AP Literature Yearbook (15-16)

Nautical Nonsense

Larold L. Wells Academy for the Gifted & Talented

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No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.

-Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society

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Nautical Nonsense Contents 2 - Prelude 3 - Table of Contents 4 - About Larold L. …………Wells Academy for …….……the Gifted & Talented 5 - Letters from the ………..Editors 6 - Various Activities 9 - Prom 12 - Leadership 16 - Clubs, Visual & ………..Performing Arts, ………..Sports 32 - Cultural Connections 35 - Senior Portraits 38 - Senior Standouts 39 - Signature Pages 3

Table of Contents

About the Academy ❖At Larold L. Wells' Academy for the Gifted and Talented, enrolled students had to endure the rigorous training of analyzing poems, led by none other than Captain Larold himself. ❖This academy has been praised by Gil Compton, the principal of a nearby not nearly as prestigious institute of education, Chaparral High School. ❖Mr. Larold L. Wells, the captain of this ship, is a well-known tyrant among the many students under his leadership but is also well known for messing with his students and his love for Chipotle.

Larold

❖Aside from all the suffering we were put through, Larold L. Wells is, by far, a formidable teacher and captain. People may hate him (and we are aware that he could not care less and is completely unfazed by our displeasure in him) but there are also those who find him as a decent teacher, like Nicholas "Frenchie" LaPierre.

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The ultimate test of human endurance and compassion, the willingness to persevere and work towards the common, final goal- getting an A on this yearbook. Encapsulating an entire year’s worth of material turns out to be much harder than it appears, many a time people will just shoot all the stuff they want onto the sides of the pages... , yet our challenge came not from loads of work but from us not jack reading the books. It is in this struggle that many of us faltered, where we were to face the demons kept so long at bay, where we were forced to socialize with our classmates. And that is the sum of what the yearbook is to me. A book about our year, a year encased into a book- a yearbook if you will.

-Jack Sanchez, Editor of Things, Things Editor, Thing Editor of Things

Hi! My name is Avery Robinson, and I am ½ of your editing team. I had so much fun watching this yearbook come together, from brainstorming on what clubs to include, to taking the pictures, to seeing everyone’s interpretations of their characters. It was really nice getting ery v a everyone involved in this work of art, as we did our best to incorporate everyone’s opinions, and allowed everyone the opportunity to make their own creative decisions on their portions of the yearbook. It took a lot of teamwork to put this together, and seeing our lovely students helping one another out was the most gratifying part of it all. I know that the Larold L. Wells Academy will look back on this memento with pride, knowing how much love and effort went into its creation. Enjoy!

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VARIOUS ACTIVITIES

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Fall Rally The fall rally is at the beginning of the year showcasing the talents of our school. Dance teams, athletic teams, and others show their humorous acts or show case their upcoming routines to show the student body their talent we can expect for the year.

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Various Activities

Varsity Football Crisp air, the smell of kettle corn fills the air, and the laughter of the crowd fills the stadium. Friday night lights bring the student body together. Football unites peers to create a stadium full of friends chanting on our team to victory.

Claudius, Chief Bromden, Moby Dick, John Grady Cole, and Joe Starks leads the academy team to victory.

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Prom f

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Tea Cake’s Cakes

Delicious enough to make you rabid!

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ALL ABOARD THE LEADERSHIP

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Anti Social Buddies Char lotte

Qualifications for this prestigious organization include, but are not limited to: being anti-social through either a personality disorder or just mental illness in general, constantly being isolated either by their own doing or spurring from ostracism by their peers. Our members stick out from the crowd and are very proud of it!

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poor leaders Our club is dedicated towards helping people overcome their inherent ability to be leaders.

One may assume that being a poor leader is easy; it’s not. It takes years of practice and dedication, and we create an environment where everyone can thrive to be the worst they can be! We have been helping people be poor leaders for many a year, and we have had great success! Not only do we have weekly discussions about the worst strategies and instructions you can give that you must try, but we also have people take home a plate of failure and frustration, to be shared with family and friends!

Leadership

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Students Advocating Destructive Decisions Criteria to get in (2 of 3 must apply): → Ruin at least one person’s life on purpose in the past year → Get all your friends and family into some sort of drama and then leave and act as if nothing ever happened → Lie to yourself and everyone you love to the point where you gain a mental illness

Claudius

Marlow

Don Quixote

Bettina

Ishmael

“We'll make a solemn wager on your cunnings” 15 -King Claudius

CLUBS + VAPAs

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Larry's Canaries This page is dedicated to the school choir affectionately addressed as Larry’s Canaries (named so in memory of a brave soul who died during an unfortunate underground mining incident to save Moby Dick’s life), a collection of individuals whose lyrical talents and pervasive singing have earned them a reputable spot on this page and an unlikable presence from many a peer. They can be readily identified by their professed passion for singing, their singing, and their compatriots complaining about their singing.

