Barbe High School - Les Memoires Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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IS THAT Z BUILDING? Freshmen arc not ihc one' who find it difficult locating classes on the first of school. Seniors Kim Hebert and Amanda Lcmlcy pare schedules. With the cut in school funding, it was assumed that the school system would deteriorate. The community started to write off the quality of the children's education. But they were too quick to judge. Although funds were slashed, the minimal requirements for graduation and college applications were raised. Calcasieu Parish made a uniform grading scale and final exams were reinstated. Even though getting an A was harder, students still opted for college-prep classes: chemistry, physics, calculus, and biochemistry. The classes were tough but it wasn't always grind. The English department, influenced by the popularity of trivia games such as Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz and Trivial Pursuit, formed the English Quiz Bowl. Latin and French students trekked to convention in Baton Rouge to pit their newly-acquired skills in grammar and cultural enrichment against those of other state schools. Rally students garnered 9 first places (over-all firsts) at MSU Competition in March. Teachers honored the participants' extra efforts with a banquet, presenting them with medals paid for by the teachers involved and certain organizations. Those little perks brightened the gloomy educational outlook. When the school board rocked the boat there was nothin' halfway about how we kept our heads “above in academic waters. — Marshall UP. UP. AND AWAY! As pari of a science demonstration showing the use of energy, speaker Ches Alper cheers Doug Smith on as he lifts Christa Soileau off the ground. (Inset) 120 — Academics

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THE LINE UP. Seniors. Clark Race . Robbie Robertson, Davy Davis. Richard Fowlkes, and Jonathan HanU patiently wait their turn to get locker numbers and combinations from Mrs. Peggy Trnhnn. SLICING THEM UP. Junior Julie Moore pictures as part of an Octagon project for dent I.D. cards. Academics !■■■■■■■