Pulaski Academy - Bruin Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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l,00k ma, no hands. David Leavitt takes flight on wheels at a senior sponsored skating party at 8- Whecls. The seniors applied their earnings toward their senior trip to Florida. Happy birthday to you. Carrie Shollmier celebrates her tenth birthday at Showbiz Pizza. where she and her friends enjoy pizza. games and an animated show. After Hoursf25

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111613 i Contrary to what teachers believed, students did have a life after school. Even though teachers more often than not gave enormous homework assignments during the week and even on weekends, students managed to squeeze in other activities which kept them busy after 3 p.m. Some students like Carter Brown, who worked at Kroger, had jobs. l work because l need the extra money, and it is good responsibility for me to do a lot that l wouldn't do on my own, he said. Others, especially girls, spent their after school hours spending money on themselves. They pampered every part of their bodies with makeup, clothes and even exercise like aerobics and Jane Fonda workouts. lt Uane Fonda! has an exercise for every part of your body. There's a lot of physical pain involved, but it works, said senior Joanna Carter, who regularly worked out Jane Fonda style. Another activity for girls that was fairly popular was English horseback riding. Some girls did it for fun, while others rode in competition Amy Bishop, junior, had been riding competively for four years. l love to ride competively, she said. lt keeps me busy and out of trouble. I .. l Men at won . Junior Scott Cline earns some extra cash by cleaning up the school grounds in the summer. Under pressure. Briar Terrebonne shoots a crucial pool shot while Steve Crane holds the money that is riding on the game. 241 Student Life 5 lil X100 6 3f16f S fi 5

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- tingle ffh6Ye ls'- Blip! Pow! Zap! Andrew Saunders plays Joust at Showbiz Pizza which opened in the K-Mart shoppipng center, Showbiz featured pizza, video games and rides for younger students. Activities at home also kept students busy. A lot of studentsjust sat around the boob tube to catch the latest flicks on cable TV, or they rented a movie that they were just dying to see, and plugged it into their video tape machine. l like renting movies because you can stop the tape whenever you need to, and go back to the good parts that you want to see again. said junior Mark Cornell. Another popular home activity was using home computers. Some students played games on them, while others found that they were handy in helping with homework. Right now l'm trying to learn how to use my computer, said junior Briar Terrebonne, who got a home computer for Christmas. Since I'm taking computer programming. that should help me. Students whojust wanted to have a good time invested in Atari Video Game Systems. They enjoyed plugging in a favorite game cartridge and spending the afternoon boning up on their playing skills so they would be ready to challenge their inexperienced friends a beat the pants off them. Almost every friend l have has a home video game system and when l go to their houses they always make me feel like a fool because l don't know how to play video games. Tracy Cage. junior. said. l rarely touch them. Others liked to try their video game luck at a nearby arcade like Showbiz Pizza, Star Systems or their local corner 7-I l . Some of the most popular and familiar video games were Joust. Galaga. Donkey Kong, Frogger. Jungle Hunt. and of course Pac- Man and his relatives. Tallyho. Amy Bishop clears the jump on Windsor Canadian as she competes in a show. 26fStudent Life