Hueneme High School - Voyage Yearbook (Oxnard, CA)

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SERVICE The Horntrs — FRONT: Sue Taylor. Foreign Exchange Student from Australia. SECOND ROW: Marti Horner. Mr. Mrs. Horner, Nora Horner. The American Field Service is a private, non-profit, educational organization whose purpose is the furthering of understanding and goodwill among the people of the world. It carries out this purpose by bringing teenage students from abroad to study in American schools. At the same time, under its Americans Abroad programs. AFS sends U.S. teen-agers abroad. AFS Adult Committee: LEFT TO RIGHT: Miss Miedema. Girls Vice- Principal: Mrs. Howard Eddy: Mrs. Marlin Cox: Mrs. Ralph McCarthy: Mrs. Andy McE uen: Mr. John Fredriksson. AFS Faculty Adviser: Mrs. Richard Shipley: Mrs. Neil Cummins: Mrs. Jack Stubblefield: Mrs. Paul Roth: Mrs. Robert Twiford. 167

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AMERICAN Sue Taylor To All Hueneme Vikings, This has been a fantastic year —full of exciting and joyous experiences which will never fade from my memory. 1 have met many wonderful people, especially on the Hueneme High campus. The friendship and school spirit was most impres- sive. and quite beyond anything I had every imagined. Everyone in and out of AFS has been exceptionally helpful and wonderful to me during this past year, and I am extremely grateful to them for their interest has kept me from missing my own country. I only wish I could stay for another year ... and another. Vikings, being one of you and participating in school activities has been my greatest thrill, and I shall miss you, one and all when I return to my “other ' home. Witnessing the basketball and football games was most exciting and quite unlike anything we have in Australian schools. My American family has had to put up with a great deal of reorganization since I arrived. They have shared their home, their friends and their relatives with me, and for that I’m truly grateful. They all helped provide for me. the most exciting year of my life. So. fellow Vikings it is a sad farewell, yet one which will remain in my heart for many years to come. It is difficult for me to say good-bye —but I hope to return again someday or to see some of you in Australia. Sue Taylor 166

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AMERICAN Susan Stubblefield. Foreign Exchange Stu- dent to Argentina. Susan was the first Hueneme High School student to spend an entire year abroad under the Americans Abroad program of the American Field Service. Dear Vikings, When I learned that I was to be a representative of my country and my school under the AFS Americans Abroad program, naturally. I was excited. My dream had come true, but little did I know all the things that would happen of which I had never even dreamed. My year in Rafaela. Argentina with the Lijtmaer family more than met my expectations. Many of my attitudes were changed as I was given a completely new outlook on life. The one characteristic of Argentine people which impressed me most was their friendliness. I was surprised most by the similarity between them and the people of the United States, but I also began to realize how important it is for them to keep their individuality and not be forced to conform to our ideals. After a short time in Argentina, I began to feel like a “native,” but as soon as I returned to the United States. I stepped back into my place as an American. It was then that I understood fully that this is the goal of AFS. not to convert, change, or reform, but to strengthen bonds of friendship which will last forever. I'm happy, too, to return to my friends and to again be a part of the HHS student body. Que les vaya bien siempre! Susie 168