Serrano High School - Mirages Yearbook (Phelan, CA)

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EXCHANGING IDEAS When I first decided to go to the U.S. for a school year I started to wonder, as he time got closer to my arrival, what it was like. Was I going to live in a big city vith sky scrapers and yellow taxis or was I going to live on a flat field in the niddle of nowhere. What was the school: did I get a locker like in the movies, could I wearjeans, would I have to goto church, what was my family going to be ke, etc. When I finally stood in the airport I asked myself. Why am I doing this? land hat was not the last time I asked myself thisl. lt has been a great experience. I have learned so much about myself, my own amily, my country and, of course, the American way of living, school, and rulture. I have had so much fun but there have also been some hard times. It ias been hard to get used to being so dependent on other people. Serrano High School was one of the best experiences that I ever have had. I ke the way each student has an individual schedule because a subject can be chosen that is liked. I think it is good that there are so many subjects to choose rom. I didn't have enough periods to take all that I wanted. I played volleyball the first two months and that was great. It was hard in the ieginning because I just came, but the other players and Coach Turrill helped ne so much and I miss volleyball a lot. The first day I came to school was very exciting. It was very interesting to vatch how strange the girls were dressed. It was so different with so much nakeup and high heels in school. That is something that has been difficultto get used to, but it has been fun in a way. Even though it has been hard and there have been some days when I have ieen really homesick, I'm very happy that I had a year as an exchange student it Serrano and I haven't regretted it. I have probably been hard to deal with sometimes, but I appreciated and thank everyone at Serrano for making my atay so wonderful and enjoyable as it has been. Thank You. TN ? '- MV A -495 When I first came to Serrano I was very confused. I met so many different people, that after a couple of days I didn't know who I was talking to. So many people said, Hit and I didn't know who they were. I didn't remember that I had ever started any conversations with them. After a couple of weeks I gave up. I just said, Hi! to anyone that said, Hi! to me. To learn names I had never heard in my entire life before was the most difficult thing, In general the students were very nice. They all wanted to know who this new stranger was. They had to know everything and when they learned something about me that the other people knew already they would say, Oh, I didn't know that! This can't be possible. They all tried to make me learn slang language so that I would feel more comfortable with them. Many times I didn't understand what people were saying. At first I didn't really care. I sometimes just didn't feel like asking people to repeat what they had said, so I always said with a low voice, so that they didn't hear very well, yes. This was until a girl asked me if her hair looked horrible and I answered with my low voice. Yes! I'm sure this girl will hate me for the rest of her life. My first day at school was a minimum day because it was the end of the semester. I thought that it was so short, it was great. In my third or fourth day we had an assembly fthe group 'The Edge'i. I thought this was just going to be wonderful! Some of the teachers were very funny although I didn't get all of Mr. Piercy's jokes at first. Although I hated Congressional Ouar1erlies articles that Mr. Piercy made us prepare for every Friday and Mrs. Carters poems and Mr. Hanley's outlines and section reviews and Mr. HolIeran's ten mile run, I won't forget that the teachers were very nice to me. Also I won't forget about ASB's parties! I liked Serrano High School and I thought that people have fun attending. I think this has been a good experience and I'm glad I was chosen to come to Serrano. r H A . ANOQ lo9t1fvxLw0vELl,um 25

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The Hardest Walk Ask anyone who has graduated from high chool which year was the toughest, and nine out iten will respond, definitely the junior. The reason this year was such a challenge for so iany was because of the requirements, both aca- emically and physically. Several juniors took some of the Advanced lacement classes offered, such as American His- Jry and English, and most experienced the trials of Chemistry I and Biology ll. Juniors were more commonly referred to as zombies or stress monsters. This was attributed to the fact that many spent nights burning the midnight oil, only to wake two hours before school began to com- plete the rest of their homework. Both homework and the level of difficulty of the classes increased during this year, and all college bound juniors looked fonlvard to doing a good job on the fall PSAT, and to taking the grueling SAT test in June. In addition to the academic challenges, many were involved in extra-curricular activities. Rang- ing from sports, to clubs, to jobs, juniors remained busy'having barely enough time to eat and sleep, Although eleventh grade was hard, itjust placed the class one step closer to becoming seniors and to finishing the high school years. Q1 A , W tg-er' . V vi hr.. K C ,B , at M, .i f gs... I , - gg 1' 'rj w 6 4 1 'VY ,i . iii 7' M E 4 , Hs. , . A V gv ,iv , 5 iw' V 1 'e , , . W Z, -it 7 J' 9 Q- Q ai 1 2. 3 R T ' - fin, . Q an La , ,, te. 42 f , I x Q IV VM' .. .f u Wi -is f J ,X - ff' A' .6 2? ' 'Y - gf.. 4r -.1 IU' x ft Broderick, D. Brown, D. Brown, R. Buckley, R. Burcher, M. Carr, D. Carson, M. Centolranchi, T. Chesonis, F. Cofley, K. Contreras, M. Cook, J. Cook, T. Cox, J. Cox, R. Daniel, T. Davis, A. Davis, L. Dean, N. Desrochers, Fl. H fi' i . ' l ' ...' 1 X f- ' 1 ...S 1. 'Z' 42 . Q ,Q v Byars, T. Cabrera, C. Cohenour, J. Conkle, P. Cummings, H. Dahlke, D. Eastridge, M. Elkin, J. 27