Hoopeston High School - Picayune Yearbook (Hoopeston, IL)

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[ PASSENGERS to and from other lands i Hailing from West Germany. Volker Vollradt was one of our foreign exchange riders Coming from a town of about 60,000, he liked Hoopeston because it was smaller. Volker attended a similar type high school in West Germany; however, he got out of school everyday at 1:00. In West Germany high schools are thirteen year institutions so when he goes back to his country, he will have two years of high school left, and then he will have to serve eighteen months in the military. Volker decided to become a foreign exchange student to learn a new language, to get to know another country, to meet new friends, to get out of the daily life in his hometown, to see something else, and to have fun! His most embarrassing moment in this country happened the day of the Foreign Exchange Christmas party A girl, who was from Bolivia, was attending school with him They were busy talking with each other and they walked into the boy’s locker room together. He said, “I noticed where we were when a guy behind me said ‘Wow! I like that!!!’ Luckily, everybody was already dressed.” Volker said he’d miss a lot of things about Hoopeston and America. He stated, “I’ll never forget the ballgames with the band, the cheerleaders, the national anthem, the sports (especially basketball games), and the junk food. Yes, you really can get used to ham- burgers.” Volker’s home address is: Frankfurter Str. 12, D-4750 Unna, West Germany. Valeria Sottili is from Torino (Turin), Italy. She is the middle sister in a family of three girls. Her parents are educators with her father being a professor and her mother a teacher of German. Valeria went to a five year high school in Italy called “Scientific High School,” where she was prepared for college. One difference there was that if students failed a class, they would have to take an examination in that subject in September and if students failed the examination, they would have to take the entire year over again She decided to become a foreign exchange student because “it is a way to get a lot of experience. I love to travel and meet new people She feels that different countries will never forget the prejudices about each other as long as their people don’t know each other She feels Americans are less formal than Italians. She says, “There is more a feeling of ‘everybody is my friend,’ even with strangers.” Valeria’s home address is: Corso Casale 291, 10132 Torino, Italy. NEXT YEAR’S FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS WITH Volker AND Valeria: Row 1 (I to r) — Denise Trimmell; LeAnn Davis; Steve Highfill; Volker Vollradt; Valer- ia Sottili; Andy Sinn.

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r v Row 1 (I to r) Mark Lindvahl — Band Martha Lindvahl — March- ing Band; Chorus Larry Lobb — Adv. Math I, II. Algebra II Cyndia Masengale — Librar- ian Row 2 (I to r) James Matta — MPE; Ath- letic Director R. Tommy McMillan — Typ- ing I, II; Shorthand; Business Law William Medler — Biology I; Chemistry Jan Morgan — English II, III Row 3 0 to r) Jerry Prosise — Graphic Arts I. II. Ill Daniel Reed — Speech; Me- dia I. II James Richards — Driver’s Education Jewell Ross — Adult Living; Parenting Row 4 (I to r) and Row 5 (I to r) Quentin Ryder — Govt.; Be- havioral Science; Economics John Schoenhofen — Span- ish I. II Gene Sheagley (First Quar ter) — Biology I; Physics Linda Sheppard — Learning Resources Pete Sollars — Driver’s Ed- ucation; MPE Janet Stephenson — Com puter Programming I. II; Data Processing Nancy Stipp — GPE Aide Jan Sturm — English II; Ac- counting I; Consumer Eco- nomics

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Mikko Kajaani is an exchange student from Finland His home city Helsinki, the capital of Finland, has a population of about one million people He feels the culture of the U.S. is not much different than Finnish culture because the American lifestyle — movies, television, and music — has such a great influence on his country. Mikko came to Hoopeston East Lynn High School in March and spent the final nine weeks here, however, he actually came to this area in the fall and attended Rossville Alvin. The most interesting thing that he did while there was play football He said. “I had seen football games before, but I didn’t know too much about the rules, etc Well, at least I learned the rules and learned to love football. There are some football clubs in Finland so . . Mikko said he’d also take many memories back with him He reported, “American people are more open and outgoing than Finns. . I’m going to take a lot of memories, a couple of footballs, and some Illini stuff. Mikko’• address is: Gyldenintie 9,00200, Helsinki, Finland Roaemarie Rebecca Rodriquez Senido, or Beck-Beck for short, is from the Philippines. She comes from a family who owns three machine shops and two farms where they raise various fish. Beck is the youngest of six children. She has already graduated from high school. At her school they were required to wear uniforms. She had to say a prayer before and after every class and she had to stand when answering a teacher. School ran from June through March and classes began at 7:30 and ended at 4:00. Beck wanted to become a foreign exchange student because she wanted to learn the culture of a different country, make many friends, and see if I could be independent . without my family. I survived being away from my family and friends because of all my host families. Beck will return to the Philippines with many memories. Some of these are first seeing snow, going riding on a snowmobile, and the Rotary International Christmas Party in Hoopeston with all the other area exchange students. One of her funniest and craziest memories is when she and some of her friends from Danville “toilet papered a bunch of houses Beck’s address is: P.0 Box 323, Bacolod City. Philippines “If that gang of mine could only see me now . . .! My life has changed in every way from diet to transportation. Rice and fish are the mainstays of the Japanese. However, it is not uncommon to find the “Golden Arches perched on street corners throughout the met ropoiitan areas. I have muscles where I didn’t know they existed — leg muscles that is. I ride a bicycle about thirty minutes a day to and from school Bicycling, along with Judo, keeps me in pretty good physical condition. Eric Shore, a junior, left on August 22, 1987 for Komaki City which is located close to Nagoya, the third largest industrial city in Japan The high school of 1500 students he attended has basically the same curriculum as H EL’s; however, the sports (or clubs) run the entire year and students usually participate in only one. Eric’s parents joined him in Japan, where they were met by last year’s exchange student Tomoko Yotsumoto Through Eric’s host families, he has been given the opportunity to observe first hand accounting, construction, and real estate tech- niques. He has also seen how a large chicken processing plant operates and how a kimono factory markets their products. Eric says, “This (foreign exchange program) has been a chance of a lifetime. I am interested in pursuing a career in international business. What better way to learn than hands on training?