Rustburg High School - Owl Yearbook (Rustburg, VA)

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Honored, surprised, and a little embarrassed at being chosen for the Honor Society, new members wait to be pinned. Showing the posters students can win for sell- ing magazines, Anne Cardwell helps out the speaker at the Magazine Assembly, Mr. Jack Stanley of QSP Magazines, Inc., ex- plains the procedure for selling subscriptions in the annual magazine sales drive. Assemblies 21

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WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY . .. ‘What is the assembly going to be about today?” “T don’t know. All I know is that it takes second period time and I get out of taking a Physics Test!” For teachers and students alike, assemblies are a welcome break in the routine of school. They provide an op- portunity to relax and prepare for the next class. An assembly was held near the beginning of school to encourage stu- dents to sell magazines in order to raise money for their class treasuries and the band. Soon after that, assembly, the National Honor Society held it’s “tapping” ceremony, in which the old members ‘‘tapped”’ those students who had been selected to become new members. General Motors presented a show on Science and Technology that was not only entertaining, but educational as well. It demonstrated principles of such things as laser beams and frictionless surfaces. The magician that came in November had some tricks that were even better than Mr. Reichard’s Chemistry demonstrations. “That program was really good.” ‘Maybe the next assembly will take off of third period so I can miss an English Test!” Recently-tapped, Mona Wood follows Claresa Johnson to the National Honor Society tapping ceremony. ‘‘Aw Gee!’’ Kenny Pritchard tries to figure out what the trick is to the magician’s last illusion. 20 Assemblies

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Right at Home How would you like to go to a foreign country of your choice and live there for a whole year? Well, we were lucky enough to have a student here who did just that! The student is Jukka Kemppi, from Finland, who came to live in the little village of Rustburg for a year! He is attending our school through a scholarship from the American Field Service (AFS), an organization designed to promote understanding between countries by using in- dividuals as messengers. Finland is located in Europe bet- ween Sweden and Russia. It is about | three times the size of Virginia with the population comparable to that of New York. Jukka speaks four languages; Finish, his native language, English, Swedish and German. In Finland, Jukka has won a National Cham- pionship for a cross country skiing relay. He likes Folk Dancing, and has done it since he was four. His parents are four times the National Cham- pions for Folk Dancing. Jukka has found Finish and American people basically the same, except that Americans are more open with their thoughts and feelings. He feels his experience has benefitted him, and his fellow students. They are learning about each other and having fun doing it! 22 Jukka Kemppi Foreign Exchange Student Jukka Kemppi smiles a hello at a passer by as he reflects on his life at Rustburg. Smiling proudly Jukka Kemppi shows his ex- citement about receiving his Varsity jacket.