Forty-three years ago, rock music artists gathered
in White Lake, NY for three days of peace and music, deemed Woodstock. The music brought everyone together to show support for a cause. They were fighting for the issues of their generation, and now it’s our turn to fight. On May 26th, Alta will be
hosting its very own Woodstock to raise money for the battle against Cancer. Hawkstock will include music from various bands and of course, food. The bands
performing will be Lady & Gent, J. Wride, Lo-Fi Riot, The Cahoots, Sky Way Commute, and Ellee Duke.
     You can check out all these talented bands on the
Hawkstock web page(http://hawkstock.weebly.com/index.html). It will cost $7 to attend this event and $4 for seniors and children. 100% of the funds raised will go to research at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, so it is definitely for a good
cause. Cancer has greatly affected our school this year and will most likely affect all of our lives, if it has not already. If you want to join the fight against this pervasive disease, just come.
     If you can’t make it, you can donate online through this link (https://donate.huntsmancancer.org/alta). It’s not just a high-school event either. It’s for the community so tell your friends and family about it and come to the Alta soccer field on May 26that 5pm-or whenever you can make it. SBO President Mitch Calder said, “This will be an experience you don’t want to miss out on. Those in attendance will never be the same.” It’s
going to be three hours of peace, music, and fun. 
There’s a Facebook group as well, so join and get excited for an epic music festival to combat cancer.
Posted 5/16/12

Jaren Jolley
Alta Arts Editor
rykynandfelixinc@hotmail.com

In 1958, famous writer John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men wrote a letter to son Thom, who, while away at school, had said that he had fallen in love with a girl named Susan.  Steinbeck replied the same day, saying this: 

New York
November 10, 1958

Dear Thom:

    We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.
    First—if you are in love—that’s a good thing—that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.
    Second—There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you—of kindness and consideration and respect—not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.
    You say this is not puppy love. If you feel so deeply—of course it isn’t puppy love.
    But I don’t think you were asking me what you feel. You know better than anyone. What you wanted me to help you with is what to do about it—and that I can tell you.
    Glory in it for one thing and be very glad and grateful for it.
    The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.
    If you love someone—there is no possible harm in saying so—only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.
    Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
    It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another—but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.
    Lastly, I know your feeling because I have it and I’m glad you have it.
    We will be glad to meet Susan. She will be very welcome. But Elaine will make all such arrangements because that is her province and she will be very glad to. She knows about love too and maybe she can give you more help than I can.
    And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens—The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Love,

Fa

Posted on 04/24/12

will be on display in the Media Center Tuesday- Thursday. We are excited with the level of skill and creativity our Alta Students have! Please feel free to bring classes down to view the art, but remind students that they may not touch the artwork. We will also have a small portion of the AP Portfolios on display before they are sent off for AP judging. An opening for Parents and the community will be Wednesday Night from 7:00- 8:00.

The Technology Student Association, or "TSA," is a long-running nationally-renowned high school competition that focuses on teamwork, innovation, and creativity in various competitive fields such as Digital Video Production, Photography, Robotics, Music Production, and Video Game design. With nearly every school in the state competing in all of these areas, it should come as no surprise that Alta High School took away many awards from the state competition that took place a few weeks back. Here are some of the awards the students here at Alta have won:

1st place for Video Game Design:

- Jordan Farr
- Matthew Wong
- Nicholas Lives

3rd place for Photographic Technology:

- Brianna Smith

3rd place for Dragster Design:

- Shardul Kamat

2nd place for Music Production:

- Jordan Farr

2nd place for Digital Video Production:

- Jordan Farr
- Matthew Wong
- Nicholas Lives


All of the 1st and some of the 2nd place winners from Alta will be competing on the national level in a few months on June 20th-June 25th in Nashville, Tennessee. Congratulations to all those who competed!

Alta High’s Social Studies Department is inviting students across the District to a review featuring Randy W. Roberts, professor of history at Purdue University.
The review, which is free for Alta students but $10 for students from other schools, will be 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 14 in the auditorium at Alta High School, 11055 S. Hawk Hwy.
 
Topics include:

• “Vietnam: The Legacy of Six Presidents, and How and Why we got There”
• “World War II: Decisions That Changed America”
• “Civil Rights Through the Eyes of Jack Johnson, Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali”

    Roberts, who has authored or co-authored 17 books, has been nominated three times for the Pulitzer Prize. He’s been a commentator for HBO, BBC, PBS, ABC, CBS, NBC, and was a consultant on documentarian Ken Burns' “Unforgiveable Blackness.”
 
ACHTUNG
Alta Welcomes German Students
     
    Alta High School welcomed 16 German exchange students and two chaperone teachers to Utah late last month with a new experience for the foreigners — an American high school cafeteria breakfast.
    "It's pretty awesome. I did not expect everything to be so big — the mountains, the streets, the shopping malls," said Jeremias Zeller, a German exchange student staying with Alta junior Tandin White. "In Utah, you can eat at any restaurant you want — Asian, Italian, Mexican."
    "While we're here, we want to make our English better, and maybe we can bring Germany nearer to the people here."
    The students from Dillingen an der Donau, Germany, are staying with 13 local host families and one teacher through mid-April. Nearly all the families have a student studying German at a Canyons District school. 
    The exchange is facilitated by the German American Partnership Program, a non-profit organization that aims to build connections between the two countries.

Monday: May 21
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Wednesday: May 23
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Thursday: May 24
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Friday: May 25
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Saturday: May 26
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Sunday: May 27
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Monday-How I Met Your Mother: CBS, 7:00 PM Tuesday-Glee: Fox, 7:00 PM
Wednesday-Up All Night: NBC, 7:00 PM
Thursday-The Office: NBC, 8:00 PM
Friday-What Not to Wear: TLC, 10:00 PM
Saturday-Saturday Night Live: The CW, 10:30
Sunday-The Walking Dead: AMC, 7:00 PM