New Prairie High School - Prairie Life Yearbook (New Carlisle, IN)

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Patricia Carvalho says that in Brazil clothes are more colorful, especially shoes. Although Adrian Wiedmer doesn't swim much in Switzerland, he decided to try his luck in it by joining the boy's swim team this year. Ana Sanchez says the first thing she noticed when she got to the United States was the climate. Where she lives it is usually dry and hot. Q Be True To Your School Exchange Students

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Between classes sophomores, Pat Williams and Janelle Crowl stow their books in their lockers. Junior Steve King carpeted his locker with the carpet from his room and plans to install a strobe light soon. Sophomores Sheryl Gilchrist and Anissa Maxwell stand by Anissa s locker during passing periods. Be True To Your School Inside Look

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Exchange Mew Prairie has once again be- come a cultural atmosphere for ex- change students. This year hew Prairie is honored to have students from Brazil, Mexico, and Switzer- land attending classes. Patricia Carvalho was at home in ITenuque, Minas Gerais, Brazil when she saw a special program about sending students to Ameri- ca. She called for more informa- tion, her parents agreed, and she arrived at Cindy Wolak's home on February 8, 1987. When Patricia goes back to Brazil she would like to see some of the countries around there. I'd like to take some time to learn about the things I closed my eyes to before. Maybe I'll learn another language and travel to Europe, she stated. Ana Sanchez, from Chihuahua, Mexico, arrived at the Everill household two weeks before school started. Ana praised the school system by saying, The teaching is practi- cal here and not theoretical. In Mexico she studied calculus but never learned its practical use until now. When Ana goes back to Mexico she plans to take a placement test for the Technical College of Chi- huahua and study industrial rela- tions. Adrian Wiedmer from Jenuis, Switzerland, arrived on August 14th at the home of Tony and Chris Curtis. After attending the season open- ing football game, he could not be- lieve that approximately 4,000 peo- ple PAID to see the game. Back home only 10 to 20 people go to an event and they don't even have to buy a ticket, he said. When Adrian returns he plans to go back to school for a year, enter the army, and possibly come back to the United States and live for 10- 15 years but not forever. I really like the United States, but I love the country I was born and raised in. Be True To Your School Q Exchange Students