Wagoner High School - Dog Daze Yearbook (Wagoner, OK)

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,arf Olli Winzer From West Berlln, Germon-WHS welcomed 16 yeor old Olli Winzer. A few of the new things Olli found in Wogoner, Americo included the love of Americon footboll ond pizzo, involve- ment in High School Bosketboll, visits to New Mexico ond Arkonsos ond tons of new friends. Olli found it eosy to feel or home wherever there were sports, He ployed soccer ond cooched o younger soccer teom. He worked his woy up to vorsity bosketboll tecim ond wos the singles ping-pong chomp of WHS. Like Allesondro, Olli come on o yeor long exchonge with internotionol Chris- tion Youth Exchonge. While the other internotionol students come to Wogoner through orgonized exchonge progroms, for Sondy Cossonovo the experience wos different. Sondy left her fomily in Monterrey, Mexico but lived with Sponish speoking relotives here. Her cousin, Lee Guono, wos o freshmon ond oble to help Sondy with homework since they enrolled in the some closses. Sondy Cossonovo W wx. : -iii V . V. .S sg . ...tw--.ws-.--Q41-'KW 3? Hugo Fernondes l've never lived in o smoll town like this before, sold Hugo Fer- nondes, on 18 yeor old Senior from Rio de Joneiro, Brozil. Hugo found things here so much different thon in the city of Rio. Here, everyone knows everyone, in the city it's o lot different. Hugo mode mony new friends, won o ping-pong chompionship, wos elected Wildest Senior boy, ond ex- perienced his first snow! Exchonge Students 11

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Ill lobal education I V ' llfll. la I I I I ' 1 Reach Gut and Touch Someone Being an exchange student is not what it seems. Young people are not exchanged, but daily experiences are - not just sights and sounds, but the inner experience that comes only with the immersion in another country's culture. Foreign exchange students embark on an experience whose dimensions can't be im- agined. They gain insights not only into their new country, but into themselves, their own opinions and values. la' 10 Exchange Students Ricardo Harada Richard Harada coveted an oppor- tunity for an exchange experience so much that he came to Wagoner to spend December, January and February in an American family and high school. In Brazil those months are summer vacation. So, after 3 months of winter here, he returned to Brazil just in time for his school term there. Richard came to the U.5. with the Open Door program. Who was Italian, seventeen years old and new to our school? Alessandra Bian- coni, that's who! Alessandra was a foreign exchange stu- dent from Rome, ltaly. When asked what she thought of Wagoner, she stated l think that it's a cute little city. Such things as missing school due to snow, football and basketball games, and cruising were just a few differences be- tween Wagoner and Rome. Sandra was active in vocal music and en- joyed playing the piano. She participated in the OU Model United Nations and was head delegate for the Guatemala delegation. Allesandra Bianconi

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'ts 1. s 4 1 S l ws if fn Double Trouble Twins occur once in every 96 births. That means that in every 1000 live births, 10.42 of those are twins, The enrollment of Wagoner Junior and Senior high schools is 1025 students, and that number includes 13 sets of twins. So Wagoner produces more sets of twins than the national average. Twins don't always look alike, maintain the some interests or enjoy the same friends. But a talk with Wagoner twins shows some ofthe similarities that do exist. You always have someone to talk to. Sometimes we have the same dream. When one of us was sick, the other was too. One of us will be thinking ofa song and the other will start singing it out loud. Several of the twins agreed they were glad they were twins and enjoyed the advantages. The closeness we share is something ordinary brothers and sisters don 't have. Without a twin you would have no extra help on homework. I would miss that. Identical twins agreed it is fun to be able to fool everyone. When we were in kindergarten we switched chairs for about a week before Shug figured it out. I like to call my mom and act like my sister because on the phone she can 't tell us apart. I went out with my brother's girl friends 12 Double Trouble 4 Here are two twins, can you tell them apart? Right - one is a Parisotto and one is a Boyd. Y Ed Parisotto Evan Boyd Chris Parisotta and Kevin Boyd one similarity among the four of them is that they all have worked at Pizza Hut P Reminiscing about the past, Carol Young fills out her information sheet for the Double Trouble feature last summer. We switched on Mrs. Stivers in the Oth grade and that was fun. Being twins did cause conflicts. One day after school I got beat up because these guys thought I was my brother. When you want to be alone, sometimes it is difficult. A twin can be like a shadow. You get tired of answering the inevitable questions - Are you two really twinsp you don't even look alike? or Uh - which one are you? We had to dress alike. Sometimes when I'm on the hunt for a girl, I'd just as soon be a single faced guy. The overriding opinion was that the advantages of being a twin outweighed the disadvantages. To tell you the truth, lreally couldn 't think of myself not being a twin. 02'