Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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 Look At All These People—, One thing for sure; something had happended. Perhaps no one could tell from just looking at the cool, clean-lined outer face of the building, but some things were new inside. Why were there no foreign language classes in the foreign language pods? But there were walls now separating class- rooms. Where were the “50's rooms in a school of “100’s” “200's”, and “300's”? Everyone growled at the slippery locker handles and groaned at hearing the new attendance policy re- peated class after class. Maneuvering through packed halls and situating in crowded classrooms required new skills. Screams of pride and partial understanding echoed in the first fieldhouse as- sembly when Mr. Worlton announced that we were the biggest high school in Utah now, and one of the biggest in the intermountain west. Every- where— in the fieldhouse, hallways, lunchlines, and classrooms, students remarked, Look at all these people.” 4 • Opening Like an airport runway. State Street shines a flame from the glow ing Capitol to archrival Jordan. The beautiful skyline down State is just one other thing that lends State its cruising and nightlife charm. A sturdy shoulder helps support songleader Jacque Barlow as Mary Johnson and she walk along the home bleachers. Although they’d been through some trying times, the cheerleaders and songleaders received the highest honors in the state and went on to compete in nationals.

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Blaring their horns in the sweet summer sun, Stuart Rice and Stefan Wells make a little music at a home game. With the help of the band's spirit and song, the home crowds charged and cheered the varsity team all the way to State. Another coat of paint piles up on the rock to show everyone coming off of Wasatch and heading away, just who was going to take State this year. But not even decorating the rock changed the Hawks' fate as they fell to the Roy Royals 12 to 7 in the semi finals played at the University of Utah. Opening • 3

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Sheer wit and a playful prank take over in Mrs. Rasmussen s Honors English class as Andrew Soderborg can't help but smile at the overturned desks. Little laughs and big laughs alike helped pull the average student through some pretty chaotic times when everything seemed to be changing beyond his control. The outside world forgotten Scott Ashby lends an ear to the latest fad in musical entertainment—the pocket cassette stereo. The light headphones of Walkmans and Cybernets quietly made their way onto ears and provided high fidelity sound at low outside volume levels. A little jamming on an acoustic guitar relieve and revive Todd Mortenson and Carl Allred from the rigorous schedule of school life. The commons proved to be a haven for anyone looking for a break as students could unwind to radios, a joke or two. or just watch all the people pass by. Opening • 5