Robron High School - Robron Breakers Yearbook (Campbell River, British Columbia)

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. 2' -r l ..- P D ,fvlf?f'-f . BIOGRAPQICAL IXFORHAIIUN st 23, 1967. Her family later Rumi was born in Sapporo, Japan on Augu moved to lshikari where she lives with her mother, father and younger sister. Her sister's including budgies and and tennis. In Japan found the rainfall in name is Reiko. For pets, Rumi has seven birds, a canary. Her hobbies include playing the piano there is lots of snow in the winter so Rumi Campbell River very surprising. 63

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RUMI MAKI 0 . My school in Japan, Ishikari Minami High School, was newly built and started classes in April, l983. At first, it had only grade l0 students. There were 450 students with about 20 teachers. This year there are about 450 grade l0 and ll students. Next year we will also have grade l2 students. The school is three stories high and is in a large square building. The subjects which are mandatory are Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Judo for boys and Sewing for girls, P.E. Cwhich is where you learn the rules of sportsj, Brush- up Cwhich is where you get special help for any subjectj, and Club Cwhich is two periods where you play inter-class games of the sports that you learned in P.E.D. You also have to take one alternate period of Art, which costs extra, Shugi CJapan- ese writing with ink on rice paperb, or music. The hours during which we attend school are: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:55 a.m. to 4:20 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from 8:55 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cone less class that dayb, and Saturday from 8:55 a.m. to ll:45 a.m. where you only have 3 classes. If you wish to join a team such as basketball or volleyball, you stay after school until 6 or 7 p.m. Ca little shorter in winterb. Unlike Robron Secondary, the students have a homeroom class where they stay for most subjects--the teachers move from class to class. Only in P.E., Sewing, Music, Art or Judo do the students go to a different room. We have a l0 minute break between classes and our lunch, which is eaten in the classroom, is for 45 minutes. When we arrive at school, we must leave our outdoor shoes in the area which is made for this purpose and use our clean, dry ones for wearing in the school. The teachers in my school are very strict and we have a lot of homework. This often takes us many hours to do each night. If there is a test, we sometimes do not sleep, instead we study all night long. Robron Secondary School is much more free than my school in Japan. The students and teachers here are friendly to each other. They talk and often play and laugh. Everyone is very friendly and open here. You are very free and can do almost any- thing you want to. I like the big houses and think you have lots of room. I also like the central heating. There is lots of nature and country instead of just many houses. I went to Stanley Park where I fed tame geese, ducks, and squirrels. I am going to show the park to my family when they come to Canada in June. I do not care for most Canadian food except lasagne, spaghetti, chicken, and JUNK FOOD. I also like sour candies. I do not like to see many people hugging and kissing in public. Teenagers also do not drink or smoke in Japan. Clothes in Canada are very expensive and so is food and the cost of going anywhere. I like your country and would like to come here again one day. 62

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OFFICIAL OP On October ZQ, l983, Robron Secon- dary was the scene of a special Of- ficial Opening and Ribbon cutting ceremony. On hand were special guests from Ishikari, Japan. As a part of the local twinning program, and in recognition of the fact that a student from Ishikari is enrolled at Robron, Japanese officials helped in the ribbon cutting that marked the official opening af Huis II Of the school's construcfiblh Addit- ional guests included fQresQnfat- ives from the local School Board and nistrict Administration. Follow- ing the ceremony, the various dig- w nitarles were guests at a lunch- eon provided by Mrs. Babchuk and her students. The visitors from Japan were also given a chance to see ty- pical Canadian students in action during class time. ENING I 'H I 5