Lakeridge High School - Symposium Yearbook (Lake Oswego, OR)

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Capitol Mill Every year Lakeridge students have the op- portunity to participate in an educational trip to Washington D.C. Students who took part in 1988’s trip are Kurt Fuller, Jennifer Nem- hauser, Kristina Firsich, Ken Farer and Shannon Hagens chaperoned by Elwood Os- trom. These Five students from Lakeridge got a bird’s-eye view of how our government is run. During the week, students got a close up view of the U.S. government by taking tours of places such as the Pentagon, Senate and the House of Representatives. The Close-Up stu- dents also met Congressman Denny Smith and many other important members of our govern- ment. The Lakeridge students spent time visit- ing memorials, museums, and Capitol Hill. All in all, these five Lakeridge students not only had a great time but spent an educational week in Washington D.C. learning about our govern- ment. 24 CLOSE-UP

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Politics In Action, Warts And All On September 19, a project began. The pro- ject was the Model Democratic Convention. This project took eight months to become a reality. The reality finally came about on May 11, 12, and 13- On those three days, most people learned more about politics than they ever had learned before. The goal of the Model Convention is to let students learn first hand about the system that runs this country. The way that the convention does this is to let the students learn by making them the only participants. No adults, not even advisors, are allowed on the convention floor. This promotes an environment in which the students are able to be actual politicians without the ever-present eye of an adult. By doing this, the students are in no way hindered except by their own limitations. The convention attracted more than 4,000 students from schools in Or- egon and Washington. Each school represented one of the fifty-four states and territories. At the convention these states all vote on who they want to be the next Democratic Presidential nominee. This year, Lakeridge represented the state of California. California threw the conven- tion into a deadlock,’' and created one of the most exciting conventions in years. By the end of the convention the student politicians had nominated Michael Dukakis for President, and Albert Gore for the Vice-Presi- dent. The convention was made even more real- istic by visits from Jesse Jackson, Michael Du- kakis, Neil Goldschmidt, and Bud Clark. The convention was a learning experience for all who participated. By Pete Gutwald 1 Do I look like o future politician? csks Den FmMeo 2 Trying to inform the delegates on whor 6 happening ore Store Chotr Pete Gurwold. and Co-Choir Den Finklea 3 Isn V politics fun? soys senior Tom Poizm 4 The Model Democratic Convention m progress MODEL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 23

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Taking The Initiative Saferide was formed to prevent the tragedy which can occur when teenagers drink and drive. Saferide helps prevent this tragedy from occuring by offering Lakeridge and Lake Os- wego high school teams a saferide” home. This organization has been in operation for many years now, and has been quite successful. Safer- ide president Lindsay Nicol commented, we’ve had less people calling on weekends but we believe that that is due to more students taking responsibility and appointing a designated driv- er. If all goes well, West Linn High School may join with the Saferide charter making it larger, and more able to reach more students. By Pete Gutwald A new anti- drinking and driving campaign was started at Lakeridge. The group is called S.A.D.D. or Students Against Driving Drunk. Those who become S.A.D.D. members receive a contract which both students and parents sign. The contract states that if the student ever has too much to drink he or she may call the parent and the parent will pick the student up-no questions asked. The family can then discuss what happened in the morning. The contract also states that if the parent has ever had too much to drink that they too find safe transpor- tation home. S.A.D.D. was just formed at the beginning of the second semester this year. The turn-out at the meetings was every encouraging, and hopefully S.A.D.D. will be in full swing for next year. by Pete Gutwald BE SAFE NOT SORRY Friday Saturday Nights 10 pm-2 am SAFE RIDE • 241-SAFE Sponsored by the Lions Club and the YMCA 1 SAFERIDE CORE COMMITTEE. FRONT ROW Uso Dun gon. Use! U endr. Lindsay Nicol, MicheOe Reeder, M Sol hetm BACK ROW Pere GurwokJ. Josh Daniels. Dove Woolf 2 S.A.D.D. LEFT TO RIGHT Rim Couch. Brandon McCoffery. MicheUe Reeder, Pere GurwokJ, UseI Wendr SADD SAFE RIDE 25