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

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Tracy Alford Blythe Allen Jeremy Apel Brandy Aultman Troy Bamhart David Bateman Chris Becker Shawn Booth Pam Boyles Jimmy Bridges Jan Brown Patrick Buckley Jennifer Bums Brent Burris Wendi Burton Jeff Caldwell Wendy Callahan April Campbell Carl Campbell Brett Carter In an Introduction to Sports, seventh graders pre pare to take on the challenge oi competition of sports as they advance to their eighth grade year

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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

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'Sw fs X w ff- I? 7. 3, f 1 ang - Stephen Chism Amy Chunn Josh Churchwell Lindy Cobum Mandy Collier ,g, I ,,,. gg Y' W, H' fgjisz A 4 Q Wg 'N v A ' . ' , ' A t 5 .SVI - I . Tammy Compton Tally Cookus y , X Gary Cooper Benjamin Copeland I 'ft 's av. ' 5 I Angela Cox A ' .. 'J h 1'A:: 'I . L Q ? rg I I David Cox Travis Crone Jonathan Crouch Kenneth Crouch Karen Cullum , if 'fir' 4 Tracy Davidson gs Adam Davis , ' , A I Ricky Day A 1 i i D Martin DeOravelle A' ' .' ii.. - Paul Dennis w V 2 i Lllvl ' C 'I fr: lwfsffi , 1 N ni , ,f Qwfiikifijilliiilnll .11 i 'nfl t In order to improve, one must practice. Jeff Cald- well practices his lay-ups in An Introduction to Sports. o trodition . . . no longer offered Seventh graders were disap- pointed as they filled out their schedules, knowing that athletics was not offered. Beginning in the fall of '86, sev- enth grade athletics was no longer offered and was dropped from the curriculum. In its place An Intro- duction to Sports was added. The two classes were basically the same, except that, due to a lack of funding, the students did not en- gage in competition between other schools. I wish that they hadn't stopped basketball. I have played a lot of years and I was looking forward to this year, said Jeff Caldwell. Cathy Digby, coach of the sev- enth grade girls said, I feel they made the right decision. In their sev- enth grade year, they just aren't ready, physically. That first year is a good way to take time and Work on fundamentals. Overall, seventh graders were disappointed, but the thought of playing on the junior high team cheered them up. Seventh 'I