrent Enrollment Admissions and Registration is open. Go to uvu.edu/concurrent. If you have any questions see Tessa Simpson in Room 44B, or email her at tessasimpson@alpinedistrict.org

AFHS Academic College Advisor took students up to the University of Utah for a tour. We love these opportunities to have students learn about colleges and expand their learning.

CLICK HERE FOR UP-TO-DATE THINGS HAPPENING AT AFHS.

Boys Lacrosse

The boys lacrosse season has been great, with some big wins and close losses. Come support next Friday, May 12 for their Senior Night at 5 pm! State games start May 16.

Academic All-State

We honored our eight UHSAA All-Academic State Recipients for the winter season.

Congratulations to:

Chandler Eyre - Swim

Tyran Preece - Drama

Rachel Feveryear - Swim

Isabel Bryce - Swim

Angela Cuff - Basketball

Lindsay Zundel - Basketball

Nicole Lewis - Basketball

Drendan Crowther - Basketball

Girl's Lacrosse

The girl's lacrosse season has provided the girl's team with some great experiences. Come support next Friday, May 10 for their Senior Night at 5 pm! State games start May 16.

State Drama

The students did great with the following results:

1st Place One Act-Constellations

Best Actor-Sam Karlinsey

Best Actress-Bella Ford

2nd Place Dramatic

Monologue-Bex Miller

2nd Place Classical Scene

Zane Tolman and London Allen

3rd Place Musical Theater

Bri Heaton and Reagan Massey

Everyone represented AFHS well!

Proud to be a Caveman!

BAND BASH INFO

Softball

Softball is winding down the season with 1 game left on Monday at Mt View. The girls are working hard to gear up for playoffs on May 13. Senior night was last night. We want to thank our seniors Dayna Policarpio and Afrika Baldemar for their hard work over the past 4 years. 

Boys Tennis

Congrats to our Boys Tennis team for winning the 2023 Utah Valley Ashton Invitational tournament. This is the second consecutive year the Cavemen have taken home the title which includes most of the top teams from the state in 4A, 5A, and 6A classifications. AF defeated Provo, Farmington, Skyridge, and Corner Canyon to take home the title. 

American Fork Winter Guard

The American Fork Varsity Guard had a fantastic showing at the Winter Guard International Competition. They placed 9th in the nation out of hundreds of Winter Guards from the United States and Canada. This is NOT easy to do. 

This team was the first HS from Utah ever to make WGI Finals and to place 9th! We are thrilled. They are an exceptional team. Truly the best AFHS winter guard to date. 

You can watch their finalist performance HERE:

Watch the awards ceremony when their score and placement were announced HERE:

American Fork Jazz Bands

The intermediate and advanced Jazz Bands at American Fork High School traveled to Colorado for the UNC Greeley Jazz Festival this past week. They represented our school well in performances and clinics. Great job Jazz Bands! 

You can hear our Jazz Bands, as well as our Steel Drums, perform at the upcoming Jazz and Steel Band BBQ which will be held at the American Fork High School Band Field is on Saturday, May 13^th! There will be food and vendor booths and lots of other fun things. Watch for more information to come.

American Fork Band State Solo/Ensemble

Congratulations to the following students who received a superior rating at Regional Solo/Ensemble and will be playing at State Solo/Ensemble this Saturday, April 29.

Joseph Schmule           Snare Drum                 Bryce Bushman            Snare Drum

Eli Elder                       Snare Drum                 Julian King                   Snare Drum

Joseph Schmule           Timpani                       Adeleigh Bryce             Marimba

Jamie Jones                 Marimba                     Josh Lamb                   Marimba

Ammon Crane              Marimba                     Dallin Corey                 Marimba

Justin Ward                  Marimba                     Gavin Gunther             Marimba

Joseph Schmule           Marimba                     Amelia Streeter            Marimba

Jackson Lauritzen         Alto Saxophone            Jonathan Crane            Alto Saxophone

Jay Rawlings                Tenor Saxophone         Sydney Stephens          Baritone Saxophone

Jackson Lauritzen         Baritone Saxophone     Josie Nguyen                Clarinet

Ashley Lee                   Flute                            Lydia Stoddard             Flute

Hayden Stafford           Trumpet                      Kaden Handy               Trumpet

Mason Call                   Trumpet                      Lincoln Nelson             Trumpet

Jacob Ashcraft              Trumpet                      Daniel Barnum             Trumpet

Alexander Harvey         Trumpet                      Alexander Christean     French Horn

Julianna Hollenbach     French Horn                 Darien Oborn               Trombone

Ezra Baldemar              Trombone                    David Clayton               Trombone

Nathan Ashcraft           Trombone

Ammon Crane, Eli Elder, & Jamen Underwood                                       Mallet Trio

Dallin Coery & Josh Lamb                                                                     Marimba Duet

Gavin Gunther & Grace Carpenter                                                         Marimba Duet

Jamie Jones, Julia Steed, Adeleigh Bryce, & Amelia Streeter                    Marimba Quartet

American Fork Brass Choir

FOOTBALL

Two Cavemen were honored by the National Football Foundation for excellence in the community, the classroom, and on the football field. Davis Andrews received the Junior Scholar Athlete Award and Hunter Clegg was just 1 of 14 athletes across the state that was honored as a Scholar Leader Athlete by the National Football Foundation. Hunter is currently on his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was represented at the banquet by his younger brother Carter. Go, Cavemen!

Utah State Math Competition

Congratulations to Spencer Leach (left) and Samuel Kimball (right) for their achievement at the University of Utah State Math competition. Spencer finished in the top 10% in the state and Samuel finished in the top 25%.  Way to go Cavemen!

