Prescott High School - Hassayamper Yearbook (Prescott, AZ)

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ce o ce RIGHTrSophomores give their best looks of rapt attention in Arizona History class while fellow sophomore Jason McNally gives up entirely (Photo by Kelly Scott.) 6

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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

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 %h. academics; the very reason that students trundled their weary bodies to school at the inhuman time of 7 45 each morning in the predawn hours Some classes were good — students remained awake the full 55 minutes, took notes in- stead of passing them, and ac- tually enjoyed participating Others were not — the sight of your neighbor's head slowly fall- ing forward to an inevitable collision with his desk inspired you to force your own drowsy eyelids open AND LEARN What made one class better than another? It's hard to say. because it's a matter of opin- ion. but one thing is certain the learning process was give-and- take. Even if your history teach- er brought in the entire Rock- ette line to sing their version of the Battle of Hastings, your pen connected to your hand had to also be connected to your brain Some actually did this pain- lessly and got Vs. others cared less and got 4's. while the rest fell somewhere in between in life's bell curve But no matter what the num- bers on your report card were, it was the number of credits that counted Everyone worked towards that magic number of 22 to graduate And hey — maybe some- thing was even learned along the way Some day you'll be standing in Safeway when the guy buying Froot Loops next to you will wonder aloud When was the Magna Carta signed?'' and you'll be able to cry June 15. 1215! Stranger things have hap- pened ACADEMICS 10 REQUIRED CLASSES 14 ELECTIVES 18 SHOP 20 BAND 22 CHORUS 24 DRAMA 26 ART 28 STUDENT COUNCIL 30 BUSINESS CLASSES 32 COLLEGE CLASSES 34 COMMUNICATIONS 36 NEW CLASSES LEFT: In pursuit of ocademics senior Angela Brodshaw checks over her work. (Photo by Pam Toth) 9