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

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Mark Rothman Zachary Roth Dara Rubin Norma Ruiz Vicki Rzentowski Jeffrey Scapano Marjorie Saltman Ana Sanchez Jose Sanchez Roberto Sanchez Leonor Santis Edward Santos Aaron Schulman Syreeta Sears Jelsa Seid Avani Shah John Shis- Karen Shrira Howard Shure Helen Seifert EHse Silverstein Lisa Smith Rayann Smith Hyun So Marc Spoor Kristen Sialey Tamara Stella Allyson Sternberg Cameron Stewart Ronietra Stewart Misak Tadevossian Sudeep Taksaii Julia Talavera Dashawna Taylor Jennifer Thacker Leslie Thacker Thomas Ann Shelly Thomas Sheniqua Thomas Tammie Ton R amon Torres Christine Trinh Mayan Trivino Pene Urbina Vanesa Vadi Elvia Valdes Loida Vasquez Orlando Velazco Regina Washington Lonny Wayne Mara Weiss Kevin Weissbach Brandon Welch Holly Wetzel John Whetzel Lamont White ■Jancy WigeJ jregolyWilkinson Kim Williams Trisha Williams Chong Ye Jaimee Young Miryam Zermeno Shelby Zidoff Eighth grade Faces 139

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What ' s your idea of the perfect Hal- loween costume? I ' d say a sumo wres- tler. They might look gross but think of how fun it would be to dress up in all that fake fat! said Ju- lia Talavera. A Hari Krishna. Just think, you would go around giving away flow- ers, and instead of getting candy you ' d get money. I wouldn ' t shave my head though. said Seth Ra- tihn. My ideal costume would be a hippy outfit. The flower-power look is really neat. The only part I ' d have trouble with would be the bell bot- toms. said Darren Langer. Lidia Rodriguez Angelica Resales EIGHTH GRADE Fright Night Again! It ' s Halloween night and you ' re home alone. Outside the night is dark and the moon is full and glowing. Off in the distance you hear a wolf howling, and a strong October wind sounds like the shriek of a banshee. Suddenly you sense foot- steps on your front walkway, slowly approaching your house. Sinister knocks on the door signal your doom, and it creaks open to a cry of TRICK OR TREAT!!! Growl! Snarl! H hen ' s lunch? — this beasl gels hungry on Halloween day . . . and not for raw meat! This Werewolf mask was both hot and uncomfortable to wear, but the effect was certainly ter- rifying! The sunglasses were a big help as well. Yes, that ' s what Halloween is all about. Getting candy and getting scared. In the beginning it was called Hallow ' s Eve and the masks worn were to ward off evil spirits, but things have definitely changed! Now Octo- ber is a month for thrills and chills, ghouls and ghosts, and most importantly candy, candy, candy! Most eighth graders will attest to the fact that getting a pillowcase full of loot is their main goal on the 31st, not scar- ing spirits! I admit it, I ' m only in it for the candy! said Jason Fernan- dez. True, candy is a big part of this holiday, but costumes play a major role as well. Magic shops, department stores, and costume rental stores put forth a horrifying array of rubber and plastic masks. The wolfman mask was a big seller, as were the traditional zombie and vam- pire outfits. This Halloween, however, gave birth to such nightmarish ideas as the melt- ing man and the amphibian , complete with masks and gills respectively. One absolutely re- volting (and extremely expen- sive) mask was called two- face , which featured a tiny face growing off of a larger one! The thing I like the most about Halloween is dressing up in a costume, said Norma Ruiz, who wore a witch cos- tume out of Sleeping Beauty. Despite the candy and chaos of Halloween, this years eighth graders did a great job of keep- ing the Halloween spirit. Spooks galore with a careful parental eye provided for lots of fun and frights this year, and SOCES was into it. By Dan Mayer Where ' d 1 leave my whip? — Tavis Larkham decided on the Indiana Jones look for his costume. Many eighth graders made costumes out of regular clothing and items just lying around the house. What a wav to save!

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7 Peter Adams Ese Akpovi Gabriel Alers Jamie Alexander Maria Alfonso Rebecca Alvarez Farah Alvin Norma Amezcva David Anderson Nicole Angotti Eric Averett Julie Azar Dale Baily Damon Baily James Barboza Kraig Easier Jahala Baugh Joseph Berger Michael Besem Zev Birnbaum Shannon Bishop Ryan Black Dee Blow Shekishia Bolden SEVENTH GRADE Nintendo Sega System Which one do you want? After coming home from school, hooking up the Nintendo or the Sega System and attempting to get a higher score than your recent high score on your favorite game is common to many seventh graders. But often you lose a life on the first level or you start off with not enough points to reach that certain level and reset the whole game over or maybe give your game system a little lickin . The Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Master System are some of the hottest items today. Such games as R.B.I. Baseball , Double Dragon , After Burner , Fantasy Zone 11 , Mario Bros. 11 , and Shinobi are some of the many games that can be played on these game systems. These games range from $25 to $50 and the systems range from $70 to $90. After I get home from school, I play my Nintendo for at least three hours and some- times don ' t get my homework done. And sometimes I play it so much that I get grounded off it for awhile. But I still play with it anyway, said Jason France. The Nintendo Entertainment System, which came onto the market before the Sega System, has extra equipment which one can buy such as the Nintendo Advantage which features rap- id fire and a slow button. One can also get the Nintendo Pow- er Set which comes with the Power Pad, a mat which one can run on and actually move the character in the games that have to do with running. The Sega Master System like the Nintendo Entertainment System comes with two control- lers and a base system but is unusual because it plays regular cartridges and small hard discs. When one buys a Sega System two games on one cartridge comes free with it, Hang On and Astro Warrior. Every weekend I go to my best friends house and play with his Sega System. My favorite game that he has is Alex Kid in Miracle World and Shinobi. I can get to the jungle level in Alex Kid in Miracle World, said Damien Rosen. My favorite game on the Sega System is Safari Hunt which I play so much that I get grounded for it. My high score so far on Safari Hunt is around 9000 points and I think the Sega System has much better graphics, said Megan Hickey. Bv Kotv Mukasa X 140 Seventh grade Faces