Katherine Bentley Agnes Bcrrena Adam Billotte Sarah Bishop
SPOTLIGHT On Freshman Achievements by Amy Chen and Papia Debroy
Tania Boal Bonnie Boden Geoffrey Bo''-man Lo ri Bowman
Victoria Boynton Bellamarie Bregar Matthew Brezina Lisa Brooks
Dustyn Brown I-leather Brown Paula Bruckner Meredith Bmening
Benjamin Budd Egan Budd Brendan Burke David Burkhard
Lisa Burton
Ryan Byron Enn Calandra Joshua Caldwell
Ryan Callahan Jared Callan Mary Campbell Nicole Campbell
Scot1Ca11non Joseph Carter Joanna C1ssella Angela Caud le
As-freshmen took a step closer to the real world, th"v looked ahead apprehensively. However, some freshmen looked back at achlevemomts in the past and realized that there would be times or pride at State High. Many freshmen took pnde 1.11 acbv1hesand events in which they were itwolved. Mem· bers of the Marching Band took part ill c:reat· ing a commercial for a local television chlln· nel, WTAJ TY-10, in August. "It was hot and it took an hour and half, but ii was fu11,'' agreed Scott Cannon ;u1d B.J. Norris. The commercial fjrst aired In btc September and ran through the football senson. t<reshmen looked back on achievements in academics 11\ past school years. In 1994, sev· eral Spa nish stuJents p laced well in the Na· tionalSpanish Exam.Freshme11 Evan H1.1dson, Sara Mormru1 ru1d Jon WU!iams took first, second, and third in the State, respectively. Defending National Champions of the State College Area junior High School Science Olympiad team traveled It) Bloomington, In· diana, to maintain their '\!ationlll Title. Once again, the team returned with the National Championship Trophy. This achievement, coupled with m.my others, brightened the outloolcs of the future for freshmen. The classroom wa& not the only pla<'.<! in which freshmen excelled . For eXllJllple, 'Jin th Graders on the Park Forest Middle School basketball team led their team to win the Centre County Championship in "lovember In addition, the Ninth Grnde Football team impro,·ed its win total from the pre,~ousyear, battling to a 4-3-1 record. At the beginning of the school year, many freshmen maintained lofty g011ls for high school. Sara Storch commented, "I'd like to get involved in a lot of clubs and school spirit events." •1f I can get good grades and stay involved, I'll be plellSCd," agreed Mike Conti. Other freshm1<" had a different opi nion. "1 just want to do the best job r ca11 and not fall behind," s.<id Wojocch Dec. A> they enlert!d high school, freshmen started to focus on what the future would hold for them. Kris Stewart may have expre~sed it best by sayi ng, "\A/ork towards what you believe in and believe m yourself." 0
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