Shady Side Academy - Academian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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A D Y D E A C A D E M Y 423 Fox Chapel Road Pittsburgh PA 15238 1-412-963-8800 volume 74 hat's going on here? When the school year began on September 8, this ques- tion echoed in the minds of many students, both new and old. Most new students expected to make adjustments and to experience confusion as they moved into a new environment. But for the returning vet- eran students, any confusion in this fa- miliar place came as a surprise. What was going on here? The answer was change. 1987-88 was a year of adjust- ments for the whole Academy. Changes ranged from a new schedule format to the establishment of a girls' lacrosse team, from a new student council to the installation of weekly an- nouncements, from a reformed adviso- ry program to an increased focus on the arts. However, as the year pro- gressed, students eventually became used to the changes. They still asked, What's going on here? but this ques- tion began to take on a different tone. As students settled into new routines, they overcame their earlier confusion. However, they continued to ask this question as they became interested in the activities of their classes, sports, dorms, clubs, and friends. Students at the Academy began to concentrate on what really is going on here. Opening 81

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Students look for that little change that can add a spark of life to their routine day. lt may be a new friend, the Monday morning quote-of-the-week, or as students tell us, just about anything . 41. 'i l 0 ,tl Aft? M259 .6 jg, I -sl i l . 4 1 i lil 'j ill, ll . ll l-l41 l ' ll liiflilim iv l .,g.i , T 4 dqlf. yi. ,,.,i. .- .- hz 4 nl ' ' K li lx EW WI I H YOU lc' L Q l . 4 lv? X hat was new around form's reading list. Finally, renewed 5 , school this year? Exciting school spirit swept the halls of the Acad- ' changes were in vogue: A emy. ' new schedule with ex- But in order to get a complete expres- , X tended, four period long sion of the newness, who better to ask mornings, lectures after lunch, and shortened afternoons gave rise to the question toften whinedjz ls it lunchtime yet? Diverse new teachers joined the facultyg some from halfway around the world, such as Ms. Shao, the Benedum scholar from Shanghai. A re- vamped student council was headed by a president and a senior and junior vice- president. Student council president Pe- ter Ackerman began every Monday morning with weekly announcements punctuated by a semi-comical Quote of the Week. Several juniors and seniors joined with the E.T. Williams and Lim- bach Community Centers to help tutor underprivileged children in the North Side of Pittsburgh. Students praised the successful, student initiated reform in the summer reading, ultimately adding more variety and two new books to each ff! Changes than the student body. The question What was the most significant addition or change in school this year? was posed to a number of upperformers: Dan Erhardf' - Anonymous senior girl The growth and maturity of the junior class. - Jim Kim Top-your-own-pizza. - Mike Ro- senthal My new size. - Jose Juves The new Pit. - Tanya Kenkre The trend of bald heads. - Chris Fos- ter WITH THE DANCE ALLOY IN RESIDENCY. Motif and Metaphor students participate in the exercises of self-expression. Julie Lovett. - Russ Westerberg and Staci Sarkin The daily bulletin from the Dean. - Alice Kim Faggmo and the Skins. - Leonard Brown The realization that Jim Kim exists. - Dana Jarvis Me, . . no, that was last year. - Mike Srodes Brock Malky. - Bill Semins Those gargantuan abysses in the Rowe Common walls. - Crews Howard Han The new and improved NCAA Tourney poll. - Adam Lippard N' i