Gateway High School - Olympiad Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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xv ,, 'R ta , , . .. V - , , f 'Wig U The peaceful town of Lake Placid flames alive with the lighting of the traditional Olympic torch in the opening ceremonies of the 1980 Winter Games. 23 Jr. Debbie Venker tries on a new style at Jean Nicole. Are you sure these are supposed to be this big? 33 Excitement fills Lake Placid as the young U.S. Hocky team moves closer to the goal of a Gold Medal! 43 The Ayatollah becomes a symbol of evil to the American people. 5l President Carter reviews primary results from New Hampshire. 40 79-80 f we 'r ww,-V X Ae N l-1

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he Christmas Spirit seems to -I get into everyones heart and it was obvious at Gateway High School. Throughout Gateway halls there were gift exchanges by the dozens. A numerous amount of GHS students Sent Christmas cards to their friends and favorite teachers to boost the joyful season. Gateway's Junior class sponsored a Christmas dance at Gateway. Due to a new policy by Dr. Sharkey and Mr. Burton, the dance was a couples only dance and they provided guest passes if the student was accompanied by a non-Gateway student. The juniors provided free refreshments and great music for the forty four couples that attended the dance. A popular attrac- tion at the dance was hanging mistletoe which every couple seemed to visit frequently. Another seasonal attraction at GHS was the selling and distributing of candy-cane grams. Any person could buy a candy cane for fifty cents and it would be delivered to your special person. Some classrooms had their own parties or celebrations. ln the Home-Ec department they prepared many Christmas items to eat. Some Foreign' Language classes had their own Foreign Christmas celebrations and also Gateway's choir went carolling around the halls and through the departments. Christmas 39

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, 1979 he coming of a new decade brought many surprises and a great deal of fun. As we got closer to the 21st century, the world seemed to get crazier and crazier. Steve Martin's crazy humor was captured in a slapstick movie, THE JERK. The baggie blue jeans started a popular cowboy craze for the girls, which the guys didn't appreciate. On the other extreme, the girls retained their femininity with the good ol' eye catching slit up the side skirts and pleats. And it got crazier with sex symbol and model Cheryl Tiegs making S1000 an hour while we students struggled with a measly 33.10 an hour. Things really got crazy and scary when the Iranian students captured the American hostages and Russia invaded in Afghanistan. At the same time, the ambitious American Hockey team defeated Russia in the 1980 Winter Olympics. Yet another source of American pride was Eric Helden, who speed skated his way to a gold medal 5 times. With the shadow of the Western Olympic boycott, this could have been the last International Olympic Game held. And then the questions of women being drafted somehow brought unity among the young adults, fearing that themselves and their peers may be sent to war. Through all this craziness, 1980 was also a presidential election year. From the big style of baggie jeans of '79 to the '80 elections, the school year was a time of dynamic change and just plain craziness! 79-80 41