TRACK

The Cavemen kept their unbeaten streaks alive after winning the 13-team Caveman Classic Track and Field Invitational on both Boys' (137 points)and Girls' (165 points) sides last Friday. We appreciate all the Parents, staff, and athletes that helped host our invitational. Complete Results

Qualifying for the State Championships:

2.Daniel Simmons, 800m Run, 1:57.27

2.Ben Bradshaw, 3200m Run, 9:21.45

2.Clara Baker, Discus, 110-05 (3rd All-Time at AFHS)

3.Champion Edwards, 100m Dash, 10.96 (8th All-Time at AFHS)

3.Tayvin Jensen, Discus, 140-07 (7th All-Time at AFHS)

3.Presley Gray, Long Jump, 16-10.75 (9th All-Time at AFHS)

Scoring points for the Cavemen:

1.Boys 4X200m Relay, 1:29.04 (2nd All-Time at AFHS)

1.Boys 4X100m Relays, 43.14 (8th All-Time at AFHS)

1.Will Bennion, 110m Hurdles, 15.53

1.Erik Youngberg, 300m Hurdles, 41.22

1.Davy Houle, Discus, 149-00 (3rd All-Time at AFHS)

1.Clara Baker, Shot Put, 41-00

1.Mary Cummings, Discus, 115-05

2.Girls 4X200m Relay, 1:45.12

2.Desirae Riehle, 100m Dash, 12.50

2.Desirae Riehle, 200m Dash, 26.12

2.Lily Collier, 100m Hurdles, 15.68

2.Lily Collier, 300m Hurdles, 47.82

2.Evan Agor, 200m Dash, 22.10

2.Kylie Larsen, Javelin, 102-09

T2.Abi Combs, High Jump, 4-09

T2.Emma Gibb, High Jump, 4-09

3.Kaitlyn Kimball, 300m Hurdles, 47.82

3.Girls 4X800m Relay, 10:37.72

3.Girls 4X100m Relay, 51.17

3.Girls 4X400m Relay, 4:11.05

3.Boys 4X400m Relay, 3:32.77

3.Ben Jaster, 3200m Run, 9:31.46

3.Abi Combs, Shot Put, 32-07.5

3.Jaxon Durrant, High Jump, 6-00

4.Erik Youngberg, 110m Hurdles, 15.73

4.Desirae Riehle, 400m Dash, 58.79

4.Will Bennion, 300m Hurdles, 43.19

4.Jaxon Durrant, Long Jump, 21-07

4.Shelby Clegg, High Jump, 4-07

5.Avalon Mecham, 1600m Run, 5:03.63

5.Haley Whitford, 800m Run, 2:23.19

5.Clara Baker, Javelin, 95-10

5.tayvin Jensen, Shot Put, 44-09.5

6.Alan Calderon, 400m Dash, 53.51

6.Ryker Miller, 300m Hurdles, 43.80

6.Cambria Hasler, 200m Dash, 27.02

6.Angela Cluff, Shot Put, 30-05.25

7.Kaitlyn Kimball, 100m Hurdles, 17.35

7.Cambria Hasler, 400m Dash, 1:00.57

7.Audrey Wright, 800m Run, 2:24.46

7.Mary Cummings, Shot Put, 30-02

7.Jane Lemon, Discus, 87-08

7.Gavin Tolman, Pole Vault, 10-09

8.Lewis Knecht, 110m Hurdles, 16.02

8.Carson Harmon, 300m Hurdles, 43.95

8.Sophie Swindle, Long Jump, 16-03.5

8.Davy Houle, Shot Put, 42-02

All-Time List earner:

10.Natalia Boltz, 1600m Run, 5:09.56 (9th All-Time at AFHS)

Region IV Orchestra Festival

Orchestra Students performed at Westlake HS in Region IV Orchestra Festival. The AFHS Chamber Orchestra received Straight Superior Ratings and are Qualified for State Orchestra Festival in May. They were amazing and the Judge's comments were "beautiful", "lovely" and "wonderful" as they performed. They deserved every positive comment. There were 12 orchestra performances in our Region. The AFHS Chamber Orchestra and 4 other groups are going on to the State Competition.

The Symphonic/Concert Combined Group played beautifully as well but received a combined score of "Superior Minus" which just barely takes them out of the opportunity to go to State. They played with their hearts and did so well.  

NEED A SUMMER JOB?

BYU Grounds is looking for summer workers. They provide great summer jobs with flexible hours and $14/hr pay. It is open to any high schooler 16 or older. If you are interested contact Jacqui Durney at BYU Grounds. 

jd485@byu.edu

RE: Utah County Fair Open Class Call for Submissions

We are pleased to again be hosting the annual Utah County Fair at the Spanish Fork

Fairgrounds this year August 2-5, 2023. We know your students have been working hard on

projects all year long and would love to have them showcased at the fair. We would love your

support in encouraging students to enter their projects for awards and prize money. Each entry

is judged on its own merits and all receive prize money for entering.

There is a limit of ONE entry per CLASS up to a TOTAL of TEN entries per person.

The Departments are:

● Fruits and Vegetables

● Floriculture

● Foods

● Clothing

● Needlework

● Handicraft and Hobby

● Fine Art

● Photography

Each Department has multiple Classes that can be entered so be sure to visit the website for more details. http://www.utahcountyfair.org/open.php If you’ve created it, there’s a place for it!

Come celebrate your work at the Utah County Fair!

This year we will also be introducing our Junior Utah County Fair Board. This is a great

opportunity to work with our County Commissioners, earn volunteer hours and serve in our community. Scholarship opportunities are available.

Please distribute to parents, students and any other people that may be interested.

Kristyn Moss

Kristee Christensen

Open Class Division

Utah County Fair

openclass.utahcountyfair@gmail.com