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

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Roundtable, Troubador, And Accolade Publications Keep Students Informed This year Episcopal published its third edition of The Troubador. Editors and staff members worked hard all year reading and rating submitted manuscripts. Each piece of submitted work is assigned a number, so all work is anonymous to the staff. Each one is then read three times and given a rating by each reader. Work that consecutively receives high ratings is chosen for publication. Selected artwork from art students is also printed to correspond to some of the stories and poems. Sponsor, Mrs. Anne Weidig, editors and staff members have put out a publication that Episcopal can be proud of. For the first year, the Accolade staff was allotted a class period with academic credit, to work on the yearbook. In the Journalism course, students learned layout teachni-ques and how to write copy. The class time gave a better opportunity for the staff to learn what to do, as opposed to yearbook being an extra- curricular activity. Having daily time for yearbook was helpful to the staff because of the tremendous and time consuming work it takes to compose the final product. The staff attended a journalism workshop in the fall, and then set hard to work on the Accolade. Although it is a lot of work and can be frustrating at times, the finished book is a reward that makes it pay off. We greatly appreciate everyone's cooperation in assembling this book, and we are especially thankful to Mrs. Hamilton and Terry. The Round Table staff worked harder than ever this year to print an edition of the paper each quarter. Working on a very tight budget, much of the financing was dependent on the staff members selling ads. With meetings twice a week, a hard working editor, Joanna Sternberg, and sponsor Dr. Falzarano, the Round Table was truly a success. How does this year's staff compare to last year's? Says Joanna, We had a smaller staff this year, but it was a closer knit group of people, and therefore, I think the quality was better. As a member of the Roundtable staff, senioi Beth Weitz was requited to help piece it together, as well as write her infamous articles and editorials. Roundtable Troubador Accolade 23

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Roundtable Staff: front Row- Joanna Steinberg (editor), Stacey Wimp Janina Baxley. Beth Weilz. Back Row- Dr. James Falzarano, Amy Hackney. Cluis Day, Arun Prabhakaran, Aurelia Falk, Andrea Spring, Michael Howes, Adam Clark. Troubador Staff: Front Row- Joanna Sternberg (editor), Kathleen Weldon. Second Row- Kcllcn Gallagher, Beeth Weitz. Mrs. Anne Wcidig. Kellie Kaufman. Michael Rhodes, Billie Dixon. Rick Row-Amy Weidig. Aurelia Falk. Accolade Staff: Jenny Bell, Kristin Dickerson, Susannah Rolfs, Kellie Kaufman. Dawn Kubricht, Terry Shubkin (editor). Not pictured-Melisse Campbell (asst, editor), Brian Fenn, Aurelia Falk, Susan Landreneau, Mis Pearl Hamilton. One of the jobs of Troubadoi staff members like Kellen Gallagher. Billie Dixon, and Kathleen Weldon is to sort through stories submitted by students. During journalism class. Dawn k bricht uses a special ruler designed measure picas to help her transfer layout to a 3 R. As the editor of the Accolade, it is Terry Shubkin’s job to proof all pages before sending them off to Jostens, the publisher 22

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Photography Club; Front Row- Dawn Kuhricht. Aurelia Falk, Amy Wcidig, Beth Weitz, Kim Owen Back Row- Adam Clark. Kelli Stegall. Susan Lnadreneau. Kcllcn Gallagher, John Ervin. David Mele. Mr. Wilkinson. Art Club: Front Row- Kate Davenport, Ashley Roberts. Kim Stewart. Kellie Kaufman. Kristin Dickerson, Nicole Nasca, Jennifer Black. Second Row Kristie Kennedy, Susan Landreneau, Claire Morris. Anna Katherine Coates, Rachel Simoncaux, Michael Rhodes, Amy Howell. Gretcl Harlan. Third Row- Dawn Kubncht, Maigaiet Ho. Kim Owen. Laura Hammack, Melissa Kimble, Ashley Coles. Andrew Riche, Jay Noland. Jason Rush, Richie Myer, Fran-siscus Xaverius, Ashley Burgess, Mrs. Ethel Manno. Back Row-Kathleen Weldon, Elizabeth Timmons, Stacey Wimp. Kathy Jo Whitaker, Kim Kimble, Mimi Rieger, Brent Willson. Ricky Speciale, Jason Vogel, Jeff Hastings. Photography, Art, Thespians Talent Shines At EHS In its second year of renewed activity, the photography club was very successful. With Mr. Wilkinson's help, members worked in the darkroom, polishing up their developing teachni-ques. An assortment of activities kept the members involved in photography throughout the year. A subject project is an interesting example of the activities. All members took photographs of the downtown and Catfish Town area. It was really amazing to see how different photos of the same things could vary. The club also sponsored a bake sale and a photography contest. With Mr. Wilkinson's help as the sponsor, and continued interest and involvement of the students, the club has a bright future. This year's Art Club proved to be very successful, continuing past projects and starting new ones. Their major project was putting on the annual end of the year Art Show. Members spent all year preparing all works to be shown. Then, they took time to organize and hang everything, and to supply refreshments for the largest turnout ever. The Art Club, once again, sponsored a sidewalk art contest in the spring. During this time, all students were encouraged to come out and draw with the members. By the end of activity period, the tennis courts were filled with colorful chalk drawings, and so were the students' faces and clothes. This was not the only contest that took place this year. Three members, Brent Willson, Michael Burroughs, and Trina Bruce entered a banner contest sponsored by the Baton Rouge Gallery. These three did incredibly well, ending with an overall first place. Final- . ly, the Art Club started a new project the beautify the I school's campus. This year. three students' paintings were framed and hung in the ! cafeteria. Because this was designed to be a continous project, students can expect I to see more artwork being hung all over campus. The International Thespian Society is one of the most dedicated organizations at EHS. Apprentices become Thespians after many hours of hard work on school prfr ductions, resulting in the ac cumulation of ten Thespiar points. There are activities for anyone in such areas as acting, directing, lighting scenery, make-up, costumes props, and publicity. As a result of all of the hard work put in by both Thespians and apprentices, both of the ’ major productions this yea: were smashing successes. In the fall, William Shakespeare's A Mid-Summer j Night's Dream was a delight to audiences of all ages, the ever-loved musical, Soutt Pacific was wonderful as the first production in the nev. theater. The profits from these two shows helped pay for some equipment for the new theater as well as the fourth annual trip to the l.S.A.S. Fine Arts Festival in Houston. The l.S.A.S. Festival give: students the opportunity tc travel and have their talen1 critiqued, judged, and com pared with the talents of stu dents from all over. Members of the Photography Club, the Art Club, and the Thespian Society all went tc display their talent in pho-tography, visual arts, danc ing, and acting. Students di very well and returned wit a feeling of pride and accoir plishment for what they did ; 24 I’hotography AM Thcspians