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

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Too bad we can ' t climb on them — Wen- dy Hernandez. Sieve Bao. and Kenny Huber are having fun at Travel Town in Los Angeles, checking out the airplanes that are so close you can touch. James Dean — is one of the most loved actor among the younger generation. James Dean has a statue at the Griffith Park Observatory, where he made one of his few movies, called Rebel Without a Cause. Getting it all in — Bryan Sweet went with the Spanish Club to Olvera street. Olvera street is one of the best places to go if you want to get a good feel for the Mexican culture. You may also get a taste of the Mexican food. Look over yonder — Mrs. Buchannan ' s Outdoor Education class went on a hik- ing trip to Carlee Park, looking over the ocean. Thanks to teachers imagina- tions students are able to go on such fun field trips, such as going on a day hike by the ocean. 90 Field Trips Academics

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Projects can be important aids A C A D E M Do you get the chills, and a cold sweat at the thought of a project or a report, or even worse if your teacher gives you one? Well don ' t worry, you are not alone. Many people can t handle giv- ing up weekends and holidays and long hours into the night trying to complete a project the next day. 1 don ' t like doing English projects because I get nervous and paranoid, said John Ges- may. a ninth grader. There are also many classes in which projects can be really enjoyable. In Mrs. Braybrooks room 400, she teaches the kids how to develop their art, or how to become a fairly good artist. She also teaches kids how to take an ordinary clump of clay and turn it into a work of art. After taking a class of ce- ramics, I feel more confident using ceramics, said Kevin Wright, a tenth grader. don ' t like doing projects because I get nervous and para- noid, said John Ges- may. 9k9k In Mrs. Lambert ' s English class uses projects to help devel- op and enhance a young per- son ' s mind in the art of writing. She does this by giving many writing assignments, and also by working with the students. I enjoy doing writing assign- ments in Mrs. Lambert ' s class. I like doing writing assignments because it will become useful once 1 reach college, and when I have to write a college entrance e.xam, said Melissa Kaplan, a tenth grader. Students from fourth through sixth grade have fun completing, and giggling over projects that are given by Mrs. Kapitz in her arts and music class. I don ' t like it because it ' s boring and all you talk about is composers and computers, said Jannette McMurry, a fourth grader. don ' t think these figures are right — Kenny Huber and Kerstin Knox are gelling informalionfor iheir up and coming Speech lournament. ihal is lo be held at our school. Speech class is really helpful because it helps us overcome everyone ' s natural fear of speaking in front of an audience. Il is also exciting participating in the advents. said Kerstin Knox. Projects r Q Academics (jy

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Field trips are the easiest way A C A D E M I Field trips are one of the easiest and safest ways of getting out of class and not getting into trouble with your counselors or the principal. I like going on field trips be- cause I can get out of class and get out of school for at least one class or the whole day. I also like going on field trips because I like to have fun. said Greg Girou.x, and eighth grader. The French Club also went to a French Cafe where they used their French speaking skills to order food from the menu. It was much fun going to a French Cafe with the French Club. It was a different exper- ience for the culture of the French Club, said Linda Huynh, a tenth grader. Mr. McDonneFs class went to San Pedro and took a tour around the harbor, they were 44 ' going on field trips because I can get out of class, said Greg Giroux. tt able to examine creatures that live on the bottom of the harbor. On our field trip to San Pe- dro we all got on a boat that cruises around the harbor. The tour guide on the boat told us all about the harbor. He also told us about the animals living in the harbor. We even were able to observe the creatures in real life. The onh ' bad thing abut the trip was that it rained, said Louis Gigliotti, a tenth grader. The tennis team went to UCLA to watch a tennis match between UCLA verses UCSD on the Volvo tennis courts. They also received a guided tour of UCLA ' s campus from Mr. Becker, coach and alumnus. I was very excited about go- ing to UCLA because I was go- ing to be able to see college level tennis, said Kevin Wright, a tenth grader. Just having a good lime — on the railroad tracks at Travel To n. is Karla Pena. Sandy Cavallaro. Dawn Kramer, Monica Geronimo. and Jason Menadue are just letting it all hang loose. Travel Town is a place where smalt children and older children can spend all day dreaming about and playing on the trains. In all it ' s just a great place to have fun. Field Trips r -j Academics y 1