Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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Kathya Solano, In Spanish III, reverts to her native language. Most exchange students take language courses to fill their schedules. Alberto Ruano, foreign exchange student from Spain, relaxes in homeroom. All the foreign students are in the Student Council homeroom in order to meet more students. Laila Pederson displays the flag of her home country, Denmark, in the Homecoming parade. They found many ways to participate in Homecoming festivities. u. I Foreign Exchange

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Students take a break from decorating the ceiling to checkout what form the balloons are taking. From above or below the balloons formed a sailboat. I Prom day. Questions like, What's your dress look like?” What colors are you two wearing ? and Where are you going to eat? were heard in the halls, particularly from girls. Boys were asking, : ; , How much are you spending on everything? and Where did you buy her flower? •' Everybody started to prepare for this evening weeks in advance. She had to have her dress made or bought, he had N •-to order his tuxedo and make dinner reservations. Parents had to stock up on film. : s. Parents were involved in more than picture-taking though. The '• parents of the juniors organized the refreshment tables and the • senior parents organized all of the Post Prom activities. The day before, the juniors were excused from their classes to decorate the gym for the following evening. The theme song Endless Summer Nights by Richard Marx, was performed by Joleen Allyn, drums and vocal; Mike Dainton, vocal; Jody Ellwanger, piano; Terry Gsell, vocal; Tom Luellen, saxophone; April Marotz, vocal; Laurie Urban, vocal; and Chris Wilson, bass and vocal. The gym was decorated to resemble Treasure Island. This evening was exciting for all. Anticipation grew during coronation as Mike Dickes and Susan Olson were about to announce the royalty. Receiving the honors were Queen Kim Jaeger and King Lance Smith. For most, the day started out with a bundle of nerves and many last minute preparations. It ended in complete exhaustion and with the utmost satisfaction. -by Krisanna Kilcoin Newly crowned Prom King and Queen are Lance Smith and Kim Jaeger. They were bestowed with the honor at Coronation preceding the dance.

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 So many new faces around school with no names to match up with them. 3 Five of those new faces were foreign exchange students. They J were Trude Lunde, from Norway; Frederique Paulus, from Belgium; Alberto Ruano, from Spain; Kathya Solano, from ' Costa Rica;and Laila Pedersen, Denmark. A- There were reasons for everything in life. Some reasons for ‘ . becoming foreign exchange students were to gain experience, aid in planning for a career, and just for fun. I believe that being a foreign exchange student will give me . : world-wide visions, Ruano said. .'; It gives me a chance to make so many more friends, but of course a few enemies will come along with it too,” Paulus said. Because these five were from foreign countries , they had some ' ; preconceived idea of what our country was like. Some just pictured it as it is, but every country is unique. I pictured a lot of people, Solano said, “ and there are a lot. It is not to hard to fit in with everybody though. Most everybody seems to be nice and friendly enough, but there are some ways that these students feel they do not fit in, said Lunde. I feel somewhat different because of my accent and the way I dress, Lunde said. We dress so differently back home than you do here. Dress and accents may be different but there were many similarities. “I enjoy watching your sports, and ours are similar with a few exceptions, Paulus said. While some enjoyed watching sports, others enjoyed participating in them. I love to dance, so I am taking jazz and ballet classes here, Lunde said. I played soccer here, and it was fun but it's slightly different than how we play it in Spain, Ruano said. Different people made up a part of our school and five of them were the foreign exchange students; they were a part we will never forget. -by Krisanna Kilcoin NHS Foreign Exchange students. Front Row: Kathya Solano, Frederique Paulus. Back Row: Laila Pederson, Trude Lunde, Alberto Ruano. Frederique Paulus, a student from Belgium, takes a break in the student center while changing classes. More foreign exchange students have attended NHS this year then ever before. -4- |Fo Foreign Exchange