Pulaski Academy - Bruin Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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W-it lf ltooltarachah. Dressed in typical 'South of the Border costumes, sophomores Ashley Anderson, lane! Eiseman, Laura Nelson and Deborah Pike perform a Spanish dance on Metrocentre Mall during International Fest.

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Pik8tCh Besides reading, writing and arithmetic, what did we do all day long? The answer depended on whom you asked. If you asked some newspaper reporters, they might have told you about story assignments, deadlines and setting type. lf you asked a few musicians in the band, they would have told you about the the concerts, contests and the trip to St. Louis. The average person usually thought of the band as a bunch of musicians who played at football games and gave an occasional concert. Nothing could have been farther from the truthl The band all home and away football games, and at several home basketball games as a pep band. Aside from playing at athletic events, the band also gave several concerts, one at Christmas, one in the spring and one for the student body near the end of the year. Kathryn Massey earned first chair, first band at senior high Band Clinic Atop the towers. Members of the yearbook and newspaper staffs enjoy the view of the Big Apple' from the top of the World Trade Center. Fifteen journalism students spent five days in New York City. 76.Academics and qualified for tryouts for the All- State Band. Band was not all work,though. In April, they competed in a contest at Six Flags Over Mid-America in St. Louis, where they won a bronze medal. They spent the rest of the time visiting The Gateway Arch, taking in the attractions at Six Flags and seeing the sights of St. Louis. The trip was generally pretty good, said seventh grader Boone Atkins. lt was an experience to remember, and the tours were great, especially the ride up in the St Louis Arch. To raise money for this trip, the band sold ice cream during the three lunches and sponsored the annual Variety Show. Money raising was made easier because the band doubled in size from 12 to 24. The pIay's the thing. Sophomore Carolyn Gerber and freshman Christi Nixon rehearse their prize winning Spanish skit for the Foreign Language Festival at UALR. Beat alt! Ray Minor, sophomore, plays jungle Beat as the senior high drill team makes its entrance at a home football game. Slow song. Senior jeff Gingrich sings Truly at the Christmas Concert. jeff was named Outstanding Choral Student at the Awards Assembly in the spring.

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Pik8rCh Chorus students also competed in contests and performed concerts. I enjoyed chorus most because of the festivals and concerts, said freshman Caroline Frye. But we had to practice hard for at least three weeks before a show, and we weren't able to practice on the stage, so we were never sure if things would go right. Computer programming, in its second year, added a Computer Programming II course. Computer Programming I students learned BASIC and were introduced to PASCAL, while students in Programming II progressed in PASCAL. The programming classes sponsored a Computer Fair early second semester. Students in grades 1 through 6 were given demonstrations of the computers and were shown what computers could do. Programming II classes helped write some of the programs used to produce report cards, which were done entirely on computers. In the spring, fourth grader Robert Schriver joined the class and was able to hold his own with the upper school students. He kept up with everything we did, said senior janet Allen. Everyone who walked in looked at him and asked, 'Who's he?' No one could believe he was in the class. Concert Choir: Ifronl rowj Mrs. Elaine Harris Isponsorl, Gina Howard, Tanya Siebert, Michelle Fritts, Alison Anthony, Becky Godfrey, Iayme Thomas. Iback rowj Amy Ricks, Blake Cossey, Rob Dowda, james Thweatt, Carson Hampson, Wendy Warmouth, jeff Gingrich. 78.Academics Af rv Q , .,,, ff