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

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Just play that rockin ' music — Leigh Spusta and Mark Seeman are practicing for band, and working on their stances in front of Mr. Morris ' classroom Maybe it would sound belter with their amplifiers hooked up. H hat am I doing here? — Chil Chin is at an .Aca- demic Decathlon meet in the auditorium. She has just finished her third round at the meet and is very tired- She only has one more round lo go. 62 Organizations Earning merits

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Breaking the laws of gravity — Powell-Peralla team ider. Eric Ross, defies gravity by pushing a front- ide wallride to its limits. This, and many other ricks keep up his high placings in street style contests. Let ' s try it again — Gymnastics takes a lot of skill md coordination. Here Dorce shows us that it doesn ' t flatter the age of a person, but the talent that a person has to master even the hardest looking moves. -f r H avingfun while playing sports outside The weekend arrives, with its long, party nights, and its easy going days. Two days is not enough, and to this everyone will agree, but to a select few, the weekend presents time to engage in their favorite activity out- side of school. These are people who have a favorite sport or pastime other than school related sports. 1 took up handgliding because it looked very interesting. It is very inspirational to look at a bird soar above the clouds, they look so free in the wind, and that ' s the kind of freedom that I wanted to achieve when I ' m handgliding, said eleventh grader Herman Wang. It is these kinds of people that most ap- preciate their free time. Although there are a lot of different sports outside of school that one could par- ticipate in, many choose the one sport that is very popular among California natives and others during the winter. This sport is skiing. Whenever winter comes around, 1 wait eagerly for the first trace of snow, then when there is enough snow to ski in, and depending if it is good or bad, I collect my skiing gear and head for the slopes, said eleventh grader Thomas Sobelman. But not all outside sports have to be sea- sonal, for example bike riding, skate board- ing, and other such sports can be done year round. These do not depend as much on the weather, so therefore they are much easier to take up. 1 began to trick ride about two or three years ago, 1 started out riding backwards, but later I moved up to more difficult things. It takes a lot of practice, for exam- ple, I practice almost everyday, but it de- pends sometimes on the load of homework I get, or if I ' m injured. I do it for fun, for the time being. I haven ' t had the time or spon- sor to enter any contest, and besides that it is relatively hard to get in, said tenth grad- er Brian Quon. All of these people have one thing in com- mon, their love of their sport, and no matter what, they will be out there doing whatever sport it is that they most enjoy. By Wendy Hernandez V : rH How often do you V J participate in your 1 out-of-school sport, V 1 and for how long? I ride my motorcycle four times a month, and for usually five or six hours. Pract icing starts for an hour then work- ing on my technique for the rest of the time. said eleventh grader, Kelly Lam- bert. Shooshing down a mountain — Skiing is a sport which many people enjoy. They will do almost any- thing to hit the snowy mountains. They travel miles and miles to either Big Bear. Tahoe. or any local skiing sight. Outside Sports • -j Sports Ol

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c lubs and organizations hold special meaning for students Q kjtudents may chose to be involved in and committed to a large variety of intellectual and extra-curricular clubs and organizations. There are many club to join and the list continues to grow. Ten years ago there we ' re only a few clubs to join. One had little choice of what one wanted to do. I joined Speech and Debate for extra-curricular activities for college. It helps me speak in front of large groups of people, but most of all I thought it would be fun, said Valeska DeFrieri a tenth grader. The type of students that join the clubs are varied by race, age and size. Clubs are important to the younger students because it lets them be with older students. ' T am participating in chorus, because it ' s fun and I like performing, said Jon Emaus, seventh grader. Many students join clubs to help get them into college. I think it will help to find out about different cultures and sharing ideas with each other, and having activities with each other. The organizations will help the students have extra-curricular activities written on the cum cards for col- lege, said Tricia Estares, eleventh grader and President of the French club. There are also students that don ' t even think about college, and they just want to have fun while they are going through high school. I am a cheerleader because Fm spirited and I wanted to do something for the school, and have fun, Sheri Kadon a tenth grader. These students are enthusiastic and like to show their school spirit while having a great time. Jjlj Go, Knights, go, you ' ve almost won! — Jodie Seltzer and Reese Henderson are showing lots of school spirit at the P E field during a girl ' s volleyball game at lunch, trying to cheer our team on to victory. I forgot what comes next. — Kenny Huber is in the book reading contest that was held in Mr. Schaefer ' s room. He is right in the middle of reading his chil- dren ' s book, doing a very good job. Organizations ' Earning merits jD