Rowland High School - Saga Yearbook (Rowland Heights, CA)

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r 1 Henry Colistro diicusses Q point wirh VICA odvisor Mr Arr Hidolgo 2 Cement pouring and smoothing begins for the first shed 3 VICA. [Xow 1 f oberr Agrovonte, Jin Won, Chris Alvorez, Jerry Di Pierro fXow 2 Henry Colistro, Elios Gonsolves, Cioudio Mercodo, Lizo Dimoronon, n,ichord Allmon, Arthur Soen z, Monico [ uess, Icelo Hemer, Art Hildogo r ow 3 Timmothy Cummings, Dovid Chobolla, Morl Honlon, Dryon IXowell, Eugene Ton, Eddie Kosoreff 4 Two VICA srudenrs put the finishing touches on the froming for the shed 5 Oowling Club. Row 1 Liso Viguerio, Luello Correre Row 2 Lorry Goroo, Monlyn Fletcher, Scort Row 3 Donald Truox, Deon Smith, Ernie Zorzo, Jon Frompron Dewing 45

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REPUTATION HELD TRUE One orgonlzorion whose worte con be found rhroughour the campus IS VICA. They hove always hod o repurarion of conrriburing ro rhe com- muniry end rhe school, and rhis repu rorion held rrue ogam Through rheir 1982 Annuol Chnsrmas Dosker Pro gram, 250 boskers of food were dis- rribured ro rhe needy in rhe Rowland Heighrs ' communiry They oiso con srrucred lunch benches for rhe Senior Moll. Leadership rroining and skills ore imporronr ro VICA In order for rhe members ro receive rroining and help, rhey orrend Leadership Work shops Two of rhem were held or Donelli Regional Pork and Palm Springs High School The members also had an oppor- runiry ro compere wirh rheir skills or several Skill Olympics They orrend ed Poly Royal Days or Son Louis Obispo, The Southern Regional Skills Olympics, and rhe Stofewide Leadership Conference and Skills Olympics or Socramenro- VICA ' s mosr ombirious endeavor so far rhough, has been rhe consrruc- rion of rwo sheds on compus for sror oge The firsr shed is complered and consrrucrion has begun on rhe second one While rhe money for mareriols came from SIP, rhe lobor was all don- ored by VICA srudenrs. The ocruol consrrucrion rook 4 monrhs VICA ' s service ro rhe school hove been invaluable Mr Hidalgo has been rhe advisor for some rime and srored, I hope ro conrmue ro work for rhe srudenrs ond rhe school rhrough VICA Ir is o program for rhe srudenr rhor worte, I om proud ro be Irs odvisor F iK ' iiitiifjif! M VICA

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Frouke Moebius West Germany Rowlond is Q greor school! There ore quire o lor of differences berween Wesr Germany and rhe United Stores. Where I come from, we hove school from 8 AM to 1 PM., bur no lunch break. We also hove o short school day on Saturdays. Somerimes, in rhe upper grades, dosses ore in rhe cfrer- noon. Porricipotion in class counts o lot. We hove on average of thirteen dosses, some only two periods a week. I think rhot gives a broader field of srudy A second big difference is the di- mote. Everything is green except the streets and buildings of course. In the winter we normally hove up to ten inches of snow, which I go cross-coun- try skiing in. Here ' s another interesting foo; In Germany you hove to be eighreen ro drive o cor, bur you con drink beer when ; ou are sixreen (no whiskey or high alcohol, rhough) ' I like school here a lor, though I don ' t prefer eirher Americo or Ger many over rhe other. Tomoko Yono Japan Americans ore more open and honest thon people in Jopon. They ore also more open about their feel- ings When my friend wos upser, I osked her how she was feeling, ex- pecting her to say she was alright. To my surprise, she replied, I ' m so rired, I don ' t wont to stay here If she wos Joponese, even rhough she feir bad, she would hove said rhor she wos O K in order not to hurr my feelings, I am glad ro be oble to go to a public school just like on American srudenr In Jopon on American stu- dent would hove to go to o school where reochers speak English. My host family is really nice. They rreot me just like a member of their own I wonr ro rerurn here some doy ro visit ogoin. April, 1982, when I first heard that I could come to Colifornio as a foreign exchange student, I tried to imogine what my year here would be like. Until I finally arrived in August, I hod no ideo how much the United States would be different from Finlond. My first impressions obout the Americans ore only posirive People ore very friendly, ond rhey rreor me as o friend, nor only o visitor There is olwoys someone ro help me if I need advice Rowland High is much lorger rhon my school bock home in Finland, ond ir required fewer ocodemic subjects Forrunorely, I did not have any diffi- culty settling into a new school Living here in Rowland Heights, 6ne of many rhings I imagined in April, hos become dear ond familiar ro me. Finding our new rhings oboof ■ your counrry hos been o pleosonr experience When I leove in July, I will rake o port of Colifornio with me. ond it will olwoys remain in my heart. 46 Foreign Exdxmge Siudenis