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

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Shelia Adger Morgan Allison Brandy Anderson Jessica Anderson Michael Anderson Shea J. Anderson Shea Y. Anderson Sherrhonda Anderson Shane Arnold .Matie Arts Shani Atwood Sarena Baehleitner Kim Banks Laurei Barber Brian Basinger Kyle Batts senior-(sen yar)- n., adj.- 1. a person who,

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UP, UP, AND AWAY. Students Show their enthusiasm at the Fall Festival in October as Junior Stace Feducia takes a photograph from the roof. What Native Louisiana Animal Do You Most Closely Resemble? 25 % 65 % 10 % PERSONALITIES

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Usa Beaird Julianna Beal Craig Beeman Shavne Berry This Is The End! R.S.V.P. WE’RE READY FOR YOl ROB. Rob Lindsay looks amused to have found a Lindsay memorial at the national landmark, Oakley Cementery, on his class’ annual tour of historic Shreveport. Tombstones, gravemarkers, epitaphs-VVhat is this? Another Magnet dilemma? The Outsiders, Lord of the Flies , Our Town, Huckleberry Finn , and MacBeth are stories of life and death that we have ali read. “I remember the story of The Outsiders because the tribu- lations of the boys parallel those of teenagers I know,” commented Paula Vasquez. And in the spring Mr. Pardue and Mrs. VYebbs classes clamber onto a bus to travel the city to get a “feel M of its cemeteries by mak- ing tombstone rubbings. “A tomb- stone rubbing can be framed and hung on ones wall next to his Madonna poster,” jokes Mr. Par¬ due. In a way, the end of our senior year can be seen as a form of ending, or as Thornton Wilder said, “gradually weaning away.” said, “gradually weaning away.” “I wish you were here,” was Debbie Haines’ reply after con- templating the thought. Fellow classmate Chris Manning an- swered, “I finally made it.” Lee Walker, who spent her summer as a missionary in Hous- ton, Texas, has a positive outlook on death because her epitaph is read, “My death is not a tragedy, for now I’m in a better place.” Many people are terrified of death because the thought of the unknown and having no control over destiny is scary. ‘TU think about it when the time comes,” replied Elizabeth Lew. Cari Charping, who takes a more humorous approach, laughed and replied, “Here lies Cari. Please forgive me if I don t stand. in less than nine months, will once again be a lowly freshman. SENIORS