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American Fork High School
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Principal's Message
Hard Work vs. Talent
Ever hear your teen say, "He's so smart, math is easy for him," or "She's lucky she's good at soccer"?
Help your high schooler see that talent is only one piece of the puzzle...it's hard work and practice that makes people soar.
Encourage them to put in the time and effort to reach their own goals.
Sincerely,
Daniel P. Weishar
Principal
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Academic
Both the
Dance Company
and the
Drama Department
did a great job of representing American Fork High School at the Shakespeare Festival. Below are the awards! Way to represent AFHS!
1st place in Ensemble Scene from Richard III
Tied for 1st place in Monologues-Sasha Fazulyanov and Jessica Sannar ($1,000 SUU scholarships)
Larry Lott Award-Jessica Sannar ($1,000)
Overall Technical Theater Scholarship Winner-Chloe Cook ($2,500 to SUU and $500 in scholarship money from GTS)
2nd Place Overall Sweepstakes award!
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Athletic
The
Marching Band
competed at Utah State Bridgerland Competition on Saturday, Oct 1. winning all captions (Outstanding Percussion, Outstanding Colorguard, Outstanding Music, and Outstanding Visual). They also placed 1st Overall. Congratulations Marching Band!
Boys Golf
had a great season. They tied for 5th overall at the State Tournament, had one 1st team all State Golfer, David Conway, and two Academic All-State athletes, Hunter Thomsen and Chandler Thompson.
Football
The Cavemen placed 3rd in Region 6A and will be going on to the state playoff. First play off game will be held at Hunter HS, October 27 at 5pm!
Volleyball
will be in the state playoffs on November 2 at UVU. They have had some great games this season, and will be returning to the playoffs for a second straight year! Abbigail Vincent was also selected as an Academic All-State athlete.
Girls Tennis
had a strong showing at the state tournament. All 3 singles players and both doubles teams won their first matches, which has never happened at American Fork High School. The 1st doubles team made it to the semi-final match.
Girls Soccer
won their State Semi-Finals game over Layton 1-0 in the first 10 minutes of overtime yesterday at Juan Diego Catholic HS! The state championship game will be played on Friday, Oct 20 at 2pm in the Rio Tinto Stadium! Come support and cheer the girls on to their first state championship!
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Boys and Girls XC
The girls placed 2nd in the inaugural 6A State Championships race with a team time of 95:32. Lexi Wright earned both All-State and Academic All-State awards. The Girls finished only 15 points behind State Champs Pleasant Grove.
American Fork: 93 points:
5.Lexi Wright, 18:19.8
16.Samantha Stokes, 19:03.5
21.Hailey Hess, 19:15.4
24.Madison Hess, 19:17.8
27.Lily Nettesheim, 19:36.0
41.Mackenzie Hess, 20:02.4
48.Brooklyn Hopkins, 20:16.8
The Boys won their 8th State Championship in the last 9 years with 56 points; a 32 point victory over Herriman. Carson Clinger, Dalton Brems, and Luke Grundvig all earned All-State honors.
American Fork: 56 points
5.Carson Clinger, 15:36.1
6.Dalton Brems, 15:38.0
9.Luke Grundvig, 15:43.6
14.Cole Phillippi, 15:59.0
22.Kobe Serrano, 16:12.5
53.Alex Garces, 16:44.8
63.Joe Corbridge, 17:03.1
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AFHS CTE Announces NEW AFHS CTE Pathways Student Scholarship
The AFCTE faculty would like to announce a new scholarship available to all AFHS CTE Pathway completers for the 2017-2018 school year. Our CTE team, believes so strongly in supporting our AFCTE Cavemen and Cavewomen that our team has created an AFHS “CTE Pathways Student Scholarship” to help our AFHS CTE students in their pursuit of future education. Our CTE team would like to acknowledge student success in CTE courses. This scholarship is a reward for student’s hard work and commitment to do well in CTE coursework. It also offers a way to recognize the diligence it takes to complete a CTE Pathway. This scholarship is made possible by the personal donations from our CTE team and local donations from industry.
Eligible applicants must be a 1) graduating senior; 2) have completed a CTE Career Pathway; and 3) have a 3.0 GPA or higher.
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Thank You!
Aimee Rosen and Katherine Lloyd our Life Skills Teachers would like to take a minute to say thank you to all those who participated in the Life Skills fundraiser for schools affected by the hurricane in Houston, TX. After the news of all the terrible things happening lately in our country, it was good to spend the night enjoying a whole lot of good. Our school is amazing and I just have to say we are truly proud to be a Caveman. My heart is just so full with the love that was shown tonight. Our baseball team stayed and helped and played not only with our students but Lone Peak as well, even after having been at practice for several hours. Shawn Johnson and Jarod Ingersoll gave up the use of their field so our students could have a great night. We had a whole slew of AFHS football players stay after practice to come and cheer on their classmates. Even one of our cross country boys after finishing an 8 mile run stayed until the very last minute offering to help us clean up and take everything back in the school. Student Council saved us and Jessica Berry sat in the freezing cold taking donations so we could be with our kids! We were able to raise more than we ever hoped!
Our school and our community is amazing! Thank you for your support!
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American Fork High School will be allowing students to celebrate Halloween by wearing costumes to school if they choose. As a staff, we agreed that students should be allowed to dress up and celebrate Halloween in a positive way.
We have several guidelines for parents to consider with their student when planning costumes:
· Please have your student select a costume that does not support violence.
·Toy weapons will not be allowed.
·Students will not be able to wear masks.
