Altavista High School - Nuntius Yearbook (Altavista, VA)

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Are these babies real? Of course not. Lori Tyler and Annalee Hoover are just comparing Cabbage Patch Kids, a very hot item for the 1983 Christmas season. Feliz Navidad. The Spanish Club Christmas get together had a scrump- tious meal of tacos, cookies, salad and other fixings. Michelle Protz prepares for the feast as Karen Ogden and Mike Hancock assist her. Funny, Clown, Funny, Funny! Melin- da Wood excites children as she shows exactly what a clown is supposed to do make people laugh. She performed her act in the °83 Christmas parade. Mrs. Lily Pressley’s English 8 classes made ornaments pertaining to English, for a tree in their classroom. Chip Burch checks them. Christmas 29

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Holiday Activities Spread Christmas Spirit ‘Twas the season to be joy- ous. Despite the fact exams were only a few weeks away. Christmas activities were plen- tiful. Students celebrated good times, thinking about Friday, December 16, the day they would leave at 1 p.m. During the last week before school dis- missed for the holidays there were lots of activities. The Tri- Hi-Y Club held a dance to raise money for community projects and MGA. The Span- ish Club held a Christmas get- together to eat Spanish foods and socialize. The FHA held a tea party and collected can goods to distribute to the needy. Earlier in December the AI- tavista Community Improve- ment Committee sponsored a Christmas parade where the ICT-FBLA float took (first Joining together for holiday entertain- ment, the middle school and the high school bands presented a concert of traditional carols on Thursday, De- cember 15. The marching band also led the Christmas parade giving all music students an opportunity to spread holiday greetings. 28 Christmas place. Even the faculty got into the action. Principal John Erb held a social at his new home for all the teachers the afternoon school let out. The chorus and band enter- tained with holiday music at their concert, Thursday even- ing, December 15. Secretaries decorated their offices with trees. Christmas sprit permeated the school. Students exchanged gifts with friends and brought remembrances to. special teachers. The excitement of the season touched everyone within the building to some ex- tent. A Christmas treat. The chorus holds a concert with Angi Williams, Kathy Bolling, Juanita Wood, Julie Howard, Tera Ferguson, Monica Stovall, and Easter Motley entertaining with Christmas carols. Having fun? Sure, this float made by the business students won first place in the Christmas Parade. As frosty (Chris Lukin) waves to the crowd, smurfs and elves complete the winter wonderland.

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MUR POINT OF VIEW OUR POINT OF VIEW OUR POINT OF VIEW Sharing Special Times “Student Life.” There is no simple definition of this phrase. Special moments happened in and out of classrooms: a surprise birth- day party for a teacher, passing a test though failed, or listening to wild tales of our fellow students. Will we ever forget the constant nagging for money for flow- er sales, cursing the absence of pep rallies, or eating lunch sitting on the Bedford side. Yes, special moments helped keep students’ as well as teachers busy. A long, grueling aca- demic week brought on con- stant thoughts of special moments for the weekend. Students sought release from school by attending sports activities such as football and basketball games. They really had something to show pep and Giving the judges a winning look is Mandy Walker as she waits for the judging of the best costume for Yearbook’s tacky day. The “look” must have helped Mandy because she won the “tackiest” in 9th grade. 30 Student Life spirit for since the girls’ bas- ketball teams had excellent seasons. The undefeated J.V.s ended with 14-0 re- cord and the Varsity with a 19-3. The football team had a record of 4-6. For students who couldn’t wait until the weekend to ‘burst loose” there was al- ways the opportunity to “let it fly” on silly dress days. Teachers helped in such activities as keeping records of the results of each event at boys’ and girls’ track meets. This gave them a chance to relax and forget all their responsibilities for an hour. The year passed, but no one forgot the ups and downs, and good and bad the student life. Let’s go Colonels! The football game was a popular place for stu- dents to socialize and to urge their team to victory. V-I-C-T-O-R-Y! This victory cir- cle became a very inspirational tradition on the court since the girls’ basketball team had a 19-3 season.