Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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Jocks It was more than just a black and crimson jacket with a letter “A” sewn on. Lettermen and women earned the right to wear their jackets by fullfilling the mini- mum requirements set up in each “ ... it was ... athletes who shared common interests in challenging their own abilities ... or enjoyed the thrill of competition.” sports field: wrestlers had to earn at least twelve team points during meets, football players must have played in eight quarters of varsity games, ad infinidum. Although letterpeople was called a club, it was more a frater- nity (sorority — sorry girls) of ath letes who shared common inter ests in challenging their own abili ties on a physical battlefield or en joyed the thrill of competition Lang. Club To satisfy one of the varied in- terests of the studentbody, a group of foreign language students created the first foreign language club of the school. Two represen- tatives were selected from each Spanish, French, and German class to act as messengers of infor- mation to their classes. Duties, standards, and aims were outlined for the officers and members of the club by the freshly written club constitution, which set up guidelines for future members of the foreign language club. After-school meetings were scheduled to plan activities. For the Homecoming Week Parade, students dressed in costumes to portray different nationalities. The casual atmosphere of Bywater Park set the scene for the first annual opening social. Stu- dents dressed in jeans and t-shirts played volleyball and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows over a fire. A karate expert, singing stu- dents, and German dancers pro- vided entertainment for all. The first week of February was set aside to be Foreign Language Week. Language teachers encour- aged their students to get involved in the activities by designing post- ers in foreign languages, preparing “Students dressed in jeans and t-shirts ... roasted marshmallows and hot dogs.” ethnic dishes, and attending two assemblies held during the week. Dancers performing German dances provided the first assem- bly, while the students entertained one another with their own skits. To further celebrate, the students of all language classes watched “The Little Prince.” FBLA “FBLA wants to be known and respected by the state and school,” responded the 1980-81 FBLA, and that’s pretty much how it worked out; the club strived very hard to receive more recogni- tion. Busy this year, as well as during the summer, club members pre- pared t gain the experience they would need by attending seminars and special classes. These classes were put together to especially help the officers make a better FBLA club. Some of these classes took place at the Western Region- als in Anahiem, California and the Nationals in Washington D.C. Besides going to classes, they also sponsored many activities. They entered a float in the Home- coming parade deplicting an at- tack on the Granite Farmers. Also sponsored were a stomp on Sep- tember 26, a booth in the Alta Far (selling donuts), and a haunted house. Channel Five anchorwo- man Shelley Thomas visited Alta “a float ... depicting an attack on the Granite Farmers.” and spoke to the club. This year FBLA did many things to grow in reputation and importance, to its chapter members.

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Debate Drama When choosing an extra curricu- lar activity, debators decided on one of the most time consuming activities requiring an average of ten hours a week. Mr. Ochoa ex- pected well-prepared arguments and individual events from both novice and advanced students. Preparation paid off for the teams as many awards and tro- phies were added to the display case. Jon Berner and Debbie Rid- ing placed in the Governor’s Cup Championship, repeating their first placement from last year. At the University of Utah, Craig Dal- lon and Cindy Kimball made the quarter finals and novices Gordy “Evidence cards ... numbered in the thousands.” Mower and Van Schmidt placed in the octa-finals. In one of Utah’s most popular meets, the Copper Classic, Sondra Sumsion and Na- than Soderburg placed second in J.V., Van Schmidt and Gordy Mower received a trophy for semi- finalist, and Craig Dallon and Cin- dy Kimball placed in the quarter- finals. James Sebaske placed in in- dividual events in the Lincoln Douglas Debate. Jon Berner, Deb- bie Riding, Debbie Hilliam, and Tracey Hilliam each took first place rankings at the State Bar. In the Alpine Meet, Jon Berner, Craig Dallon, Cindy Kimball, and Debbie Riding received first places. Dave Cordero, Keith Fal- con, Bev Day, and Todd Gabler all took awards in Leg. In Individual Events, James Sebaske and Mary Ann Dwyre helped by adding to the trophy case. A special honor was paid to Jon Berner and Deb- bie Riding when they were invited along with nine other