Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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Dr. Raymond Whittenburg Superintendent Ray Brown Deputy Supt. Kenneth Prince Deputy Supt. Marlin Fairbourn Aaat. Supt. Not A Prayer As if managing the fastest grow- ing school district in Utah was not responsibility enough for the Jordan Board of Education, in 1983, the board faced the task of enforcing federal decisions made on several controversial issues. The question of whether prayer in public schools is constitutional was one of these issues. Prayer at school or any school meeting was banned. Even the pauses given in memory of former students and teachers were prohibited. “I can un- derstand why prayer in the class- room situation is unneccesary. commented Kay MacNamara but I Congratulating a croaa country winner. Mr Worlton enjoyed close association with students. don’t feel having a ‘moment of si- lence’ is wrong. The decision on video copyright laws probably had the most visable effect on schools. Because of a call for stricter enforcement of the laws, teachers could no longer show most videos to their classes. As long as we aren’t using the tapes for com- mercial gain, and just for education, how can it be considered illegal? questioned Michael Ripplinger. One of the questions that remained to be answered was to what extent lack of videos would affect education. Dan Allen felt that although there are other methods of presenting the same materials, the inaccessability of video material will be harmful in the long run. Richard Gourley Asst Supt. Jane Callister Board Preaident Administration ■ 87 Maurme Jensen Board V.P. Richard Blomquist Board Member Don Carpenter Board Member Mark Klotovich Board Member

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Fred R. Worlton Principal 86 ■ Administration Doug Anderson Aaat. Principal Craig Stark Aaat. Principal Ron Sing Aaat. Principal Charles Woodward Aaat. Principal Preparing for a consultation. Mr Stark reviews a students file

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 This is a computerized pre-re- corded message from Alta High School. Your eleventh grade stu- dent was reported to have missed one or more classes yesterday. Please send an excuse or contact Alta High for further information.” This plaguing Big Brother” was a result of the report that was re- leased on education in 1983. A Nation at Risk.” caused tremen- dous controversy between many national education professionals. The management, teaching and expounding tangents of education have shown a trend toward the ba- sics since this report was released. It affected both the administration and the students with great impact. I think the problem is with the stu- dents attitude. Students generally, do not value learning; they don’t want a larger vocabulary; they don't want to spell better; they basically don’t care if they’re knowledgeable. They view school more or less as a sentence not as a prosperous tool for life. Until students want to learn and value a good education, there aren’t any programs that will im- prove the educational systems.” commented Judy McAllister. The elimination of many extra- curricular activities was also a result of the nationwide report. Ski Club, an avid pastime for Alta students. was quickly cut from the list of ac- tivities. Educators agree that the elimination of these type of activities was actually beneficial. I agree that our educational system is in trouble. Educators need to realize that stu- dents do not have to be entertained every day in class; requirements should be more stringent. Students need to learn how to read, write, and perform math functions. Our society can’t afford a generation of illiterate people. explained DECA advisor. Linda Andersen. Comprehension of class subjects seemed to be the key to good grades. An eager stu- dent inquires for help from health teacher. Sandra Jones. “I feel, as a parent and as a teacher, that if our nation is at risk, parents are mainly responsible. My own children are getting a great education, with lots of homework, because I know what is go- ing on in their classes and I make it a requirement for them to do their home- work. ” —Carolyn Olsen Deraid Alcorn English Dan Allen Biology Doug Allen Art Frank Allen History Linda Andersen Distributive Ed. Joey Anderson English Carroll Breecher Auto Rosemary Brown German Jay Burkinshaw Audio Visual Kent Burrell Drama Karen Cavin Algebra Bevan Chipman Junior Counselor Mary Anderson Gymnastics Debra Barker Math Kathryn Bartlett Science Maxine Behrmann Resource Ed. Doug Berry Ken Black Health Faculty 88 ■