Talk:Springville High School (Utah)

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Two high schools...?[edit]

I live in Provo, and as far as I know there is only one high school there... Mapleton High School is in Mapleton, isn't it?

B-) (talk) 16:51, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, my bad. Didn't know about Merit Academy

B-) (talk) 17:01, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge with Nebo School District[edit]

School is non-notable; should be merged into district article. valereee (talk) 16:44, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I see no evidence that article shouldn't be retained, per WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. Boleyn (talk) 18:46, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Content from Nebo School District page[edit]

I am removing content about Springville High on the Nebo District Page and instead linking to this page. I am including here the content from the Nebo page:

Springville High School is the only high school which serves Springville, and is located in, Springville, Utah. Springville is known to have a rivalry with Maple Mountain high school, in which the rivalry made national news with a page published in maple mountains yearbook.

Springville High School's mascot is the Red Devil. The origin of the mascot name dates back to the original construction of the school, when the Red Devil Cement Company assisted significantly in the building. This has become a focal point for controversy several times over the years, most recently in 2002. In this instance some local citizens organized a committee called "Parents for Mascot Review." They argued that the Devil was an unsavory mascot for teens and interpreted school literature bearing the character as "pro devil" paraphernalia. Some Latter-day Saint members of this committee believed that they should not support the mascot for its satanic allusion, citing their religious beliefs as their reasons. Other LDS community members disagreed saying that the church had no official stance on the matter, that the mascot was not satanic, but rather a mythical creature, and that the groups were promoting their own agenda.

Alumni of the school countered that the mascot was not satanic, and had been the official mascot since 1967 when students voted it in. Further they claimed it was historically significant. The name and image came from Red Devil Cement Co., a historically important employer in Springville.

Begeun (talk) 17:35, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]