Pulaski Academy - Bruin Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Melissa Anderson Roane Ashmore Emily Ballard Brent Bennett David Bevans Mark Binet Will Bird I . I . Jason Brawner Kathryn Brookfield I Courtney Burkett Mandy Butler . Angie Cameron A Sarah Clark Jason Clayton ' ? 'J ifflf J Q l ' is 1 ' 32 iz-f A 1 .Y Ga mes children ple Punt. jump shot. pique' turn. home run, butterfly stroke. tackle. block, shoot. back handspring were all familiar words to second graders. But instead of learning them at school. they added these words to their vocabularies on the court. the field and the dance studio, which were the homes of many second grade boys and girls after school and on weekends. On the basketball court you could find Scott Tatom and Spike Hiller among others. Spike also enjoyed baseball and football. but basketball was his favorite. I'm the best at basketball. he said. lt's easier and you don't get hurt as much as football. On the field would be Adam Nelson, Stuart Ray and Scott Tatom. Adam and Stuart enjoyed football but were more partial to soccer. Adam said. l'm good. Our team got second place. I like soccer because you can shoot with your feet not your hands: your feet are a lot quicker than your hands. Stuart Ray, who played fullback for his team, said. l almost made two goals once. but somebody blocked them. Football was Scott Tatom's game. He wanted to grow up and play for either the Arkansas Razorbacks or the Alabama Crimson Tide. He thought football was the funnest because there is more action. While the boys kept in shape with sports. most of the second grade girls took dancing at Tommie's Dance Academy, which met after school. The girls would go one day a week, allowing one hour for each class they took-be it tap. ballet, gymnastics or jazz. Sarah Smart and Michelle Smith both took tap and ballet. Sarah enjoyed tap but was more at home in a tutu. She thought it was the best. l like the turns, she said. While Sarah was in her tutu. Michelle and others were tapping away in their tap shoes. Why did they enjoy tapping? The general answer was, l like to make noise. The more daring girls took gymnastics where they could learn to do flips. front and back handsprings. round offs and more. B.J. Tucker was among these girls who took gymnastics. You get to do handstands and stuff like that. I can do a back handspringf' she said proudly. And this is what these sports and dance programs were all about-giving the students that special feeling that went along with accomplishment. Amee Cohen Penn Dodson Reagan Duncan Chris Dupre Lee Edwards Amy England Greg Engstrom l April Fain Lindsey Fincher X Brook Fitton Ashley Frank Dirk Gibson Daniel Gold Bharat Gopal 4 1361 People f. ,Q-1 -6 Phillip Grace John Halsell Ja Hamilton Julie Harris is K ' t i ii-7

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orry HITS First graders shouldn't have to worry about anything. A popular idea but not altogether accurate when it came to first graders at P.A. Although these worries ranged from world crises to report cards, most were narrowed down to the small sphere of their families. Virginia Ann Oliver. along with the rest of her class expressed a worry for parents. My dad has to go to work real early, and I worry about him when there's ice. Another major worry for the first Decisions, decisions. Tommy Reet can't decide whether to start on his reader or his speller. This was just another of the daily worries that he faced. L-me s Q 'i A graders was report cards and other school related things. I worry about my report card because I don't know if l'll get a good or bad grade, said another student. Toby Watkins was worried the first day of school. I didn't know what it was going to be like, if everybody would like me. Some world conscious first graders were even troubled about world crises, such as oil shortages and wars. Although he probably lost little sleep over it, Toby expressed alarm about any kind of war. I wouldn't want to be a soldier, he said. Some like Doug Voss, weren't affected by what they heard about the wars on T.V. When Israel was at war, I didn't worry because it was far far away, he said. Never let it be said that first graders didn't have a care in the world. Their cares ranged from little crises, like falling down and scratching their knees, to world crises, such as oil shortages and wars. Worry warts. .losie Dickens stares remorsefully at her schoolwork as she contemplates doing it with her left hand. Josie's arm was broken when she fell off a bar stool at her lake house. A I aw. is l 381 People g N ,...,.-.snows-w + t '