Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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In the Winter Play, “The Tea- house of the August Moon,” freshman Tricia McPeak applies ju- nior Kris Hallberg’s Geisha Girl makeup. (Photo by Jeannie Nuese) — On the Saturday before Easter, — junior Dylan Hayes and his four-year-old brother Eric, search for Easter eggs at the Ames Parks and Recreation egg hunt. (Photo by Erik Munson) S. At the twentieth annual dance show, Terpsichore, senior Lisa Aspengren performs in one of the ten dances. (Photo by Erik Munson)

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REALIZE THE? Reality You were one of 1392 students crammed into the school building and you were there when the addition of 312 freshmen sent school life into a frenzy. But through all the changes, you survived the impossible and realized the possibilities. + IMPOSSIBILITY: “How were 1392 students supposed to fit into the school building?” POSSIBILITY: A $550,000 gymnasium, a portable classroom, a coaching and training room and boys’ locker room were added to lessen the congestion after reorganization. IMPOSSIBILITY: “How were we supposed to find teachers since so many of them didn’t have their own classrooms?” POSSIBILITY: Even though there were more teachers than classrooms, with time students learned where to locate teachers during the day. IMPOSSIBILITY: “What would we have done if someone at school would have gotten AIDS?” POSSIBILITY: By setting up a school board policy to deal with AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) victims and by educating seniors through a workshop, we recognized the importance of the issue. ¢ IMPOSSIBILITY: “Did the administration really expect us to go to school on the Monday and Tuesday before Spring Break? POSSIBILITY: Even though classes were held on March 9 and 10, 230 of you left for Spring Break two days early. -Valerie Meiners and Margy Townsend

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VCSEITE THES Opportunity Despite the fact that you had opposing views, interests and styles, you survived the first two months of school with inaccurate clocks and a new time schedule. You took reorganization in stride, overcame impossibilities and took advantage of new opportunities. IMPOSSIBILITY: How was the football team supposed to win the state playoff game in Sioux City by themselves? POSSIBILITY: In order to support Ames in the state playoffs, 360 fans in 12 busses and many others traveled to Sioux City. ¢ IMPOSSIBILITY: “What were we supposed to do for an intramural sport after I-Ball ended in February? POSSIBILITY: Three hundred fifteen students participated in the first- ever intramural volleyball season. IMPOSSIBILIT Y: “What did the 40-member ‘Spirit’ staff have to show for all of the long hours they put in last year? POSSIBILITY: The 1986 Spirit won first place in the state, received a Gold Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and a Pacemaker from the National Scholastic Press Association. IMPOSSIBILIT Y: How was the Academic Decathalon team supposed to do well in state and national competition in its second year of existence? POSSIBILITY: The seven-member team finished first in the state and eighteenth in the nation. -Valerie Meiners and Margy Townsend On the freshmen ski trip to Welch Village, MN Dawn Ricketts and Becky Jorgenson hit the slopes. (Photo by Jayna Jarnigan)