Irvine High School - Citadel Yearbook (Irvine, CA)

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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

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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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SEARCHING FOR THE MEANING OF L I F E In the Looking Into Future Expefiences (LIFE) Centef Juniof Helen Chang looks through liles (Of information LENDING AN EAR LIFE Center technoan Un da Davis listens as a student asks a question Lisa Lauie, Interns learn via jobs Most students dedicated themselves to achieving their goals in academic courses But there were others who went beyond the norm of academic accomplishments and on campus activities to be involved in other areas of interest One of the ways to get involved was through the internship program at IHS It (the internship program) gives a student a chance to sample a career area and also to earn school credits in the process. ' said Diana Sargenti, the community based facilitator who coordinated the internship program The students benefit because- it gives them an opportunity to ex- perience what working in a particular career is like without actually going to a four year college first, said Sargenti I want to go into the licld of social science, law or qovomnicnt in the future, said oeinof Adrienne Frankel, who wa ' . an inloin in Irvine Ci ty Councilman Larry Agran ' s office This IS good preparation for my future Kim Bailey, a senior, wanted to work in the broadcasting field She was assigned an internshi p at KWIZ. a Los Angelos Orange County radio sta lion located in Sania Ana II was something I am inlerostod in rjoing Bailoy said I wanted to make sure It was what I wanted to do and that I wanted to major in it in college According to Frankel and Bailey, what they did in their internships helped them see what the respective fields would belike There ' s so much more to a radio station than the people on the air said Bailey I got to watch them do what I would like to learn I experienced real government pro cedures, Frankel said They (the students) are paired with a mentor, commented Sargenti on how the internship program worked, and this mentor works alongside them dunng the internship According to Bailey and Frankel. the experience was one of the best aspr-( ts of the internship Bailey hoped It iiiKjlil help her with her career in the (uliire I hey (KWIZ) know my name and thai might help me get a job later on, she said The program is very successful, said Sargenti We know that because we get several requests from students each year People who own businesses also call us to let us know that they would like an intern Thinqs like this show that it is a successful program — by Tam Tran and Sylvia Park L 8 Opening