John Adams High School - Reflections Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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30 US, Aoloms new home forVieinomese Q fi' Adams was the high school for 14 Vietnames refugees. They began at- tending olasses in September, 1975 after being airlifted from areas in and around Saigon during the war evac- uation period. The students spent several months adjusting to their new surroundings and were helped in the difficult transition period by Mrs. Nga Jones, a tutor and interpretor, by Adams reading specialist Will Bee Homles, and by countless others including Alpha school where they were team members. Their impressions of America were good and they like the options avail- able to them in the Adams cirricu- lum. Someday, however, they ex- pressed a desire to return to their homeland. labovel Troung Chi concentrates on her work,' ltopl Mario Mitchell helps Tinh Weaver and Troung Chi on an assignmentg lrightl Tinh Weaver pra- ctices her writing skills. W 1 :sri-at 'T . I i VEITNAMEESE STUDENTS. lfrom leffl Tinh Weaver, Troung 77730, LUOUQ Mai, TVUUVYQ Chi, Tran I-Dan Troung Troung Loan, Tinh T. Weaver, Luong Ha, Pham Tuyet, De, Pham Mafih, and Pham HUNQ- Vietnamese Students

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Q K4 41.43 f'f?f'f4s257:f3QYi' ' os . , 1 . 3 Y W if V 5 ,L f ' in ., . . ,rv X 1!P 2Mw'ff' .7 ' labovel Mary Ann Asson along with Connie Speros display costumes for play, labove leftl Nathan Harms plays Dr. Jadin. Fall ploy hos humor The Madwoman of Chaillot was the first drama production that in- volved school administrators, teachers and students. The madwoman icoun- tess Aurelial was played by Sue Marto and Ann Lafreniere. The play is a French comedy set in Paris during the 1900's when much political upheaval was taking place including the German occupation of France. The play was held on November 14, 15, 21 and 22 in the auditorium. Some of the main characters on different nights included Harold Johnson, Lloyd Nleskimen, Sally Faist, along with many others. The play was directed by Ted Michaud, Stephanie Elliot and Sallie Faist. lvladwoman 29

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lleftl Marina practices on the guitar, one of her many hobbiesg she also stops working to pose for a picture lbottom leftl, and to chat with friend lbelowl. 5 we .av ' 5.1 ,. , ff 54. N ..t ,.. A cf- Wg, W .. ' '- .a .-,,....wwfr 5 . ltdly's Mcirinci had gredt yecir dt Aolcims Attending Adams this year has been really interesting learning ex- perience. Things have changed alot from the beginning, when I walked into Quincy with mv funny British accent and my standard English spel-- ling. I like the people at Adams. live been to other schools around Portland and in Washington, but l feel Adams is the high school l like best. The classes l'm taking are neat, and some of them are not even included in other school's programs. The tea- chers don't look at you from behind their desk. I could name a whole bunch of fantastic people, starting with Connie, my all-American mom and art teacher, Art, my best slang teacher, and Sid, who initiated me to the mysteries of Psychologyg l had the most interesting discussions with, Marilyn, my gymnastics coach and also enjoyed classes and friendship with Dick Mase, Julie, Mary, Billie, Chuck, Jean and all the other people, both teachers and students who are my good friends. Marina Aldrovandi AFS Student from Italy AFS Student