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

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Go Knights, lei ' s fight! — during sixth period at a volleyball game, all of the girls of the cheering squads came out to show their school spirit. I enjov being on the song leading squad, it gives me a chance to really participate in school activities. ' ' said tenth grader Mary Lee Junior Varsity Cheerleaders —from left to right the members are: In the from row Jenny Ignico. and Ruth Gutierrez, in the second row are: Ally son Sternberg, Laura Bei, and Beth Pesacov. Songleaders — Members are: bottom row Kristina Bao, top row: Mary Lee. and Teresa Nunez. Varsity Drill team — Members are: Sherry Batalla. Diana Bao. Lorena Guevera. Michelle Lukich. Nicole Perry. Sandy Cavallaro. Valeri Vargas, and Jannelte Ratihn 66 Cheerleaders Organizations

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iS ' S You ' re walking back from a leadership sponsored event at the center circle during lunch. Lunch is by the 100 ' s so you start heading in that direction. Suddenly, a shout: Hey you! Behind the yellow line! You ' ve just been stopped . . . by a knight. Lead the way Without the watchful eyes of the knights and the planning minds of leadership, our school would be a much more chaotic campus. Don ' t get the wrong idea, however, because these two organizations don ' t control us. they help us! Leadership members were elected last year and serve as the creative team for our school ' s spirit point ac- tivities, special sales, and most importantly, our dances! In ad- dition to planning these events, your chosen representatives worked hard to make each grade level receive equal treat- ment. The different grades all h ave different needs and prob- lems. We have to work hard to make everything fair, said Sherry Batalla. The knights have more to do than many of us think. It ' s more than just lunch-time traffic control that busies the knights, but many other actions as well. All knights had their favorite jobs, but many tasks proved dif- ficult. Traffic control during nutri- tion and lunch is horrible. No one listens to a knight. It ' s worth it though, even if it ' s hard, said Cindy Lee. Many knights were required to patrol each assembly, with several watching the crowd and even more monitoring the doors. With many assemblies a month, this took careful plan- ning a great deal of dedication. Knights also were required to sell tickets and help during emergency drills. Our student body should re- spect its leadership and its many members, because the job they did this year was spectacu- lar. By Dan Mayer. Behind the yellow line!!! — Leslie Mescamp struggles to hold back a wave of oncoming students. Traffic duty proved to be extremely hectic during lunch. Leadership Knights Organizations 65

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Camps, competitions, and a lot of practice are only some of the activities which the cheer and drill squads get to participate in. They do these things with all of their spirit. Here to cheer The are the girls that ralh the troops, at games, pep rallies, and other such events they are the cheer and drill teams. Even though the make it all seem easy and flowing, it takes a lot of work to get all of the participants coordinated, and in synch with each other. It ' s really a lot of fun being in one of the squads, but it does take a lot of ;time to learn the various routines that we do. We practice all week, during sixth and sometimes after school, it does take a lot of hard work, but it ' s worth it. said ninth grader Cheryl Markenson. As a team a lot of the cheer and drill squads help each oth- er. They support their fellow teammates. They support the teams also, they follow both Ju- nior Varsity, and Varsity teams, on the road and at home, to keep their spirits up. All of their hard work and practice does not go unreward- ed either. They have workshops during the summer at various college campuses, where they can learn new routines and meet other cheer and drill team members from all over the state, and during the year they participate in several competi- tions against different schools. Being in the Junior Varsity drill team is a great experience for me. It ' s true that we do prac- tice a lot, but it is worth it. We not only prepare to cheer on the home team, but we also get to compete at various tourna- ments against teams from all over. said Pilar Jackson tenth grader. It feels great to be a Song- leader, because we get people into the game, into the cheers, and into just being there, we cause an electricity between people. Jumping, yelling, screaming, anything we can do to get the people into the game makes me feel great, said elev- enth grader Teresa Nunes. By Wendv Hernandez Vanily Cheerleaders — Members are: Sherry Kaidin. Happi Anlonio. Noelani Ashimine, Suzanne Ignico. Kim Arlis, Jody Setlzer. Shzandra Giles. Josie Valderrama. Stephanie Gross. Laura Davis. Junior yarsity Drill Team — Members are: bottom roM, Elizabeth Martin. Stacy Moskowitz. April Lewis. Pilar Jackson, Kim Elrich. Michelle Loomis. Shirinne .Ahadazadeh, Carre Booska. top row: Leah Robbins, Tina Ma. Sally Lee. Cheryl Markenson. Tammy Plotinkov. Alma Orneles, Brenna Adter. and Jennifer Ruppel. Cheerleaders Organizations O