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

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What do you like the most about leadership activi- The most I like about eadership activities is be- cause you talk about the events and you play them to. and it ' s fun, Elector Michign. Like art contests the most, but the rest is okay to me, Fatima Marenco. I like the contests that they put on the center cir- cle, and some of the dances, and the holiday grams. Allison Wilson. Look like fun — to be in a leadership aclivily is a honor. Especially to be in a hilarious event like the thread a spoon and make your friends look ridiculous. Matthew Orkin Lindsay Orton Anita Painter Harry Park Lisa Patterson Katrina Paul Rebecca Peralta Armando Perez Claudia Perez Marien Perez Erica Peters Franko Piskulich Tamara Pond Joshua Pressman Ryan Pringle Rami Rabie Miguel Ramirez Jesus Reynoso Michael Ridgeway Van Delft Magi Robles Robert Rollins Jacqueli ne Rosales Bryan Rosenberg Sixth Grade Faces 153

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SIXTH GRADE Kids just want to have fun during lunch It could be anything from drinking soda pop from baby bottles or passing or- anges under your neck, but leadership activities at the center circle are main events for sixth graders. I like competing in leadership events because its fun and interesting. I also like the competition against other people especially when they are better than me, be- cause then it gets to be more challenging. I think that if it is more challenging then it is more fun, said Lakeisha Lockhart. What is almost as fun as competing in leadership events, is watching your friends up on center circle, doing fun and em- barrassing things like the or- ange pass. I like going to leadership ac- tivities because they are fun. I also like watching my friends perform on stage. Especially when my best friend had to do the orange pass with the boy that she liked, said Dana Ber- gan. Another leadership event that attracts kids of all ages es- pecially the sixth graders are the dances. Joanna Litt Chanice Lockhart Lakeisha Lockhart Dawanna Lopez Lina Lopez Malcolm LyonsHnoore Fatima Marei{g) Maria Martinez Heather Medeiros Elektor Michigan Onekia Mitchell Donald Montgomery l ellie Montgomery Gabriel Montufar Selena Mooney p Mynor Moreno Evalynne Moyo Ayesha Munir Narman Murtaza , Eddie Navarro Abraham Nobel Christian Ocegueda Scott Ogus Maricela Ojeda They are enjoyable and they are fun and exciting. It is one of the only places besides the PE field that you can not do inside your classes. I also like going to the lunch dances and, I can ' t wait until I can go to the night dances. I also like going to the dances because I get to see the older kids dance and that ' s how I learn to do more dances, said Kathy Hudis. One of the most important things that the leadership ac- tivities let you do is to just act crazy and be yourself. Since sixth graders want to act crazy. This is one of the only times during school they can do this without getting into trouble. I like leadership activities because I can be with my friends and act crazy. I also like acting crazy at leadership ac- tivities because we are not al- lowed to do it in the classroom. I also like leadership activities because we also get to play around on the grass, said Ta- bitha Coleman. So if there are more leader- ship activities for the sixth graders to have fun at there will be less confusion in the class- rooms. ) 152 Sixth grade Faces

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SIXTH GRADE Everyone needs some body to have and hold Everyone needs someone to look up to. For girls, maybe they want to be just like Madonna or dream of someday standing at the alter with Rob Lowe. Some boys could only dream of surfing with Tom Curren or getting to kiss Heather Thomas. No matter who the idol is they give something for their fans to strive for as they are growing up. Oh no — The wind just won ' t stop blowing and Tamara Pond tries to save her posters of Chad Allen. Debbie Gib- son and Tiffany before they are blown away never to be seen again. Visions of sugar plums no longer dance in 6th graders heads. Now their dreams are filled with Hollywood stars and characters from books. Every- one has that one person in their lives or dreams that inspires them. From rock to sports stars the figures of success are always admired. Even characters in books can be idols. I go to sleep at night hoping that I will wake up looking the way I imagined Jessica, in playing with fire, a Sweet Valley high book. Gabriel Rossman Oscar Salas Karla Sanchez Kimberly Sanders Carlos Sandoval Roberto Sandoval Piper Severance Aviva Shallom Wendy Shelton Engina Silva Tiffany Snyder Brian Spoor Shana Starkand Laura Stein Carolyn Suh Stephanie Tanowitz Qiana Taylor Benjamin Tenn Chi Thach Chelsea Tippit Kathryn Tschumper Mandy Vado Marquise Vance La Kaiya Ward If you ' re a 12 year old boy chances are you won ' t care for Sweet Valley high books but would flip over a poster of a blonde laying on a Ferrari. With boys it doesn ' t stop being googoo-eyed over girls. Skaters and surfers like to cut out pic- tures of the people who compete in their sport. Hopefully some day I will have just as many people looking up to me as my favorite skater, Tony Hawk, said Tony Brimer 6th grader. To show how much they like their stars, they display the pic- tures of them in every possible spot, walls, lockers, notebooks, anywhere and everywhere. The walls in my room are cov- ered with pictures I have cut out of the Big Bopper and Teen magazine. I love being sur- rounded by the stars, Wendy Sheldon, 6th grader said. With any luck the goal of be- ing like that idol that is admired so much will not stop at the dream but become a reality. Who is your idol? I love the way Debbie Gibson dresses. I wish I had a wardrobe like hers. If I did, I would look bet- ter than any of my friends, said Wendy Shel- don 154 Sixth grade Faces