Miramonte High School - Mirada Yearbook (Orinda, CA)

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Confusion confusion confusionl This t , the st adventure' mixed up room nurn- bers wror19 locker numbers confused k - ' US Und 9enefUIIY IU5l one b'9 mess. I sure had o hard time mem ' ' ' - of se HUI11 ' but I fInUIIY 99' Used Io II' Coming from s astonished by the relation etween teachers and stu- dents. Our teac rs ve much more authority. While her eachers seem to be friends, helpers and eve umorous at times. I like it here much b ter. You wont rababty like to know what I think about he work you are doing here. Just one thi g, unnecessary. You have a lot of homewor a - little inking to do. We o not have social activities at school in Switzerland. lll miss t m when I go back lust love all the clubs games so I what., They take time out of cl rallies and assemblies leven if ey e goofed up ass but it also adds o friendshi s betters rela- ti s r ween dents and teachers. his is pr :cally everything I c you. I'm so th kful that I could sp one of the mos citing and long-I l d like to say See you Ili o . k of. You se I ' ' ere with each of . d rn sen' r y r at Miramonte. It will always be Ing me s I ever have. Ilegel Wh ows? 1 1 ' ' ' I , . ,.. .r , op - ' That is iu e opposite at home. But it will change when you get '- V eg . . . , , , , . . , , lik 'Rn 704 ln August of T959 l plunged into the adventure of an American Field Service sta ' F in rance. I was to be there for tive months, to live with a family, go to s ot, and ius: generally get to know France and the French. The strange excitement of another language, a - er peopl wqg 5 n fo be. come familiar. f- . ' s , ' ere time ha b ded ol and new. Set in the cen r of verdant Normandy, with its renowned apple chard, uen is sur- rounded by s ll farms helter-skelter on the landscape, and here and th s the ruins of an old ca e or abbey, as a reminder of France's old glory. The thedral, old churches, ho es that have stood for centuries and cobblestone streets re contrasted with modern ops, department steres, tactories, and refineries. But that p rt of France most significant to me is my adopted family the Moreaus. Mamma runs ir pharmacy, papa is an instructor in medical chemist . Michele, my oldest sister, w an A.F.S.er to Omaha in l957-58. Francoise, my twin as my constant companion and assmate. Three younger children completed a fa y of varied per. sonalities, yet ext . ely dependent on each other as a unit. This typical of most French families. Then - mess to have me know and lov - , an their desire to take me into their as th ' - K ' err o - v hter, were the t - at mos - ad my short stay there so rich. I I As a climax to my once-in-a-lifetime oppor ' there was the trip home. When we seventy-six A.F.S.ers in the Americans Abroad school program met on the shop, each of our lives had been broadened a little by new discoveries. We had known another people and another way of lite, our way of looking at ourselves, our country, and the world, would never b th ' ' e e same again. Thankyou, Miramonte and Orinda, for making this experience possible. ' r An adventure and an exciting year has finally come to an end a year of fu f - n, o happiness and of gained experiences. It is impossible to - a e ords what my stay in Orinda and my schooling at Miramonte - - meant to ' 'ust to h ' I o muc . However, there are things that stand out in my - ' d f - all never forget My first day at school was an unforgeta sion Everything was new and dill' . er- ent. People were talking fast and to me ' I seem to be unintelligible English I had to go from one classroom to the oth ins d of letting the teachers do the r ' unntng around. I was to be faced with the - ' edule every day instead of one with fifteen subjects spread over the entire ek. iramonte was modern and new while m Nor- : Y wegian school was more than f un ed years old last but not least l was introduced numerous smiling students, w se ames I still have a hard time remembering. I was met with frte ess e rywhere Students and teachers both tried to help me tn many ways, and r this help am very grateful During the entire school e th . y ar, ere has been stud ' council mee ngs committee meetings concerts and outings with n , - chums, dances nd lots of other tivities that l have enioyed participating. My stay i Orinda has be , by far, the most eventful and enlightening experience in my life. s ing to Mirama e High School has been the most im ortant a t f ' II I s p p r o tt. I would lik to thank ev r one at Miramonte particularly the close friends I have made, Mr. L is, and y good teachers for their friendship and help g-.

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A.F.S. exchange students who participated in the Parents Club panel. The American N Servic is one of the ost activ lubs at school. Q Hoping to aga bring two more foreign tudents to ramonte next year, the club as worked 1- d to arise th needed fun They had a house-to-hou drive on Hall ween an ashion Showi March. The A.F.S. nioyed a spea er f calanes, Dona Hu tg who was Q an exchange tudent in Austri nda Lancione, the first K dent to be sent abroad om Miramonte . - - spoke to the club a 5 t her many experiences in rance The work oft s club ha L enabled t students of Mi ' onte to enioy the experience f riendshi , with le from other c ntries. Q , r J, mm 6 , M iq, 'V ummvgkgnrwi H Mww!,,., ' ''MWf'fm,,.,,wwn,M,W:wfq' First row, left to right: Irish Scott, Sue Thorp, Carol Knudsen, Brigitt Hageli, Janet Lee, Sylvia Bolmf Gloy, Ruth Thompson, Irene Waschmirth, Linda Lindsey, Sally Spott, Sandy Brown. Second row: K phant, Nancy Handley, Carol McMillan, Lee Carrieres, Barbara Stern, Sallie DeWitt, Bobette Amblr Anderson, Leslie Compton, Robin Brown, Kathy Brobeck. Third row: Tara Doty, Karen Klopfer, Sheryl Julie O'Flying, Pat O'Connor, Suzie Lahti, Linda Williams, Joan Robinson, Luzanne Lang, Suzanne Nancy Grah. Fourth row: Jerry Overra, Bruce Schaffer, Ture Lindholm, Ron Brown, Jack Doty, Ga Dave Dale, Bob Newman. f, .nm-ev

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