Arlington High School - Accolade Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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'si g M, K 'lim GENEVIEVE MARCHIELS FERNANDA SARAVIA LEONARD MENSAH JORGE ESCOBAR CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER MONICA MACHADO MONICA ENJOYS choir at Arlington and the op portunity to meet people. sw MAKING THE adjustment, Jorge and Fernanda eat a big meal while enjoying the company of fellow seniors. GOVERNMENT BECOMES a little clearer as Micky listens intently.

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.-ao' l 3 v J' 'I MEETI GU CLE SAM Getting a taste of Momls apple pie this year were Arlington's six foreign exchange students. Christian Schneider and Monica Machado were sponsored by American Field Service. Genevieve Marchiels fMickyj, Fernanda Saravia, Jorge Es- cobar and Leonard Mensah were brought to the U.S. by the Youth for Understanding foreign exchange program. I got a chance to meet and talk to some of the students through various activities and classes. Noting the difference between countries and schools our newest students had a variety of comparisons. The wide selection of subjects we had here at Arlington was what Chris found different. In Switzerland, he said, they are required to have twelve subjects and fixed schedules. Extracur- ricular activities at Chris' school were scarce so he took advantage of them here-such as being a powderpuff cheerleader and a member of the quiz team. Another student who got into activities was Leonard, who turned out to be a great asset to the soccer team. Since Leonard spoke English at his home, Liberia, it was a little easier for him to get around. Just the opposite were Jorge and Fernanda, who knew very little English when they came to Arlington. Lunch periods were especially hard for them to get used to. In Columbia, stu- dents have a small snack during school and eat a larger lunch at home after school. Getting used to different eating habits would be the least ofMicky's problems. Attending an all girls school Monday thru Saturday with Wednesdays free, she had to adjust to going to make friends at Arlington even though she thought that people in the United States are generally friendlier. Introducing foreign exchange students to Uncle Sam taught me that even though cus- toms and habits may differ from country to country generally students are all pretty much alike. f 133. -' 'V s,Q'j:j I '-af school with boys and goirlg all Week, Her first SPANISH CLASS brings home a little closer for reactions to A.H.S. were different and Pemanda' uStI'21l'lgC.H THE OLD familiarity of eating lunch with the girls Changing classes was different for Monica. In makes a relaxing atmosphere fOr Mitlkv- Brazil the students stay put and the teachers change classes. She found that it was hard to 1 5 l l I l l I l l I I i r

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CO CE TRATIO Knights, Kings and Queens could all be found in Ye Olde Pawn Shoppe,better known as Room 136, where the Chess Club met every Wednesday and Thursday. Our ded- icated sponsor and coach John LaPrees spent hundreds of hours after school helping the team prepare for chess matches against other schools. The Chess Club was governed by a constitution, which was enforced by the of- ficers. Theiawere as follows: Argus-eyedi' Arvids Ziedionis, president, deranged dwarfw Darrel Krulce, vice-presidentg Cal- cinationv Cary Barker, secretary, Mike 'fFero- ciousi' Phillippe, treasurerg Max Tempestu- ous Templeton and Shawn 'fGlorious Gilliland, tournament directors, and Kirsten Judicious Johnson and Duane uDazzle Davis, publicity directors. The Chess Club, one of the largest and most spirited clubs at AHS, sported about 30 members including 5 females. The Chess Team, Kem, Mike, Darrell, Max, and Arvidsg two time state champions, made an outstanding showing. Of major im- portance was the 2nd annual student-faculty game. However, our biggest project was the lst annual Arlington Invitational Chess Tour- PUTTING HIS mind to it, chess club member Kent Lemons concentrates on his strategy. MAKE YOUR move . . . Max Templeton instructs Ben Smith at a chess club meeting. nament. We sent invitations to over 350 high schools all around the state. The purpos of the tournament was to raise money for new chess sets and clocks. Enjoyment of the game of chess is the reason most of us joined-besides, the Chess Club is the most popular club at Arlington! It was a blast, a pleasure, and a lot of work, something to do, and, of course, very rewarding. What do all ofthese opinions have in common? They were all made by Arlington's four Quiz Team members in re- gard to the team. To know something about I it you had to watch one of their practices. These weren't hard to find-you just had to listen for a series of bells, buzzers, and roars I of laughter after school. Quiz Team consists of four experts at in- stant recallg however, some of the recall was not always quite accurate. For example, 1 when asked who America's sweetheart was, . nimble-fingered Gary rang in and replied 5 Rudolf Valentino instead of the correct 2 answer, Mary Pickford. Mathematician Kem j responded to one question with the answer t IOS pennies rather than S1.05,' thus earning himself the title of Fish! 3 We all agreed that it was a worthwhile ex- 3 perience, and nobody could deny us the thrill. of seeing ourselves on the television, show f'Exercise In Knowledgef' ,