Arrowhead High School - Warhawk Yearbook (Hartland, WI)

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26 A.F.S. CLUB. Front row: Clay Kraus, Marlys Zenor, Joanne Wiemer. Second row: Alan Lem, Heidi Manke, Noel Becker, Mary Jesko, Ann Jodczak, Meredith Palmer, Lori Weischel, Chris Vanden Heuvel. Third row: Karen Boland, Jenni Stemper, Miss Carol Centgraf, Linda Goodman, Susanna William, Margie McCarty, Jeri Sykes, Ellen Bauer, Jean Farley, Dan Guetschenritter. A.F.S. active The A.F.S. Club has been very active this year. A list of activities include: pretty legs contest, fruit sale, Halloween party, candy cane sale, Christmas party, Folk Fair, sponsored a dance, and Milwaukee Week where four A.F.S. ers and 2 A.A. 's (American Abroad) came to our school for a week. The club has had poster making dinners, they went to Great Amer- ica , had a Christmas card sale and a farewell party. During Milwaukee Week, there was an activity planned for every- day . They had a sledding party, a potluck dinner, and afterwards saw J.B. It was a very successful and fun week. The returnees are Dan Gutschen- ritter who went to Austria; Karin Krygsman who went to Turkey; Chuck Norton who went to Ger- many; and John Matula who went to Iran. This year the Americans Abroad students are Heidi Manke who is a Junior and going abroad for the summer. Senior Chris Vanden Heu- vel is going abroad for a year. Linda Goodman was an A.F.S. student from Sydney, Australia. She came to the United States in July and is staying with the McLoones. Linda said one thing that is dif- ferent is the climate. She's used to temperatures as hot as 120° and as cold as 50° Also, the sea- sons are reversed. While she en- joyed our winter, it was summer in Australia. Otherwise there were't other major differences ex- cept in the language. There are differences in slang and people speak much faster there. Linda lives in the city of Syd- ney. Cars are expensive to run, so she takes a train or bus to wherev- er she wants to go. She asked to come to a country area in Amer- ica . That way she feels there is a truer reflection of what people are like. Back in Australia, where Linda goes to school, the choice of sub- jects is much narrower. Children go to grade school for 8 years. They they are high school students for 4 years or 6 years if they plan to go to college. The professional fields such as law and medicine require a college education. 80% of the high school students leave after four years as they are ready for the business world or other work. There is higher academic emphasis in high school. Linda likes to surf and sail. She plays field hockey and netball (both outside of school activities). She was on Arrowhead's cross country and track teams. Linda's last comment was, ' 'This has been the best year of my life and 1 can't thank everyone enough, particularly the McLoones.''

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Pep Club piles it on The Pep Club was busy arousing school spirit this year. They were re- sponsible for bringing those hot air balloons to the Homecoming festivi- ties and snakedancing in the Home - coming Parade. Funds were raised through the sale of pom-poms shakers and hats in school and at games. It was the Pep Club which hung Wally Warhawk in the South Campus gym. Actually they only hung picture of him, the Administration frowned on hanging the real thing. PEP CLUB: Front row: Lisa Schmidt, Candy Murel, Terry Spade, Beth Balmer, Tina Yost, Connie Millot, Amy Thomas, Michele Nold, Debby Gehring. Second Row: Lisa Crivello, Karen Stuve, Laura Jones, Shelly Martin, Claudia Millott, Sheila Gavahan, Linn Foster, Martha Seipman, Margaret King. Third Row: Lori Seifert, Tim O'Driscoll, Syd Sid well, Diane Becker, Kris Moore, Katy King, Bridget Hasslinger, Geri Steuttgen, Jackie Schroeder. Fourth Row: Lydia Linda Goodmann, Dori Alberts, Sue Syburg, Lisa Larratt, Vicky McNulty, Holly Audley, Jennifer Marcus, Mary Nowicki. Fifth Row: Julie Kiltz, Diane Kraemer, Margie Eberhardy, Kathy Hanus, Cheryl Hader, Jim Matthisen, Barb Mauer. 25

