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

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This page sponsored by the illustrious WVHS Student Council. Academic activities peaked in the last months of school, and a tumult of cram sessions, final projects, celebrations and exams dizzied students and teachers. Among academic activities were the National Honor Society induction and birthday party for William Shakespeare. Highlights of the April 23 commemoration of the Elizabethan Bard included Scenes from the Classics dramatized by the Alaska Repertory Theatre, recognition of outstanding English students Mike Cooney and Julie Burud, and a rendition of Brush Up Your Shakespeare from the musical Kiss Me, Kate by the AP English class. Serious studying was also accomplished by West students as classes culminated in mandatory finals. The newly-instituted exam requirements dictated that every class from AP's to PE must have a two-hour semester final. Another academic facet new in '78-'79 was comprehensive testing for juniors. Designed to indicate levels of academic ability and areas where refresher courses are needed, these tests Cwritten by West teachersj enhance the credibility of the West Valley diploma. Advanced Placement students suffered through a week of grueling national AP exams, and sophomores endured a national test of basic skills. Many brains were strained during the final weeks of school, but the rigors of studying and testing were balanced by celebrations of academic excellence and the rush of post-exam jubilation. Government student Kevin Long scans American Political Behavior during Mrs. Ray's fifth hour class. ....l...A....... An Elizabethan gallant 15am Shermanl and Henry Vlll lChris Simsj brush up their Shakespeare at the Bard's birthday festivities. ssw WMXNQ e L

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MYWLEIQTWERS A bemused Robert Nice enjoys the comments of fellow Western Civ. scholar Dave Bezona. I Q AQQ 4... 'FW As the rest of the class attacks a final exam, Mr. Rodey explains a question to Fred Randolph. Constructors of the technical portfolio that nabbed second place in state competition are Dawn Borjesson, Blair Reynolds, Antoinette Sanchez and David Thurman. X-.NK gx I Inducteerara, FRONT ROW: me F' 95' 5: 0 :E 'ou Q0 Om CU S0 05 Sm ' O 'I 0 G. U' W4 rl' 2' Q UD 0 I CD '1 O C 0 E 4 I UI 1 ' '- 227