East Mecklenberg High School - East Wind Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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Smile for America- Mr Arim . . and his European trav- elers - Kristen Kesler, Tiffany Tucker, jeff Heis- tand, David Saunders, Henry Underhill, Mr. Mike Arim, not pictured: Wendi Thomas, Aliesa Fishman. Tres Chic!: Tiffany Meyers - the newest model in Paris? Maybe! Cote ing across the French Riveria was the perfect subject for a picture. d'Azur: The sun shimmer' Gon Just wasn't the same after his visit to Denm lc ar , Sweden, and Finland, while Connie Smith was more down to earth after her visit to Germany e Crazy. jimmy Schaffer ' Summer 11

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umm uxdfea' ez un, ... n Style It was June Z 1985. At last, school was over. No more books, homework, or term papers. Exams were a vague memory After nine long months, summer arrived and finally it was time for vaca- tion. iwttenihe ward ifae5fi5n wa? 'Earliest 'iiZfaQBfi?'itfC3f-ziliitaiiyr' mentiened, the first7thingnthat,. The peoplemat. tiratj' she re- came to mind was the beach. But where? Myrtle, Ocean Isle, Top- sailclsland? What about the French Riviera? That was where Tiffany Myers' spent her vaca-P tion.jShe was just one of the rnanyg.East Meek students when i spent their summer abroad. For his second year, Mr. Mike Arim toukea group of students to France, Londen, and Geneva. I-le recalled that fthe students were thrilled to see the sights they hadlard so much abt1utQ lSenior Kristen Kesler traveled with Mr. Arimls group because she had ale were Wtntedtetevltetureref .Q r yiamyt saaffal a1a+,0uf4 neyed to London, as well as Den- mark, Sweden and Finland. He tratieled with twelve others from the Charlotte, Exchange Student Program. Jimmy remarked that he decided tnygot with ,C.E.5,R to Wgetout and see different places as well as to learn about different cultures. I want to broaden my horizons, hefsaidr l l y l t ' 1 l didn't have anything to losef responded Connie Smith when asked why she entered, an essay contest that offered a trip to Berlin as the grand prize. With her essay entitled Why I Wish to vaaMBer1in ,, Connie won the 10 Summer X l marked, didnt act as friendly as Americansjbut after you gotito know them they were just as nice. i l l it 'l ' The students got various reac- tions when they told the people they qwerel tmml ,iA1neriCa.i Mast immediately thought bf Califor- nia and New York along with LR. Ewing and his cl f'They thbughtl an we ate wel-at Manga and hamburgers with ketchup and french fries! laughed Iimnty Hewf-'vet i Mei Arie-.ants at-iitf: different response, The Parisians felt, the Americans expected 'S' Qittfter ' the ' t summer was t utter and the last baggage packed,g all of the students felt they had 'gained something their ere perience. I really felt like la be- longed there, remarked Connie Smith, Kristen Kesler added, I learned how different everything was, but still the same. Mr Arim felt the students saw how easy it was to travel in Europe. 'Tm hop ing I can return, sighed Connie, so I can see all my friends again , y When the bell rings for French lor German class, thse Eagles can remember the people they met in Hrance and Germany and smtle.

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