Irvine High School - Citadel Yearbook (Irvine, CA)

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KEEPING UP Wofking hard lo keep up with hef wofk load IS exchange student Naoko Kishi DOERAYME Showing her interest in singing is exchange student Laura Madndejos 4 Culture enhances IHS Every year IHS has played host to a number of foreign exchange students who have chosen to fulfill part of their dreams away from home These students have become an integral part of the culture at IHS Through programs such as the American Field Service (AFS) students are given the chance to penence a different lifestyle i may be accustomed to Going to Chile throijgh AFS was the best. thing Ivf fv ione I got the chance to live in ,; different culture and learn how andj y other people thin differently l.4lli made a lot pffr friends tijf w«l be friends for Mr I lej like I h|H a home away Ur ■, he with ul iost family in C for- er exchange stu- ' : Stewart Is thaf w hsma jf excf art Pcq u I K ir B mounl Stud a tre only do these students have to leave their own country, but they also have to adapt to a different culture said former exchange student Sally Troup. Those students who wen; a ' oSKjneil to spfjrid the year in Irvitii; stayL-d witti host families who served as their hoiiuj away from home The families wen- able lo experience the culture of a dil teront nation through the student, and the students learned what it was like lo live With an American family It was very interesting to see the reactions of a foreigner learning and experiencing a new way of life f y family and I thoroughly enjoyed having an exchange student as a memt er of our family, ' said host family memt er Jennifer Bower. rutending Irvine, they were given a schedule oi classes which varied rding to their grade levels and pes For most, what IHS gave them ' the experience oL r ' different type Educational sy than they were •d to It als e them the oppor ity to maJ Hew friends and enjoy a taste of B n social life It j ery difficult to leave my Ind my home But then I just of everything I would ex ' lence in America and the new •nds I would make, said exchange btudL nt Mari Velsand. Irvine sludfTits really helped me adapt to a dillf ' rcdl lifestyle I hey warmly welcomed mo, made me feel at home and made me feel a part of Irvine I feel DREAMS IN ACTION I WriAl b NtXl ' CtHMua iMKtMl M«dnd«|Ot wMtma mttruclioni from II • on«ng« tludont Lt ■niny

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110! ' f i SIDELINE SPECTATORS While watching the lunchlime events. Principal Gary Norton com- ments to Activities Director Sherry Phelps COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY Having computers in the classroom was one of the advantages lor students. Meera Narasimhan Tma Reynolds and Nicole Podulal , TOO HIPi Seniors Angel Soto and Jeanette Soto display their spirit as they model their head- bands and bell bottoms, some o( the many trends seen in the history of IHS WORD FROM THE WISE Counselor Phil Samuels listens intently to Shannon Rochester as she takes advantage of the counseling pro- gram offered to all students Opening 5

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REFLECTING Exchange sludenls Patricia San Chez and Laura Madridejos share a momenl together as Ihey reflect on their lives in 4orth America COMPARING CULTURES Exchange student Wan Velsand discusses differences in lifestyles with Seniors Sally Troup and Ivlelita Serdar STUDYING NOTES Exchange student Laura Wadridejos concentrates on hitting every note. Opening 7