Sylvan Hills High School - Bruin Yearbook (Sherwood, AR)

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E eing winners Different forms of recognition are given to students during their high school years. Three of these are Top Ten Academic Seniors. Quill and Scroll and Breeze Winners. The top ten academic seniors are recognized at graduation. They lead the other seniors by marching the class in during the ceremonies. The top ten academic seniors in or- der of class ranking are Laura Steward. Melissa Mount. Tammy Cox. Mei-Kuei King. Karen Nester. Cinnamon Rogers, Amanda Williams. Tina Merritt. Dara Quackenbush. and Dena Whitecotton. Another way students are recog- nized is being chosen as a member of Quill and Scroll. Quill and Scroll is an international journalism society that recognizes stu- dents who work in school publications and are in the top one third of their class. The 8reeze Contest is for the literary magazine Breeze. Students compete in six different areas, which include writing, photography, and art. The winners are given trophies and ribbons and their work is featured in the 1988 edition of Breeze. — by Sarah Skinner AM I DONE? Senior Christie Schlcill draws the tt AND ft2. The top academic senior Laura senior ads lor the yearbook (or a February dead- Steward and first runner-up Melissa Mount line 164 Into enough

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Underneath it all To learn more about the government and governmental relations, a total of 14 students participated in Arkansas Model United Nations at University of Central Arkansas at Conway Novem- ber 4-5 and Close-Up in Washington D.C. January 31 to February 6. High school students from Arkansas and Oklahoma met at UCA to hold mock meetings like the United Nations does in New York. Students solved government problems and found out what the consequences were to their solutions, senior Cheryl Ahart said. We saw the problems that our country and other countries face, she said. ‘1 didn't realize that before I went. Close-Up was a week in Washington D.C. to inform students from all over the United States on how the govern- ment operates, junior Sheri Low said. We went to seminars, talked about specific events, and had debates, Low said We saw how one person can make the difference. Junior Pierce Presley said Close-Up was very informative and it made the govern- ment real to him. Government was always a puzzle to me and Close-Up made me see what a better citizen I can be. Presley said. — by Sarah Skinner MAKING SURE. Arkansas Model U N sponsor CLOSE-UP LOOK. Junior Sheri Low is with her Thomas Johnson discusses with group leader group at their motel in Washington. D C Cheryl Ahart and Ken Hobbs about details for the trip, Close-Up — model UN 163

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Md Top Ten Academic Seniors i FRONT ROW. Karen Nestcr. Tammy Cox. Tina Merrill. Dena Whitocotton BACK ROW. Laura Steward. Amanda Williams. Mci-Kuei King. Me- lissa Mount. Oara Quackenbush. NOT PIC- TURED. Cinnamon Rogers. Quill and Scroll FRONT ROW. Darryl Hampton. Miranda Perkins. Jenny Jurasek. Melissa Mount. Christy Low. Dara Quackenbush. Lisa Thornsberry BACK ROW. Renee Crain. Sandra Gann. Kelly Hurst. Cary Chism. Mark Barr. Christie Schleiff. Sarah Skin- ner. Christine McKnelly. Rod Landrcth Breeze Winners Students who win in the Breeze contest will be featured in the 1988 Breeze. Breeze is a literary magazine that is produced by the Creative Writ- ing I class. The magazine also includes writing, photography and art that is submitted by stu- dents who were not winners in the school wide contest. FRONT ROW. Christine McKnelly. Cheryl Ahart. Amy Embree. Melissa Mount, Rene6 Cram, Lisa Thornsberry. Oara Quackenbush SECOND ROW. Jenny Sirtgcl. Kelly Hurst. Gina Carson. Deborah Wallace. Angie Passmore. Amanda Huber. Richard Covert. Marc Baty, Chris Boyett BACK ROW. Jason Clark. Gary Jackson. Cary Chism. Phillip Hadlield. Kristi Walker. Tiffany Phil- lips. Richard Smith. Tony Bennett, Jerry Wilcox CALM UNDER PRESSURE. Senior ReneO Cram asks a question about the story she is writing for the Arkansas Democrat. Top Ten — Quill and Scroll — Breeze Winners 165