Beaverton High School - Beaver Yearbook (Beaverton, OR)

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Foreign Exchange Foreign students ,Visit BI-I Every year students from all over the world visit Beaverton High School. Erika Vernuncio Pontes from Sao Paulo, Brasil, Alfonso Munoz Bueno from Northern Spain, and Lor- enzo Lippi from Milan, Italy, were three of those students. Erika arrived in the United States on January 28, 1984. She planned to stay until January 1985. Erika lived with Lisa Jones, a senior at Beaver- ton. Lisa herself was also an exchange student. The Beaverton Rotary Club hosted the Rotary International Ex- change Program in which Erika par- ticipated. Erica found skiing to be a Wonderful, new experience. It was the first time that I've seen snow in my life. She also found the Hydro- tubes to be an exciting experience. Erika had visited the U.S. previously: I was here before for two weeks and loved it. I decided to come back as an exchange student because I wanted to learn about the American way of life, meet new people, and learn the lan- guage. Erika looked forward to her next visit to America. 22 Foreign Exchange Alfonso Munoz stayed with Bob and Mary Ann Dawson, having ar- rived September 22nd. He remained in Oregon until June 29th. Alfonso participated in the American Field Service program. Alfonso found quite a difference in Beaverton's weather, I can't stand Oregon's weather, I've never seen so much rain in my lifef' One of Alfonso's goals before coming here was to prove to himself that he could live a year away from his family and friends. He realized later that he could, I did it. Alfonso found that it was difficult to make friends in the U.S. because the people are more close-minded. In Europe, an exchange student was greeted with a lot of at- tention. Alfonso realized that all of the previous stereotypes he had of Americans were all false: I know now that Americans are not such bad peo- ple after all. Lorenzo Lippi arrived in Beaver- ton August 11th, and planned to re- turn to Milan at the end of June. He lived with the O'Reilly family and traveled on the AFS program. While at BHS, Lorenzo went skiing for the first time. I didn't know that it was such fun. It's really radical. Lorenzo was also shocked at the amount of rain Beaverton had, At first I couldn't stand the weather, but now I'm used to itf' Lorenzo found the school to be much easier than in Italy. Students there took five years of high school, the curriculum was already chosen, and there were no electives. Lorenzo participated in varsity soccer and track. In Italy there are no sports within the school. While at B.H.S. he went rafting on the Dechutes, Hydro- tubing, and skiing, The American people are crazy, they will try any- thing and everything to have fun.

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? Lorenzo Lippi stayed in Beaverton from August 11th to the end of June. Alfonso Munoz Bueno, from Spain, studies in the library. Erika Vernuncio Pontes wears a sweatshirt from her home country, Brazil. Foreign Exchange 23