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

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In your face — Dante Harris, boys Basketball team member, goes up for a jump shot in hopes of tying the score in an away game at Verdugo Hills. JTi f i ■H 9kJ K ' I ' HF ' f SQ n f ' vH ]f H ' ' ' i BlC- ' ■■ ' ■: B ° Baak ' rv « Vt 1 1 Volleyball champions — In their first year of play, the girls volleyball team managed to capture the league title. Coach Ann YOung worked hard to train her team with the help of assistant coach. Cindy Jack- son. Teamwork — togetherness is a key for a successful basketball team. The Varsity Knights use this strate- gy against M arshall HS in a lough game. A A New league T ' Sports :x M. ■10» -

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News from The Earth H inners, losers, and newborn — Pictured here: The new president and vice president George Bush and Dan Quayle. the election losers Gov. Michael Dukakis and Sen. Lloyd Bentson. and the Duke ,and Dutchess of York. The kid is their daughter, Beatrice. The 1988-1989 school year en- compassed a massive amount of trag- edy, political happen- ings, and personal tri- umphs. People and place s from all over the globe had their individ- ual places in the spot- light with a mix of disas- ters, scientific achieve- ments, and unusual events. As far as disasters were concerned, this year was an all time high. About 450 people were massacred in four different plane crashes. There were problems with bomb threats, deadly errors at stunt flying shows (the planes hit each other and then an audience), and other assorted aviation acci- dents. Mother nature also played a hand in the carnage, with nightmar- ish earthquakes leveling Armenia and giving southern California more than a few quivers of fright. Yosemite spent several days burn- ing, and the Caribbean was thrashed by Hurri- cane Gilbert. On the happier side of life, the nations of the world united several times for humanitarian purposes. The Olympics were this year, and the United States competed with excellence despite problems with drug abuse. Several countries assisted in the rescue of two humpback whales trapped under Arctic ice, using massive equip- ment to cut breathing holes along a path to safety. Politically we had a year to remember. Our presidential race was perhaps the most down and dirty election in the history of the coun- try. As a nation we pros- pered economically, al- though our debt became almost comically huge. Student walk-out He want our grades!!! — A rash of student walk outs swept southern California during problems between teachers and ad- ministration. Civil Disobedi- ence has alwass been a big part of our country ' s political system, and now it has spread to our high school Campuses. During Feb- ruary of this year, the students of several southern California schools staged a walk out. The reasoning behind these walk outs re- mained haz due to poor communication between students and faculty. The walk outs were a student reaction to the withholding of their grades by faculty mem- bers, which is somewhat ironic because no grades were, in fact, withheld. Many students took this walk out as a reason to miss class and have an excuse to tell their par- ents. Unfortunately, Dr. Brent (and many other principals) turned the tables on many students b suspending them. Students who were ab- sent that day and didn ' t have an absence excuse from a parent were promptly treated to a suspension notice. World local news a Mini-magazine J

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s ports dept enters new era Knights accepted into 3A M™. .,„...„«..„, ...,.,.„.„.,-.„..., for the athletic teams this year. After dominating the Magnet League for years the boys J.V. and Varsity basketball teams will be playing on a higher level and against much more experienced competition. To some players this honor was long overdue. I feel that the 3 A level of high school basketball is a step we should have taken long ago. Now we finally have a goal that ' s going to test as a team, our cooperation, unity, and determination. 1 0th grader, Dennard Jackson, said. Playing in the 3A league this year is the girl ' s basketball team and the boy ' s volleyball team, which are in their first year of existence. Both teams have been practicing extensively to be well-prepared for such competition as: Locke, Santa Monica, Van Nuys, Marshall, Verdugo Hills, Marshall and Chatsworth. I think we can learn a lot from the players who have been in the league already, because they have more experience from previously being in the league. Not saying we ' ll be easily defeated because I really don ' t know what to expect. I ' m just going to play my hardest to put our team on top. 10th grader Anthony Booker, said. As the years move on, the sports department makes much more progress than the preceding year. Students love to talk about their team and their great team. The basketball teams, and volleyball teams were showered with school spirit and encouraging wishes. Strategy — Carlene Rowe. a member of the girls Milleyball team eagerly awaits to gel in the game to how her playing skills she has worked hard for. Track practice — Runner. Lakisha Stokes practices lor her event for the Spring track season. Coach Ed IVealhersby works with his team all year around, including helping them with special meets during the New league Sports 45