Parkview High School - Spirit Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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CBreaking the barriers y meeting students from different countries or spending a year or a summer in a foreign land, Patriots were exposed to different cultures through American Field Service. AFS meetings differed from the usual club business meetings since a foreign student would usually visit and exchange ideas with members or anyone who wanted to come. It wasn't unusual to walk in and see someone wearing a Guianan folk costume or find a plate of tasty tortillas. AFS had been a successful program at Parkview as the school had hosted an exchange student each year. Jacob Bech-Hansen, a native of Denmark, spent the 1979-80 school year at PV, and Lauren Riggin, 1979 graduate spent the year in France. Lauren detailed her experiences in a column for the Constitution and wrote of toilets that looked like showers, square bed pillows and a change of linens once every two weeks. Besides the students brought by AFS, several other foreign students attended PV. One of these was Long Xiong, a native of Laos. ' 'It was hard at first to learn English, he said, but people are very nice to me.'5 The AFS social calendar included a picnic in the fall, a spaghetti dinner in the spring and a statewide convention in Little Rock for AFS students. These students were housed with people from Little Rock high schools for the weekend. I really enjoyed housing Q, said 'Dan Meriwether, senior. It gave me a better understanding of world culture, and exchanges like this will help us toward our goal of world peace! ' Students took tours of the Territorial Restoration, met the govemor and had a disco. Through the efforts of AFS, students became more aware of other cultures. Jolly jock. As a kicker for the Patriot football team and a member of the tennis team, Jacob Bech-Hansen fits right into sports life at Parkview. 200 Academics!Organizations cyNiWEu1coHeifN1c3of

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A .4 Q l Al-'Sz Ihvntl Mrs, Wanda Wimberly Csponsorl, Patty Jaramillo, Bill Shelton, Carol Jaramillo fsecretaryj, Melanie Flowers. leeoondl Kay Gardner. Mariann Southem, Gaye Harvey, Cindy Blackwell, Susan Huckabee, Barclay Bowden, Kim Painton, Kristi Herrendurf, Lana Bearden, Tracey Migeot. Ilhlrdl Shery Vinson, Garth Visovafh, Charlotte Nylund, LaDayne Farrell, Mindy Bat-field, Kim Jones, Stacy Smith, Kim Baker, Jennifer McCall, Elaine Lindsey. Ilourl Laura Felix, Carol Robertson, Steve Gunter, Fefe Bolden, Stephanie Theus, Tina Barron fvice-presidentl, Carol Yarbrough, Marti Watson. Lisa Baldridge, Debbie Gay. lhhhl Susan Hayes, Cary Gaylor, Gigi Johnson, Jacob Bech-Hansen, Greg LaCaze, Bill Kelley itreasurerl. Audie Puckett, Tavakol Ronaghi, Lesa Overton, Andy Miller. lbaelil Latreace Porter, James Dickson, Brian Hollenbeck lvice-presidentj, Dan Meriwether, Greg Jones, Marian Comett, Tim Jenkins, Ute Purkott, Robert Hooks, Monty Phillips Cpresidentl. QV we 4. - , ...,, W nn... Chit chat. Turkish exchange student Ulkuman, who spent his year at Northeast High School, gets the complete tour of the Journalism Department, during a one-day visit to Parkview. Don't be corny. Bill Kelley, AFS treasurer, collects unsold popcorn from the club's fund raising sale. AFS-201