Oakmont High School - Odinboken Yearbook (Roseville, CA)

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Despite the disbandment ofthe French Club, the German and Spanish Clubs both had very successful and bcsy years, The Spanish Club revised their constitution and furthermore ser their main goal to meet new friends this year. The club held a progressive dinner in Novem- ber and staged their third Tostada Boorh at the Oalsmont Parents' Club Carnival. They also went caroling at Christmas and held a Christmas canned food drive. The German Club held their annual Oktoberfest featuring dishes made by the club members. Some rypical dishes were veal cutlet, white sausage, sauerlsraut, and Bavarian creme. Special guests were Mr. Jacls McClure and Mr. Kevin Wherry, who both showed slides of Germany. Mr, Bob Delpippo, Mrs. Marsha Stites and Miss Ann Simpson were also present at the fesriviries, Together the Spanish Club and German Club finished second in the Homecoming float competition. This marlss the first year the two clubs combined their efforts in the event. 1. SENIOR LORI CARLSON, president of this yeor's Spanish Club, goes over the agenda for the up-coming meeting. 2. FRESHMAN CHRIS SHEFFIELD and junior Halli Brashear were the boys' and girls' rootbeer drinls- ing contest winners at the annual Oktoberfest. 3. DE- FENDING ROOTBEER CHAMPION, junior Collin Lowry, was defeated this year by freshman Chris Sheffield. Here Collin shows his style in the competition. 4. GER- MAN CLUB ADVISOR, Miss Sandra Owen, and guest Mrs. Marsha Stites watch the competition develop in the long-awaited rootbeer drinking contest. 5. AL- THOUGH THE SPANISH Club members ron the club themselves, advisor Senora Laurie Kemna was always there to give suggestions. 6. ALTHOUGH THE GER- MAN Club meetings ore usually small, tllis yeor's meetings had o substantial turnout, which delighted club advisor, Miss Sandra Owen. 7. SENIOR WES HAR- VEY chugs down his cup of rootbeer while junior Dell Bleelsman slowly sips his for on extra effect, LANGUAGE CLUBS 183

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The popularity of the foreign exchange student program has grown over the last few years to an alletime high. Oalsmont had four foreign exchange students who stayed unti the end of the year: Bob VanDenBerg, Lucy Romero, and Carina Jafs from the American Field Service, and Hidelso lsanno, sponsored by the Japanese lntereCultural Exchange program. These students receive the benefit and understanding of how an- other culture functions, which they could never have experienced except through these programs. Since the students were new to this ccuntry, it tools time to adjust to the American lifestyle. School here is somewhat different, for examf ple, their grading systems use numbers instead of letters for grades, They also had to get used to having a single campus instead of several smaller campuses with smaller student populations, American students asls them about the music in their countries almost every time they speals in front of groups. According to the foreign visitors, there is no difference in the music they hear, they have the same groups singing the same songs. Another similarity is the clothing , they were basically the same styles that we do. One major differ- ence between our cultures in the food. The U.S. has a better selection than other countries according to the foreign students. Even though America was an interesting place to visit, the exchange students still can't wait to get bacls to their own countries to see their families and friends. ,L . 3 - ' NN, .,,.. 1. DOD VANDENDERG FROM the Netherlands, hurries to crop his last picture so that he may turn in his packet into the publisher for printing in the yearbook ' 2. THIS YEAR'S FOREIGN student population includes Car ino Jafs, Bob VanDenDerg, Lucy Romero, and Hidelso Kanno, 3. HIDEKO KANNO, A foreign student from Japan poses for her picture in the school newspaper 4. AFS STUDENTS CARINA Jafs and visitor Chris Wharton tell about where they're from in Mrs, Colon oth period class 5. LUCY ROMERO FROM Paraguay consults Mrs. Thomas on her class possibilities before making her final decisions 6. HI- DEKO KANNO FROM Japan puts the finishing touches on her English assignment before turning it INTO Mrs. Dowel for grading FOREIGN STUDENTS 135