Irvine High School - Citadel Yearbook (Irvine, CA)

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FEARLESS LEADER: Discussing some upcoming activities for the AFS club. Advisor Natalie Gahm also takes time out to listen to other club officers ' plans for fundraisers. SITTING PRETTY: With interested eyes, new Advisor Kate Halpin pays close attention to the experiences told by a guest speaker during a lunchtime AFS meeting. Christina Winlcrhallcr DAYDREAMING AWAY: During a lunchtime AFS meeting. Sophomore Lisa Sim waits patiently for a slide presentation to begin, as she studies for her next ' Pi period class. 1i SEAT OF AUTHORITY: AFS President Leslie Bower conducts an AFS meeting with the finesse of a leader, listening intently to the suggestions by fellow cluD members. Activities AFS 21

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MV d 7f of IH h hu i m si . 9 . l 6i QV ' ul h ' Axe RAUNA LAHTINEN Suvikummuntie 13 02120 ESPOO FINLAND 90-425505 Diane Tonkovich V AUWA ' arious activities promote cultural exchange Through activities such as International Weekend, the American Field Service (AFS) program sought to carry out their purpose to promote a greater sense of international awareness. Guided by Advisors Natalie Gahm and Kate Halpin , the club commenced into the beginning of the year with club elections and fund-raisers. The fund-raisers, according to Gahm, supported the Irvine chapter, which included all three high schools in Irvine. There was also a planned trip to Knott ' s Berry Farm with AFS members from other schools. Even with all the activities going on, the main focus was on the International Weekend, in which six exchange students from around the world came to Irvine High School to talk about their ex- periences in the United States. The students who traveled to other countries were able to share their experiences, and it was neat learning about other cultures through them, said Jed Jones, treasurer Another part of the AFS pro- gram gave students the op- portunity to be an exchange student, and this past sum- mer, two students traveled to foreign countries as exchange students. Seniors Michele Patronite and Leslie Bower traveled to France and Brazil, respectively, for summer programs. I thought my trip to France was a good learning ex- perience, said Patronite. It taught me that people are the same everywhere. I had a great time in Brazil partly because I got to learn a whole new language, said Bower. In the past there had been foreign exchange students at- tending Irvine High School, but this year, although there were no exchange students through the AFS program, one foreign exchange student, Rauna Lahtinen from Finland attend- ed Irvine High School through a different program. I found that coming to school here is a lot more fun than in Finland because there are so many more activites that are offered, commented Lahtinen. Said three year member Valerie Gutierrez, AFS is a really different club because you learn so much about other cultures and you get a feeling for the world around you. •by Eunjoo Lee 20 AFSIActivites

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KEY CLUBBERS WORKING HARD: During a lunch meeting. Sophomores Jennifer Dolan and Breck Jones listen carefully, take notes, while fliping through material that has been passed out. WORKING HARD: Key Club officers Soveon Kim and Dione Tanikawa prepare material on the 1988 Rose Parade for the upcoming meeting discussing volunteering for the Kiwanis ' float. ik ■ : 4 V , 1 - —- . afj - m ' H L « . ir i W ' ■ 1 il l B fn m 3 FOR FRIENDSHIP ' S SAKE: Key club president Kimi Tamura, ROC representative Kim Ford and Henry An sell friendship grams and discuss the success of the sales themselves and other Club projects such as the Walk for Mankind. CONCENTRATION IS THE NAME OF THE GAME: Club member JUl Beam reads the material that has been distributed on the Walk-A-Thon. Sean Lin TIRED OUT: Key Clubbers Nicole Muhlenkamp, Mary Wang, Carrie Bishop and Jenny Deng listen to officer Rose Rigor speak about the club ' s carolling while taking a break from a day ' s worth of difficult classes. 22 Key ClubJ Activities