Prescott High School - Hassayamper Yearbook (Prescott, AZ)

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RIGHT.Prescott High School rodeo participants seniors Pete Hansen . Shad Beebe Robbin Peterson . Kelly Smith . Chad Smith , . Tom BiH Johnson RIGHT: To be or not to be ... — senior Sean Hinton narrates a story to his friends. (Photo by Jackie Tobm Tom McCowan) ABOVE: In the Demolition Derby, senior Doug Lewellan tries for good position He drove the car which represented the class of '88 RIGHT: With a mighty throw, senior David Harber aims at the dunking booth target at the Yavapai County Fair Proceeds from the booth went to Student Council (Photo by Tom McCowan)

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co 0 How did you start the year? The sophomores were new,the juniors knew, and the seniors ruled. The beginning of the year is always a time for building liter- ally as well as figuratively For PHS students, this meant building new friendships, im- proving on old ones, and work- ing on their education. For the high school itself, this meant the beginning of con- struction on a new gym and the addition of a whole wing to the northeast side of campus. Sheri Thompson, senior, com- plained. It looked like we were in prison with all the barbed wire. The construction also meant all the doors on the NE side couldn't be used, especially fun for people who had classes in the portables and had to walk all the way around the outside of the school to get there — in five minutes I had to get from the porta- ble to the gym in a mere five minutes, and yet. as I passed the Art room, the bell would ring. Horror passed through my mind — would I be able to get dressed out on time? said sen- ior Suzie Mullane And how about the parking? The new gym-in-the-making took up about 1 3 of the up- per-lot spaces and many of the rest became teacher parking. Senior Greg Owens stated simply. It sucked But no matter what the ob- stacles were, new and old alike managed to begin the 1987-88 school year with style

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It was a time to look back at the lost vacation, look ahead at the new year before us, and start with a splash... ■ all or autumn or whatever you chose to call it, the first months of the school year began with a plethora of activity — in other words, a lot There were notebooks, paper, and writing utensils to buy(black pens for Civics), as well as new outfits for some For a few, this was the first worry of the year. I went after school started to buy supplies and then I found out that they were all on sale the week be- fore. said senior Amy McGowan. And then, of course, it was time to catch up on all of the detailed ac- counts of your friends' summer vaca- tions. To some students, fall meant the high school rodeo This was one of many preliminary competitions; points from this accumulated to- wards a national total. Even those who didn't directly participate had fun. “It was a blast ' said sophomore Kristen Trapp In September, it came time for the Yavapai County Fair, the class of '88 was even represented in the Demoli- tion Derby by a car driven by senior Doug Lewellan who said, We were considered definite competition in the field of entrants. Did the year slow down after that? No — we just lost some energy, and looked back at the beginning when we had a fresh start 7