Stockton High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Stockton, IL)

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 aSUiad a forcig that Gomimm ty may apply for the Americans Abroad am. HBn Five studentefrom Stocktoa vere interested in applying. A selection oomimtUe was formed made up of the Chapter president, Dr. Raohuy; the A merit ans Abroad iERU r, Mr. fegdent Vd the candidates. A st have must be vRn excellent IttoMieuAY coordinator, Mrs. Taylor rtbe. Bretl; a business man, Mr. member, Bobbi Curry; a teache1 foreign student, Winie. Each school may nominate candidate must be 16 years of age studied a foreign language for at lea a member of the junior clas »: s academic record, and must be in ex AFS N.Y. makes no guarantee to accept a student from each of the participating chapter . Selection is made on a national basis and a candidate ij ftaced and accepted on his individual qualifications and» suitability for a particular family abroad. Last yea 0,000 students ap- plied, 8000 were chosen by AFS lff} as semifinalists, and 1500 were sent abroad. Randy Goode, Melody Parker and Dick Neebel were chosen by die selection committee to apply. Just as the annual went to the printers, word came through that Dick had been chosen as a semifinalist. LEFT - Mrs. Taylor and Mr. Walker BELOW-Dick, Melody, Randy

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avtd pcc t Along with the family relations here in the United States, Winie has a job to do. She has to convey to the community, Filipino life. She lectures to various clubs and church groups. The grade school and Holy Cross enjoyed learning about the Philippines from Winie and of course, the high school, too. Winie's job doesn't end here, though. When she returns to the Philip- pines, she has to complete her job. The Filipinos will be anxious to hear about United States life, thus making it necessary for Winie to lecture when she returns. Winie, along with her fellow exchange students, hopes to promote a better understand- ing between nations. But all work and no play makes Winie a dull girl, and Winie's no dull girl. Football was something new to Winie, but the Filipinos do play basketball. Winie was surprised upon seeing cheerleaders and had to stop to watch them practice the first time she saw them. Winie tells us that for fun, she and her Filipino friends get together for Jam Sessions. They listen to music, dance, and eat, so when it came to the American teenagers getting to- gether, she found there wasn't much difference. She loves pizza and hamburgers and eats her share at parties. Slumber parties are new to her too, which fact is evident as she is one of the first to go to sleep. Winie joins right in with our fun and she finds that what American teenagers do for fun isn't much different from Filipino fun.

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 DedccatcoK future of AFS in Stockton? In the im- PA.N , PAOUFZtC AFS m Stock- still have a few weeks of enjoying . After that there's the possibility of an Americans Abroad tradition for us. We AFS touring bus is scheduled for a week- 28-July 1) during which time approx! - thirty-five Stockton families should ha re the opportunity of close contact with a foreign student, the 1963- 64 program to bring another exchange student to SHS already has strong momentum under the leader ship of the new chapter president Rev. Patterson, and a central committee made up of the people pictured on this page, along with holdover chairmen Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. | Thomas, and Mr. Bretl. What is In the longer-i® ton? We would hope that a program so convtnciSgin B merit would be long continued in its present form, at minimum. We might even hope a stiimdus heren in fee program would permit an expansion as orog' We would welcome new converts to a concej|feh |W|ces more hope in mitigating world problems sfio far proposed in all of history's wise counsels. Am}, this ideal that we would dedicate the 1963 BLACKHMM £ We would dedicate this book to the AFsfl h—jtethc concept of people to people under particularly as provided through youth. We would dedicate this book to the many people in our own District 206 who are concerned enough to promote the local program either by direct leadership or with financial aid, and particularly to the Borsdorf family for this year so generously opening their home to a very special guest. And finally, we would dedicate this 1963 BLACK- HAWK to just about the most charming accumula- tion of human characteristics we've had the op- portunity to know in an entire life-time, to sweet little Winie de Veyra--and to the entire nation of people, now warm and real to us, that Winie represents. Top to bottom-Rev. Patterson, Mr. Drane, Mrs. Rachuy Below - Kay and Roger