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

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I ' ll lake that one and that one —Spanish students Jacqueline Robles and Keisa Fox buy a few things at a small shop in Olvera Street. This was one of the trips the Spanish Club look its number on. French Club — Members are: Bottom row: Tarn Huynh, Melinda Chang, Cristian Trinh, Marta Hernandez, Rosa Fuentes, Linda Huynh, Jessica Shaffer, Kristina Bao, Laura Davis, Diana Sao. Second row: Sonia Davis. Tammie Ton, Anita Pai, Sherry Battalia, Myrabelle Sagun, Wendy Her- nandez, Jeff Weisbach, Marcella Chang, Julie Yun, Evelyn Cerritos, Jean- nie Park, Rachel Moss. Top row: Daniel Molina, Caroline Bernard, Debru Petror, Stephanie Prince, Heidi Lazo, Leslie Tioseco, Malinda Paniagaua, Joliene Dexter, Nadia Dababnel, Steve Bao, Melissa Coleman, Chriss Gir- Sponish Club — Members are: Bottom row: Lisa Patterson. Loy Mornis. Tarn Huynh, Pam Gabriel, Cristin Trinh, Cathy Tan, Melinda Chang. Second row: Ellen Oconer, Erica Chang. Monica Geromino, Phuong Luang, Diane Quan, Mike Shaktah, Keith Michaels. Third row: Happi Antonio. Rita Chawlua, Melinda McMahon, Roxana Kabiri. Teresa Nunez, Reagen Lee. Julie Yun, Marcella Chang. Josie Valderrama. Top row: Juan Payes, Dennis Tan, Darwin Ramos, Joseph .Antonio, Kymbia Artis, Bonita Ross. Theresa Pinhey. Sonu Malhotra, Itzik Shlesinger, Jeff Nodd. Senoras — Mrs. Parker, sponsor of the Spanish Club, and Mrs. Buchanan discuss how much fun students are having at Olvera Street. Thanks to dedicated teachers sttfiigats are able to lake part in educational clubs. 14 0°; Foreign Clubs ganizations

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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

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' 0 R G A N I Z A T J The foreign language clubs are to learn more about the culture of the language and also to get together with a large group of people that have a common interest. Hi, hola, bonjour Learning to speak a new lan- guage takes more than just learning how to speak it, write it and read it, you must practice it. I think of being in the Span- ish Club as a challenge. In fact Spanish is a language I always wanted to learn, and the club offers many colorful activities which challenge and invigorate my desire to master this beauti- ful language, Jeff Nodd, Elev- enth grader said. This year it was a difficult year for both the Spanish Club and French Club to have meet- ings because of the teacher vs. Board of Edu cation dispute. Even though keeping the French Club together was a lit- tle hard, I think we were more organized this year than we ever were. French Club had some problems and 1 think that the school could ' ve lend a hand. Otherwise the cabinet did ev- erything that needed to be done. We even had a trip to L ' Express Restaurant and the club mem- bers enjoyed it and are hoping for more trips like it, Tricia Estares, president of the French Club said. The clubs are not thought of only as a place to enrich your- self with foreign culture but also to make friends. Everyone has joined this clubs for differ- ent reasons. T think the purpose of the Spanish Club is to bring stu- dents together who have a com- mon goal to learn about the Spanish culture. It also provides a place to get together and be- long, we get a sense of compan- ionship, Reginal Huntsman, Twelfth grader said. I joined the French Club be- cause it gives college credit and also because I like being in ex- tra curriculum activities, De- anna Duong, Eleventh grader said. Getting together with a group of people that have a common interest is both educa- tional and fun. Bv Heidi Lazo I ' m starving — French Club members walking inlo L ' Express Reslauranl. This was their first trip. Even though it was hard having meetings, the cabinet was able to keep the club going. Thanks to all their work everyone enjoyed the trip. Huh? I didn ' t hear that — French Club president Tricia Estares announces what will be discussed during the meeting. Clubs are more than just educational, they are fun. .4 place to get together with a group of students that have a common interest. Foreign Clubs c Organization