Booneville High School - Reveille Yearbook (Booneville, AR)

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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

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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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Theo Capes tries to study for a test using the very popular but highly unsuccessful osmosis method of studying. Photo by Trena Adair Sandy Dickens tries to study despite constant interruptions from Jacky Young. Photo by Trena Adair Andrea Wells uses her lunch hour to do her homework as Courtney Miller gives her a you've-got-to-be-nuts look. Photo by Trena Adair GOOD ENOUGH Ben Anderson makes his first point to Buckley Foster as they study for a speech test. Photo by Mike Robbins LAYOUT DESIGN BY MARC MCELVEEN