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

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Members of Boys State are The 1987-88 Academic Bowl Franklin McGrath, Wes Pickens, team was made up of Mike Hes James Steinburg, and Eric ter, Susan Fuller, and Ronald Parker Brigmond Members of Girls State are Ash- leigh Andrews, Jalanda Stan- dard, and Lisa Parnell. Winner of a special band award is Bobby Murr who is unaffect- ed by the honor.

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Representing Northside in short Not surprisingly, Mike Hester hand, Robin Shaw uses her tal- places first in extemporaneous ents to win region and second in speaking and fourth in spelling state competition. at Literary Competition Along with the many other traditions at Northside, one must remember Liter- ary Competition as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary. In the past years Northside has won 23 out of the last 25 years. With this record, Northside is a winning tradition of its own. The areas of competition range from typing to girl's trio. As usual, many ex- celling students represented Northside High School at various Literary compe- titions all over the state. These competi- tions were held at different locations de- pending on the area of competition. There were several competitors in the area of music. The Girl's trio consisted of Ashleigh Andrews, Sandra Nichols and Richelle Roby. Rusty Dooley, Jeff Jones, Jerry McGahagin, and Medgar Roberts were the members of this year’s quartet. Medgar Roberts also represent: ed Northside in Boy's Solo. Girl Soloist participant was Richelle Roby. Dottie Hunt won an award in Girl's Piano. In the area of Business, those who participated were Sandy Kubia and Will Winson in Typewriting. Robin Shaw was selected to compete in Shorthand. In the areas of communication, those selected to participate were Susan Fuller and Ricky McClellan competed in Girl's and Boy's Essay; Mike Hester and Penny Stanescu in Extemporaneous Speaking; Debbie Gee and Medgar Rob- erts on Oral Interpretation, Lisa Carlson and Mike Hester in Spelling. Carre Rone represented Northside in home economics.

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eeees ely! There are many students who make a difference at Northside by participating in academic teams. For those student who enjoy working with numbers and are good at it, the Math Team is an option. The team members must make A’s in math and be recommended by their math teacher. At tournaments the team members must take written test. The total team scores are used to determine the winners. This aca- demic team always makes Northside proud for its efforts. The students in the Honors Program have the opportunity to participate in the Academic Bowl. This is a county activity which is based on general knowledge of all subjects. Those people who had the best record of correct answers were chosen for the team. This year’s team included Mike Hester, Ronald Brigmond, and Susan Fuller. Once a week after school, one could hear the ‘ding of a bell’ as these conscien- tious students practiced for competition. Georgia Scholars for the 1988 year are Michael Carter, Tammy Piceno, Medgar Rob erts, and Susan Fuller Scott Culpepper, Samantha Bozeman, Tammy Piceno, Debi Waterman, Amy El- more, Carleen Dammann, Jon Peacock, and Tony Nguyen are the members of the Math Team This years group received a tropy for their efforts. Students chosen as Georgia Scholars must be graduating seniors, who must score 1300 on the SAT and must exhibit excellence in all phases of school and com- munity life. In the fifth year of Northside’s participa tion in this program, we were reward by having four of our graduates chosen for this honor. They were Michael Carter, Su- san Fuller, Tammy Piceno, and Medgar Roberts. For their efforts these four have been given scholarships to further their educations.