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alma class of 2020

Airedales Adapt to Achieve

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Alma NJROTC 2019-2020 Color Guard. ust off Interstate 40, Interstate 49 and Highway 71 is Alma. It is a small town located at a crossroads.

It has that small, hometown feel. With a population of around 5,800, it is the kind of place you want to live. At the heart of the town is the school. Alma School District has a little over 3,000 students. Most of these students who start as kindergarteners will stay with Alma schools all 13 years until they graduate as seniors. This is probably because students have the unwavering support of their community, their school, and their parents. Alma School District has had our fair share of hard times this year, but by looking at the Class of

Classrooms were able to be repaired in time and the

2020, you would never know it.

Airedales were off and running for the new school year. There was still ongoing construction in the arena, but

Back in the summer, over the long weekend following

everyone just made it work.

the Fourth of July, staff found a waterfall in the school’s landmark Charles B. Dyer Arena. The installation of a

As with most small towns, fall and Friday night lights

new water meter resulted in a flooded arena. Water

are a long-standing tradition. Alma football has a long

poured down the bleachers, flooding the arena floor

history of being one of the best in the state. The 2019

and classrooms located on the lower levels. It was

season was off to a less than stellar start, they were 0

devastating. Summer and fall sports were shuffled and

and 5. Then, on October 11th, the Airedales pulled off a

rescheduled to accommodate the loss of the arena.

stunning 29 to 28 win over a strong Morrilton team, in the final moments of the game. That game created momentum for Airedale football and the rest of the school delivered. For the second year in a row, Alma NJROTC was named Overall Champions at the Beebe Invitational Drill

Meet.

Alma

dance

was

out

competing too, bringing home a State Runner Up title, earning them a spot at the UDA National Dance Competition. Gabe Jensen celebrates a winning play.

Alex Neihouse, 1st Chair Tenor Saxophone for All-State Band.

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Football finished strong, making it to the quarterfinals of state playoff action.


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