Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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A friendly game of cards is being played by a few Wake-a-Thon participants. While everyone else was helping raise money for AFS. a few were try«g to make a little profit for themselves. Trying to slay awake the last few hours. Mariah Canci trys her luck at skateboarding Students found many strange activities to help them survive the thirty-hour adventure. Junior Jenny Barnett uses some time at the Wake-a-Thon to work on an article of dothng she is making lenny was uncharactenstally quiet and sedate when she became tired Ms. Martello and Mr. Mapes are discusstftg what they should do m order to keep the sixty-some students in control Both of them were advisors for the AFS ckib WAKE-A-THON 21

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dealing ? proves to be success Who's Wake-a-Thon The Wakc-a-Thon was one event I am glad I did not miss out on this year. It may not seem very formidable to stay up for 30 hours (42 if the school day were counted), but by staying busy, it was a lot of fun. When I arrived at 5:30, there was a lot of yearbook material to be done for the deadline the following day, so I spent my first few hours working on that. After I had accomplished the work I had aimed at getting done, a few friends and I indulged ourselves in a friendly card game. Just about everyone else was attending the dance sponsored by the athletic department. Then, after the dance, at about 12:30, the moment Ron Newsome had been waiting for all night finally arrived. Twenty large Domino’s pizzas were delivered. Ron had been talking about this moment the entire night. The way he talked, he would have eaten every bit of it. but actually it was too much for even 60 people. We ate that pizza not only that night but with our doughnuts the next morning. The rest of my time at the Wake-a-Thon was spent playing cards, basketball, more cards, football, more cards, working on yearbook, more cards, and trying to slip in a minute or two of sleep while nobody was watching. It was all. fun. but in the end I wish I hadn’t played cards. The other events that took place were playing board games, skate boarding, watching movies on the VCR and, of course, trying to find a place to sleep where you wouldn't get caught. Some of the sleep monitors carried squirt guns to give a surprising wake up for those who fell asleep. Struggling to stay up the last few hours. Mr. Mapes gave in and let us leave two hours early. Everyone was grateful. The event was a success, and the time we spent raising money for AFS was very worthwhile. Chock Moore A little bit ot shut eye needed by Jeanne Van Alen durng the WAKE-A-THON Jeanne was working on a yearbook deadlne when the couch n the Dart room looked verv invitimt

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Finding a change Exchange students enjoy Ashtabula I had a wonderful time in Ashtabula. It was really a nice town. Everything was larger here than in West Germany. The most exciting fact for me here was the disposition of the people - they had a very happy way of life and. what was really important to me. they were more friendly. It was quite a change in my new school. First of all, I didn't know any of the students, but everybody was so friendly that I felt immediatly accepted. And school life was so much more exciting than in West Germany. We didn’t have pep rallies and football games but here they didlSome small problems with the language I had, but they got a lot better every day. Of course. I missed my family and friends in West Germany very much, but then I reminded myself that this was the experience of my life. So I had to try. to get the best out of this year. Artanne Becker People here were mostly nice and they were a lot different from the people in Denmark, not that they were a lot better, but they respected people for how they were not who they were. School here was also differ- ent from what I went to in Denmark . Here we had school from 7:40 am til 2:30pm but in Denmark we had school from 8:15 am til 1:45 if we had six classes, but if we had seven classes, we attended from 8:15 - 2:40. Another difference was that in Denmark we could have up to 17 different classes but that is because we didn’t have the same schedule every day. Where I came from there were not very many cars. It was not unusual to see only one car for one family, but that is because cars were expensive and a gallon of gas was about S2.50. So it was very expensive to go by car; that is why we had a growing bike industry because more and more people rode their bikes and it is not unusual that a teenager bought a bike for S500. But it was a very high technology one. Mopcds were also very popular. In Denmark there were also a lot of public busses and trains, and because they were owned by the state, the prices were fairly cheap. Peter Jensen To find a ride to where he needs to go is often difficult for Peter lensen He loved to swim, so he spent much time at the YMCA In Ashtabiia Pete stayed with Mr and .Mrs George Burgard