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

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?i. «wis :r7»; ' - i; ia; A jyT:r» Magic Johnson never played like this — During Ms. Eller ' s sixth period English class. Brian Quan. tenth grad- er, shoots away for bonus points. Ms. Eller bought a mini-basketball stand especially for the game. Placing your life in Jeopardy — Itzik Shelsinger. senior, chooses a subject on the chalkboard in one of Mr. Wimber- ly ' s Jeopardy games. When there ' s time away from geometry or trigonom- etry, his students work on their trivial knowledge. Checkmate! — Jason Menadue ex- plains to Mr. S chaffer ' s speech and de- bate class different strategies and ma- neuvers for a knight piece in the game of chess. Chess is a game of high level thinking and difficult strategies and is a game that isn ' t mastered with ease. Don ' t spill the little beans on the floor, announces Mrs. Buchanan to her Spanish I students during a game of Loteria . The game is played like Bingo but with pictures Spanish words, and dried beans as markers. Learning was never this fun. W A ' 92 Games Academics

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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

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r .i » Spin the wheel roll the dice A C A D E M Can ' t handle the pres- sure of school work? Need to gain some knowledge quick? Are you in an academic slump? Well come on down and put on your thinking caps because it ' s time to play some academic games! A great way for students to have fun and learn at the same time was playing games initiat- ed by teachers in various sub- jects. Teachers found that games were a great way for stu- dents to enjoy themselves dur- ing classtime. It ' s a good way to learn and have fun all at once, said Rea- gan Lee, tenth grader. Foreign languages can be very difficult at times, especial- ly when learning how to pro- nounce and recognize new vo- cabulary. Mrs. Buchannan ' s Spanish I class had the opportu- nity to take part in a game called Loteria , which plays like Bingo but with pictures and Spanish words. The students learn to read. w It ' s a good way to learn and have fun all at once tk pronounce, and translate Span- ish through the game, said Mrs. Buchannan. Advanced Spanish students were able to create their own games in Seatnora Parker ' s Spanish III period. Students had to construct gameboards with cards and markers includ- ed all in their own boxes. Sound simple enough to play? There ' s only one catch though — instructions an d cards are writ- ten in Spanish! The object of my game, ' La Migra ' , is to cross ' the border ' safely, said Keivan Stassun, eleventh grader. Do sports and academics mix? Sure they do, if you ' re thinking about Learnball , an exciting basketball game with a twist played in Ms. Eller ' s room. Any student in Mr. Wimber- ly ' s math classes would tell you all about his legendary Jeopar- dy games. Played like the game show, students know their trivia and math to get points. Buenos suerte amigos! — Jeff Nodd. Arlene Rhoden, Kirslun Kun:e. Lourdes Fuenles, and Sonu Malholra, students in Sra. Parker ' s Spanish III period, play some games created by students in class. As a class project, advanced Spanish students had to create game boards with their own pieces, cards and instructions written entirely in Spanish. Now that ' s difficult. Ay caramba! Games Academics 93