Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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Profile: Foreign Exchange The 8:20 bell rings and, as usual, you head for your first hour class. Something is different though. The guy sitting next to you is a complete stranger, and you've never seen the girl sitting in front of you. Obviously, these two must be new in town, since “everyone knows everyone” in Paris. Well, you are absolutely right; however, not only are the boy and girl new to Paris, but they are also new to America. Meet Brad Denham from Australia and Anna Svenson from Sweden. Brad and Anna are two foreign exchange students attending classes at Paris High School . The Arena staff interviewed the exchange students to find out how Paris compares with their homes in Sweden and Australia. When interviewed. Brad stated that America has much stricter rules than Australia. There are fewer law enforcement officers, and. unlike America, the policemen's jurisdiction is limited to the town. Brad also noted the difference in landscape in America and Australia. Brad said, “1 miss the miles and miles of sandy beaches next to the ocean.” a. Anna works diligently to complete one of Mr. V’s government exams. b. Good Day Male! — Brad Denhams favorite greeting. c. “This is America, slated Anna after she received these two gifts from friends for her 18th birthday. Anna added, Finding friends has been easy for me in Paris. 4 Feature

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News: Trying to Adjust to the Changing Times When the yearbook comes in, most of us first flip to the pages where we would find ourselves, we laugh in horror and gloat in delight at how the camera captured us. Next, we slowly look at all the pictures in the book, page by page. Once we've done this, we start handing the book from one friend to another to sign. At the end of several weeks, the Arena goes on a shelf, forgotten. Many years later, we pull the Arena from its shelf or box to view. Then we appreciate our high school years from a different perspective. That, after all, is one of the major purposes of a yearbook — to present the year in review: to give us the news of events, trends, and of people. This year, we on the Arena staff have tried to summarize the news of 1986 at P.H.S. for you. In pictures and words, we have highlighted the entire year for every P.H.S. student to remember. News: Trying to adjust to the changing times Being a town of only 10,000, Paris offers a limited variety of people with un changing attitudes; consistently, the community seems to evolve around the high school and its activities. Regardless of the small size of the community, the sensitivity and understanding of both the high school students and the Paris residents showed through during the times of change in 1985 and 1986. The 1985-’86 school year certainly wasn 7 a typical year. The year was filled with many tragic occurences of both national and local importance. The untimely death of a PHS student, Linda Wolfe, resulted when the car she was riding in plunged into the East Lake. Linda’s death was just the first tragedy in a year of unfortunate accidents. On Tuesday, January 28, 1986, a far- reaching accident resulted in the death of seven American astronauts. The Shuttle Challenger lifted off at 11:38 a.m. on January 28; a scant thirty seconds later, the shuttle and the lives of the seven astronauts were destroyed in a terrible explosion. With this explosion, the freauent terrorist attacks worldwide, and the later U.S. air raids on Libya, 1986 was a time of turmoil all across A merica. On the brighter side, there were also good times at PHS. One outstanding event occurred during the year when the boys’ basketball team made it to the area sectional. Six busloads of students rode down to Benton and pulled together to make the game an unforgettable experience. Another good thing was the long-awaited arrival of spring after a seemingly long winter. Making the most of the warm weather, students played frisbee, bathed in the sun, and cruised around the school with their windows down and their radios cranked.” A contagious disease. Spring Fever, was soon running rampant among students and faculty, causing excitement and good feelings to stir. The 1985-’86 school year, filled with both tragedies and good times, was a time of change at Paris High School. Students and faculty alike worked hard to adjust their lifetimes and habits to meet the changing times. Theme 3

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Students Enjoy Paris Life Anna talked less of geographic differences and more about the differences in people. Anna noted that the people in Paris arc very open to new people. She said. “1 have had no problem making new friends here in America.” Anna and Brad made Paris High School unique this year. They added a touch of cultural distinc- tion to the high school. Anna taught some of the P.E. classes how to play European handball, and Brad taught some of the guys how to develop skills with a hacky-sack. Both Brad and Anna made many friends at Paris High School, and they will always carry in their mind memories of Paris. Illinois and Paris High School. a Anna Svcnson b. Brad poses for opposite sen day with new American family member Scott Russell. Brad spent one-third of his visit in America with the Alan Russell family. 1 “Once you understand the language everything else comes easy, but until then.. Feature 5