Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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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?

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by Marfhew Silber Clubs add ideas to school year For both the French and Ger- man Clubs, the year brought new ideas and situations. Al- though activities were somewhat sporatic, both clubs had a good year and were looking toward improving the clubs' programs. French Club was joined by a new adviser, Dacia Miller. Ac- cording to Miss Miller, when she was hired in June as a French teacher, part of the job require- ment was taking over the job as faculty adviser. l wish we had done more things, been more organized, and had more active people willing to attend, said Miss Miller. According to Miss Miller, the enrollment in the club was not very high. lt wasn't a very big club, only 15-20 people actively involved, but those people who were involved had a really good time being together and had a lot of fun, said Miss Miller. Although Miss Miller summed the year up as being spasma- tic, she has set her goals to 'mprove the program. According to Tony Young, German Club adviser, the Ger- man Club's problem, which dis- rupted the club throughout the year, was not being able to bring all of its members together. Because of the extended-day schedule, it was difficult to have meetings without excluding some of the members, said Mr. Young. This put a damper on the club. Some activities which the Ger- man Club participated included the Christmas festivities at which they sold homemade pretzels. The club has also had dinners at German restaurants. Second semester German Club officers were: Tasha Thorn- ton, prsidentg Michel Griffitts, vice president, and Lana Best, secretary treasurer. by Luis DeAnda Photo I. Video taping German skits dur- ing finals is Tony Young, German Club adviser. 2. What? asks Nlnehe DiLeo as Steven Payne 28Q pronounces her and Brian Manich man and wife in a German skit for class. Photo by Malrhew Silber