West Valley High School - Aurora Yearbook (Fairbanks, AK)

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ll 'T Fine arts and music are two essential aspects of a well balanced cultural background and are greatly emphasized at West Valley through our fine, fine arts and music departments. West's extensive fine arts program, expertly guided by Lois Hughes, Department Head, gives students the opportunity to artistically express themselves in such areas as drawing, painting, graphics, sculpture and pottery. In addition, advanced art classes instruct students in the history of art and famous artists as well as in advanced artistic concepts. Among the advanced classes, Special Topics is a preparatory course designed for the aspiring, college- bound art student. The class allows each student to prepare a portfolio: a collection of artwork required by most art schools and colleges for admission. Highlighting the department's first semester, was an art show sponsored by the advanced classes. Many West students participated in making the show a smashing success representative of West's extremely talented student body. The show was doubly successful since it served as an attention-getting side show during With the wide variety of music classes available, a noteworthy number of West students became involved in varing degrees with the music scene. Specific classes range from Music History to Stage Band and depending upon the interest expressed and the courses chosen, the musically inclined student can learn about the history of music, the great composers or how to play an instrument for the first time. ln addition to the in-class work to be accomplished, most of the music classes, especially the performing classes like Concert Band, require a great deal of dedication on the part of the student. there is practicing to be done, concerts to be played, and community service projects to be carried out. Prime examples of these extra work efforts exhibited by West's music students include the canned food drive for the Salvation Army for which the Band supplied seventy-three frozen turkeys, and the Spring Music Festival attended by West Valley and other Regional high schools. Whether you like to pull some strings, brush up on art or toot your horn, West Valley has got two Concentrating on getting a pure sound, Richard Button and Al Robinson keep rhythm for the stage band. 'iii the intermissions for the drama production Harvey . departments that are unconditionally guaranteed to enrich your culture! Entertaining pancake feed-ees, the choir harmonizes for some Christmas carols. vii .J ' K

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Football players Kib Cannon and Terry Nance Junior Nancy Schikora and Sophomore Kathy i av R fl SJ ,Q 'XX' 1 .' .sf 4 energize with munchies from the Keyhole. Gibson discuss strategy and tactics for debate. fl. and r 'T' get XY 3' w Fii.f2W ' mm 9 Q Fortifying finances by working at the carwash was a soapy bucketful of fun on a sunny summer day. Masquerading as a mafia member on Halloween, Ted Thomas proposes an offer you canna' refuse. An energetic Junior class embarked upon the 1979 school year brimming with fund-raising ideas designed to finance their Junior Prom. Under the dedicated leadership of Class President Marcie Hassebroek and guided by the wisdom of advisers Kathy Webb and Madge Clark, the Juniors formulated such enterprising money-makers as a summer carwash, an M8tM's candy sale and a Christmas dance. One of the Junior's less original, but more financially productive fundraisers involved the sale of lVl8tM's. Enterprising Juniors forced their way through crowded halls with a load of books under one arm and a case of M8tM's under the other. There was method to their madness, however, as they raked in 5225.00 in profit from the sale. Before school began in the fall of this year, the would-be Juniors capitalized on the hot, dusty days of summer and organized a carwash to rid Fairbanks area cars of dirt and grime. Suds and spray flew as nearly 20 Juniors cleaned up on Fairbanks' dirty cars Qand each otherj as an occasional bucket of water accidentally missed a soapy car only to splash a hapless but dedicated Junior class member. Shortly before Christmas vacation, the Junior class sponsored a dance with Here Comes Santa Claus in a Winter Wonderland as the theme. Leonard Dykes served as the official Santa Claus and was aided by elected Mr. and Mrs. Claus C Paul Brown and Katie Neidholdj The money earned in various fundraisers throughout the year went to finance the grandest Junior class undertaking of them all: the Junior Prom. The Prom was a super-success as the sounds of Fairbanks band reverberated throughout the Fort Wainwright Officers Club. Apropos of the occasion was the theme These are the Best Times. As West's Juniors wound up a full and productive year, they came to the bitter-sweet realization that they could look forward to one last year at West Valley and could only hope that it would prove to be their best ever. i ,xl .Mi ,. 4 5 A' . 'ilu lun-v-'- xx ,J 145