Thunderings from DHHS

Come to our Christmas choir concert tonight and feel the spirit of the holiday in music, 7 p.m. in our auditorium. The now-traditional, wildly popular “Wish Box” assembly is tomorrow, during which students’ secret wishes will be revealed and “fulfilled,” and then the first semester comes to a close on Friday. School resumes on Tuesday, Jan. 5. Grades will be ready at the end of the first week of January. Boys’ and girls’ basketball, swimming, and wrestling have games and matches coming up. Check our Web site for game times and locations and support your school. Congratulations to our 2009-10 Sterling Scholar school winners: Brayden Morris, General Scholarship; Erin Kolu, English; Skyler Almquist, Math; Preston Wagner, Science; Megan Buckway, Social Science; Jessalyn Wood, Foreign Language; Tawni Durrant, Music; Brady Johnson, Business and Marketing; Kyle Carter, Computer Technology; Brendon Fisher, Trade and Technical; Alexis Williams, Speech/Drama; Claudia Oliva, Dance; Dayci Patterson, Visual Arts; Morgan Abel, Family and Consumer Science; and Jenessa Kaumans, Agricultural Science. Region winners will be selected in April. Registration for the 2010-11 school year begins in January. Contact the counseling office for more information. The faculty and staff wish you all a bright and merry Christmas and New Year.

(Photo by Alyssa Owens)

Thunderings from DHHS

Holiday spirit is combining with anticipation for the close of the first semester on Dec. 18, followed by Christmas break. The commons area sparkles with Christmas trees decorated by each of the class councils, and our performing arts groups have been busy delivering holiday cheer to the community. Plan on attending our “Night of the Arts” on Dec. 15, 7 p.m. in the DHHS auditorium. Our excellent dance team, La Ragelles, will be featured, and on Dec. 16, the choir will put some jingle in your step with a Christmas concert. Students are looking forward to next week’s “Wish Box” assembly, when students’ secret wishes will be revealed and “fulfilled.” Meanwhile, our winter sports teams are hard at work. Don’t miss the boys’ basketball battle against Salem Hills at DHHS on Friday. Check our web site for game times and locations for girls’ basketball, wrestling, and swimming. With all the excitement in the air, please remind students to keep up their academic efforts until the end of the quarter. Registration for the 2010-11 school year will begin in January. Contact the counseling office for more information.

Thunderings from DHHS

Thank you to the community, who supported our school programs by attending our production of “Bye Bye Birdie,” and a sincere thank you to all those, from students to parents and staff, who helped make the performances a success. Our music students will continue to show their talents during December. Tonight, the jazz band performs at 7:30 in the auditorium and will play at the Dickens Festival at 1:20 p.m. on Friday The DHHS orchestra will concertize at 8 p.m. on Thursday in the auditorium, and the choir will travel to Salt Lake City for a Christmas Tour. A new club, HOSA, is starting at DHHS, for students interested in medical careers. Participation in the club will provide information and activities relate to the field, as well as scholarship opportunities. There are just three weeks left in the second semester, but academic efforts and final projects are underway in earnest, so please encourage students to attend classes and do their best until the last day, Friday, Dec. 18, when their wishes will be granted at a “Wish Box” assembly. Registration for the 2010-11 school year will begin in January. Contact the counseling office for more information.