Altavista High School - Nuntius Yearbook (Altavista, VA)

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“Are you sure you only want one?” asks Mary Eubanks as she sells Dino Poindexter a spirit ribbon. Spirit ribbons were sold all day be- fore a home game to boost the team’s morale. Is Timmy sounding off again? No, he’s just practising his trumpet. Timmy McPeters was one of the Nuntius Homecoming Band Prom Christmas Hancoutsieemcn, pon Current(Events 3... Studentiliteseeer eee PaGsenerasnion. Students Lileeeee ere STUDENT LIFE STUDENT LIFE STUDENT LIFE . | A WY main reasons the Altavista High School Marching Band is so im- pressive. Signing friend Sun Ryeon Kim’s yearbook is Deborah Burch. Stu- dents spend lots of time looking through the new yearbooks and treasuring memories. 7 Student Life

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Pinning a flower on Todd Mat- tox’s shirt is Michelle Payne. Flower days were held about once a month by different groups and girls and guys buy for their favorite person. 6 Student Life “Do I look tacky or what?” asks Kam Goldsmith as friend Holly Collins looks on. Stu- dents showed their spirit by wearing their worst on Tacky Day, part of yearbook week. LIFE STUDENT LIFE STUDENT LIFE STUDENT LIFE STUDENT LIFE STUDENT Student life. Self-explanatory? Not necessarily. Stu- dents at Altavista High tend to make themselves excep- tions to nearly every rule simply by being themselves — doing the unexpected. Seniors and underclassmen had a very full schedule, balancing classes among sports, clubs, music les sons, band, yearbook, and active social lives. Sports, especially, took up lots of time after school hours. Football, for example, took more practice time this year. The players started a weight-lifting program last spring and worked all summer. Consequently, the Colonels won several games for the first time in two years. Also, the girls’ varsity basketball concentrated their efforts and became one of the best teams in the region. Six team members attended summer camps to work on their individual skills as well as team work. Studies, however, did not get neglected due to the long list of activities. Exceptional students were able to juggle a full calendar and extra curricular activities along with the work necessary to keep up their all important aca- demic average. This average was especially important to seniors, with an eye on college. Grades were a key factor in class rank and nominees for National Honor Society. Some newcomers in the form of seventh graders found that they, too, would have to push themselves a little more to achieve, but they were helped along by the “old timers” of the middle school, the eighth graders. All of this extra effort, however, did not detract from student life outside of the classroom. In fact, it flour- ished! Dressing just right, “hanging out”, and being in- volved — these are all factors in student life. The higher the goal, it seemed, the higher the Altavista High achievers reached!

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{ Staff Works Hard Nuntius: Nonstop Job “What do you mean the camera is broken? How do I meet the deadline?” “How wide is a four-column layout?” “What screen should I use for this page?” Many questions and problems arose putting together the NUNTIUS, but thanks to a lot of hard work by twenty staff members the book fell into place. Putting together the yearbook was a long term job. Early in the summer staff members were assigned to sections, given advertis- ing sales assignments, and attended a workshop. When school started there came the tedious work of learning terms and techniques as work on the book itself began. Next came the “beats.” Staff members visited teachers during home- room to find out about upcoming events in their classes. Yearbook week rolled around the first week in October and students enjoyed staff sponsored activities: the Powder Puff foot- ball game between junior and senior girls, Tacky Day, a Hairy Legs contest among men teachers, and finally the yearbook as- sembly. But work didn’t stop with the sales campaign or the final March deadline. There were still the spring sports and end-of- school activities. The Nuntius was a year-long job which required work and cooperation from all involved. Senior Nancy McIntyre holds off the junior defense in the Powder Puff foot- ball game. The juniors and seniors fought to a 0-0 tie. The crowd goes wild as Mr. Fielder shows off in the hairy legs contest. He came in fourth in the contest, and we can see why here! 8 Nuntius