Hersey High School - Endeavor Yearbook (Arlington Heights, IL)

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. . .Provided Foreign Students With merican Experiences Dave Lyle and friend put pizza sauce on pizzas. Steve Rossetti and Oya Akisan join hands with a friend in preparing a super pizza. Terri Robson spreads cheese on the assembly line. Mary LaP1ant, Jeanny Dondlinger, and Karen Wasmer cut the cheese o pizza day.

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Performing at the Winter Choral Concert were members of the Freshmen Girls Chorus. The Freshmen Girls Chorus delighted Hersey choral audiences throughout the year. Members of the choir express the universal language - MUSIC!

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My name is Francois Febvay. I am seventeen years old and live in Dejon, France. It is a town of 100,000 situated about 200 miles southeast of Paris in the center of France. At home I have one brother who is sixteen years old. My father is manager of a loan bank and my mother is a house- wife. I graduated in France from a new school of about 2000 students. When I return to France I will go to college where I'll study general business. Living with the Strutz family, I have found the American education system very different from France. Hersey is a terrific school! I think the stu- dents have a lot of freedom and close relationships with the majority of the teachers. The classes are more relaxed than in France. I have really enjoyed playing football with the Huskies. I have found the most fantastic school spirit at Hersey and I hope the school stays as great as it is now through the years. My name is Jeanny Dondlinger. I am an A.F.S. student from the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, a small country between Germany, France, and Belgium. During my stay in the United States Ilived with the Robson family in Ar- lington Heights. Both of my host sisters fKim and Terril go to Hersey. I like Hersey because of its interesting educa- tional program, its spirit, and all its activities. This year the Hersey band has been a real big experience for me, for in Luxembourg there are no marching bands. The partici- pation of the band in the Rose Bowl Parade was an out- standing performance that I enjoyed very- much. As solo chair clarinet player of the Symphonic Winds, I'm learning a lot which will be helpful in my possible future career as a musician. I want to thank the faculty and all my class- mates who accepted me with friendliness and understand- ing and who all contributed to make my senior year at Hersey unforgetable for me. I am Oya Akisan, an A.F.S. student from Istanbul, Tur- key. I am living in Arlington Heights with my American family, the LaPlantes. I have two sisters in my family in Turkey. After attending my small high school of two- hundred and fifty in Turkey, Hersey seemed very big to me. I was surprised to see the importance of sports in school life. I like Hersey's school spirit and the perform- ances of the Pomberets, whom we don't have in my school in Turkey. I like Hersey because if offers many courses and I like being able to choose the classes that I like. I will con- tinue my education when I go back to Turkey. I would like to have a profession by which I will be able to help human beings. I am a student of the piano at Istanbul Conserva- tory. I also give piano lessons to small children. I have en- joyed Hersey and would like to thank everyone who helped me make the right adjustments to my new school. I would like to thank Mrs. Bandelow and Mrs. Yates. It was very nice being with Hers ey students. Thank you very much!