Crescenta Valley High School - Yearbook (La Crescenta, CA)

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X ey, what's up! Sitting in the quad, seniors James Campbell and Mario Paredero from Spain shoot the breeze. made this myself! Proudly displaying an antique Turkish dish, senior Kim Grover jokingly describes it as her own, although it is really a souvenir from her stay in Turkey. out O00 0 lil 0 00 00 on Us a small world after keep up with the fast to experience high - Max Pinez from Brazil Equibar from Spain Petri Columbia, Mario Paredero from nosonsaooaunl noses an lull ooo sooooooo o oo ..,,, OOO!! :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:1- -. fl7EfZN?5s-fflf3- Pc , , -es s - staff er! ' f E -, if ,1 ,, t 5? Q in -5 ll together It didn t matter if stu I French they were all club's only requirement was foreign lands. Through other countries such as Turkey personal account of the foreign life Linkchorst, Kim Grover Pres Ani Darakdjian Joanna Chon 2nd Lina Melconian Liza Melcoman Sep Alex Melconian Mario Paredoro Petri Sejevara Jagadish Patel if t 3' 4'

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I4 Home away from , g onjour,' 'Ciuten , 'V Tag, hola,' and ' 'ahn yong ha seh f yo,' were just a foreign greetings few of the heard in the halls this year as an abundance of both exchange students and American students who went abroad filled the school with cultural diversity. By glancing around, it was apparent that there were more foreign faces than usual in the quad due to exchange programs such as YFLI and AFS. Even though the foreign faces often blended in with all the others, most students enjoyed having the foreign students here. I like having them here because they are a lot more interesting. They have a different view and are not afraid to express themselves. They don't know what peer pressure is, explained senior Steve Linkchorst. Living in a new country with new families took a lot of adjustment for some of the visitors. When asked how he felt about La Crescenta and school in general senior Mario Paredero from Spain said, 'AYes, l like it. l have friends, even though most are the other exchange students at school. La Crescenta is OK, l guess it could be worse going to the Los Angeles district schools. The exchange students, in general, liked California, however, a few found differences that were rather disappointing. As Brazilian, Max Pinez said, ln Brazil the people try to help you whenever you need help, but here some of the people don't seem to care. Coming to another country During lunchtime Petri Seljavaara from Finland, Beatriz Sanchez-Equibar from Spain, hese crazy Americans! Foreign Exchange was scary and many adjustments had to be made in order to deal with a new family and friends. lt was not always easy. Senior James Campbell said, lt's hard for the exchange students because they have trouble making all new friends. lt's hard because they're scared like anyone would be going to a new school. But it's just as much our fault as it is theirs. Some students went to other countries and had a chance to experience the frustrations and enjoyment of living in a different country first hand. These seniors learned that life can be very different depending on where it takes place. There wasn't one thing the same. People park anywhere - there's no such thing as a parking spot. They put it in neutral and people move the cars to get them out of the way, said Joey Horan who spent the summer in Cairo, Egypt- Living with another family was also an experience. Most students learned to love them as much as their own families and found that it was hard to leave them when their stay was over. lt was so hard returning back to the United States because l learned to love this new family and suddenly was taken away from them. l knew that l wouldn't be seeing them for a long time, said senior Angela Carbonetta who went to Venezuela for the summer. Through thick and thin exchange students experienced a chance of a lifetime, and although sometimes difficult, most felt it was well worth the opportunity. by Stephanie Bente Mario Paredero from Spain, and Max Pinez from Brazil chat about the strangeness of the students. fa ' at 7 il'

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Baby, I 'm cz star is born! Well, they're not exactly stars, but the bands formed outside of school definitely wanted to be more than just a group of kids making music. Although, there were some bands that didn't take their work as seriously as the others, the majority of the bands hoped to make it big. We'll go as far as it'll take us! This statement, expressed by senior John Llrata from Vicious Fiction, was a common viewpoint held by most of the bands. From a mixture of thrash, speed metal, and punk to a combination of classical orchestra integrated with high tech dance pop, these bands varied in style as well as personality. For Fixed Image, senior Kenneth Spain stated, We're definitely different. We don't use guitars or drums. All our sounds are digital. However, for the Bungi- Chords, senior Andrew Dimino stated that, We play a mixture of melodic pop and hard rock. We also like to do songs with a lot of melodic harmonies, but the best thing is playing the copy tunes good enough for the audience. ln addition to the various styles of music, the cont'd on next page 2 WW? 116 Making Music aklng a break from practice, Vertigo members, Ray Davies, Greg Gurniac, and senior Chris Cano, show that everything is under control.