Parkway North High School - Saga Yearbook (Creve Coeur, MO)

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ln early December eight students traveled to Wash ington D C to have a clo seup look at how our gov Accor e to Mr Arthur Busekist Clo Up spon sor The program - signed to give er un- derstandi o our govern- me nd the way it works.' Their itinerary consisted of six days in Washington meeting with members of the Senate the House, and the Supreme Court Flext they had an excursion to Close Up spent two days 'in the colonial village where residents live their lives as if they were in the 1fOO's. lt was like reliving histo- ry remarked junior Chris Burrus. Sean Gerowin ' 't Eight G0 to Washington 9 . . x . -si' vyv' Avyi 'f , H -- nt operates. - Williamsburg, VA., A .where g-I , D yy' ' A . , I - de- . . x H observing and frequently photos by Amy Jentes sits ,N x N V. gsx R! h 1 :fi if X J xbN fi isx f x -QN' .X N W -X H5 fX. X wsxxg . xxx: X if xl, - il -F 'J' K'-. Q3 ,xXgx'- xxx . N Ax -N--'elf - t 'M Y'-1 Close Upf73 f

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. V- 1 , V 3 ,rv , f 'M i ' ' J ., :f.-1.-Q 41?-3 '.v'91. w A -za fs' -4 t f?f3: 't'?24.e4:fQ-L Learning Styles cademic Farm System lf PNH was known for one thing it was its academic farm system, with students excel- ling in such areas as mathematics and Eng- lish. By scoring high on the Preliminary Scho- lastic Aptitude Test QPSATJ, a standardized test given to high school students, students could qualify for scholarships in the National Merit Finalist competition. To be even a semifinalist in the competition they needed to attain a 99 percentile. The difficulty in attaining such a lofty percentile was evidenced by the small number of stu- dents who made it into this bracket. Out of the 512 PNH students who took the PSAT, only four became semifinalists. The PNH stu- dents who achieved national merit semifina- lists ranking were: Manish Shah, Sailendra Sunkara, Julius Yang, and Julie Yu. Twelve other students received a commended rank- ing. National Merit honorees, Front row: Marcelino Chua, Kristin Boyd, Julie Yu, Craig Hunt, Wayne Chiou. Back row: Sean Lee, Manish Shah, Sailendra Sunkara, Sharon Darley, Julius Yang. Not pictured: Ed Hartfield, Vincent Cuenca, Angela Leboyd, Steve Cohen, Katie Francis. Jami Granger, Erik Grossman, Adnan Larsen, Mike List, Matt Love, Jason Randall, Sean Gerowin, Spencer Kei- mon. .YES -iw C. , 5.u.,:-V. Q., .5254--' 'rg 7ZflVIf:I'1t i- 4 mmm, . X it '4 if 1 3 C 'Ni . 'bn T2 in 3' -DO' ll X f ' , Z R . mb Missouri Congressman, Jack Buechner, posing with Junior Jeff Eisen, takes a moment to be with the Close Up group. Junior Kelly Burns studies the Vietnam Memorial. Close Up. Front row: Jeff Eisen, Greg Moore, Chris Burrus. Back row: Mr. Arthur Busekist, spon- sor, Dina Burlason, Kelly Bums, Brian Gold. Not pic- tured: Todd Schneider. vi ' B.-,S-X'-'N' ...A

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2 International Week, spon- sored by AFS, brought ex- change students from local schools together for var- ious activities Febuaiy 22 to 26. Thursday night the stu- dents attended the Pops concert. l especially liked the ending when they played each of our coun- try's theme songs and Andy tJorges Rublesl got to con- duct the song for his coun- try, said Meri Perola of Fin- land. Friday began with a breakfast in the commons and was followed by a tour of the school. Getting ac- quainted with PNH, the stu- dents sat in and sometimes talked to a few classes. Third hour everyone as- sembled in the theater. The group of exchange students sat as a panel on the sta with the name oftheir un try placed in fr of each Foreign I va age students asked uestions and the At the end of an e day they met at Casa Cial lardo for dinner. During the meal Mrs. Sarah Berk and Mrs. Marleen McCoy, lnter- national Week sponsors, presented families that had hosted a student with certi- ficates of participation. Ju- nior Fareda Metha said, 'lin- ternational Week was a real success and a good exper- ience to learn about other countries. - - . I Quests -Susie Wagner -photos by Michelle Guy 1 International Exchange Stu- dents. Front row: Anne Eide, Plag- lea Abdelmalek, Lisa Schecter, Barbara Carrera, Fareda Mehta, Brian Keams. Yolanda Monteza. Second row: Mrs.Sarah Burke, Del- phine Brunissen, Christina Jans- sen, Jenny Marshe, Shavm Batey, Jorges Rubles, Meri Perola, Fred Furtenback. Third row: Chris Sun- kara, Mindy Levin, Natalie Null, Ronit Kehat, Ela Lemelbaum, Axel Jansen, Courtney Sanford. Exchange students Axel Jansen .ti I 'IX . f ' xx qt Yi ik i J . E' I ffrlfr .. 2,1 .xii and Marcus Antman discuss a question just asked, while serving on the panel Friday. Natalie Null, Barbara Carrera and Jorges Rubles talk about plans for the day during the group lunch in the commons. Jorges Rubles tothers know him as Andyl and Meri Perola dis- agree. A hug, spoken in every lan- guage, displays the affection that was felt by everyone. 741 International Weekl-