debate part- ners around the U.S. to compete in the Harvard Round Robin. Once upon a time, in a distant land, a group of people called ac- tors and actresses got together and decided to create a club for all the people related to theatre and called themselves Thespians. The original purpose of the Thespian club was to exchange ideas, moti- vate talent, and advance the the- atre arts in the world. Although this is still basically the function of the club, it has become more of a social organization than proffes- sional. And although the Alta High members of the International Thespian Society did do a lot of theatre work, whether it was a scene in class, a musical produc- tion, region or state drama compe- tition, or attending a play; they, too, spent time involved in social activities or parties. The four officers and advisor Robyn Bishop worked hard over the summer and throughout the year to try and plan original, excit- ing, and imaginative activities and outings. A lot of the traditional were re-planned, such as the toga party, the Halloween dress-up par- ty, and PMT productions. There were also a lot of originals: watch- ing Glenn Sacos’ one man show “The original purpose of the club was to exchange ideas, motivate talent, and advance theatre arts in the world.” Moods, an international Christ- mas party, and a roller skating party. The Thespians concluded their year with the annual banquet and awards presentation. Various awards for acting and participation in theatre were given, and the 1981-82 officers were announced. Club Intro ■ 229

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Ski FHA Club Sixty-four students make up the Future Homemakers of America Club. To introduce members to the club, two engagements were sponsored; the first was the Ban- nana Boat Bash, established to re- cruit new members. The second, was the Candle Lighting. This event was held to install new offi- cers and members. Each month the club held an FHA Day, in which guest speakers came and talked on subjects like promotion, jewelry and cookbook fundraisers; other topics were the ZCMI tablesetting contest, profi- ciency event demonstrations, and rehearsal for state conventions. The club also held activities includ- ing a rollerskating party, and a spring picnic. One of the biggest dances of the year. Sweethearts Ball, was sponsored by the FHA. The club attended the Regional Convention, State Leadership Conference, Regional Leadership Conference, and the State Con- vention at BYU. For these hap- penings students competed in pro- ficiency events in all aspects of ho- memaking such as decision mak- ing, child care demonstrations, “Shelli Clark ... was Utah’s nominee for national office.” clothing construction skills, interi- or design displays, food prepara- tion, and illustrated talks. Shelli Clark, a state officer of FHA,was Utah’s nominee for na- tional office. She attended the Na- tional Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, in the summer of 1980. Aside from homemaking, the FHA sponsored a service project. For a fund raiser the club sold tur- key feathers to the home ec. classes for twenty-five cents apiece. This raised enough money for two families to enjoy a Thanks- giving turkey dinner. Ice! Rocks! But, when ski club kicked off, January 7, there was also plenty of warm sunshine. Also, a new advisor, Mr. Clay- baugh, took over the reigns of the over 260 member club. For only $45, students were excused from school after third hour, six differ- ent days to ride buses up to Snow- bird to enjoy a full day of skiing the various lifts and the tram. Most who joined, stated that this was probably the best deal one could get for skiing, because up at “the Bird” it would usually cost $16 a day. Also included in the deal was an end-of-the-year banquet rekin- dling memories of past ski trips. It was a club ski buffs, hotdog- “ ... great exercise, fun, and invigorating ... bruises, cramps, aching muscles ... and sprains.” gers, and beginners could enjoy together. Skiing was great exer- cise, fun, and invigorating. Howev- er, at the end of skiing days many attained injuries: bruises, cramps, aching muscles, joints, and sprains. Student advisors working under Mr. Claybaugh each trip were as- signed to buses, and checked stu- dents on and off the buses. Many seventh period meetings were held to discuss future ideas and plans. Also each week various teachers would come along each trip and help Mr. Claybaugh and the student advisors. Often seen were many students who did not belong to the ski club but would come up on their own and blend in with the ski club crowd. There were even a few who would sell their passes and hop on a transit bus to Alta, just up the road. At the beginning season, snow was of lacking, and the club can- celled one trip, but more snow came to Utah and skiing was plen- tiful and more powder fell to in- crease the season’s previous 40 inches to well over 70 inches. Club Intro H231