Over the years Orchard has ahd a wide variety of activities for the students. From donkey basketball to marching the Apple Blossom parade, the students have had tons of fun. Here are just a few of the things they have done.

LEFT: Students in 1964 perform their Christmas program for their parents. Orchard no longer has a Christmas program. It has been replaced by a holiday assembly.

RIGHT: Orchard students dress up like their ancestors on Western Heritage Day 1965

LEFT: The Orchard Junior High band marches proudly through the streets of Wenatchee in the Apple Blossom Parade in1963. The Orchard Middle School Band still marches in the parade every year.

RIGHT: Sponsored by Mr. Cunningham's class, the students have the chance to show off their dancing skills in a competition. The purpose of the competition was to raise money for new band uniforms. (1971)

While today's students read comic strips like Garfield, the students of 1962 read Uncle Funny Bunny.

1969	1982
ABOVE: Orchard Junior High's old tradition - Donkey Basketball

In Donkey Basketball, students and teachers got the chance to actually ride on donkeys in the gym while playing basketball. The games were sponsored by the Letterman Club. Unfortunately, Orchard no longer has the Donkey Basketball games. One of the reasons is that the donkeys could not control their bodily functions. The donkey basketball game has been replaced by the students vs. faculty basketball game.

When Orchard was a junior high, girls had a chance to try to be school royalty. These girls were the first royalty of the school in 1962: Jeri Sampson, Linda Melton, Linda Batton.