Robinsdale Armstrong High School - Gyre Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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SPECIAL FEATURE enka is pictured here in her host family ' s orange grove. enka Jelinek, a junior at Armstrong, was born in Czechoslovakia Land lived there until she was thirteen. In 1985, Lenka and her family escaped to Germany where they stayed in a refugee camp for about two months. With help from the American and German embassies, her family was sent to Munich where they lived for nine months and attended school. Finally, about one year later, they were allowed to go to America. Once in America, the Jelineks lived in New York for approximately three months. When her father obtained a job in Minneapolis, they were more than ready to go to escape the conditions of New York. Lenka is doing very well at Armstrong. So well in fact, that she took Enriched Biology, Advanced English, and Enriched Chemistry. Lenka still speaks fluent Czech at home to keep the language and culture alive. Lenka is also involved in many extra-curricular activities including this year ' s winter play, Future Problem Solving, and Debate. She is co- president of World Citizens ' Club and was inducted into the National Honor Society. Last summer she traveled to Argentina as a foreign exchange student. Lenka enjoyed all of the cultures she has experienced and is lookine forward to exoeriencine more. J N II € IE S 219