Northside High School - Aquila Yearbook (Warner Robins, GA)

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FIRST IS THE ONLY PLACE --N-NEENG After a hard day's work, the De- baters find time to play around and relax Chad Walton John Myer Jeff Riner Fred Jackson Medgar Roberts Amber Ray Niraj Yadava David Slusher Mike Hester Gary Matthews Penelope Stanescu Lisa Edge Lisa Parnell Kevin Eubanks John Thomas Ricky McClellan

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You can almost consider Ensemble a community organization rather than a sing- ing group. Besides singing for the school during the Christmas concert, they sang at the Faculty Dinner, NHS Dinner Theater, and at the Miss Northside Pageant. Other things they are involved in at the school are singing telegrams, singing at first se ss mester graduation, and singing at second semester commencement with the concert choir. While Ensemble was at Festival, they received a superior rating. They sang so well that they could go professional with their talent. They performed at the West- side Elementary Faculty Dinner, at the ¥ »? Getting ready to sing Happy Birthday to someone, Jeff Jones and Tammy Smith take time out to smile at the camera The Ensemble performs for the FBLA employees Appreciation Tea Warner Robins Senior Center, and at the Constitution Celebration Ceremony at the County Annex. Officers for the 1987-88 year were Lemar Jones, pres.; Ashleigh Andrews, v.pres.; Jonathan Simon, sec-tres.; Richelle Roby, historian. The Ensemble joins the concert choir for the Christmas Concert

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The 1987-88 Debate Season was an ex- tremely productive one for a number of Northside students. In addition to defeating Warner Robins at Region for the twenty- second time in twenty-five years, North side debaters brought home approximately fifty awards from tournaments around Georgia. This year's Region Team was composed of Ricky McClellan and Medgar Roberts on the Affirmative, with Penny Stanescu and Mike Hester on the Negative. Jeff Riner served as alternate. For Medgar, this was his third Region Championship. It was also his third year to be in the Final Round for the State AAAA Debate Championship. Northside placed Second to Parkview at State. Perhaps Northside’s most impressive ac- complishment in debate was to bring home six first place awards from Mercer Univer- sity in October, including First Place Over- all School. The Affirmative Team of Lisa Parnell and Ricky McClellan took First Place as Affirmative in Open Debate with a perfect 6-0 record. The Negative Team of John Thomas and Kelly Milner took First Place as Negative in Open Debate. Ricky also claimed First Place Individual Speaker in Open Debate. The two Northside teams, with a perfect 12-0 record combined, took First Place as a Four-Person Unit. Mike Hester, in the Varsity Division, also took First as an individual debater. Along with some other awards, these made Northside the First Place School in all divisions at Mercer. For Penny Stanescu and Mike Hester, one major highlight for the year was reach- ing Semi-Finals in Varsity Debate at Wood- ward Academy in November. Not only did they defeat some outstanding teams to reach Semis, but they also qualified for the Richard B. Russell All State Debate Tour- nament to be held in March. An additional high point for Penny and Mike came at Gainesville in January when they defeated the top team from Carrollton High School to win First Place Varsity Team. Perhaps the greatest accomplishment Teaching a plan of strategic de Rogers concentrates on the selected topic. bate, Mr for Chad Walton and Amber Ray was tak- ing First Place as an Affirmative Team in Open Debate at Americus High School in December. For Kelly Milner and Gary Mat- thews, taking First Place in Open Debate at Woodward had to be the achievement that stands out above others. They competed against other first year debaters from around Georgia and came out number one. Preparing the extensive research neces- sary to complete successfully takes many months, but the accomplishments of these students have made the work all worth- while. The 1987-88 debate season has been one of pride and accomplishment for Northside. Preparing to give their debates, Gary Matthews and Chad Wal- ters take time to look over their For Mike Hester, Penelope Stanescu, and Medgar Roberts, success means going over tons of research material