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

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How would you feel about leaving SOCES to go to a high school? I can say I ' m going to be sad. and of course I will miss everyone. I hope to see all my friends next year because most of them will transfer to the same school I change to, said Aron Mandelbaum I have been going here for the past five years and I don ' t know how I will handle the change but I am sure that the friends that I have now will still be with me forever. Mov- ing to a new school will give me a great opportuni- t to make new friends, said Rune Freeman. Tosha Jackson Howard Jaffa . ' dam Janes Antoine Jarmon Demetria Jenkins Todd Joel Jeramie Johnson Layne Johnson Chad Johnston Oleg Kashper Aparna Khanna Jee Kill La Young Kim Maria Kinderman Michael Klugman Jennifer Koepke Bridget Kolakosky Seak Kong Michael Kopernik Bryan Lamb Terri Lancaster Jeremias Lara Sean Lau Jennifer Lee John Lee David Lopez Esmeralda Lopez Hilda Lopez Maricela Lopez Sophia Lord Tan Luong Shawn Kerkhoff ' Ninth grade Faces 127

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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

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NINTH GRADE Wanna dance with me? Everyone ' s excited about going to the night dances because it ' s an entire day of looking forward to a four hour event that ' s a step in growing up. I think being in the ninth grade and being able to attend the night dances is rad. I remember when I was in the seventh and eighth grade I wanted to go but I couldn ' t because I was too young, said Mike Devine. For years the new ninth grad- ers have died to be able to attend the night dances. Finally they are considered old enough to attend. I feel that being able to go to the night dances gives us more freedom and means we have more rights, said Shawn Kerk- hoff. Not many of the students have attended the night dances. Well, I didn ' t go to the first one because I was busy, but I really liked going to the others because all of my friends went. David Magruder Mona Malhotra Aron Mandelbaum Beth Manko Cheryl Markenson Ann Marquez Fernando Martinez Juan Martinez Talina Mata Guntas Matharu Donald May Dana Meisner Melissa Mekpongsatorn Rainon Miller Paulette Mitchell Tod Mitchell Cesar Monsalve David Montes Hugo Moran Felipe Moreno Jose Moreno Michele Morrison Cicely Mukes Amelia Murell Renee Myara Melissa Nathan Carla Navarro Margarita Negrete Mellynee Nicholson Olga Nunez Henry Olivas Jason Olson The ones I went to were fun, said Martha Chang. The whole day of the dance is a special day. Friends get to- gether to schedule what will be done and when everything will be done. Those who attended the dances had fun preparing for them by deciding on the outfit to wear, how to wear their hair, what shoes to wear, who to go with, how to get there and back and more. After school before a dance Fd go home, take a shower, do my hair, my nails, my make-up, then put my dress on and go to the dance, said Gina Edwards. For the first dance after school I went to pick up my friend Shima and we went to eat dinner. Then we got ready to go to the dance and party all night long, said Lisa Guadagna. Being able to go to the night dances is not only fun but it proves ninth graders have grown up. By Heidi Lazo Shake it up baby — Byron Tonloy takes a break after dancing for an hour straight. But he didn ' t sit for long soon ■ he was back on his feet doing steps like the Robo Cop. Running Man and more. My poor feet — Several of the ninth grade girls that attended the first night dance take a break. They stepped out- side for a few minutes to cool down with a glass of punch and to talk about the dance. 128 Ninth grade Faces