Sahuaro High School - Viva Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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1 FOREIG N EXCHANGE SHS's foreign exchange program exchanges students with Belgium This year Sahuaro sent a student to Belgium through the' foreign exchange program. Ruth Ellen Grant, a senior foreign exchange student from Sahuaro spent her final year of high school in an all girl Roman Catholic school in the town of Wetteren, Belgium. Her Belgium family, the DeSmet family, of eleven members met Ruth Ellen in Brus- sels this summer when she arrived in Belgium. Staying here in Tucson with the family of Louis Burgess, a Sah- uaro junior, was Filip Sustronck an exchange student from Flanders, Bel- gium. Filip, a senior at Sahuaro, said his first thought when he heard that he would stay in Tucson, Arizona was of the High Chapparel , which is a popular television show in Belgium as well as here. It is rather strange to be living in the place we see on television , was Filip's comment. HONORS 55

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I U PPER MIDDLE: Ruth Ellen Grant poses with four members of the DeSmet family, her AFS hosts in Belgium. l FAR RIGHT: Filip Sustronck and Roseann Grant read a letter from Ruth Ellen l Grant after an AFS meeting. l 54 HONORS RUTH ELLEN GRANT FILIP SUSTRONCK

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BOYS', GI R LS' STA TE-A NYTOW N Tad Simons governs Boys' State Delegates study governments Headed by the American Legion and its Woman's Auxiliary, Boys' State and Girls' State gave six Sahuaro students an insight and understanding to all facets of political life designed by constitutional government. During the first week of summer, all delegates, 333 boys and 248 girls, arrived at NAU and the UA respectively to compete and learn. Like a miniature state, each person belonged to a cer- tain city, county and political party. Their jobs were to legislate, elect officials, devise party platforms and maintain the state's order. Before action and legislation came the elections. At Boys' State, Randy Bough- ton was elected sheriff of his county Steve Lopez served as the board of supervisors and Tad Simons was elected to' the highest office in the state, that of governor. Tricia Moore, Susan Yeager and Debbie Harris all attended Girls' State. Many bills were passed through the legislatures, including ones concern- ing pollution, education and crime. Human relations, equality and trust were stressed at Anytown, U.S.A-. Each person selected to attend Anytown pos- sessed something unique in their skills or life and a certain degree of outspokenness. All foreign students could attend automatically. Delegates learned about each other and other cultures in workshops and discussion groups. When not at these or in other programs, they had free periods to ride, swim, play volley- ball and go hiking. Delegates were John Bockman, Joy Brown, Pam Jones, John Lacagnina, John Olvey, and Chris Anderson. Each left Anytown with perhaps just a little more feeling for the nature, culture and problems of others. 56 HONORS