John Marshall High School - Horn Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Student gets slow start Catrine Larsen of Sweden had the misfortune of choosing the wrong foreign exchange program. Catrine chose Open Doors, which she thought was very good and cheap but her feelings towards Open Doors changed immediately as she arrived in Texas. Catrine was placed in the small town of Smithville with a population of 3,000. Catrine had to change families twice because Open Doors placed her with incompatible families. She almost went back to Sweden, but instead, she moved down to San Antonio and started on our campus. 1 felt like life had started when 1 came down here, I met a lot of new nice friends that really cared about me. Catrine Larsen enjoys a Urtle South Texas sunshine FRONT ROW: Lisa Kerr, Naoko Osada, Paula Botta, Catrine Larsen. BACK ROW: Peter Christenson, Ma- rie-Claude Parenteau-Lebauf, Martin Svantesson, Matthias Gruenwald. Lisa Kerr, Michelle Landon, and Mane- Claude, enjoyed ice skating in Houston. English spoken here Twenty students from all over the worlci took English as a seconci lan- guage this year. Stucients were from Germany, Gua- temala, Venezuela, Mexi- co, China, and Sweden. The program started last semester and has been a success so far. Mrs. Susan Baird is the only teacher that taught ESL on the campus. Mrs. Baird ' s way of teaching was very interesting. Three days a week she had a theme called journal writ- ing. The students had to write a paragraph express- ing their own feelings. It improves the knowledge of the English language, said Mrs. Baird. They also get a grade in this because It improves the quality and quantity, Mrs. Baird con- tinued. Some ESL students probably would have had problems in an ordinary class, but in Mrs. Baird ' s class, They always feel se- Paula Botta ITALY Lisa Kerr AUSTRALIA Mane-Claude Parenteau Lebauf CANADA JAPAN Foreign Exchange 107

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Foreign students enjoy changes For eight students around the world the dream of participat- ing in an Exchange program be- came a reality. Last year we had two Exchange Students, but this year students came from seven different countries. Two stu- dents came from Sweden and the rest from Denmark, Ger- many, Italy, Japan, Canada, and Australia. When they came here they realized that things were very different. My school back home only had 200 students, so this school was a bit of a shock at first, said Lisa Kerr of Australia. Ma- rie-Claude of Canada was amazed by all the buildings on the campus. In my school back home we just had one big building because of the weather during winter. Naoko Osada of Japan thinks there is a difference in the way of teaching. It is easier here than in Japan, Naoko said. She continued, We start to study precalculus in 10th grade. In Germany where Matthias Gruenwald lives, things are dif- ferent too. We have much more time between classes, 20 minutes instead of five, ' boasts Matthias. The clothing fashion differs a little bit also. Fashion is maybe a little behind here in Texas, said Marie-Claude. They have to wear school uni- forms in Japan and Australia. One thing tha t is popular among the exchange students is the food. I ' m hooked on Mex- ican food and Reeces peanut- butter cups, Lisa said enthu- siastically. Matthias followed up, I love junk food. While most exchange stu- dents recognized differences, all agreed that they enjoyed their visit here in Texas. Every day gets better and better, said Paula Botta of Italy. Article: Marcin Svantcsson Photos; Daniel Vargas Mane-Claude wi home in Canada ihed that she was nstead of floating in SWEDEN SWEDEN Matthias Gruunwald GERMANY Peter Chrisiensim DENMARK 106 Foreign Exchange «

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lot IS a word that the tourists of Port Aransas will nev- er forget. During Spring Break of ' 88 a riot broke out due to overly populated beaches and overly intoxicated peo- ple. The National Guard and the Coast Guard were called into action to calm the violent crowd. There were no reports of anyone getting seriously injured, but the local hospitals and the First Aid Center on Mustang Island were jam packed with minor injuries. Cars were rolled over and set on fire and private propert) ' owned by visitors and local land owners was destroyed. The week after the riot students came to school wearing T-shirts with a logo saying I survived the Riot. Anicle Stephanie Barnett Mrs. P. says you can have your cake and eat it too. Jana Lee. Jeanette, and Sandra dream it was theirs. Bonnie Benham and Eric Sausman part ' at Port ■A . Party in the Sun Spring Break arrived slowly, but surely and the time to party was finally here. The students dis- persed in a variet) ' of dif- ferent directions. A large portion of the student body went to either Port Aransas or South Padre Island. Sophomore, Chris Frierson went to Dayton Beach. The things I enjoyed most about my trip was GIRLS, parties, and more GIRLS! stated Chris with a bashful smile. Some people had their minds directed on the 108 Spring Break slopes ol our countr} ' in- stead of the slopes of the opposite sex. Shane Bos- sard went to Lee Canyon in Las Vegas. I spent most of my time with my triend who lives down there. It was a lot of fun, said Shane. There were a number of different trips taken and a lot of memories made. Memories we ' ll never for- get!!! Seniors Laura Ybarra and Jason DeLeon cn)oy their trip to play some great beach volleyball. »