Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Thirteen Chosen to Attend State, Anytown Stephanie Smith, Peggy Quinn, linda Fabel, Debby McConeghy and Connie Price were selected to attend Anytown which was held in June, at Prescott, Arizona. Students from Arizona high schools were given the op- portunity to attend Anytown, a one-week human relations workshop. Discussion groups gave them a better understanding ofthe chief religions and races. Peggy Quinn, Stephanie Smith, Connie Price, Debby McConeghy and Linda Fabel were chosen to represent the school. They were chosen on the basis of an essay each of them wrote listing their reasons for wanting to attend Anytown. Eight students were also selected to attend Girls' or Boys' State. Participants formed their own government and elected officials. This gave them a deeper understanding of the re- sponsibilities of being an American citizen. Bruce Bouchard, Ron Payne, Joe Del Missier and Dan John- son attended Boys' State which was held at Arizona State College in Flagstaff. Girls' State representatives were Missie Miller, Pat Mileski, Judy Downey and Nancy Givens. This non- partisan program was held in June at the University of Arizona. Boys' State Delegates Dan Johnson, Ron Payne, Joe Dell Missier and Bruce Bou- chard, had the opportunity of experiencing different phases of government. Selected by the faculty, Pat Mileski, Missie Miller, Judy Downey and Nancy Givens represented Palo Verde at Girls' State held on the University campus.

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PV Welcomed AFS Student, Toshi Honda American Field Service student, Toshiko Honda, lived with Mr. and Mrs. Dewey, Janice, Donna and Demar during her stay in Tucson. Toshi's father is a doctor and her mother a teacher in Japan. She also has an older and a younger brother. Fukushima, Toshi's hometown, is lo- cated in Northern Japan, about 300 miles from Tokyo. The climate is very humid and the terrain is very green. Toshi noted the difference in climates but said she liked both types of weather. Being on morning session, Toshi ad- mitted it was hard to get out of bed. Palo Verde's school system is entirely different from the all-girl public school which Toshi attended in Fukushima. She attended school six days a week from 8:30 a. m. to 3 p.m. each day. Her favorite sports were skiing and ice skating, which she did every winter in Japan. While in Tucson she enioyed play- ing tennis and watching basketball and baseball games. Japanese schools start in April and end in March. They have a one-month summer vacation, a three-week Christmas vacation and a two-week S p r i n g vacation. Toshi Honda, Palo Verde's foreign exchange student Dewey and their three children. Here she became from Japan, lived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy acquainted with many customs and traditions. Foreign exchange student Toshiko Honda helped collected by the American Field Service. Toshi dem- English teacher Mr. Milton Agte sort out hangers onstrated her ability to count in Japanese. Before coming to Palo Verde, Toshiko Honda at- tended her home town school in Fukushima, Japan ' XFN... Ni lt S - . .. 74, I ,,- tif , 4--f fl ,N . 0 X, .w'7..,- my l x . . A r- -X 'A 1 IX

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4 MODEL UNITED NATIONS DELEGATES-Linda Fabel, Bill West, Lynn Morris, Peggy Quinn, Mike Tiderman, Janet Kington, Chris Armstrong, Chuck Williams, David Carter. J at . girl!! Sallie Saltzman, Janice Black, Eric Chaisson, Stephanie Smith, Barbara Carr, Faculty Chose Model Ll. . Representatives Gabon, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and the United States were represented by Palo Verde students in the Model United Na- tions. Twenty-one students were involved with this organization. They were chosen by teacher recommendation and then by application. The purpose of Model U.N. was to show how the United Nations works and the tremendous problems and complexi- ties encircling it. By taking the position ot another country, students realized the difficulties involved in solving the prob- lems of that nation and became aware of the advantages ot the United States. Reports on their country's geography and problems were given to the stu- dents along with addresses where addi- tional information could be received. Students then formed work and study groups. The University of Arizona sponsored the Fifth Annual Model United Nations Convention held December 9-lO. Sixty- tive schools participated in this state convention. U.S.ll. Model U.N. enabled high school students to parti- Nations. Two delegates representing the United cipate in an imitation program of the United States were Janet Kington and Chris Davidson. Mr. Bool and Peggy Quinn, Model U.N. delegates, discussed some ideas which her delegation could use.