Members: Ophelia, Moby Dick, Tea Cake, Don Quixote

2nd Amendment The club celebrates the right to bear arms, this includes the organization of trips to the range as well as hunting trips. The club also sponsors safety and training courses. Anyone can join the club, there is no age restriction on freedom! We welcome anyone who wants be a part of this age old American tradition. Our club is lead by the venerable John Grady Cole, who leads with the mantra shoot straight shoot often and god bless ‘Merica.

Members: John Grady Cole, Tea Cake, Rawlins, Janie, Blevins, Queequeg 17

Clubs + VAPAs

Alcoholic’s Anonymous AA seeks to promote personal well being through supportive groups and advocation of non drinking activities.

The only time we promote drinking the devil’s water is when it will render you unconscious as to avoid damaging those around you and protecting yourself from embarrassment.

“I drink so that I may suffer twice as much” Members: Jose, Marmeladov, Tea Cake, John Grady Cole, Captain Ahab

Dance Club Dance Club is an organization that allows it members to experience the wonder of dance and the joy of performing. Students are exposed to different styles of dance from ballet to theater, modern, hip hop, tap and jazz.

They learn to see dance as an art, a way of expression. Sometimes it is just the simple expression of fun and joy and other times there is a poignant message to be relayed. Dance Club allows even the non-dancer to be part of the excitement of the performance.

Members: Marlow, Sonya, Janie, Shug Avery 18

Dead Mom's Support Group The Dead Mom’s support group is literally just that; a support group for those who have dead mommas! We have weekly meetings every Wednesday and supply cookies and lemonade, along with discussing the process in which we can all heal. Along with trying to keep our sanity, the group tries to do as many time consuming activities as possible to help with the grieving process. In the past we have done ski trips, book clubs, volunteer opportunities, and cleansing spa days. As a unified group we will do whatever necessary to provide our members with support and distraction.

Members: Sethe, Celie, Nettie

Creative WritingClub The Creative Writing Club is open to students interested in writing poetry, prose, plays, song lyrics, graphic novels, and other genres.

The purpose of the Creative Writing Club is to provide a positive and productive atmosphere for developing student writers to integrate, learn, and grow. In addition, the organization will teach students to harness creativity effectively with a variety of different contests or workshops and exercises so as to benefit an individual's skill and competence as a writer.

Members: Calliope, Melquiades, Ros and Guild, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Briony Tallis 19

LARP CLUB

What is LARP? L.A.R.P. stands for Live Action Roleplaying and we’re the one’s who know how to have a fun time without anything but an active imagination. We’re nothing like actors though. Every scene we recreate is REAL and nothing you can say will convince us otherwise.

Who needs MMORPG’s when there is an entire world of wonder and adventure to explore.

Members: Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, Hamlet, Claudius, McMurphy, The Windmill, Raskolnikov

Daddy Issues club……

A club for those plagued by the loss and/or abandonment of their fathers.

This is a place for those with unresolved issues with authority figures to come and discuss what it really means to want a “Daddy.”

Members: Hamlet, JGC, Alejandra, Ophelia, Celie, Amir, Okonkwo, José, Sophia 20

Dead Inside, Dead Outside

Our club gives a place to all of those who feel out of place because they are dead. Here they can unify under our president, Hamlet, and the only requirement is to be dead. We, as a group, can do so much more to get our word out and make our voices heard because dead lives matter.

Members: Hamlet, Jimmy Blevins, Tea Cake, Ophelia, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Ros and Guild, Beloved, Captain Ahab

Ex-Cons Club The ex cons club are for those students who have a desire to rebel sometimes, and probably should be in jail, or were in jail. The ex cons club meet on a weekly basis to design an act of rebellion for the week. Past acts have included: getting two women to die over you, being a bitch, and killing your own brother in the pursuit of power. We foster loyalty to that which is unlawful and unholy and through this we attain happiness and joy in the pursuit of the wicked.

Members: Heathcliff, Beverly, McMurphy, Rodya, Blevins, Claudius 21

the plastics

The plastics are dedicated to maintaining social order and making sure they are better than everyone else. This is the club everyone wishes they could be in. The criteria? Be rich, famous, or have high social standing.Wear outfits only the group says you can wear, act like someone you aren’t, date the rich and popular boys. The usual.

Mantra: On Wednesdays, we wear pink.

Members: Beverly, Catherine, Alejandra, Bettina, Gertrude

Theatre Club The Theatre club exposes its club members to the world of performing arts--a world that requires them to discover, express, and enrich their creativity. Students will be exposed to different aspects of theater including impromptu skits, vocal music, dance, costume design, set design, props and tech crew.

Members: Ros and Guild, Paul Henry, Phoebe Henry, Hamlet, Blevins, Polonius, Shug Avery, Heathcliff 22

BSU

The BSU (Black Student Union) is an organization in which students whether of African-American descent can come together and discuss social, political, and economical issues. BSU’s main focus is to create a sense of unity amongst students; whether they are black or not and identify issues that plague the African- American population and what changes can be made. There is no criteria whatsoever; we feel that if you are passionate about the issues we as a population and nation face. Our club president is Shug Avery; as she presents a tenacious and determined personality that the club needs in order to be successful.

