Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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I. Relaxing in the Senior Circle, senior 2. Yoshi Kurosawa listens to a lecture Fernando Cuadra-Ambrass looks over in his United States History class. photo his homeworlephoro by Sfevell Cheslev by Steven Chesley F: I Ex ,p- QWM' -M... sr ' Y 3. 11 r 9: x f ENE Ma

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Al CEI? 3. Sophomores Mary Elder and Cath- erine Nguyen stack and label boxes for each classroom. 4. Collecting her thoughts before a meeting is Kuldip Kaur, senior chair- person. 5. Senior David Ferrera helps senior 111' Troy Sherill during a Communications Improvement Association tutoring ses- sion. 6. Feeling elated of their participation in the food and toy drive are seniors Edward Taylor and Prizal Arquelada. 13' QSM. ' if 'r 3 ,E if Q 3 e CIA 23

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Q7 :ke k.1,.,,, E Qnw .,.,mWYgAdf' Stud nt discover lif in new school Leaving behind their friends and family, eight foreign exchange students travelled from their native countries to experience high school at Tokay. Unlike American high school students who were faced with col- lege choices and Scholastic Ap- titude Tests, foreign exchange stu- dents struggled with adapting to a completely diverse society and com- plex language. The language was very hard to learn, admitted l7-year-old Yoshi Kurosawa, a senior from Japan. ln Japan we had to take English as a class. ln addition to Kurosawa, other exchange students included Susan Atefy, Cermanyg Ellen Nloermons, Belgium, Alina Folherts, Holland, ,pu- -' B Fernando Cuadra-Ambrass, Spain, Riia Levanen, Finland, and Marco Arcelli, Italy. All agreed that school in their native countries was different from school here. Every day was a different sche- dule, Biology and math one day, English and Latin the next, and all of the classes were required, said Atefy. We couldn't choose. According to Cuadra-Ambrass, teachers did not regard homework in the same manner in Spain as they did in America. They gave homework, but the only important things were the exams, said Cuadra-Ambrass, You had to pass them. Arcelli agreed, ln ltaly, the teachers give much more home- work. They don't joke around there. Here they are much nicer. Another discrepancy in the school environments was the sports sys- tem. ln Germany, Belgium, and Italy, there were no school oriented teams on which to play. Despite the fact that all of the students left their friends and family behind, each was able to develop their own niche in their new environment. Whether it was play- ing sports or doing their studies, the foreign exchange students enjoyed their experience in an American high school. by Cherie Cortez 3. Performing a skit in her drama class is senior Ellen Moermans. photo by Matthew Silber 4. Taking a break from their sche- dules, seniors Susan Atefy, Alina Fol- herts, Marco Areilli, and Riia Levanen share a laugh over their experiences in America. photo by Steven Chesley 5. Greek exchange student Kosta Mar- copolous concentrates on his reading assignment. photo by Steven Chesley Foreign Exchange 25