Now and then...

Debbie Estes, Class of 1980

Q. What was your most memorable experience in high school?
A. Going to the home football games on Friday night, because they were a total blast and I got to hang out with my friends. I’d come home covered in confetti and I would have no voice left from screaming so much.

Q. What was you favorite part of high school?
A. I just really liked going to school. I liked being in classes with my friends and learning. I was a nerd, proud of it too.

Q. What was your most embarrassing experience as a student in high school?
A. During a play in my senior powderpuff football game, I ran in the wrong direction. After that, they wouldn’t put me back in the game.

Q. What has been the best change that has occurred to AHS?
A. Air conditioning. They finally put air conditioning in the high school.

Q. What has been the worst change that has occurred to AHS?
A. It was a smaller and close-knit school when I attended and that added to the sense of community.

Q. Why did you decide to come back and teach at AHS?
A. I love the school. There is something special in attending AHS with its long standing history and traditions. It’s a true community school.

Q. What were some problems you faced in high school?
A. I had a crush on the football player that sat next to me in my Spanish class. It was very distracting.

Q. What were some different rules that were in place at AHS?
A. We were allowed to be in the hallways during lunch. As a senior privelege, we had senior skip cards. It allowed you to skip each class once a quarter, but you couldn’t miss more than three classes in one day and it had to be prearranged with the teachers.

Q. How does it feel to work with the people that once taught you?
A. When I first started teaching here it was a little akward because I didn’t know what to call my former teachers. It does not apply now because they are no longer here.

Q. How does it feel to work with teachers you once taught?
A. I’m very proud of them. I think it’s really neat that people still want to be here at AHS and have an impact on the school and the people who go here.

Q. What were you like in high school?
A. I was very quiet and a good student. I was not involved in many school activities, other than a couple of honor societies.