Rim of the World High School - Pibroch Yearbook (Lake Arrowhead, CA)

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A.F.S. Students. My name is Catherine Garcon. I am 18 years old and am from France. I live with the Hert family. 1 am very lucky to have found such a nice family. I ' ve had a good time with my sisters Dorothy and Liz. They are very good volleyball players. This was a very good experience for me this year. The students and the teachers are very nice. I have more relationships between friends and teachers than in France. In France we work too much in school. We have more homework there. 1 love the weather here it changes all the time, and the mountains are beautiful. 1 have one brother and two sisters, Didier (23), Nicole (21), and Veronique (20). My Dad owns a Renault car company in Lyon. FAVORITE SONG: Starship Jane by Jefferson I ' m Sak Promlek. I am from Lurin, Thailand. 1 have two sisters and three brothers. I really like the AFS program and think that it is a great way to send students into other countries to learn and unders- tand other people. 1 enjoy being here in America and like to see everyone enjoying being free, and so friendly. American ' s customs are very dif- ferent from my countries customs. I am staying with the Russell family in Lake Arrowhead. 1 love my family very much. They are so kind to me. 1 like this school very much even though it is so very different than my school at home. Here I am very free in school. 1 can wear the clothes that I want and study as much as 1 want without being forced by the teachers. My hobbies are reading, sports and music. 1 love the friends 1 have made here. They are very friendly to me. FAVORITE SONG: Sealed With a Kiss. My name is Koen DeBoever, and 1 am frorr Belgium. 1 am living with the Bemis famil) and like them very much. Having lived ir the cold but beautiful mountains, I ' ve beer able to see a part of California I never kncM existed. Apart from the mountains Califor nia has some other beautiful places, like San Diego, Palm Springs and Anaheim, couldn ' t have had a better place to stay. 1 love California and its people. 1 really like Rim High School. It has some excellen teachers and a large amount of post-schoo activities. It also has been a lucky experience to be ir a school for both boys and girls. 1 have hac the chance to be on the cross countri team and then 1 played soccer. 1 was alsc involved in the school play Airplane anc am also in the AFS club. 1 have made lot! of good friends and love them all. Thank! so much for everything. FAVORITE SONG: Nights in White Satin ' by the Moody Blues and I ' ll Find My Waj Home by Jon and Vangelis. 144 Exchange Students

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My name is Ann-Kristin Gjelsten. I am from Norway. I wanted to get away from regular life and do something challenging. I came on the YFG program and really like it. I think it is a good way to get to meet peo- ple, experience their culture and learn a lot. I thought that when I was coming to California, it would be like summer for a whole year. I was wrong, but the moun- tains are pretty and I ' m glad I am here. It is difficult to tell what I like best about the U.S. One thing I like especially is Mex- ican food. When I get back home 1 will go to a business school which is hard because of all the theoretical lessons. I am glad that Rim has all these nice classes that I can ' t take at home. I ' m try- ing to take all the fun classes because when I get home I have two years of hard studying left. I am staying with the Kirkman ' s. They are very nice people. I love them a lot. 1 will never forget this year and am grateful for it. Ha det bra og takk for heg. My name is Yasuko Okamoto. I am from the country of Japan. I really like the AFS program and learning of other people and their cultures. America ' s customs are very different from the custom ' s of Japan. I like Japanese customs, but I also like American custom ' s and find them very interesting. I find America is very very big. I really like Rim High School. I think Rim High School is very nice. The teachers, and students, and staff are very much kind. I am living here in America with the family. I like them very much. In school I am involved in the AFS Club. I am also involved in Rainbow Girls. I have made many friends, like, Pagie, Christy, Alice, Denise, Suzy, Michell, Kale, Chris, Diane, Tony Barbara and all the AFS members. FAVORITE SONG: Thebasa o ku da sa i. My name is Kayoko Maedo. I am from the country of Japan. I am living with the Rutherfurd family. I like them very much. They have taken me to many different places that are very interesting. I like many things about America. I think it is very big and very nice. 1 also like the school here in America. It is very nice. I like many things about Rim High school. I like the teachers. I like the library, the students and so on. it is a very nice school. The activity I am involved in is the AFS club. I like it very much. I have made many friends in the AFS Club. Some of my very nice friends are Kelly Timpone, Brita, Yasuko, Kyle, David, Ann, Rick, Pat, Robin and all the other people in the AFS CLCJB and the AFS Program. FAVORITE Daguram SONG: Taiyonokiba Exchange Students — X e

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