Ukiah High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Ukiah, CA)

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PRIDE, COMMITMENT, EXCELLENCE. The sfu AN APPLE A DAY. Students are exposed to some dents at Ukiah High School hove grown to enjoy the high-powered learning by the installation of almost diversity of a basically rural campus with many urban one hundred Apple Computers luxuries. NO MAN ' S LAND. Usually a busy place, the quad aports a new student information center this year, 6 • The School

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The Town From the hills surrounding the small town, Ukioh looks peaceful, untouched. This place, Yokayo to the Indians, is known to its modern-day settlers as the Ukioh valley. The volley seems almost unchanged to those who see it every day. Those who visit here once in a while see its changes both in physical structure and attitudes. Newcomers arrive every day, bringing their ideas to those who have inhabited the valley for generations. A closer look at the community shows how busy it really is. People, shopping centers, MTA buses — all these and other things help moke it a small city. Still, some see the area as a small town formed by traditions and clinging to them. Traditions such as the logging and timber industry, cattle and sheep ranches, and the pride of knowing that one can still find the comfort of a small stream or forest, a quiet place to sit and reminisce about the old times. Others embrace any change, whether it be shopping centers, the Hometown Fes- tival, more urban apartments, or the clear- ing of trees for parking lots and stores. A peacful place, Ukioh presents a vari- ety of offerings to both long-time and new Ukiahans. But it is the intermingling of both the old and the new that makes most Ukiahans call this place Our Town. The Town • 5

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The School White on white, the buildings rise out of the landscape and nearly overwhiem it. Some new students find themselves so in- timidated by the gigantic maze of almost windowless buildings that they become disoriented. After stumbling to the gym for orientation, one freshman found the place hod given her the chills. It made me feel insignificant, she said. New students become lost. Even oldtim- ers sometimes have trouble getting from class to class in seven minutes — or so they tell their teachers. Still, everybody soon adjusts and discards the map and the excuses. Nearly everybody begins to feel at home and embarks on the round of classes and activities available here. For most teen-agers their school cam- pus is where they spend most of every weekday. They hove special places where they talk between classes, study for tests or have lunch. The campus almost be- comes a mini-town that the students are OS familiar with as any citizen is with his community. Ukiah High School, one of the more beautiful campuses in California, offers to its students not only a wide range of activi- ties from sports to government, but also quality education. I feel that the classes I have taken over the post years hove pre- pared me not only for college, but for so- cial life as well, one senior remarked. The School • 7