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

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Can I help you? — During lunch on Wednesday ihe Mathcounts learn, consisting of Tavis Larkham. Eric El- Tobgy and Sudeep Takasali. meet in Dr. Pasiernack ' s room to study for the competition. Mathcounts. that takes place on the second Saturday of February. Academic Decathlon members are — Karen lee. Dan Mayer. Dean Taylor, Jordan Moore, Myrabelle Sagun Mathcounts members are — Amy Lee. Tu Diep, Sudeep Takasali. Keith Michaelis Quill and Scroll members are — top row: Eric Gordon. Loyd Calomay. Chil Chin. Karen Lee, Heidi Lazo Bottom row: Koty Mukasa. Diane Quan. Sandra Nova. Lea Javasinehe i-J ' Academic Clubs Organizations

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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

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.1 - ORGANIZATION r fi Clubs give people a chance to enjoy school, to help other people, and to learn. People join clubs to show their school spirit and to make SOCES a better place. Joining forces Academic Clubs are a ver important part of school life. Clubs give people a chance to participate in school. They give students a chance to learn more about education. Clubs are for every student in every grade. I joined two of the clubs at this school so I could further my education. 1 think clubs are a lot of fun. They are a great way to meet a lot of new people. said Erica Chang, ninth grade. Meeting people is only a small part of joining a club. An- other major part is to join so you can experience field trips, help- ing the school and helping indi- vidual people. Some clubs are only for having fun in a certain subject. I joined Mathcounts be- cause it is a great way to experi- ment with math and it s con- cepts. It is a lot of work, but 1 enjoy it. I get along well with the other members of my team, said Keith Michaelis. Many people join clubs to help other people. These people tutor, and help throughut school. This school does not have many of these clubs. The club that helps with this is CSF (California Scholarship Feder- ation). CSF is in charge of tutoring, communitv services, career dav and helping throughout school. CSF is a well respected organi- zation. Joining the club will also look good on my records for col- lege, said Reagan Lee. Many students only join clubs so it will look good on their records. Others join so they can have fun and learn more about school subjects. It really does not matter why a person joins a club, it matters if they enjoy it or not. I enjoy the club that I joined at this school. Next year I plan to get more involved with the clubs at this school, said Jo- liene Dexter. By Amy Goldring Pentathlon team members are — Top row: Mr. Don LaFraniere. Teresa McMahon. Tammy Plonikov. Chris Petrini. Brenna Adler. V ' icki Rzentowski Bollom row: Paul Fredlin. Kim Erlich. Robert Sanchez CSF Members: From row — Happi Antonio. Yon Shin. Rita Chawla. Nicole Harris. Diane Quan. Pilar Jackson. Reagen Lee. Second row — Sheri Kalden. Linda Huynh. Laura Davis. Kathy Ta. Ellen Oconer. Third row — Julie Yun. Kimberly Sewmark. Melinda McMahon. Lorena Guevara, Melissa Kaplan. Phoung Loung. Marcella Chang. Karen Lee. Michael Kirshner. Back row — Reginald Huntsman. Deanna Duong. Keivan Stassun. Jacqueline Ji. Josie Valderama. Jeff Weissbach. Itzik Shlesinger. Loyd Calomay. Mrs. Cheryl Buchannan. Academic Clubs Organizations 73