Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Give it some T.L.C. — providing a furry friend a big. loving bear hug . Jody Seltzer, tenth grader, pre- pares to talk about a personal item from home. i ' 4 Is thai really you under there? — On Halloween Dress-up Day. ninth graders Aron Mandelbaum and Jason Olson talked about how they could not recog- nize each other disguised in costumes and make-up. I didn ' t find this in a Cracker Jack box — .Anthony Booker, tenth grader, shows off a ten dollar hill that he found with a Toolsie Roll box given to him at the second magazine drive assembly. I Day by Day Student Life

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T en i ears grown t all started with a small bang ten years ago. We had to work our way to the top from almost nothing, but we started on Sherman Oaks ele- mentary school ' s campus with grades fourth through eighth. We only had a very small portion of the school. Our stu- dent numbers were growing. We needed a larger campus. We start- ed sharing the campus with Sequoia Junior High School in Reseda. Sequoia did not like splitting up the campus with another school, so finally, after enough per- sistence, we were able to take over the whole cam- pus. The reason for start- ing the magnet school was to provide a volun- tary environment for learning. Every magnet school was to be different from the next. Our school was to be for en- riched studies. This was the main emphasis on this particular school in the magnet system, said Ted Schuman, former advisory councel chair- person. When we took over Sequoia ' s campus, we merged with West Val- ley. This is when our school doubled it ' s size. When this happened the parents became very up- set about the school be- coming so large. The parents thought that there would be less atten- tion given to the stu- dents, thought the class Ripping it up — John Cristy is walking by where the electrical wires go for the sign. room sizes stayed the same, said Ted Schu- man. the reason that we merged with West Val- ley was not to make our school bigger, it was be- cause West Valley could not hold a high school there. West Valley was built to accommodate an ele- mentary school, not a high school. They did not have a grass field, a gym, or science class rooms, said Mrs. Carrigan. one of the original office clerks. In 1984 we had our first twelfth grade class graduate, there were only twelve student graduating. Now in 1989, we will have 90 high school graduates. By Chris Giroux fti VAav-G V3ten Wrz m uvnm i a ' , r U V Vj Community Growth

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-s?g®r M: aking the most out of a hectic day by day schedule y T hether on or off campus, students made sure that having fun was a part of their daily life. Every student had to consider how to make their days enjoyable while at the same time attending class and keeping up with assignments. Surely, it was not an easy task. By participating and becoming more involved in different events I made school more memorable and exciting, said Itzik Shlesinger, senior. in school, nutrition and lunch periods provided time for students to get together with friends, purchase food, or just hang out before class. After 3:10 p.m., students were free to do what they wanted. For some, homework took up most of their after-school hours. Others spent their time playing sports, working jobs, watching t.v., or just catching up with some needed sleep. After school I go to my dad ' s office to do my homework, then go to baseball practice, said Jon Emaus, seventh grader. The weekend symbolized the goal and reward for the students who worked hard through the long, hectic week. Some caught up with their hobbies, went to concerts, or just relaxed at home. But the freedom was shortlived as Monday and a new week approached. I usually played my drums or watched MTV and tried to forget about all the pressures and responsibilities of school, said Paul Etcheverry, ninth grader. Making life enjoyable helped ease the stress of school. Whether at home or at school, every student had their own cure for the complexity of student life. »a ? They ' ve got the spirit — gliding support and encour- agement to the volleyball team, the cheerleaders and drill team helped them on to victory on a hot October afternoon. Come and get it — Cheryl Markenson. ninth grader. shouted out the names uf prize winners to a pencil- hungry audience during the first prize giveaway of the magazine drive. Day by Day Student Life