Ellsworth High School - Elkan Yearbook (Ellsworth, KS)

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l 'W iii. 51 'E wif .ES wg is it 2f3?g.g3ggg5 ? I .Qc ggi, R FOREIG TFUDE I b Oughf to share among the student body. Fabiola Abreu from Brazil stayed with the Jan Bruce family, Felix Girones from Spain lived with the Ron Spain family, Javier Placer also from Spain stayed with the Carl John- son family, and Peter San- delmann from Germany stayed with the Wayne Wal- lert family. All were eager to share the cultures of their country. Abreu said that the Brazi- lians were very friendly and warm people. l like the way we make friends. ln Germany, young peo- ple can go to discos when they are 16, according to Sandleman. On the other hand, a young person had to be 18 before they could drive a car, he said. We have about 40 mil- lion tourists every year on our marvelous beaches, FGREIGN EXCHANGE STU- DENTS: Meeting in the library are ifront rowi Peter Sandelmann and Fabiola Abreu fback rowl Javier Placer and Felix Girones. iPhoto by Trina Fullerl Placer said. Only two foreign ex- change students had high school students in their host families, Fabiola Abreu, who stayed with senior Leah Bruce and Peter Sandel- mann, who stayed with sophomore Joe Pilsl. My mom brought up the idea last year and then we just blew it off, said Pilsl. But then in April, we thought of it again, and we signed up for a German stu- dent and that is how we got Peter. My parents thought hav- ing a foreign exchange stu- dent would be an unforgetta- ble experience, said Bruce. Both of the exchange stu- dents enjoyed many special moments with their host family students. We go to basketball games, wrestling matches and parties, Pilsl said. Pilsl and Sandelmann both agreed that skiing proved to be their favorite time together. One of my fondest memories with Fabi is when we stayed up all night and talked about the differences in our countries, Bruce said. Although Placer and Gir- ones didn't have high school students in their host fam- ilies, they still enjoyed doing many family activities. We go hunting, to the movies and shoot some pool, Placer said. All four students agreed that school is much easier here than in their own coun- tries. Whatever l am studying here, l have studied a couple of years ago in Spain, Plac- er said. l think school is a lot ea- sier, but it has too many as- signments and quizzes, Abreu said. American history, govern- ment, economics, speech and English were their re- quired courses, while typ- ing, computers, physics and art were just a few of their electives. The four said they liked some American food but not all. My favorite food is pizza prepared the American way, Sandelmann said, al- though l don't like very many fast foods. American food is okay sometimes, but it's not very healthy forever, Placer said. The school year passed quickly. All too soon it was time for good friends to part. Even though many miles would separate new ac- quaintances, the memories would always last. - Amy Snook Foreign Exchange nur ii 4 Z