Members: Janie, Shug Avery, Albert Johnson (Mister), Celie Harris Johnson, Beloved

White Supremacy White Supremacy is our game, help us build a wall to stay!

We’re white and we’re right!

Our club promotes the prominence in racism.

Members: Kurtz, Marlow

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WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT

Women’s Empowerment Club strives to promote the general welfare of women while maintaining social, intellectual, and cultural environment among women in order to establish a community of strong young women on campus. This non-profit organization started off as a simple social support group, but now has transformed into a huge group of volunteers supporting local organizations including women’s shelters, women in poverty, and mothers in need. We also have volunteer classes for young girls in which they learn self-defense + body positivity.

Members: Janie, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Bennett, Charlotte Simmons, Sethe

MENINIST CLUB A club created to show women who the real boss is. No more of this “feminism” keep women in the kitchen where they belong! Hey babe get me a sandwhich.

Men, after all, are the superior gender.

“A dog is wiser than a woman, it does not bite its master.”

-Svidrigailov

Members: Svidrigailov, Okonkwo, Hamlet, Raskolnikov, Jodie 24

Rodya’s Radios

sound so gOOd you can't hear your own ego!

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SPORTS

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This team has anything to do with baseball, whether it be someone being hit by a stick or a hard object or being apart of a classic game like baseball. It’s all about getting to home base. We value the commitment and tradition many athletes share when up to bat, catching balls, or getting into the dugout.

It’s a home away from home for most of our athletes and we strive to achieve excellence in each push forward.

Team Roster: Janie tea cake PHOEBY WATSON JOHN GRADY COLE ALEJANDRA CHARLOTTE SIMMONS jojo shug avery celie 28

SWIM O T S R E B M E M IR E H T G GIN N E LL A H C , D N U O R R A E .

S E C N A T IS SWIM COMPETES Y D R E H T R A F D N A , S E IM T R E T S A F , E V A H Y E H ACHIEVE NEW DEPTHS T D N A L O O H C S E H T O T N IO IT D D A T S E E C LA P T S AQUATICS IS THE NEW IR F L A R E V E S IR HE T H IT W Y N A M D E S S E S U O R O IG ALREADY IMPR R O S IS G IN IN A . TR S T N E M E C LA P S U O R E IN E V LI T S U FINISHES AND NUM M , K IC D BY O M , M A E T IM W S E H R U O H E E R H T THAT THE CAPTAIN OF T Y T N E W T IS H E T LE P M O C O T HIM R O F R E D R O IN L O O P E TH TRAINING SESSIONS. ROSTER: MOBY DICK, OPHELIA, B A H A IN A T P A C , E K A TEAC 29

TRACK Our track team is one of the best!

Some of our players have traveled across states and countries even---thousands and thousands of miles collectively under our belts. Pre-requisites for joining the track team include experience as a character that has for some reason run away either physically or emotionally from their problems.

STAR Roster: John Grady Cole, Caroline Gill, Lydia Bennet Janie, Cal, Paul Henry, Madame Olenska, Moby Dick

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EQUESTRIAN

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FENCING TEAM Our blades unsheathed, nothing stands in our way. We may fight vehemently and fervently, but we will only fight with good reason. If you cross us, that cross will be engraved into you forevermore. On the morrow we speak, the morning light we do seek, it’s just the beginning of the week and we already walked on a tightrope to the sun. The sun is our guide, our blades reflect its light, we will rekindle this lost spark, and fight throug h the night. We will not slight you with our blades forged in steel, but we will defend all that is right. In fencing, either you fight or get stabbed. Oh what a jab into that fine young lad! Join our club, come fight the good fight!

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SENIOR SECTION

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Cultural Connections

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Papua New Guinea

Kabul, Afghanistan amir

The Cultural Connections Page has the primary purpose of expanding cultural awareness. This section allows members from different countries to integrate together and discover the stark differences in culture throughout the world, exposing them to different ethnic groups. The Cultural Connections group is open for all grades in high school, but here are some seniors we would like to feature.

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ALEJANDRA

BELOVED

CATHERINE

CLASS OF 2016 CAROLINE GILL

IVANOVNA 35

ELIZABETH BENNETT

JANIE

JOSÉ

MARY WELLAND

MOBY DICK

MR. DARCY

CLASS OF 2016 NEWLAND ARCHER

PHOEBE HENRY

OPHELIA

RAWLINS

SHEEP 36

SHUG AVERY

SONYA

TEA CAKE

CLASS OF 2016 CHARLOTTE SIMMONS

HEATHCLIFFE 37

GERTRUDE

PORFIRY

SANCHO

Sethe + Hamlet

MOST DRAMATIC JGC + CAPT. AHAB Most likely to netflix + Chill

ALEJANDRA + SONYA

Most likely to DROWN

OPHELIA + MOBY DICK Most likely to CHEAT DURING A GAME

CLAUDIUS + RATCHED

Senior Standouts

Most likely to see dead people

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