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

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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

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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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How do you feel about finally at- tending the night dances? I think it was fun be- ing able to go to the night dances and I plan to go to many more, Shannon Alexander said. It was cool because the dances were really alive. I really enjoyed go- ing, they were really fun, Sherrye Wallace. ' Tm really excited that I ' m able to attend the night dances. I feel that it ' s a privilege to be able to go, Amy Goldring said. Craig Orenstein Marie Pacheco Cesar Padilla Hye Park Shanti Parsad Kieanitria Paschal Victor Payes David Pegelow Daniel Peralta Jennifer Peralta Theresa Pinhey Tanisha Pough Michael Prince Jose Quintanilla Timothy Quiroz Aleyda Ramos Logan Ray Lawrence Regan Carlos Revelo Yvonne Reynoso Luis Rodriguez Miguel Rodriguez Guillermo Rosales Danny Rosenthal Beverly Ross Angela Salcedo Jorge Santiago Jessica Saravia Jennifer Saltzman Jason Schneider Sharon Schneider Amanda Schwartz Ninth grade Faces 129