Foothill High School - Equi Yearbook (Sacramento, CA)

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Ted Sessions. a junior here at Foothill is very talented in music. track, and academics, Ted has been running since he was in the fifth grade. When he was eleven years old he won third place in a marathon. running in the sixteen and under category. At the present time, Ted's day is occupied with band. Last sum- mer he attended drum major camp in Loomis. Next year he will be Foot- hill's drum major. Ted plays the clari- net. snare drum, and is now studying O People the piano. Aside from music and run- ning, he has a grade point average of 3.9. After high school. he would like to attend the naval academy and be- come a pilot. After his piloting re- quirements are up. he would like a career in engineering. lf Ted does not go to a military academy, he wish- es to attend lVl.l.T. and major in physics. Ted's philosophy is. Dont compare yourself with others. Just be the best that you can be. -lv-nv --f-x................, wr. .,.. nf Melody Perkins, a fifteen year old sophomore, is an outstanding balleri- na. She has been in ballet since she was six years old. December of '86 marked the fifth year that she has participated in the Nutcracker. She has portrayed such characters as the soldier, Chinese dancer. Spanish dancer. flower. and snow. During the summer of 1986, Melody was picked to attend the San Francisco Ballet School for eight weeks. She recently received a dancing scholarship from Great American First Savings. After high school she would like to dance with one of the more prominent dance companies such as the School of American Ballet, located in New York. and the Royal Ballet in Lon- don. When asked what she thinks about her dancing. she replied, Ml feel as if l have more confidence when l'm performing. lfeel like peo- ple like what they see. One of our outstanding leaders at Foothill is Stacey Johnson. She is 15 years old and a sophomore. Stacey is the treasurer of the VICA club here at Foothill. She has been involved in VICA since the eighth grade. She just applied for the Hugh O'Brien Schol- arship which would give her the op- portunity to be the sophomore repre- sentative from Northern California at the Hugh O'Brien Youth Seminar held in April of '87. Stacey is now preparing to run for state officer VICA. This past year she was part a team of eight people who won gold medal at a VICA for parliamentary procedure. says that being in VICA has helpe her to be able to speak publicly. i also has given her the opportunity t meet new people.

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'S lege. He wants to attend U.O.P.. an IV League school, or the Air Force Academy. If he attends the Air Force Academy, he will become a pilot, but otherwise, his future plans are to teach and coach. When asked how he thought high school sports could be improved, he replied, HMore faculty and student support is needed. If the 4 s Q, 5. faculty isn't supportive, why should the students be? All of his life, Jason Edwards, now a senior, has been involved in sports. At the mere age of four he started baseball. Then, two years later he got involved with soccer. In the fourth grade he began basketball, and in ninth grade, started playing football, which has become his favorite sport. Jason receives eight or nine letters a week on the average from various prestigious colleges seeking to recruit him. He is considering the University of Pacific, U.C. Davis, West Point, and the Air Force Academy. He wishes to study law and become an F.B.I. agent. Fourteen year old Tom King is a very talented musician who has already com- posed two songs. He is a freshman this year at Foothill High School. He started his musi- cal career in the sixth grade playing the piano. The next year he learned to play the baritone, alto, and tenor saxophone, and also the drums. Then, in the eighth grade, Tom learned to play the guitar. He has become very versatile with all of these in- struments ana' would like to learn to play other instruments. Presently, Tom belongs to a singing group along with two other boys. The group performs regularly at their church fthe Neighborhood Bible Churchl. At the age of thirteen, Torn had the oppor- tunity to open for Petra at Great America with his group. Toms future goals are to attend Bethany Bible College in Santa Cruz, ana' after that he would like to be- come a contemporary Christian singer. songwriter, musician, etc.