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Article: Provo High salutes high-achieving students
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- June 3, 2008
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PROVO -- These days, a Provo High state champion is perhaps just
as likely to take the form of a first tenor as it is a first
baseman.
Friday afternoon, the last day of school, Provo High School
Principal Samuel L. Ray invited more than 100 students to join him
for lunch and to recognize a group of state champions covering more
than just athletics. Those gathered included Provo High students who
earned top state honors in everything from catering to auto
mechanics to choir and almost anything in between.
Ray attributes some of his students' success to the emphasis
educators at Provo High put on activities outside the classroom.
"We strongly encourage kids to be involved in extracurricular ...