Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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Discovering new people ond places Not many students are fortunate enough to travel beyond Valparaiso to visit New York, and North Carolina, or venture abroad to Australia, Japan, or Germany. The Foreign and Domestic Exchange Clubs, however, offered those who qualified the opportunity to visit other cities and countries to broaden their outlooks on life. Both clubs used the process of applications, personal references, and interviews to select their participants. These students were chosen on the basis of personality, activities, and the adaptability to new environments. Student traveling during the summer to Western Europe, South America, the Philip- pines, and Japan met their expenses by receiv- ing money raised through the Foreign Ex- change Club’s monthly movies and by dona- tions from local organizations. Throughout the school year, all FEC members were able to participate in trips to ethnic locations including a German restaurant in Chicago and a theater production of “Fiddler On the Roof.” Other activities, according to Sponsor Margaret Phil- lips, were the Foreign Feast and the Interna- tional Understanding Weekend. These tradi- tional events offered opportunities to sample foreign foods and meet foreign exchange stu- dents from around the area. While FEC provided the opportunity for inter- national exchange, the Domestic Exchange Program allowed students to see regional and cultural differences in both people and school systems, co-sponsor Nancy Hutton explained that the program originated three years ago in order to give VHS students a chance to exper- ience a different way of life within the United States. This program is an excellent way to receive a better understanding of education, regions, cultures, and an appreciation of our area,” she added. In April, 12 participants flew to Rocky Mount, North Carolina, where they lived with students of Northern Nash High School. For one week they received a taste of the “southern life” and visited regional points of interest. Part of this program included VHS sponsor- ing students from North Carolina to visit Valpar- aiso. During their stay they visited Chicago and the Indiana Dunes State Park, and has a geo- graphical tour of the area. Besides attending classes at VHS, their activities included a pro- gressive dinner and the semi-state basketball game in Ft. Wayne. — Melanie Redding 28 — Foreign Exchange Domestic Exchange

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— I Confronted bv dollar dilemmas ' r clubs relv on increased numbers I to help boost their budgets I f a runner realizes from practices or past meets that he gets a good start in a race only to fall behind toward the end, he ' ll try to pace him- self differently, With a few attempts and some luck, he ' ll find a rate that results in better clockings on the stop- watch. We often go about solving a prob- lem by taking elements of past suc- cesses and combining them in new ways. This was the method VHS clubs took toward what Assistant Principal Robert Sutton, director of extra-cur- riculor activities, said was the main dif- ficulty clubs faced this year: raising money. As inflation and student apathy to- ward the formerly lucrative post-game sock-hops combined to deplete club incomes, VHS organizations were forced to look for new money-makers and rely more heavily on other sources of revenue, such as bake sales and membership dues. One new fund-raiser idea this year was DECA ' S Fall Flurry of Fashion Show, presented in October. Most clubs, however, depended more on ideas from past years. Fortunately for many clubs, student participation rose markedly this year. V-teens, for example, trippled in size, over last year, while Pep Club boasted a 25 per cent rise in membership, add- ing extra dollars through dues and ad- ditional hands to help at club activities. Some clubs, like Drama Club, whose membership remained more consis- tent with past years, instead had to increase dues. If clubs had serious financial troubles, they could request help from the Stu- dent Faculty Senate, Instead, VHS clubs found that adjusting the pace was enough to stay in the race. — Sara Thompson In a scene from a rehearsal for fhe musical “Hello Dollyl” Cornelius Hackl (Eric Branf) anx- iously awalfs Mrs. Molloy’s (Mary Webb) reply abouf a date on Sunday. Sampling a tew of the exotic dishes at the annual Foreign Feast held January 27, are seniors Sue Bondi, Oenevra Harris, and Betsy Oriffln. Clubs Division Page — 27

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DOMESTIC EXCHANGE PARTICI- PANTS — Front Row: Rina Ranalli, Jana Buchanan, Cheryl Vocke, Eric Amund- sen, Marty Filipowski, Co-Sponsor Nancy Hutton. Back Row: Melanie Redding, Eva Ludewall, Ellen Geiss, Kelly Steele, Co- Sponsor Lenore Hoffman, Angie Ranalli. FOREIGN EXCHANGE CLUB OFFI- CERS and FOREIGN STUDENTS- Front Row: Foreign Exchange stu- dents Annelies Urell, Belgium: Mona Ves- terbek, Denmark: Mihoko Imada, Japan. Second Row: Officers Co-Sponsor Mary Stephen, SoonJa Masters, Cheryl Vocke. Laura Albers. Laurie Lambert. John Evans. Third Row: Students Trav- eling Abroad: Co-Sponsor Nancy Hut- ton. Janet Kendall. Kim Walls. Buffy Egolf, Lis a Bolde. Jamie Broadhurst. Back Row: Brandon Mitchner, Stacey Trowbridge, Kim Atherton. Kasia Doane. Wendi Horwitz samples a variety of foreign foods at FEC’s annual Foreign Feast. North Carolina Governor Hunt wel- comes Eric Amundsen and VHS Do- mestic Exchange representatives to the state. Visitors from Northern Nash High School, Scott Dunn and Christina Williams, compare bowling scores with VHS student Marcia Bonich (center). Bowling was only one of the activities they participated in during their one week visit to Valparaiso. Foreign Exchange Domestic Exchange — 29