Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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Academics Every nine weeks or so a funny looking black and white slip of paper was distributed in first period classes—a judgement of what one learned, could learn, or didn't learn. But there were some who felt that learning couldn't be measured by a piece of computerized paper and that learning couldn't be achieved only by tests and textbooks. Students and teachers alike felt there should be something more. So they took advantage of the new outdoor pods and sang songs at the top of their lungs and practiced radical governments without annoying nearby classes. Video tape re- corders thrilled classes with filmed recreations of The Red Badge of Courage, To Kill A Mocking- bird, and The Count of Monte Cristo to supple- ment their reading. Science labs got students out of their seats and doing. And when it all came together, the process of learning was its best and academics worked its way into the hearts and hopefully the minds of curious students.

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Under heavy pressure, debaters Kellie Kimball and Curtis Smith use prep time to get ready for their speeches. An in-school tournament was held to pre pare novice teams for the Orem tournament. Languages: Ours And Others English: a mind-boggling but required class for every student except the seniors who have the option of replacing it with foreign language. Foreign Language: classes to teach you to twist your tongue in several languages, such as Spanish. French, and German. English at Alta is a neccessary part of most students’ lives. Most students inter- viewed responded with positive com- ments. Junior Dori Bowman said she liked the class because it was so well-organized, and the teacher assigned enough good books. “I hated The Oxbow Incident, and the filmstrips were pretty weird, but other than that, English was okay.” Sophomore Sydney Schelin comment- ed, ‘‘This year. I've learned so much. It helps that I like my teacher and do my assignments in class, compared to last year when I hardly went to class!” Mrs. Ward said, ‘‘Alta has an exception- al English program, and we’ve received many fine compliments from the universi- ty communities. Each program has been designed for a particular grade level. Foreign Language classes were designed to teach students how to speak, read, and write a foreign language, and also to inform them of different cultures. Most students said that they took the class to prepare for college, and others said they just enjoyed it. The Foreign language teachers have built a growing program of language study and hope more students will enroll every year so different levels of each language can be created into their own classes. Students line up for foreign food at an early morn ing breakfast. Foreign language students expand ed their classroom studies to explore actual hands on cultural experiences. Sampling for- eign foods was the favorite of many bilinguists. Having a heavy emphasis on grammar studies, fresh- man English classes got the basics from Mr. Julian Mercer and Warriners. 106 • English Foreign Languages