·No clothing displaying, representing, or suggesting illegal, vulgar or obscene behavior.
·Clothing that has low necklines, bare midriffs, or reveals undergarments are not allowed.
·All other dress code rules will apply! If you have any questions about our dress code there is a link posted in IMPORTANT INFORMATION below.
As always our focus will be on learning. With your help we will enjoy a fun and safe holiday. Thanks for your support and involvement.
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To look at what our awesome KAVETV students have worked on all week, click on the tab below and see all the highlights from AFHS!
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Yearbooks of Year's Past
The media center has an archive of yearbooks that showcase the rich history of AFHS. Unfortunately, we don't have a book from every year.
We do have yearbooks from 1920 and 1921, but nothing else before 1943.
We are also missing 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, and 1961.
If you have a yearbook from one or more of these years, a donation would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Jeff Hill with information jeffreyhill@alpinedistrict.org
Concurrent Enrollment
October 20 - Last day to Drop a concurrent enrollment class for fall and full year classes without a W.
November 20 - Last day to Drop a Concurrent Enrollment class with a W.
Sterling Scholar
Sterling Scholar Applications
are available in the Counseling office, Mrs. Hoopes room 125 and Mrs. Holt's room 110. If you have questions about Sterling Scholars ask Mrs. Hoopes or Mrs. Holt or any teacher with a Sterling Scholar sign outside their door.
Applications are due Oct. 27 at 2:30 pm. In the Counseling Office.
Attendance School
Starting Tuesday, Oct 3, Attendance School will cost $5
Please click
HERE
to review the Attendance Policy.
Drivers Education
The next Driver Ed class will be offered November 6-16 2:30pm-5:30pm. Please register in the Finance Office.
Late Bus
Late Bus is now picking up Tuesday-Thursday at 4:00 in the front of the school. Drop off locations are 3515 W. Canyon Heights Dr, 3900 W. Morgan Blvd, Freedom Elementary, Legacy Elementary, 338 S. Storrs Avenue
DRESS CODE
Please click
HERE
to review our Dress Code Policy.
EAST SHORE TESTING
East Shore Testing for 2017-18 will take place in room 2. Testing is held A days after school; B days before school at 7:20 am; every day during lunch; and FLEX if students get a stamp in their planner. Contact Mrs. Hancock for more information.
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Counseling Corner
2017 College Week: November 13-17
College Admissions reps will be here during the week from Snow College, Dixie, SUU, UVU, Utah State University, and The University of Utah to assist seniors with their College Applications.
Students in all grades will have the opportunity to sign up to attend the following flex-time workshops: BYU Application Tips, Scholarships, Ways to Earn College Credit in High School, and NCAA.
Sign-up for College Admissions help and Flex Workshops will be available in the Counseling Office on November 1.
Senior Parent/Student College Information Night
will be held on
Thursday November 16
in the Auditorium. There will be a session at
5 pm
, and one at
6 pm
. A FAFSA complation lab will be offered the same evening from 5:30 pm-7:30 pm in room 34.
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PTA NEWS
AF’s PTSA has been busy this fall! We’ve met several times with Mr. Weishar to discuss and give input on issues impacting our students. We sponsored a luncheon and get-to-know-you activity for students new to AF, helped with fall pictures, provided dinner for faculty and staff on conference night, and are preparing for the upcoming PTA Reflections contest.
We’re looking ahead at ways to support the students’ Haunted Hallways and Festival of Trees activities, plus we're investigating sites for Grad Night this spring. It seems there are always activities ahead to be planned. Our friendly group would welcome volunteers willing to help with PTSA events. Interested? Contact President Charissa Little at
jamesonandcharissa@hotmail.com
.
Our PTSA stands in support of this great school. If you didn’t join PTSA at registration, we encourage parents, students and faculty to join us with your dues of $6 today. Did you know that nearly half of our member families purchase a membership for both parent and student? Did you know that a student membership provides a discount to PTSA activities like Grad Night? So, while you’re thinking about it, stop by the finance office or online at Alpine One Stop via the school’s website. Welcome to American Fork’s PTSA!
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PTA REFLECTIONS PROGRAM
Express yourself with art, music, or words in the PTA sponsored REFLECTIONS contest*. The theme this year is "WITHIN REACH" and is left to the imagination of each student. Entry forms and participation rules are in the front office, or can be found online
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Fri, Oct 20 - Fall Break, No School
Girls Soccer State Championship Game Rio Tinto Stadium 2pm
Mon, Oct 23 - Teacher Professional Development - No School
Tues, Oct 24
Volleyball @ Granger 3:30
Wed, Oct 25
NHS Induction Ceremony 6pm - Old Commons
Poetry Slam 7pm Media Center
Thurs, Oct 26
PICTURE RETAKES
Volleyball @ PGHS 3:30pm
Fri, Oct 27
PICTURE RETAKES
State Football Tournament AFHS @ Hunter 5pm
Sat, Oct 28
State Football Tournament (Home Team Sites)
MB Mt. Timpanogos Competition @ PGHS
ACT Test @ AFHS 7:45 am
Mon, Oct 30
Haunted Hallways 5pm
Tues, Oct 31 - Halloween
Wed, Nov 1 No Events
Thurs, Nov 2
MB at St. George Tour
Volleyball State Championships - UVU
Fri, Nov 3
MB State Champtionships at Dixie State University
Football State Tournament (Home team sites)
Sat, Nov 4
MB Western Regional Championships - Desert Hills HS
Volleyball State Championships - UVU
Football State Tournament - (Home team sites)
XC Pre-Footlocker Invite - AFHS 9am
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