Oak Grove High School - Hornet Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

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15 A foreign language is one of many electives avail- able to senior high students. Aimee Henson proved to be the exception when she took French l in the eighth grade. Marcus Powers Jacob Prewitt Jason Ramsey Billy Joe Ratliif Todd Reddell Virginia Reich Amanda Reynolds Kersty Rivers Jennifer Rogers Grant Rose Paul ROSS LaTundra Rowland Jason Russell Mandy Saffell Thad Sappington Brent Schmitz Steven Seay Phillip Sechler Kim Shipman Toni Simmons Darren Smalley Steve Skalman Kim Smith Lyle Sperry Shavlm Sponer ii' ii'i'lli i i Za ragigg if N in J f wa f,m, ., r g W ff , 4 Q ,sn , ,ez iii 2 People

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82 girls . . . thot's o hondful the more support the better H-O-R-N-E-T-S!! North Little Rock, Oak Grove!! Let's Go! These very familiar words came barrelling from the mouths of 82 cheering girls as they showed their support for the junior high teams. Pep Club brought out many girls who wanted to share the junior high cheerleader's experi- ences in cheering their teams on to many victories and being there dur- ing the times of defeat. The Pep Club organized itself for the first time at Oak Grove this year. The Pep Club performed in the stands at both football and basket- ball games. There were 82 girls at the begin- ning of school. Almost two-thirds of the club was made up of 8th grade .r -Uv 1sgs 5 t, K- Q ii' .1-, A - A . '-.' S A 1 I K girls who wanted to lift the spirits of the athletes. We really had fun. I felt like now my friends really knew I cared because I was at their games cheering them on, said Abby Holt. I will handle it a lot differently next year, said Mrs. Steele. Limiting membership is the first thing I'm going to do. Because there were so many, Mrs. Jennifer Steele, the cheerleading sponsor, had a lot of changes to be made for next year. I hope with much plan- ning and preparation, Mrs. Steele said, that in a few years Oak Grove's Junior High Pep Club will be Oak Grove's Junior High Drill Team. That's what I'm working towards. Homeroom seemed to be the only time Mrs. Steele could get all of the Pep Club girls together and then only once a week. On that day, the girls worked on everything they could. They perfected all the hand and feet movements and coordinat- ed their pom-pon drills. The work seemed like nothing compared with the good feeling I got everytime we performed, said Kris- ti Wallace. Starting something new is al- ways difficult, but the 8th grade girls on the Pep Club helped make this task easier on Mrs. Steele. Pep Club will continue for years to come, but this year's Pep Club can say they were the first. Darrin McCaster Robert McConnell Tony McCuien Tammy McGhee Melissa McGinty ff M A S A 4 ' Kim McLeod S M Charlie McPherson . l Denise Meicenheimer , V. Q Larry Meeks - g gi, Rebecca Moore . .5 lhi g f' . , ..,. , i, 1 K . .. xy i - I :si . + sf- as G. Alicia Moton Michelle Morgan Dawn Murdock Donnie Pace Keith Parks YS David Patrick Rhosheda Perkins Nathan Peterson s Missy Pharr Beth Ponder eww 151

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choices obout schedules o prelude to counting credits Decisions, decisions! There were so many different things to choose! At least it seemed that way at first glance. On a closer look, stu- dents realized that they had to elect only two subjects to complete their schedules. The eighth graders had to choose from a variety of classes and activities. Other subjects were re- quired such as English, math, sci- ence, social studies, and new-com- ers, one semester of Career Orienta- tion and one semester of health. This left only two periods for elec- tives. Some choices were study hall, athletics, band, choir, and art. Nine students fell victim to county policy. This was because not enough students in French from last year's seventh grade classes signed up for eighth grade French. County policy said that at least 10 students must enroll before a class can be designated. I think that we were treated wrong. Vlfhen I was in the seventh grade, the counselors said that we could continue a foreign language, but then they turned around and said that we couldn't, said Jennifer Martin. Eighth graders faced with mak- ing decisions about their curriculum consulted parents, friends, and counselors to help them choose wise- ly. 2 49' M 4 John Standridge Tisha Stane Stephen Stough Brandi Street Jamie Tow Carrie Thompson Eron Thompson Shea Thrash David Tolbert Thomas Trice Joe Vandiver Jason Vint Terri Walker Kristi Wallace John Waters Ashley Webb Cassie White Monica White Danny Wilbanks Nita Williams Steven Worsham Pam York Abby Young Monica Young Mickey Zinnamon .tg 3,2 if Eighth 5 3