I graduated from Orem High School class of 1993. Jeremy graduated from the same school class of 1991. They have torn down our old school and replaced it with a new one. Yes, my school was old, but I had many fond memories of those halls. The school held an open house to give people the opportunity to walk the halls one more time. Jeremy and I went to the open house and wandered the halls hand in hand (only because we could--since we didn't do it while we attended high school....well, we didn't know each other then).
The Orem High School fight song. Sadly, I never learned the whole thing. I knew the first line and then the last line. I added a lot of dadadas in the middle.
The auditorium. I performed many choir concerts here as did Jeremy. I also attended many band concerts and plays that friends performed in.
The choir room. This is where I hung out most of my Senior year. I was a choir geek. I have a lot of fun memories in this room. One being that we would turn the lights and sing "Go Ye Now In Peace". I have no idea how this tradition started, but they are still doing it today. There were a bunch of people crammed into the choir room the night of the open house and we did it for one last time. It was fun to be there and sing it with Jeremy.
The brick wall in the choir room where the REAL choir geeks were awarded with a brick to paint. They got to paint the brick how ever they would like to leave their legacy. I didn't get a brick...and I wasn't sad about it. It was fun to recognize names on the brick wall though.
The student lounge. I didn't do much hanging out here, but I remember my friend Kenny walking through it backwards one day because it was "Backwards Day". He walked backwards all day. He was a character.
My dad taught and coached at Orem High for several years before Mountain View was built. This was his class room. My dad was there the night of the open house, but I missed getting his picture in front of his old door.
The old gym. This is where I had PE my sophomore year. This is also the gym where Jeremy had inter mural basketball games. Apparently there are some good stories linked to this gym and Jeremy playing ball. He told me one on the night of an open house where a kid's dad got super mad at him and pulled him out of the game because the kid lost his temper. I think the kid tried to push Jeremy around some because Jeremy was having a good game.
The plans for the new high school. It looks like it will be pretty nice. It is set to be complete this and ready to go for this fall.
Good-bye my dear old school. You helped mold me into who I am today. Thank you.
This year's dance festival was a complete success and very fun to watch. Jaxon, second grade, danced to the "Monster Mash". He got way into it and had a good time struttin' his monster self. His costume was quite cool. He wore some torn up jeans and a torn up shirt. He even had monster hands that he borrowed from his Grandma Haacke.
Because McKay, fourth grade, studied Utah history and his grade went on the pioneer trek, his class did some pioneer dancing. He had to hold hands with girls during the dance, but I opted to not include those pictures to save him from embarrassment. He did a great job and was a very serious dancer.
