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

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My arms! My arms. ' — Junior. Eric Gordon and freshman. Aaron Mandelbaum rehearse their dramatic piece white seniors Dan Mayer and Jordan Moore critique. H elpful criticism is an important part of speech and debate. Speech Members (left to right): Mr. Schaefer (coach). Karen Lee, Jordan Moore. Kerstin Knox. Tom Sobelman. .4aron Mandelbaum. Eric Gordon. Dan Mayer. Tomash Lungin, Dean Taylor, Herman Wang. Jason Mena- due. Giles E. Robey. Charles Boyle, Rita Chawla, Kenny Huher. Amy Gould, Opher Shalom, Josie Valderama, Diane Quan. Kathy Ta, Karla Pena. Ellen Oconer, Aparna Kahanna, Mona Malhotra. Speech Members continued: Rune Friedman. Knieba Jones. Bonita Ross, Kurtis Bedford, Ky a Haynes, Bryon Devers. Brian Quan. James Del Plato. Tan Luong. Marlea Griffin. Wendy Hernandez. Marcella Chang. Heidi Lazo. Larry Regan. Regan Lee. .Alicia Wartes. Myrahelle Sagaun, Sally Lee, Kissandra Scotl. Yon Shin. Monica Geronima. Linda Hyun. Angela Sakedo, Dawn Kramer Speech Cabinet Members: Diane Quan. Kenny Huber. Kersin Knox, Eric Gordon. Dan Mayer, Jordan Moore. Bonita Ross, Josie Valderama. 70 Speech and Debate Organizations Memorization blues — Speech members Larry Regan and Rune Friedman work on memorizing a piece. Sobody enjoyed this process, but it was necessary.

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O R G A NT Z A T I O O S E The Yearbook and Journalism staffs do a lot of work to make our school a better and more informed place. This work is greatly appreciated by all of the students. write, right? The Newspaper and the Yearbook are the only two ma- jor publications in the school. The Newspaper and Yearbook staffs work very hard to pro- duce an interesting part of school life. This work pays off when these publications are read by the students. ■ Being a major publication is a very important thing, but even more important, we are the source for the students of Sher- man Oaks CES. We bring them information that they may not otherwise receive, said Karen Lee, Journalism. Pressure is another big part of being on the Yearbook or Journalism staff. Deadlines take many hours and a lot of work to complete. Deadlines are a busy time for everyone, but when the final product is shown, it is worth it. I feel very proud of the fact that 1 am part of this wonderful publication. 1 plan to join the Yearbook Staff again because the pressure of meeting a dead- line is tremendous and in a cer- tain way 1 thrive on that, said Steve Bao, Excalibur Yearbook Staff. The newspaper is a monthly publication to inform the stu- dents of what is going on in the school. Students find that this is very helpful and that it is a good way to have the information known. 1 think that the newspaper is very informative. I feel that it should be published more often. I especially like the articles that give the students opinions, said Christine Seino, ninth grade. The Yearbook and Newspa- per Staffs are also in many com- petitions. They have ranked very highly in the competitions. They are very proud of their ac- complishments and hope to do well in them again this year. Many believe that the year- book just magically appears at the end of the year. The simple truth is that the yearbook staff works very hard to create it, said Loyd Calomay, Yearbook Editor. By Amy Goldring Headache — Loyd Calomay lakes a short break after a very full day of working on layout designs, writing copy, and talks from experts. He is thinking about what he wants to do the next day and how he ' s done. Copy checking — Mrs. Honda helps and answers all questions that can be answered. Here Loyd Calomay goes over copy with Mrs. Honda. She gives all of the corrections and then the story is ready to be typed and sent into the yearbook company to be printed and put into the yearbook for reading. Publications r Organizations JJ7

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O R G A -,ji„imiaeaimeattmi J Speak the speech I pray you . . . as I have taught it to you, trippingly on the tongue. This year at SOCES we did just that, and had a great year too! Forensic Fun This year at S.O.C.E.S. marked a big change in our schools speech and debate team. With the departures of most of last year ' s senior com- petitors, a new generation of participants entered the arena. With only a handful of veteran speech students remaining, the future seemed bleak. Luckily. Mr. Schaefer s guidance and natural student ability have formed this group of amateurs into serious performers, and troph) ' winners! Being the new kid in this class is fine because 1 have ex- amples to follow, said eleventh grader. Wendy Hernandez. With competitions coming fast and furious, speed and qualitv in memorization were of the utmost importance to the team. Events such as Dramatic and Humorous interpretation. Original Poetry and Prose, duals, and several impromptu variations each required lots of time and practice before a per- formance was polished. I thought expository speak- ing was toughest, because you made your own visual aids and props. said eleventh grader. Kerstin Knox. A few of our school ' s veteran varsity competitors took on sev- eral events at the same time. This kind of extra work often robbed students of valuable stud time needed for other classes. As difficult as this could become, most speech en- thusiasts found plenty of extra time. The pressure wasn ' t bad for me because 1 manage m y time well and don ' t care about other classes, said eight grader, Larry Regan. This year S.O.C.E.S., held its own tournament, the Spat and Squeak invitational. In this competition the rules were sus- pended, which made for some realh bizarre acts! .As usual, our school made a terrific per- formance and walked away with several trophies. 1989 was a very successful year for our school ' s speech team. With heavy wins at lE ' s, congresses, and League compe- titions we proved again that S.O.C.E.S. speech is a force to be reckoned with! By Dan Mayer Sow open wide . . . Opher Shalom and Herman Wang practice their Dual Interpretation. Duals wai considered a tough event because the liming element becomes a crucial element. Our school performed well in this event with several wins. C ' mon Schaef. . . Smile!!! — Afr. Ray Schaefer has been the speech coach for Sherman Oaks for several years now. and has given his students the training and guidance needed for an excellent team. This year was one of the his best, but also his most trving. He has given us the gifts of knowledge and self confidence, and for that he ' s earned our respect and thankfulness. Speech and Debate i -t Organizations i