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

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Amy Jenkins Panache Jenkins Keven Joel Shawn Jones Julie Joseph Flora Juarez Richard Kabbe Adam Kaidin Deanna Kakassy Regina Karns Ricky Khawaja Joseph Kirkendoll Leah Kirshbaum Eugene Klochkov Michael Lamey Edward Laufer Amy Lee Amy Lester Roberta Leverette Brittany Lichtig William Logan Nicole Long Jesus Lopez Oscar Lorenzano Leigh Lubin Crystal Marshall Allen Martinez David Martinez Jose Martinez Jane Matsuba Jason Matsuki Andrew Matzkin SEVENTH GRADE Growing up in the world One of the most important events in a seventh graders mind is becoming a teen- ager. Though seventh graders may have dreams of becoming one. however they don ' t know how they are going to feel. Are they going to feel totally different on their birthday or is it just going to be another number. When 1 become a teenager I think it will be different, I think I will be changing inside. Also becoming a teenager, people will treat me like I ' m older and I like that, said David Anderson a seventh grader. For someone of the Jewish re- ligion one of the most important times in a child ' s life is when they become thirteen. After they become thirteen there is a ceremony called a Bat Mitzvah or a Bar Mitzvah and the boy or girl will have become a man or woman in the eyes of the tem- ple. I am excited about having my Bat Mitzvah because you get to go to Hebrew school and learn the Jewish language. But if you are lucky you will get to go to Israel Marjorie Saltman. Some kids are so excited about becoming a teenager they don ' t know what to expect; it ' s just the title teenagers that they love. My teen years will hopefully, be the best years of my life, and I ' m really looking forward to becoming one. I think it will be great because it will be more a part of the com- munity, said Thomas Sobel- man. When you reach that magical age of the teens are your par- ents going to treat you like you ' re older, and are they going to let you have more privileges than you had before. Maybe they are not going to change at all. When I get to be a teenager it will make me feel more ma- ture and hopefully I will get to have more privileges. This means I get to go more places with friends, said Skeshia Bol- den. By Chris Giroux Yes, I am almost thirteen — Chris Rooks walking to his next class in the lunch area, trying lo stay coot at all times. Move inhere — Kicking back in the back of the class room. This soon to be teenager is already practicing to be one herself. 144 Seventh grade Faces

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Natalie Gavrilman Karim Gladden Bryan Godinez Milena Goldenberg Alexandra Gomez Damian Goodman Anna Goplen Evin Grant Aaron Grayson Caren Green Kirpal Grewal Rigoberto Guzman Amirreza Habibi Jason Halpern Marya Hameed Jennifer Hanan James Heard Maria Hernandez Myrena Hernandez Elan Hersh Megan Hickey Akia Hicks Tolani Holmes Shakeema Hooper Todd Hornsby Gregory Huber David Hyman Scott Iblings Hideo Igawa Angela Irigoyen Tirzah Jackson Tomasine Jackson SEVE NTH GRADE ' »• We soak up lots of pain All seventh graders taking Physical Education for the first time can all agree on one thing, it is different. They no longer have to sit in class for half the period and there ' s more exercises involved. Each student is issued a gym locker for the sole purpose of having to dress appropriately for the long vigorous exercise in store for them. Most insist definitely that it serves no purpose. Hustle. Hustle . . . dribbling the ball down the court, one can feel the intensi- ty between these two young athletes, as Shane Sian defends his basket from Jon Emaus. but to no avail! Jon scored, ultimately winning the game. I losh, I hope I ' m not tardy . . just get- ing into the locker room. Eric ,4verett ushes to finish dressing so that he isn ' t narked tardy. It turned out he was tar- ly anyway, he couldn ' t make it on time. The calisthenics which con- sists of the windmills, cherry pick-ups, push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups are done to develop a stronger trim body. It is also done to loosen the tight muscles so that when playing or running around they don ' t injure their bodily parts too seriously. It ' s great now because we no longer stay in class for half the period and we have more play time. said Stuart Shine. Quite often, this kind of en- thusiasm is not shared by all. It ' s hard because we have to exercise so much! complained Vicki White. It takes some adjusting, to have to dress in time and come out to the field before they are considered tardy. Many seventh graders acquire certain nega- tive feelings towards dressing. I ' m forced to wear the P.E. uniform and I really don ' t like the idea too much! said Gabri- el Alers. In spite of their numerous complaints it ' s the rule under which they are governed by. Unable to comply with these rules often result in a devastat- ing or an unsatisfactory grade in the class. This is the stage in their life in which they finally feel grown up. It ' s different now because we no longer have to do home- work in P.E. I feel more grown up now and more important be- cause I ' m dressing with the older kids. said Jason Pivnik. It ' s all part of growing up and takes some adapting to. They ' re small fishes in a big pond and before long they ' ll be the big fishes. Bv Steve Bao Seventh grade Faces 143

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Raidis Mayoa Lamechia McDermott Daina McKee Maria Medina Brandon Methenitis Carlos Miranda Howard Molina Guadalupe Monsalvo Susannah Montague Rony Moran Lourdes Moreno Lisa Morris Mercedes Murdock Shanna Murray Jeffrey Neima Evan Newhouse Elan Newman Derrick Norton Timothy Norton Isabel Ojeda Jason Okurake Edward Olivares Sonia Olivas Monica Ortiz Gerardo Padilla Jeffery Palmer Janette Penfield Roxana Pereira Martin Perez Aarona Pichinson Jason Pivink Is becoming a teenager going to change your life? I think there are going to be a lot of changes. I am going to be able to do a lot more, such as go to dif- ferent places and staying out later at night. It will be a lot of fun, Brittany Lichtig I think I will have more freedom to places I want to attend and prob- ably get in more fights with my parents. It will also be hard to make my own decisions without my parent ' s help, Nicole Angott Seventh grade Faces 145