Booneville High School - Reveille Yearbook (Booneville, AR)

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 With the GT pro- gram I'm able to excel in areas that I'm inter- ested in. I've always en- joyed learning; GT helps me want to do more.” Courtney Mill- er teac What do you think of when you hear gifted and talented ? A bunch of brainy bookworms, right? Wrong! A student's acceptance into the Gifted and Talented program (GT) is not based on his grade point average. According to Mrs. Scheel, GT su- pervisor, a student must excel in three categories in order to be in GT: academic achievement, task commit- ment, and creativity. Students are se- lected by a board made up of admin- istrators, parents, and teachers not involved in teaching the program. The seven teachers involved are Mrs. Scheel, Mrs. Pace, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Bill Prewett, Mr. Hocott, Mr. Smith, jfhd Mrs. Phelps. Sasha Garman, GT member, com- mented, Although this program is great, sometimes we feel left out be- cause we're different in some ways. I3ut we aren't all brains; we're realh ju t normal kids! The ultimate goal of education is to provide for individual needs, ex- plained Mrs. Scheel. In the past twenty years in Arkansas, much has been done for the special education needs of some students, but little has been done for the gifted. If we really believe in allowing each student op- portunity to fulfill his potential, we must offer different opportunities to those with different potential. One benefit of the GT program is field trips. The GT students and the Senior English classes went to Charleston for a Shakespeare pro- gram. It consisted of bits and pieces of Shakespeare's plays put together. Amanda Southerland, GT mem- ber, said, The writers used contem- porary music and modern clothing to make the plays easier to under- stand. It worked and also added a lot of humor to the presentation. Sherry McLaughlin, senior, agreed. It was a more modern view of Shakespeare's plays. The actors were good and directed the plays to- ward teenagers. Although the program is still new it BHS, students and teachers alike are working hard to make it a suc- cess. Mrs. Scheel said, The most important contribution the special program makes is toward encourag- ing independence and decision mak- ing of various types. Those facts lay the foundation for greater under- standing and utilization of gift and talent. By Shannon Dunn GOOD ENOUGH

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 The worst part was transferring the bugs to the killing jar; a giant grasshopper got loose and hopped all over my house: state Melanie Behler. ‘Sto Mjw fcioject frfayttea tcj It's just one of those dreaded things that almost every student must suffer through at some time. No, it's not Romeo and Juliet, term papers, or the Pythagorean Theorum. It's the Biology Bug Collection. Despite gruesome rumors sent down to underclassmen, there have been survivors. The students are required to catch the bugs, kill the bugs, classi- fy the bugs, stick pins in the bugs . .. Ugh! Let's see what they have to say about it! I guess the worst part was the actual collecting of the bugs, re- called Jennifer Calhoun. I hated going outside and poking around for bugs! Although only required to collect 35 bugs, some students went the extra mile and collected more for extra credit. Jerry Bradley, for in- stance, collected ninety-nine1. The worst part for me was hav- ing to classify all of the insects, because when you have ninety- nine bugs to classify you begin to dread finishing your project! he explained. A little bit of help never hurts, and, in fact, can really be useful. Todd Barnes can relate to this. My brother got and killed most of my bugs, he replied, and my mom got most of the names for them. So, I didn't have to do much of the work! Even though help from parents and friends is a really useful meth- od, there is an even more helpful one. Other people's bug collections! Joel McDonald took full advantage of this sly technique. 1 thought my brother's bug col- lection would be in worse shape than it really was, he mischie- vously admitted. Still, though, when it comes down to the facts, almost everyone admitted that doing their insect collection wasn't as bad as they had expected. So, never fear, under- classmen, there is almost a ninety- nine percent chance that you will survive. But keep in mind what Melanie Behler had to say I didn't like having jars of dying bugs around my house! By Shannon Dunn

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Freshman representative, Jim Richardson, par- ticipates in the hot Sprite and banana contest. Anything for class points, huh? Photo by Trena Adair Front Row: Sean Maxwell, Shawn Standridge. John Doyle, Lisa Lippard, Jolene Littlefield, Jus- tin Andrews. 2nd Row: Mrs. Scheel, Sheri Wiel- key, Lichea Templeman, Van Asa Judy, Court- ney Miller, S hd-Gaunai). Raina Smith, Shan- non Dunn, Amanda Southerland, Heather Har- ris. Back Row: Leon Fuell, Russ Biggs, Eric Nel- son. Marc McElveen, Jim Richardson, Beck O'Bar, Wesley Crenshaw Two young actors from the Arkansas Reper- toire Theater portray Romeo and Juliet at the Shakespeare college in Charleston. Photo by Jill Chalfant Mrs. Scheel, GT Supervisor, prepares a les- son plan for her GT students. Photo by Mike Robbins