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

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I DO! WAIT OR DO I? Senior Brian Blade and Tonya Kirkendoll prepare to tie the knot in Ms. Keith’s Psychology class. ACADEMICS

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Arts THE BLUR OF INTELLIGENCE: Various members of the Academic Decathlon team class ponder on the many facts they are presented in one class hour. AS STUDIOUS AS ONE COULD BE: Junior Rob Wolcott is a perfect example of the hard-working students at Magnet. STATE OF THE ARTS

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p orridge Anyone? Once upon a time there was a youqg man named Goldilocks Brat- ton, whose amber locks were long sincd gone and who actually pre- ferred to be called Dr. Bratton be- cause it sounded more masculine. Anyway, there were these nine de cathletes who lived in a forest, but it wasn’t actually a forest; it was more like a typical American high school. But the point is that they lived and played and worked and studied things like math and economics there, and they did these things to better their knowledge and wisdom so that they could journey to Never Never Land (also known as San Ant¬ onio, Texas), where there would be a great competition of decathletes from all across the country to deter- mine the most academically fit stu- dents in the nation. Unfortunately, there existed one slight obstacle to overcome before the decathletes could fly away to Never Never Land; they had to win the state decathlon competition. But that task was easily accomplished with the help of their friends and coaches, Tinkerbell, Peter Pan and Mary Poppins-Rounds — Mr. Sellers, Mr. Belanger and Ms. Rounds, respec- tively. In fact, it was Magnefs sixth consecutive year to win at the state level. As you can well imagine, there was much pomp and circumstance about the victory. In fact, Mayor Hus- sey issued a special proclamation dedicating the day to the decath¬ letes! One can only try to compre- hend the prestige and reputation that those dedicated students had to assume, having a day named for them and all. So once again, they studied things like math and econom¬ ics and fine arts, and they ate more Taco Bell food. And this time Tinker¬ bell sprinkled his magic pixie dust and whisked the decathletes away to Coach Vannie Edward’s camp in Ar- kansas. Once at the camp, the decathletes (minus three) worked and studied and played some more. And they were obnoxious with the camera and they bathed in a pond, to which Mary Poppins-Rounds replied, “EEEEEEEOOOOHHH!!!!! “I think that the trip to the camp really brought us together and made us a real team, commented Richard Murphy at a study meeting. Of course a team effort was essen- tial to the success of the decathletes, but was there anything else that would have a major impact on the happy ending to this story? “I think that the trip to San Anto¬ nio will be quite pleasurable if the hotel is nice and provides us with complimentary bottles of shampoo,” Peter Pan Belanger remarked. “It will be a lively experience, and there will probablv be a little mixer where the teams will be able to sample the local fare, which will consist of hot tamales and some other Mexican foods.” CHEESEBtRGER IN PARADISE. (Top) All work and some play made Scott Willcox, Jennifer Dopson, Julie Asher and Tim Snell happy children at McDonakTs in Texarkana. STATE OF THE ARTS