Volcano Vista High School prepares for its opening.
Briana Jasso, 14, talks with her parents while riding the bus to Volcano Vista High School. Freshman students and their parents were bused on Aug. 8 from the West Side campus of Central New Mexico Community College to register at the city's newest high school, which was built to relieve crowding at Cibola High School.
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Dressed in the brand new "Hank the Hawk" mascot suit, a faculty member who declined to give his real name greets students and parents at registration.
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Volcano Vista students got their first glimpse of the school, the first new high school in the city in more than 20 years, on Aug. 8.
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Volcano Vista librarian Elise Orell motions for the next student in line to get text books during registration.
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Signs direct incoming students and parents during registration at Volcano Vista. The incoming class of 2011 is the school's first.
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Incoming freshman Jermaine Jennings puts books away in his locker.
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A silver bow and purple lock help one locker stand out amongst the many. The new school features an earth-tone color scheme.
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John Vigil, 14, waits as his parents, Willie and Debbie Vigil, fill out forms during student registration at Volcano Vista.
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Tennis balls protect the floor and dampen sound in room A203. The floors throughout the new, $100 million high school are modern, decorative concrete.
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Students board buses for the ride back to the parking lot at the nearby CNM campus after registering. Classes at Volcano Vista start Aug. 15
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