Arrowhead High School - Warhawk Yearbook (Hartland, WI)

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French trip postponed Despite hard work at the fourth of July Fair, the French club had to postpone its trip to France due to missing the deadline for getting res- ervations on the plane. Mrs. Green- ing said the club will be doing more fund raising projects and plans to go next year. The Little Match Girl, a customary French play, was performed by the second year students at the Foreign Language Christmas Party . Brian Lonn was a great P6re Noel (Father Christmas) as he was just jolly and roily-poly enough to pull it off. At the end of the skit, the whole club sang some traditional Christmas Car- ols and sampled delicious French desserts. In December, the whole club trav- eled to Mecca for a Holiday Folk Fair. There were foods from all over the world to be tried and trinkets to be bought. Shelly Martin said the egg rolls from Indonesia were 1 'really good'1 but the Good ol1 American Hotdog is still the best. FRENCH CLUB. Front Row: Ellen Brennan, Tina Meuer, Laura Giese, Alan Lenz, Loretta Tossenberger, Scott Johnson, Cindy Gladish, Brian Lonn. Second Row: Walter Hitter, Jane Karbler, Pam Tanger, Bonnie Reimer, Erik Larratt, Brett Gladish, Mr. Peche. Not Pictured: Margie McCarty, Sheila Gavahan, Debby Ford, Beth Rabby, Roberta Dziedzic, Shelly Martin. 28

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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

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SPANISH CLUB. Front row: Holly Audley, Judy Pouchert, Julie Olson, Vicky McNulty, Jill Bogusewski, Lori Kosik. Second row: Ginnie Hewitt, Kerry Tym, Chuck Booth, Tom Syburg, Tracy Todd, Jeri Sykes, Mr. Peche. 1978 is one big fiesta The Spanish Club may not have been all wet all year but they were soaked at the churros party. Aquiring most of the water was Mr. Peche who was attacked by his students who then turned on each other. In the end, everyone was soaked but the party was a success! Another gala occasion was the For- eign Language Christmas party where the first year students put on a skit about Spanish customs. Later on, the club sang some songs and ate rich Spanish desserts until they got sick. At the end of the year the students prepared a traditional Spanish dinner to which they invited their parents. CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Are you SURE we're doing this right? Just what I need is a sugar shower. Hey Judy, lend me a hand ! 29