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS. Front row: Ann Louise Volkuyn, Linda Goodman. Second row: Polo Mendoza, Susanna William, Walter Hitter. Linda's last comment was, ' 'This has been the best year of my life and 1 can't thank everyone enough, par- ticularly the McLoones.'' Susanna William was one of two A.F.S. students this year. She came from Stockholm, Sweden in August and stayed with the Boland family. She wanted to come to America, re- viewed several foreign exchange pro- grams, and chose the American Field Service. Though, she says, there are differences, life is about the same in the two countries. Susanna lives in a suburb of Stock- holm and commutes by subway to school everyday. Most people walk or take the bus or subway in Stockholm because cars are expensive and not really needed. She attends a public experimental school. All students must go to school until they are 16. Children are taught English from 3rd grade for 7 years. After grade school, they go to high school for 3 years es- pecially if they're going to college. The classes she attends are college prep and much harder than classes here. In fact, the students are treated as adults as if they were in college. There are no hall passes or teachers on supervision duty. The students are more responsible. A lot of group work is done in classes there and teachers give more assignments. In social studies, for example, each unit starts with a 2 hour lecture. For the next 3 weeks the student is on his own to complete his presentation. This means leaving school during that pe- riod to go to the library, study or sleep. In this school the Student Senate is much stronger. They chose the text books and recently fought for no his- tory tests and won! Susanna is glad she came because she's enjoying herslef and learned a lot. She would like to go into medi- cine when she gets to college, but says that the competition is very tough. Walter Hitter, from West Ger- many, came to the U.S. through the YFU program (Youth for Understand- ing) . In the fall of 1976, he spent 4 weeks in New York in a private ex- change . He came back because he wanted to try a whole year and he wanted to improve his English for his business career. Back in Germany, he will go to high school for 2 more years (this year doesn't count), and then go to college to study business (economics) or maybe law. Walter said that Arrowhead is a nice school and the people are nice and friendly. In general, he said, the school work is easier here. The teachers spend more time on one subject. In Germany, his private high school is like college. The teacher keeps right on going and the daily assignment is to review what was said in class. Walter lives in a suburb of Hamburg (where hamburgers were first called that) and commutes to school everyday. He said that America is similar to Germany in that there is not much difference in the standards of living. Certain customs are different, but he feels it is a valuable experience and it is important to know the ways of living in other countries for the peace of the world. For instance, the news on TV and in newspapers is very American-centered here. In Ger- many, there is much more news from other countries in Europe and every- one knows what is going on. I'm staying with a very nice family (the Gross'). I feel at home with them. That's why I didn't get homesick.'' Walter was on the cross country team and the track team. Over all, Walter said he would come back again if he had to do it all over again. He had ' 'a year of fun. Leopoldo Mendoza, Polo, came from Los Mochis, Mexico through the Rotary Club exchange. He came to the United States to learn English and to see what life is really like here. He said that this is the greatest country in the world. He wanted to experience American life in the country and to meet American girls. He said they're the same as Mexican girls. Polo attended primary school for 6 years, secondary school for 3 years (students at these schools must wear uniforms). He went to preparatory school for 3 years. This is designed for students who know what they want to do. It prepares them for a certain area of work. Polo wall go to the Univer- sity of Guadalajara or Mexico City to study architecture for 5 years. His favorite class at Arrowhead was drafting. When he first came here in Au- gust , he could speak English about as well as anyone can speak a for- eign language in a class they take here. He's stayed with the Schultz's, the Foster's, and the Siepmann's. He said they all were just great! Polo said he had a different feeling when he first came. He would like to live in the country if he would live in the United States. He saw and felt snow for the first time in his 18 years on November 12 and 11:00 he said. ' 'Snow is something else ! '' Lastly he asks, ' 'Treat other foreign stu- dents like Americans. Please don't tell jokes about their ethnic origin.'' 27