Episcopal High School - Accolade Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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Lance Bordelon Louis Boyd Daron Bracht Adam Breidcnbach Stephen Broyles Mary Carroll Charles Carter Scott Carter Garrick Cason Stephanie Chancy Hunter Coates Christopher Cobb Asmahan Hafez Jodie Hatgus Larry Hatfield Eighth Grade Sarah Coleman Pamela Cooper Sydrick Cotton Shannon Cunningham Billy Dixon Jennifer Dodds Lowell Fisher Patricia Gaspard Gregory George Clay Doremus Dristin Duncan John Dupont Thane Dusek Milliccnt Emmcrt Aimce Fambrough 107

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Adventure Eighth grade year is one filled with lots of fun and excitement. According to many students, the highlight of all of this is from September 14-20, when the entire grade spends time together at the V.O. ranch in Mountain Home, Texas. During this time, the students enjoyed such activities as horseback riding, hiking, rappeling, and camping out. At one point during the trip, the students were allowed to handle a boa constrictor. This was not only fascinating, but also a learning experience. According to Bryan Whittington, When I put it around my neck, I thought it was going to be slimy, but it was not. It had smooth skin! The students were able to make friends with more animals than just the boa constrictor, the most popular of which being the horses. Not all of these new friendships were based on complete communication. Being a beginner. Laura Perkins had trouble stopping her horse on her own, so she depended on the horse in front to slow down first. Laura recalls this while thinking Thank goodness we weren't in an open clearing alone, or I would be running wild on a horse today. Despite any problems involved, Saddling up horses at the Y.O. ranch was quite an adventure, according to George Kilpatrick. I got Brownie, the so-called ugliest horse they have ... One of the best parts about this retreat was camping out. The group enjoyed special moments like watching the sunset. John Haynes reflects on one such moment, saying late that night, we went on another hike up Rattlesnake Ridge. It was so cool seeing the sun go down. Y.O. proved to be a time for eighth graders to get out, be themselves, and get to know one another better. Jonathan Puls summed it up by saying that In general, the Y.O. trip was pretty fun. I learned how to use a compass, ride a horse, handle a snake and a gun and climb a tower. So it wasn't a big waste of time. The food wasn't the best I'd ever eaten, but it filled me up. Tricia Abbott Scott Ashworth Balinc Ayres Coman Baum Megan Baxley Katherine Bedeian Y.O. Provides A Fun Ashu Bharara blizabeth Blitzcr Emma Bonar lOo Eighth Grade

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Blaite Neher takes a break from eating, dancing, and playing hostess to pose with her long-time friend, John Haynes in front of the balloons. Students try to catch their breaths during one of the slow songs while they closely dance with their favorite fellow classmate. John Haynes Leslie Heath Heather Heck Julia Hiatt Dax Hutson Jason Jackson Joanna Jackson Cherie Janies Cara Johnson Jennifer Johnson Allen Joseph Buster Kantrow George Kilpatrick Bryan Kornegay Tracy Lawton Brandy Lumpkin Eighth Grade Prom Ends Year In celebration of the end of school, the eighth graders got together to end the year with a bang. The weekend before exams, Blaire Neher and Lowell Fisher hosted a magnificent gala at the Baton Rouge Country Club. According to John Haynes, It was incredible. It was like an eighth grade prom! The dress was semi-formal, the girls wear- ing dresses and the guys wearing coats and ties. The only exceptions were from the volleyball players. Following their Olympic Volleyball game, the girls came straight to the party, still wearing their boxers and jerseys. As the students entered the Country Club, they were immediately greeted with a great pink bow on the door. Inside, the pink spotlights were beautiful as they shined upon the pink, white, and silver balloons. Surrounded by these beautiful decorations, students ate, talked, and danced from seven o'clock to eleven o'clock. Says volleyball player Angie Shobe, It ws a great party, especially after a tough game. 108 Eighth Grade