Alta’s New Gym is here!

Alta’s gym is a big part of the school and over the years it’s been through many changes, but the most recent change seems to be people’s favorite.

The gym renovation has benefited the school, sports teams, and many clubs. The new gym is much brighter which helps with taking photos and making assemblies run much smoother.

Workers changed the floor, painted the walls, installed a new scoreboard, and much more. The improvements to the gym will be very beneficial for everyone and anyone that uses the area according to Assistant Principal Steve Bailey.

As nice as the gym is, it came at a cost to many sports teams that were left ‘homeless’ at the start of this school year causing them to find new places to practice.

With the completion of the gym, teams can practice and Alta can once again host region competitions.

Athletes and spectators aren’t the only people looking forward the new gym. The yearbook staff is ecstatic because the white walls and bright lights improve the quality of photographs.

“The new paint around the gym has helped a lot when taking pictures,” said Yearbook Adviser Denise Ferguson. “We don’t have the brown and orange color reflecting in the photos, so we won’t have to photoshop every photo we put in the yearbook.”

We all know that this has been a stressful process for the school itself, but for the workers as well. Throughout the process, they faced many challenges with what’s going on in the world and the weather as well. The weather had affected the wood for the gym which postponed the renovation for a while and since the school’s renovation started years ago many changes have happened that affected the time they were given to finish the work.

Now the gym is up and running and ready for “business.” The gym made its debut at this year’s Veteran’s assembly and it will host wrestling meets and basketball games in the coming months.