Laguna Hills High School - Aerie Yearbook (Laguna Hills, CA)

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Foreign Exchange These six students left the security of their school, friends end fomily to experience Q year of on Americon High School What were their first impressions? What do they miss most obout home? And how is LHHS different from the school in their country? I wanted a year off between Advonced levels and college and AFS sounded like a fun thing to do. I miss the meeting places of the young in the pubs ond nightclubs. -Andrew Coword My best friend went through the some thing lost year and I thought it would be fun. The people of Calif ore so nice and friendly. I miss the food, especiolly chocolote and breakfast. ■Sven Floess I wonted to leorn the language better ond to see American life. I reolly like the Collf weather — it ' s reolly hot and I like thot. Schools in Greece are smaller, but we don ' t hove the opportunity to choose our classes. -Debbie Hlofopoulou My first Impression? So mony cars and the freeways were so big I miss the good food, my fomily, friends and the cute boys. LHHS is much smaller thon my school, but it ' s much cozier. -Sophie Schmidt I wonted to ploy bosketboll here. It ' s pret- tier thon I thought it would be. Americans hove more school spirit. ■Olli Schwartz If we moke friends in onother country, we moy never think about war. Colif is big, everywhere ore homes or fields. I couldn ' t find any shops. -HIdemI Shimo 1 46 Foreign Exchange Sven Floess Heidelberg, Germony m

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Tech Ed D students enrolled In tecnnicoi education closses gained knowledge thot better prepared them for the job market Word processing closses provided us with job entry skills making us o more voluoble employee to the business world. Com- puterized accounting combined finon- ciol records keeping, payroll records ond working with accounts receivable and poyoble A college bound business mojor Qs well as those headed for the Job market benifited from the leorned skills. Droffing ond Architecturol design taught us not only decipline, but how to creatively express ourselves through the creation of houses ond other sturc- tures Developing o creative eye was the goal of those who hung out in the dork in Photogrophy. Mostering the 35mm comero and printing techniques enabled us to find jobs in photo stores, enroll in post-grodution photo schools ond successfully compete in photogrophy contests The whirr of the pneumatic drill and the smell of the greose gun signaled another lob day in the auto shop A tru- ly employoble skill and a necessity for ony cor buff Tech Ed is o release from ocodemic pressures os well os on ovenue for the future. 148 Technical Education Cooctiing o student on bosic word processing, Ms Corlo Wuister soys relox it ' s eosyl Drofting requires on even hond ond o shorp leod os June Kim and Eric Rowson discover m