Caddo Magnet High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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Watch out, motorists! Now is the time to use your sharpest driving skills. For coming down the very Street you are traveling is that all- too-familiar car marked rather conspicuously STUDENT DRIVER. Chances are that behind the wheel of the automobile sits a sophomore who, before he can finally acquire that long-awaited driveFs license, has to partake of the joys, troubles, and occasional boredom of driver ' s education. Taught by our own Mr. Scott, tenth graders like Tetine Sentell did not mind the forty-five after school hours required to, as she put it, “finally, finally, have a chance at passing that driver ' s Tamara Brown Lashunda Brown Jason Brown Sheumona Brown Andrea Brinkley Jason Bratlie Kelisha Bradford Caria Boston Thomas Boose Diana Boos Eldred Blossom Kristopher Berry Lori Beggs Sherry Beck Jamie Beason Amy Beal Somer Beach Daniel Bartley Allison Barnett Lamonthe Barrett Angela Bernard Trinna Ashley Kimberly Anderson Douglas Albert Keith Adams test.” A three-part course, everyone had their favorite segment. Tarsha Henry’s was the simulator, commonly known as the “Stimulator,” while Patrick Ratcliff enjoyed the actual driving lab. Jason Brown already had his license when he took THE BIG D.E. his reason, then? He summed it up in four words — Big Discount on Insurance,” he explained, “and since I’m paying for it myself, that discount really helps.” Whatever their reasons, sophomores took driver’s ed- and for the most part, passed with flving colors. So fasten your seatbelts. The class of ' 90 has hit the streets, and this time, they ' re not on their bicycles . . . THE MORNING AFTER. Days after acquiring his drivers license, Brandon Laird’s car became a second home, a home affectionately known as “Bessie. JAMBALAYA

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NO PLATES HERE! With purses occupying space usually used for trays, Sophomores Jennifer Mulford, Melissa Echterhoff, Summer Eubanks, and Ra- chel Holy enjoy brown-bagging it cafeteria style. It’s A Great Life! Freshmen. Traditionally the most miserable class in the school, simultaneously tortured and ne- glected. But that all changes when the sophomore year rolls around. Or does it? “Not being a freshman is just swell”, commented David Dixon. “That’s putting it lightly!” Some may not have been as overjoyed at becoming upperclassmen but they were relieved to escape those infa- mous nicknames. You know the ones- “fish”, “freshie , and (dare we say it?) “fresh meat”. As Ra- chel Holy put it, “Being a sopho¬ more isn’t that different, but you definitely don’t feel picked on any- more. ’ “Well, classes are harder and everythings more complex says Sherry Robinson, explaining that common ailment, the sophomore slump. The school year did bring a more exciting social scene to soph¬ omores, maybe because with this magical age comes the all-impor- tant driver’s license. Mare Glazer had no troubie summing up the difference between his first and second years here. “Driving.” said he, “Definitely driving. ’ Some sophomores had little opinion on their first step up the classification totem-pole. They agreed with Danette Griffin. “It’s just another year closer to gradu- ation.’’ was her feeling. Then there are those like David Dixon, who, after much thought, grinned, “Well, what can I say? It’s a wonderful life. But perhaps Rusty Hazelwood said it best. “Not being a freshman means never having to say you’re sorry.” Dona Cragar Timothy Cowthorn Shannon Cowart Elizabeth Coughlin Tracy Corr Lisa Corley Michael Copelin Christopher Conger Siegfried Coleman Christina Cole James Ciaravella Maria Caston Christopher Case io Caroline Carter Paul Carroll Claudia Canales Adam Cameron Tara Callicoatte Grant Burrous Shea Burns Tara Bruce SOPHOMORES

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BORED? (out on the old football field) Sophomore officers Mickey Ray, President; Shannon Strother, Treasurer; Vincent Nelson, Vice President; and Natalie Osment, Secretary. Finding themselves in the second year rut, also known as the sophomore class f the officers prepared not just to make the most of the situation , but to pull the class together through several projects and acti vities. “Pve been able to meet and work with many new people. With unity we can succeed in our pians 9 expressed Treasurer Shannon Strother. And succeed they did. Within the first two months of the fall semester the class treasury doubled. It wasn 9 t ali fun f though . “There was a lot more responsibility than I expected , but it is definitely an exciting experience; Tll never forget it 9 ' said President Mickey Ray. Each officer ex¬ pressed personal growth through this leadership role. “This growth, I think, helped provide a comfortable and stable place for the class 9 commented Natalie Osment , Secretary. In the 87-88 year, Vincent Nelson feels secure in the evolu- tion of the class of 1990. “I have watched our class grow from an unspirited freshman to an involved. interested family ofsopho- mores 9 said this veteran V.P. SOPHOMORES