Kearny High School - Komet Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Isishrsl Edme and Pai 'broThers' Koichi and Guy The American Field Service exchange program is a shining example of The exciTing enThusiasm ThaT Americans have Tor beTTering Toreign relaTions. Kearny's parTicipaTion in The A.F.S. program has been aT The peak of This enThusiasm and every single eTTorT and spark of inTeresT involved is valuable To The ulTimaTe goal of world peace and undersTanding. The American Field Service is a golden sTep Towards a golden fuTure - and Kearny is a parT of iT. Americans Abroad Finalisfs Beih Harvey Nancy Billmire Which American will go abroad? Sfove Thomas Dirk Mous

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FOREIGN as EXCHANGE KOICT-ll NOZAWA EDME ROMERO Japan Peru Koichi, 18, is Trom UTsunomi- ya. Japan. For The pasT year he has been The AFS broTher OT KomeT, Guy Jenkins. Koichi says ThaT he has been greaTly impressed in The U.S. by The cheeriulness and liveliness of The people. Like a True KomeT, he has been a greaT Tan of sporTs here aT Kearny. His TavoriTe American cusTom is par- Ties , and Tor some reason he has developed a special TasTe Tor hoT- dogs and hamburgers while in The U.S. Koichi plays The guiTar and likes playing chess, ping-pong and shuTTleboard along wiTh swimming, skaTing, and going To parTies. l'le says ThaT he has really enjoyed his year here and has learned many Things. Japan Edme, I6, is from Puno, Peru. While here, she is The AFS sisTer oT senior, PaT Delvac. Edme's greaTesT impression oT The U. S. came Trom The recepTion she re- ceived upon her arrival and Trom all The Triendly people she has meT. She has been an avid TooTball and Swinging Tan, and is a maTch Tor The enThusiasm oT any KomeT. Hamburgers seem To have become a regular TavoriTe of Edme's Too. Since her TavoriTe American cus- Tom is noT going To school on SaTurdays , she Takes advanTage oT iT wiTh her inTeresT in dancing, The movies, sighT seeing, sTamp collecTing, and records. She says ThaT in The Time she has been here, Kearny has become very close To -5-' her. Kearny's I964 American abroad is senior, Nancy Billmire. NoTice of her selecTion, only a Tew days aTTer ChrisTmas, made a wonderful and well deserved ChrisTmas presenT Tor Nancy. January 20 marked The beginning of The wonderful and unTorgeTTable ex- perience ThaT she will have as an AFSer in Auckland. New Zealand, when many oT her friends, her Tamil , and The Kearny Pe Band waved The exciTed, Teary-eyed Nancy goodbye Tor a whole year. Kearny didhi'i'T really lose a greaT KomeT Triend, buT will gain a whole counTry oT new Triends Through Nancy's experience, and Nancy, herself will gain a liTeTime oT wonderTul memories, and The happiness and saTisTacTion ThaT comes from worldwide Triendship. A,-wruuw Fino Sai-ul

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ART BUSINESS EDUCATION Lucia FeIix, RacI1eIIe Faucher IIene Rogel, Irene Maichrowicz Ik SY if f - n ...'.1'.. ?' ,ge ENGLISH Barbara EsaIri, Mike Oneil Academic DRAMA Mike LaVaIIey, Judy Smifh PRACTICAL LANGUAGE ARTS Nancy LIoyd, Carol Likins, Dirk Mons Allen Schufeldf 22