Nederland High School - Nugget Yearbook (Nederland, CO)

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BREAKING GRGUN 1. Skier Carolyn Chamberlain f'87l on the slopes. 2. Broken ground, 3. More zaniness from the middle level! 4 . 'f,7 '.M plnf A 'il-. Ls -iz: 5 X ' f ms,-1 B- Ji f --' , o J Q.. wivnis, 8 'uv 4 Y., jwdaea 4 ' ' .. . 3 Q i.. Q' N W r ' Q, C 'Q ' f- w ' A R. 2 , '-A ix 'H x, N W. 3 ,,f1x Mountain People's Co-op Breaking Ground...taken literally, the words mean Ucracking dirt.H Yet one can also sense that they mean something more. Breaking Ground, a new beginning, a fresh start, the first step. Since the first step in high school towards graduation is the junior high school, it was appropriate that this section be devoted to the middle level. The middle level students described themselves as nExcellent, Choice, Neato, and Awesome.u Of course, there may have been other opinions in the high school, but it must be admitted that the middle level had indeed made a beginning: and a good one, too. They had taken the first major step in nBreaking Ground.n

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Construction or Destruction? when students arrived at the school in September and got their first look at the building, they came to one unanimous conclusion: something had changed. One could hear comments like 'What happened?'...uThey've destroyed our school!n...uWhat a mess.'...nWe'll freeze in the winter!n...and nHow do we get in?u The construction caused many problems for students when they were trying to get from here to there. The shortest distance between two points was always the long way around. The school could be entered from either end, but not from the front. The only set of stairs that could be used was the one farthest from the locker areas. Since the cafeteria was uinoperativeu Cmeaning completely leveled? students had to eat lunch in the gymnasium for the first part of the year. Naturally, it was also on the opposite end of the building from the stairs. The girl's locker room dis- appeared during the fall sports season, as did the weight training room and a few of the parking spaces. The boys found that they could only reach their locker room by walking across the gym, through the doors, and then back down the hallway. The entire school, partic- ularly the office area, was chronically cold due to the lack of solid, snow- stopping walls, and irritatingly noisy, due to a plethora of construction workers armed with saws, hammers, and drills. But the nnewu Nederland is one we can all be proud of. The cafeteria has been restored Cthough not the balcony, alas! and new lockers and a new office area have been added. The auditorium has been expanded with new music rooms. The weight training room is underneath them now, and the girls' locker room is njust as big as the boys'lU mmvrm 1. If it makes you feel any better, the school was also a mess when it was built in 1971. 2. Ladders, shovels, insulation and dangling lights were oft' seen during the reconstruction of NHS. 3. Towards the end of the year, the school was looking I .......,...........,,............ t. , ,....,... ..,r. . ..,,..,,.... more like a school again. - H--s.ss....::e AWA. L . , . M s up-, 10 3 it 59' H.

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Governing The Middle Level The middle level student council was very active in planning exciting activities for the middle level students. These activities included a magazine sale in the fall to raise money for holiday celebrations. One of the highlights of the year was a Christmas Party for the senior citizens and preschool children of the Nederland community. It featured food donated by middle level students, games for the kids, and posed as Santa. When questioned, one student replied, Ulf it student council, middle Mr. Bower who middle level wasn't for our level wouldn't be any fun.U All the council members participated in making the 1982-83 school year a year to remember. M.L. STUDENT COUNCIL EXECUTIVE BOARD President: Jennie Fowler Vice President: Tony Maul Secretary: Alissa Reardon Treasurer: David Swendson Sponsor: Kent Lyon 96 if '1 s-.yi vm 'X WEE T nf E .g.., ,gy 'w J Middle level student council members: Heather Wilson, Cindy Shoffner, John Bower, Jason Williams, Pam Ramer, Erin Kirby, Dave Swendson, Jennie Fowler, Tony Maul, Alissa Reardon. .J