Byng High School - Yearbook (Ada, OK)

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x john Sanders Theo Scates Chris Scoles Brian Scroggins Brad Smith james Smith Dawn Sowinski 1 I t Shawn Stick Charles Summers Shari Tate Damy Terrell jimmy Tingle Christy Turner Nikita Watts Ernest West Kelly Wfhitwell Cori Wofford jamie Wright Pepper Young I . I Fifth Grade Super Sequoyah The Sequoyah Award is given each year in Oklahoma to the favorite book selected by the states children. Any child in grades 3-6 who reads two books Hom the list of 20 nominees can vote. Winner for 86-87 is Night of the Twister by Ivy Ruckman. The Super Sequoyah Club is open to all Byng students, grades 3-6 who read all 20 books and make a written evaluation by March 1. Members receive several special rewards for their efforts. Each is presented a pen and a certificate Hom the Byng Library Media Center. ln April, the entire group of 40 students attend the Sequoyah Awards presentation at the Oklahoma Library Association convention. This years convention was held at the University of Oklahoma in the Student Union. Students, sponsoring teachers, and a few parents, met guest speaker, Mrs. Ruckman. The group had lunch at Longeneckers and made a short visit to Sooner Fashion Mall. Filth graders who received the Super Sequoyah certificates were Brad Smith, Christy Archer, Erica Briggs, Christy Lancaster, Niki Watts, joni Nipps, jeremy james, Tessa Northcutt, Shauna Farmer, Marlis Osborne, jamie Wright, Aaran Allen, Kyle jones, Keith Brock, Danny DeMoss, and LaRay Daniel. Nathaniel Worcester

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William Haney jennifer Harjo Maranda Harris Brandy Hightower Sheldon Hghtower Tawana Holman Daniel jackson jeremy james Kyle jones David Kauahquo Bryan Kelly Kathe Kiser Michelle Krause Christy Lancaster jamey Logan Rachael Martin Candy Massey Douglas McClure Laray McDaniel Charles McSwain Glenn Metcalf l I joe Metcalf Sarah Moore Neal Morris Destry Musgrove Kevin Nickell joni Nipps Tessa Northcutt Kara Null Marlis Osborne Kevin Palmer Charity Pendley Ailica Pope Carrie Rivers V Shannon Rogers 4 6 Fifth Grade Hrth grade can begin work in band The instrumental music program at Byng begins in the likh grade. At the end of the fourth grade yeaig all ofthe instruments in the band were demonstrated to the students. In order for the students to know the number of instruments allowed for each section, the director ga ve them a complete instrumentation list for the concert band. When school began in the Qll, director Rozzie Purdy approved their instrument selections. As the students begin their study, emphasis is given to correct posture, correct hand position and proper mouthpiece placement. Each of the three tamilies of instruments: brass, woodwind and percussion, are discussed in detail. The students work out of two books. Band Today and Technic Today . The band rehearses Monday through Thursday and has a weekly audition in which each student receives a grade and a chair placement in his section. The students are also graded on a weekly practice cant however the quality of practice time is emphasized the same as the quanity of practice time, The band is preparing for several concerts and a contest in the spring. The contest includes full concert band solos and ensembles. Band also teaches lihh grade students responsibility, dependability and self discipline. 'Students possessing these qualities will not only be good band students but also good students in all of their classes, Miss Purdy says. Different styles of music are also studied so the student will have a broader knowledge of all kinds of music. Music is the universal language of mankind and should be studied and enjoyed at an early age.

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