- Provo High School is a public secondary school located in Provo, Utah. It is one of the schools in the Provo District. It is part of the Provo City School District, and is the oldest existent secondary school in the city. In 2007 PHS became the first "IB World School" in Utah County. The current Principal is Sam Ray.
- Clubs and organizations
- Air Force JROTC
- Capoeira Club
- National Honor Society
- Cheerleading
- Youth Crime Watch
- Mandarin Chinese
- Student Government
- FBLA
- FCCLA
- FFA
- Theater Production
- Anime Club
- Provo Football
- Track and Field
- Science Club
- Computer Club
- Literature
- PHS Band
- Speech and Debate
- SkillsUSA
- Ballroom Dance (Varsity and JV)
- Choir (Concert and Chamber)
- DECA
- Model UN
- Lumberjack Club
- Performing arts and athletics
- Soccer
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The Provo High Soccer team is currently coached by Cesar Cardoso. The team took 3rd in state in 2006-07.
- Basketball
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Provo High has won more Utah state basketball championships than any other school (http://deseretnews.com/preprecords/). PHS won the state basketball championship in 1941, '44, '45, '56, '73, '74, '78, '81, '83, '85, '87, '95, '97, '98, '04, '07 and 08.(http://deseretnews.com/preprecords/) The team is coached by Craig Drury who has won more Utah State high school basketball titles than any other coach in Utah. Provo won back to back titles in '07 & '08. Led by Chris Collinsworth and Sean Thornton, they defeated the Payson Lions 43-37 to win the 2006-2007 championship. In 2007-2008, they defeated Bountiful 45-42, led by Adam Law, Scott Edwards, Kyson Koop, Brandon Davies, and Kyle Collinsworth.
- Wrestling
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Head coach Miller named 4A Coach of the Year
- Baseball
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Provo High finished 3rd in state in 2007, led by 1st team all-state winners Blake Golding, Josh Beasley, and Adam Law. they were coached by Lance Moore, who won the 2007 4A coach of the year. The Bulldogs returned in 2008 with Adam Law, Collin Bigelow, Andy Isom, and Morgan Ventura. This team did not make the playoffs as expected with injuries and grade issues being contributing factors.
- Choir
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The PHS choir department is currently managed by Ammon Padeken, and was previously under the direction of Val Lindsay. The choir department is composed of four choirs: A beginning SATB choir is an open enrollment class, and works as a starter for getting into the program. The other three choirs are audition only choirs. There is an Advanced Women's Ensemble (AWE) composed of female voices, usually anywhere from 25-30 members. There is also a Chamber Choir, a 28 member choir with seven tenors, seven altos, seven sopranos, and seven basses, referred to as "PHS Singers." This amazing choir has been invited to travel to NY and sing in Carnegie Hall under the direction of Dr. Andre Thomas as part of the National Youth Choir. They were also selected to be the featured choir for the performance and had their own 15 minute segment during the performance. While in New York, the Chamber Singers sang the national anthem on The Today Show on March 27, 2009. They also performed at the Empire State Building and Ground Zero. The largest choir is the Concert Choir, ranging from anywhere to 50 to 110 members. During the Concert Choir's tour to Seattle in 2008, the Chamber Singers were selected to sing the national anthem at a Seattle Mariners baseball game. The concert choir in the 2007–2008 school year was the highest ranked choir in the state receiving a 1,1 plus, and a 1 plus plus. They were voted the best high school choir in the nation.
- Drama
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The current drama teacher at Provo High is Bob Bauer. During the '05-'06 year, Bauer directed both the school's musical, Beauty and the Beast, and The Servant of Two Masters.
- The '06-'07 musical was The Pirates of Penzance and The Comedy of Errors which showed the same year.
- Bauer's third year at PHS gave him the opportunity to direct Fiddler on the Roof, and The Crucible.
