North High School - Polar Bear Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Romero Ali is excited at the way schools are run here. In her country, schools are segregated by sex and are very strict. Ali is presently waiting to hear if she will receive a scholarship from Kansas. If not she plans to attend college in Bolivia. Liisa Haapala During her stay with Michele Fechner, Liisa Haapala found it easy to become involved in many different activities. These included Drama Club, Pep Club and Foreign Exchange Club. One of Liisa ' s favorite interests is elephants. Liisa is from a small mining village. She views Des Moines as big and com- plicated but she said the people are very friendly.

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Visa Virtanen Foreign Exchange student Visa Virtanen, spent his year abroad living with the Colton family. Visa described America as having more life and more activities and as being a free society. He says that in Finland the schools are harder and there aren ' t as many subjects to choose from. Sports give North a sense of pride, whereas in Finland there is no school pride. He likes the American way of learning because there is a lot more time to learn. In Finland things go too fast to learn much. v ' One year here has changed my life, and I ' m going to miss the people. MEN Alina Alina Romero has developed a new im- pression of Americans during her stay with Kathy and Penny Brower. In Bolivia people believe Americans behave like machines, but she has discovered that they are just like her own countrymen.

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Assemblies proved to be more plentiful this year as compared to last year. Pep Assemblies were few in number but high in quality. Students found it easy to become in- volved in cheering to support a win- ning football team. After some persuasion, students were finally allowed to have the ' History of Rock and Roll ' assembly that was presented by KSO. They were not allowed to view the presentation last year because it was thought that a racial distur- bance would result. The traditional Junior Achieve- ment Assembly was presented along with a Spirit Week Assembly, a Football Kick-Off Assembly, a Winter Sports Recognition Assembly, and a few winter sports assemblies. North hosts variety of 1 . An enthusiastic crowd anxiously awaits the appearance of the football players at our only outdoor Pep Rally. 2. Junior Munchkins entertain the crowd at the Spirit Week Assembly. 3. The crowd gets settled before the Pep Assembly for the game against Hoover. 20