Denham Springs High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Denham Springs, LA)

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oreign rgfrangers CCUWIC Cfose Q?Pz'enc2.S' df? - we E xchonge student John Neergoord consults Chris Bor- er on his Americon History studies, lt's fun, l eqioy wotching historiol movies, soys John. Foreign Exdwonge Students -132' Feotures ne would thinls the decision to leove one's fomily, friends, ond the fomilior surroundings of home for nine months would be difficult. Five for- eign exchonge students mode thot decision. John Neergoord, on exchonge student from Nowvoy, soid lt wos worth it. Although these five individuols ore very different, they oll come to the United Stotes for the some reoson . . . to leorn obout the United Stores. 'I oking time out from o 4-H Club meeting, foreign exdwonge students Johnny von den Heuvel, Liso Romboudi, Kori Brondbo, Chris Borer, ond John Neer- goord pose for o group picture to remember their yeor in the United Stores os exdwonge students. inns, 19.4, SPH Q' gvrq HCLLJCQ he Artic Circle is for owoy from here ond so is Kori l3rondbo's home in Hor- stod, Northern Norwoy. l4ori's older sister Eirgit told her if she ever got the chonce to come to the United Stores to tolse it. Thot is exoctly whot she did. Kori opplied, ond, ofter filling out mony forms, she wos occepted. Kori wos then chosen by Brooks ond Soroh Gully to stoy with them. School in Norwoy is very different from school here. School is in session from 8180 om. until 2:05 om. After only nine yeors, students groduote. Six of those yeors must include on English closs. l-ler hobbies include snow slsiing, slolom 0656 Qembeudlc oes going to school six doys o week, six hours o doy for 13 yeors sound rough? lf exchonge student Liso Romboudi from Turin, Itoly, were bocls home, thot is whot she would be doing. Closses chonge from doy to doy. lt is difficult to chonge closses every doy, Liso soid dbout hoving to odjust to high school here, ln Turin, the teochers switch closses, not the students. The some students stoy together oll doy, When she is not in school, her hobbies include ploying volleyboll, snow slsiing, reod- ing, wotching TV, ond listening to music. l-ler fovorite musicol group is the Beoch Boys. Even doting in ltoly is different. The boy does not olwoys poy for everything. Mony times we just meet, soid Liso. While studying in the United Stores, Liso is living with Psicls ond Soroh Donlels. fry- 'f ond crosscountry, ploying soccer, ond voi- leyboll. Only the tough ones go swim- ming, she soid, becouse the only ploce to go is in the North Seo.

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O ne of rhe mony ploces reenogers go on weekends is Fosr Times. Fosr Times is one of mohy non- olcoholic clubs for reenogers. Y o wohno go ro rhe movies? The Corrono Moll rheorer ls one ploce where reenogers con be found on weekends. T he loresr foshion offecrs nearly every reenoger in school. Lorin Wox, Guy Smlrh, Dovid Broussard, ond Divis' n Michelle Gremillion model rhe loresr styles in clorhes ond IO hoir. -181- Feorures

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ZAR 9Je,e,?f10VbX '- he small town of Lillestron, Norway is a place John Neergaard calls home, but for nine months John will call Den- ham Springs, Louisiana home. He is one of five foreign exchange students at school. John read an ad in the newspaper ad- vertising for an exchange student. He an- swered it and he was chosen, He wrote letters to all of the host families, and Ed and Emily Dawsey chose him. Back home in Norway, John played bas- ketball for his school. Although the school does not have a football team, it does have soccer. John graduated last year after only nine years of school. J John says, The grades are harder to make here. lf a student makes all F's in Norway, he still passes on to the next grade. eing a foreign exchange student gives Chris Boer and Johnny van den Heuvel a chance to learn not only out America but also about each other's countries, Cypnlr ff, I... fgonqf- chool days to the average student seem pretty normal, but to a foreign exchange student from Geneva, Switzerland, school is totally different. The average length of school days in Geneva are decided each year. Last year they were nine hours long. A student went to school at 7.45 a.m. and usually didn't get home until 5:80 p.m. Lunch is the student's responsibility in Ge- neva. They are allowed to leave to get lunch between noon and 1 p.m. The classes are even different. ln Gene- va, students take 14 suljects per year, Each ,day they have a different class. Teachers go faster in suqects. Students in Geneva study advanced math for four years before they graduate. N., OQNX AM Haw he thought of having only two TV channels might seem pretty unusual to the average American teenager, but that is how it is in Holland, the home of foreign exchange student Johnny van den Heuvel. Not only are the television channels differ- ent but so is the music. They CHollandersD have more music from Jamaica, said Johnny. Most of the music is sung in English, but some is sung in Dutch. Johnny's favorite musical groups are Van Halen and Ul34O. Discos are a popular night spot in Holland. We go to discos, you go to the movies, said Johnny when asked how dating was different. Johnny's school in Holland is also different. It is much larger and is two stories taller. There are no lockers though. We had to carry all our books, said Johnny. While Johnny is staying in the United States, he lives with Linda and Butch Cau- sey. S ecretary, Sarah Gully, is host mom to foreign ex- change student Kari Brondbo. They are very nice, said Kari about her host family. B and has given Johnny van den Heuvel a chance to meet many new friends. lt also gave him the opportu- nity ro learn new formations and songs which he could take back with him to Holland. Foreign Exchange Students 433. Features