Arlington High School - Colt Corral Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

Page 20 text:

August Finds Mike Center of Attention Foreign exchange student Mike Klietsch makes a difficult jump shot while practicing basketball, one of his favorite sports “Boy, eating these hamburgers is really an art!” declares Mike Klietsch as he struggles with a Tcxas-sizc hamburger. Enjoying a favorite pastime, foreign exchange 18

Page 19 text:

Boost Pep Rallies Selected as the most spirited Colt supporters were Skip Young and Gay Waggoner, Mr. and Miss School Spirit. Throughout the season secret judges chose students at several of the games for their enthusiastic spirit. Of course, leading the school in unwavering support of the Colts were the seven cheerleaders, Karen Jessup, Susan Glover, Paula Cotter, Sharon Self, Melinda Mendenhall, Carmen Self, and Jana Giddens. Besides leading cheers at pep rallies and games, they sponsored dances after each home game to promote school spirit. When they went to the SMU cheerleading school last summer, they returned with several ribbons and an invitation, for Sharon Self to come hack next year as an instructor. “A cheerleader leads a dog’s life,” thinks cheerleader “Hey! Shake it up, baby!” yell fans to senior cheerleader Charlie Jana Giddens, who portrays Snoopy at a pep rally. Turner who concentrates on the beat and keeping his miniskirt up. 17

Page 21 text:

Proudly welcoming Arlington’s first German foreign exchange student, Mike Klietsch, upon his arrival at Love Field are well-wishing AHS students and his American “family,” Kristie, Danny, and Mrs. John Polis. When annuals were delivered in August, the main topic of conversation was the upcoming arrival of German foreign exchange student Mike Klietsch on August 21. A large group of AFS “brothers and sisters” were on hand to welcome him and to give him a real Texan hat and a Colt pennant. Mike continued to be in the limelight throughout the year as a member of Key Club, FBLA, and the Foreign Language Club. The senior play, “Ar- senic and Old Lace,” also gave him an opportunity for participation in the role of the German plastic surgeon, Dr. Einstein. In his year in Arlington, Mike lived with the John Polis family, with Danny and Kristie as his “brother and sister.” At home in Kassel, West Germany, Mike’s father worked for an insurance company, and his mother worked part time for a church office. In his spare time, Mike played almost every kind of sport, although his favorites were track and the German kind of handball. Mike expressed a strong liking for cars and “Everything that’s fast!” He also enjoyed dancing and listening to all kinds of music. As far as school subjects were concerned, Mike preferred biology and chemistry. 19 student Mike Klietsch works on brother Danny Polis’s Healy.