Alta

Top 20 Hits of 1996

This Day in High School History

1996 50th Tony Awards: Master Class & Rent win
1996 51st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam
1996 The Runaway Jury, by John Grisham is the #1 selling hardcover fiction book according to Publishers Weekly.
1996 Despite heroic play from Alta's Jake Shortino and Bingham's Sam Swenson, Idaho's all-stars beat Utah's high school baseball all-stars in two of three games at the annual series this weekend.

Alta Fun Facts

  • Opened in 1978 around the time that we were born!
  • Originally part of the Jordan School District. Now it is part of Canyons School District.
  • Has one of the largest AP programs in Utah. 
  • Has an award-winning performing arts program.