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

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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

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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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In The Beginning LETS DO LUNCH! Sunit Gill, Shelly Abbiatti, Catherine Teague, Kim Miller, Margaret Sale, and Ann Rogers join for lunch in the courtyard. THE BIG M. Freshman Coty Pratt assists Ms. Keith in the Youth and Governmenfs sale of McDonald hamburgers during Homecoming. YO, BRAD. Enjoying fun in the sun with other freshman Brad Hubbard makes the moves on Lori Davis and her friends during lunch. GOING FISHING. In November Freshman Laura Rockefeller joined the nine history club members at Mounds Plantation to dig for artifacts. Pot shards, arrowheads, and bones were among their treasures. MEN • FRESHMEN • FRESHMEN • FRESHMEN X l FRESHMEN • FRESHMEN Freshman (Freshman) N. 1) A person who, after spending a year in the 8th grade as “number one,” does not have the common sense to realize he is back at the bottom of the heap. 2) A person who feels no emotion when he is told by a joyous upperclass- man that Mr. Sellers is ab- sent. 3) A person who has the audacity to ask a senior, “Where is T-wing?” 4) A person whose parents bring him to the dances. 5) A per¬ son who, if told to jump off a cliff, will. 6) A person who timidly begs a senior for par- ty invitations. 7) A person who is the butt of every joke. 8) A person who is also re- ferred to as “the low man on the totem pole.” 9) A person stupid enough to refer to themselves as 9th graders in order to avoid magnani mous humiliation of being called a FRESHMAN. 10) A person who causes major coagula- tions in A-wing. 11) A person who wears socks. 12) A per¬ son who received great plea- sure in wearing bows large enough to plow down every- body in the hall. 13) What upperclassmen used to be. (see also FISH). 14) A person who realizes that freshmen jokes are both universally cruel and meant to be taken lightly. 15) A person who, knowing that ali seniors were once freshmen, instinctively laughs when he reads this. s HS3HJ N3WHS3HJ • N3NHS3Hi • N3IMHS3H3 • N3WHS3HJ • N3WHS3HJ JAMBALAYA