Scecina Memorial High School - Scecinarama Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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David Paul Ajamie Colleen Joan Andrews Julie Ann Barth Charles Robert Beasley Meike Henderike Beekhuizen Diane Marie Bell James Patrick Bell Elizabeth Bixler Mark Loring Booth Roana Lvnne Boruff Ralph Eric Bowers Carla T. Bozzelli Kevin Francis Brady Janet Ann Brewer Katherine Marie Brooks CoftSG tl iHg Jo t C (6c(it The first time I got a tick was fun! commented Connie Hines sarcastically. During her month-long sum- mer job with the Youth Conser- vation Corps, Connie earned $300 and had a great exper- ience, like a month-long re- treat, as she described it. She also gained a school cred- it under Natural Resources for sticking the full month out. With the 66-member corps, such tasks were achieved as completing a watershed project, building ramps, planting new trees, clearing a wildlife open- ing and creating a hiking trail. In school, Connie's activities included participation in volley- ball and Softball, and working as co-editor of The Crusader. She also had one of the leads in the fall play and worked as a student director of the spring musical. The King and I. SENIOR SURVEYS for the Cru- sader occupy the attention of co-editor Connie Hines as she prepares for a new issue of the newspaper.

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ovcliange ioste ts J ii6nc(s on tbee cofitinenta Mixing in with new groups was the har- dest part for me, said Jeanneth Pedraza as she spoke on her life in the United States and the change it was from her native Co- lombia. Jeanneth came to this country from Bo- gota, the capital of Colombia, where she lived with her mother. All but one of Jean- neth's six brothers and sisters are married. She is the youngest. She attended a private school half the size of Scecina for girls only. No electives were offered, so all students took the same courses and stayed with the same group all day. Jeanneth enjoys art, reading, going to movies and listening to a wide variety of music. When asked about her religious convic- tions, she said she was searching for the truth. She was baptized Catholic, but has been studying with the Jehovah's Witnesses for five years. Not a regular exchange student, Jean- neth has been staying with close friends of her family, Eduardo and Lois Parata and their children. She enjoys her foster broth- ers and sister very much. Jeanneth plans to remain in this country for another year, studying tourist adminis- tration and gaining some secretarial skills. People are about the same everywhere, remarked exchange student Nelson Goes from Brazil. I used to think people from the United States were different, thinking about money all the time, but I found out at the senior retreat that they have the same feelings about things that I do. In describing a trip to the Western Unit- ed States with other exchange students. Nelson commented, I met young people from Japan, Europe . . . and I was surprised to learn that they are all the same too. Peo- ple have the same feelings no matter where they are from. While in the United States, Nelson stayed with Mr. and Mrs. White who are both police officers. He enjoyed his trip to Colorado during spring break and went to King's Island on senior night. He was im- pressed with the friendliness of strangers who invited him to room parties at the hotel where they stayed. Nelson came to the United States in Feb- ruary and had to return in July to Brazil, but he hoped to return to this country some day. Meike Beekhuizen, from Delft, Holland, was a foster sister to .Nelson, since they stayed with the same family. Fluent in Eng- lish when she arrived, .Vfeike had no diffi- culty with studies, maintaining high honors all during the year. She had no hesitation about getting in- volved in activities such as choir and the spring musical in which she played one of the king's wives. She also belonged to the German Club. Questions about American holidays such as Thanksgiving or Presidents' Day sponta- neously came from .Meike's pencil during math class or wherever she happened to be. Boy-Girl relationships here puzzled her. as they did Nelson Goes. I learned what jealousy is here, she said, commenting that in Holland, boy-girl friendships are not so close or possessive at this age, and dating once is not considered a commitment, as some teens here seem to think. Yet all three exchange students gained friends through their willingness to reach out to others, each in a unique way. iHFn CURIOSITY OVERCOMES ALI While read- ng a fairy tale, Jeanneth Pedraza shows Christina and Tony Parata the pictures. DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH? . . . Studying a book about English grammar. Sister Marie Adelaide helps Jeanneth Pedraza with her spoken English. Exchange Students 67

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Ocralyn Ann Brown Karen Louise Burford Patrick Thomai Cangany Julia Corrine Carroll Julie Ann Carroll Lisa Dorian Childs Martha Ann Clark Theresa Marie Clark Donna Elaine Clements Janice Christine Clements Dennis James Colombo Richard Alan Connor Chris Adam Crabtree Lisa Michele Crapo Laura Lee Curren Mark Raymond Darragh Brian Thomas Dew Mary Louise Dixon Theresa Rose Doan Julia R. Dugan Michele Ann Early Carla Marie Eble Annette Macrina Elliott Kevin David Elmore Sherry Lynn England