Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Read all about it — Taking a look at one of her favorile magazines. Rachel Watson reads an article in Gymnas- tics about the 1 988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Gymnastics happens to be popular sport which she likes to read about. Keeping up with your current events? — The school ' s library offered a number of popular magazines to read and get ' nformalion from. Among the ninth graders sports, fashion, and entertain- ment magazines were the ones they most preferred. iPsycHouKitiOo yl NINTH GRADE Between pages of time Eight fifteen a.m. on a Wednesday morning and once again the homeroom teacher announces, it is silent reading time! Students in ninth grade homerooms quickly pull out their favorite magazines to catch up with the latest word in news, sports, fashion, movies, and television stars. Magazines titles like Seventeen, Young Miss, Teen, Sports Illustrated, Thrash- er, and Surfer were the most popular among ninth grade students. Ninth graders read maga- Breakout , and Street Rod- abundance of other teenage to- zines ranging in a variety of to- der , one finds out that the pics. Don ' t be surprised to find pics. Racing cars to movie stars, skateboard tricks to karate kicks, and fashion styles to heart throb smiles were some of the subjects covered in the nu- merous publications that ninth graders flipped through. Amid the boys in the ninth grade, sports periodicals were very popular. Sports Illustrated has proven to be long-time fa- vorite but unusual sports such as skateboarding, surfing, and car racing were the maga- zines that were in to read. With names as Thrasher stranger the sport the more pop- ular the magazine! Basically, I like to read any type of skateboard or car maga- zines like Thrasher and Hot Rod. I really look forward to reading good articles and seeing rad photography, said Cinchai Chuvichien. Among the girls in the ninth grade, favorite magazines were fashion and teen magazines. Inside any of the several titles, they would find the latest talk about famous celebrities, fash- ion tips and trends, and an the pictures cut out because most of the cutest guys , as they say, are pasted up on walls, lockers, and notebooks. I like to read the articles in ' Seventeen ' and I also like to look at all the new clothes and fashions, said Talina Mata. Tastes and preferences were different between boys and girls but good stories and pictures were what ninth graders looked for in favorite magazines. By Loyd Calomay Eun Choe Hyon-Chu Chon Marilee Christy Cinchai Chuvichien Estevan Contreras Jason Coronado Jeffrey Crowder Jeremy Crowder Nada Dababneh Tesha Davis Willie Dean Dody Deomampo Michael Devine Joliene Dexter Lilly Dopp Darryl Dukes Amber Edwards Gina Edwards Amber Ehrecke Jorge Escamilla Jorge Estrada Paul Elcheverry David Fisher Jimmy Flores Nelin Flowers Leighann Fontenot Cheval Ford Daniel Forster Rune Freeman Erika Gamez Aaron Ganz Claudia Garay Ninth grade Faces 125

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' fi e5H mk):D %w z What is your fa- vorite magazine to read? I like National Geo- graphic because it has a lot of good articles on the world of history and sci- ence, said Aaron Ganz. I don ' t ever read mag- azines because I never get the chance to buy them. But sometimes I like to read ' People ' , said Erika Chang. I like looking at Thrasher Mag because some of my friends are in it and I look for new pro- ducts and contest re- sults, said Benjamin Ca- lomay. iff Stacy Aaronson Leslie Aleman Shannon Alexander Dony Arias Julie Arnold Kyle Augustus Esperanza Avalos Connie Bae Jethro Barrozo Christopher Batiste Heather Bergen Stacey Bergstein Tali Berko Susanna Binshteyn Derrick Bolden Charles Boyle Mary Branch Heather Brandt Nakia Bruce Delmy Buitrago Karin Cabrera Pablo Cadena Benjamin Calomay Valdo Carlyle Cesar Carrasco Rigoberto Carrasco Malikia Celestine Layo Chachere Erica Chang Martha Chang Kimberly Chass James Cheung 124 Ninth grade Faces

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NINTH GRADE They need change of pace Parting is just sweet sorrow. What happens after ninth grade graduation? Who goes and who stays? Many students choose to move onto larger high schools. Some don ' t want a bigger school, they just want a change of pace. Such a drastic change might be right for some but many students are happy in a family-like school. After being in the same school since the fourth grade you decide you want a change. Leaving a school where ev- ery one is so close and caring It ' s hard if it was my choice I would stay here until I graduat- ed from high school, said De- siree Whane, ninth grader. There aren ' t many schools that have students who like their school so much. Few stu- Amy Gauld Lajos Gesmay Lakeisha Gilford Amy Goldring Rufus Gray Sandra Grazzizni Marlea Griffin Lisa Guadagno Nadar Maddad Laura Mafner Renendo Hahn AUyson Harris Ayuko Harris Brian Harris Omekia Harris Sarek Harrison Dereck Hart Tanisha Heard Raleigh Henderson Cecilia Hernandez Javier Hernandez Jackie Hildalgo Ryan Hill Chad Hornsby Justin Howard Adam Howe Lafayette Hudspeth Jason Hunter Samuel Ino Robert Jackson Bobby Jackson Susan Jackson dents are leaving, but the ones that are will be greatly missed. School just won ' t be the same when some of my friends are gone. I will feel like some- thing ' s missing, said Layne Johnson, ninth grader. The differences between oth- er schools and our school are so great that it makes the transfer difficult. Not only different teachers and students, but be- ing the new kid on the block sur- rounded by strangers. I don ' t mind that I won ' t be here next year I think it would be great to go to school with dif- ferent people, said Adam Howe, ninth grader. The reason for leaving could range from just feeling like a change to a parents decision, but still the memory of this school will last forever. Goodbye sweet heart — Aron Mandal- bom sadly says goodbye to his best friend with one last hug as she goes off to her new school. But knowing how much she will miss this school she tells him she will try to come back. Missing each other — even over a weekend can be traumatic for ninth graders who share everything about their young lives with each other. 126 Ninth grade Faces