Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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lubs assist Tokay, city Helping others was the busi- ness at hand for Tokay's service clubs Communications lmprove- ment Association and Key Club. The focus was first on com- munications, said Stephen Berkowitz, ClA adviser, but it's become more ofa service for the school and community. For students who needed a little extra help with their work, ClA had tutoring sessions after school. Volunteer students would stay on certain days to help those who needed it. The tutoring sessions received good publicity, according to Mr. Ber- kowitz. i'Sometimes they had more tutors than students that needed tutoring. Tutoring chairmen were: Pris- cilla Louie and Brian Brice. Anahita Jamshidi, chairperson of the escort service, started the program to aid new students in becoming acquainted with the campus. More organization helped the escort service as packets were handed out which contained a welcome letter, list of sports, clubs and their advisers, and a map of the school for new students to the campus. Volun- teers would take newcomers ar- ound campus, and show them their lockers and library and tell them the general rules of the school. Tokay received an average of 15-20 new students a week. Each student was escorted for two days. The food and toy drive was the most successful ever, according to Michael Lynch, CIA president. Tokay's total collection of 5,200 cans compared to last year's collection total of only 3,600. Doughnuts and hot chocolate went to Courtney Porter's Gen- eral Physical Science class for contributing the most cans to the drive. 3. To find the best doughnut prices Stephen Berkowitz, CIA adviser, Michael Lynch, president, and John Cook, vice chairperson, discuss Food and Toy drive class rewards. 4. Anahita Jamshidi helps Janet Aoyama with her Physics home- 249 work during an after school CIA tutoring session. 5. Collecting cans from a Lodi citizen, Kuldip Kaur adds to the 5,200 cans that Tokay students contributed in the Food and Toy drive. Photos by Eric Johnston To create a better image of the school, ClA planned to combine ideas with Student Government. Another goal was to get fresh- men more involved by having a Freshmen Auxilary to adjust to their schedule. Officers besides Lynch were: Michael C-riffitts and John Cook, vice chairmen, John Nahigian, secretary, and Edward Vander- linden, treasurer. ln Tokay's Key Club the offic- ers started the studentfteacher of the month awards to give recogl nition to those who served the school. Although the group had a slow start, the few people who joined made the club's existence possible. Officers were: Kelli Emerick, president, John Cook, vice pre- sident, Elizabeth Barnett, second vice president, Erika Kegel, trea- surer, and Edward Taylor, secret- ary. by Sheryl Tankersley f N.. if

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1. Tasuku Yasuda, Japanese ex- part in automechanlcs is Anntl change student and junior Caryle change student, answers a question Ruokonen, a Finland exchange stu- Young UWSCUSS 'hell' CliSSw0rk in from senior David Addington dur- dent. 3. Aya Ishida, Japanese ex- lh0lfJaP3n959 Class- ing a Japanese test. 2. Observing a Foreigners enjoy statesg expand US experiences Despite the difficulty in learn- ing the English language, six foreign exchange students found Tokay a nice change from their home country. These foreign exchange stu- dents all agreed that schools in their countries were more diffi- cult academically compared to American schools. Also in their countries, the students said that there was not much socializing between students. I wanted to come to the United States to learn how to speak English more fluently, to learn another culture, and to experience American life for one year, said Teresa Pinchera, a foreign exchange student from Chile. Other foreign exchange stu- dents were: Aya lshida, Satsuki Kubota, Tasuku Yasuda, and Yukiko Nakaura, Japan, Linda Nilsson, Swedeng and Antti Ruo- konen, Finland. According to Ruokonen, 269 school A in Finland was much more difficult. ln Finland, he was required to learn three languages and take 14 subjects a year. Sometimes he only had classes two days a week of one subject with four to six subjects a day. ln Japan, students must pass an exam to get into high school. They attended school in uniform from Monday through Saturday. ln addition to this strict system, they were required to study six years of English and are not able to choose their own classes. According to Counselor Del- mar Petzold, graduation and a busy schedule kept the American Field Senlice International Club IAFSJ from forming. The club has been active for the past three years. This was the first year it hasn't formed. It fthe clubl was formed for people who wanted to help the exchange students be- come comfortable with the school, stated Mr. Petzold. Exchange students really got along in our school, said Mr. Petzold. ln fact, a lot of them who have been here don't want to leave. Many common things in America were new to the ex- change students. According to Pinchera, when a person first meets someone in Chile he was to greet him with a kiss on the cheek. She didn't know that Americans didn't do that and she was introduced to many people. They would look at her funny and it took her a while to figure out why. They don't have pretzels in Japan, stated Nakaura. She was surprised when she saw the dif- ferent varieties of food at the Grape Festival. You have strange foods, said Nakaura. lt was a big problem for me to know what was fattening or not. by Sheryl Tankersley Photos by Matthew Silber ns?