- In his fourth year at Provo High (2008-2009), Mr. Bauer decided to direct "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", and Mother Courage and her Children
- For the 2009-2010 school year Mr. Bauer has announced that in his fifth year at Provo High, he will direct in the Fall the straight play; William Shakespeare's Henry V, and in the Spring he will direct the musical The Fantasticks
- The previous Drama teacher was Susan Anderson. Some plays/musicals under her direction were The Scarlet Pimpernel, You Can't Take it With You, and South Pacific.
- Ballroom
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Angela Williams is the current head ballroom coach at Provo High School and has been since the 1999-2000 school year. In 2008–2009, the Varsity team placed Third in Division 1 at the National Amateur Dancesport Championships with their Mary Poppins Standard Medley and they also placed Fifth in Division 1 with their all new Queen Latin Medley, while the Junior Varsity team placed Second Division 2 with their Mission Imposible Latin Medley (which the Varsity team debued back in 2001) and Third with their Music of Majesty Standard Medley. The Varsity Team has placed first in National Amateur Dancesport Championships High School State Team Match for an un-heard of 5 years in a row, better than any other school in the state. These Awards make Provo High School Ballroom the Best public High School dance team in the Nation.
- Both Varsity and JV teams have traveled on trips to ST. George Utah and Rexburg Idaho. While the Varsity teams have traveled to San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Sacramento, Long Beach and Catalina Island. They have also been able to perform at Disneyland Resort in CA and at Disney's California Adventure.
- Many of the alumni of this team have gone on to dance at Utah Valley University and Brigham Young University on their tour teams.
- Band
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The band program at PHS is directed by Jared Hearld. Some band ensembles at PHS include Philharmonic Orchestra (a string ensemble), Percussion,Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Ad.Jazz Band, Jazz Band Pep Band, and the fall and summer Marching Bands. The Wind Ensemble is the highest performing classical ensemble of the bands, and descends in the order of Symphonic and then Concert. The Jazz Band has received state and nationwide recognition, has one of the best trumpet sections in the state, and is the most advanced instrumental musical group in the school. In 2008, Provo High Marching Band placed first four times, with drumline winning best in class four times and Color Guard also winning best in class at Bridgerland.
- Indoor/Winter Drumline
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Provo High has started an indoor or winter drumline, instructed by Daniel Adams and Tanner Thorsen, snare drum players of the Brigham Young University drumline. The new line is playing "Ice" by Brian Mudgett and Alan Keown. They placed second in lower division at their first competition at Roy High School, and placed first at their next two competitions at Mountain Crest High School and West High School. In the final State competition they placed first again, completing the season.
- PHS-BYU partnerships
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Due to its close proximity to Brigham Young University, Provo High has long operated as an informal local training ground for BYU's student teachers. From 1996 to 1999, PHS and BYU entered into a formal partnership with two primary goals: to improve the student teacher program and to work at retaining ninth grade students, who are statistically most likely to drop out of school.
- PHS Automotive
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The automotive program at Provo High School is instructed by Coleman McVea. Provo High School automotive has won a significant amount of automotive contests on a regional level as well as a state level under the direction of McVea. Kyle Carter, Austin C. Springer, Ammon Padeken, and Doug Robertson, represented Provo High School in the Weber State University Automotive Contest on January 17, 2008, taking first place and winning a Snap-On Tool Chest, a full tuition waiver to Weber State University, and a 2002 Envoy to be used as a training aid for the school. These students went up against the best 24 teams from Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming. This is the best Provo High has ever done in this contest.
- Notable alumni
- Paul D. Boyer, chemist and 1997 Nobel Laureate
- Kirk Chambers, professional football player for the Cleveland Browns and the Buffalo Bills
- Annie D. Danielewski aka Poe, singer/songwriter
- Mark Z. Danielewski, author
- Vernon Law, Cy Young award recipient, with the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Brett Vroman, basketball
- Tracy Hickman, Science-fiction & Fantasy Novelist (1975)
- Gifford Nielson, Quarterback, Houston Oilers
- Vance Law, Professional Baseball Player, BYU head baseball coach
- Leroy Tsunami Famous Piratical Journalist, Professional Gourmet Chef
- Dallin H. Oaks a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)
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