Walla Walla High School - Royal Blue Yearbook (Walla Walla, WA)

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Students Visit Wa-Hi Exchange students at Wa-Hi this year represented several programs that are available to students world-wide Japan was the most widely represented with three girls, each sponsored by a different program. Other countries represented were Ger¬ many, Mexico, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia. The students generally agreed that an interest in being a foreign exchange student was the initial step. Then either a test or on ap¬ plication was required. Most of the students ' parents contribut¬ ed to the individual programs in order to finance their child ' s year ' s stay in Walla Walla. How¬ ever, the host families received no payment from the program Students were enrolled at Wa- Hi in a regular academic pro¬ gram, Language barriers seemed to dissolve as most of the students spoke fluent English when they arrived Each lived with a Walla Walla family, some of whom had children at Wa-Hi. For the most part students spent the entire school year with one family, but some did change families mid-year. Tomoko Ogihora, an eleventh groder from Guma, Japan, spent the under the For¬ eign EducationcJ System Service Mark ar d Donna McComas were her hosts for the year Alexondef Mooss spent ten weeks lr the In- femottonoi Education Forum from West Ger¬ many He was hosted by Mrs Terry Baker Miwa Mitsuyoma, hosted by Ken end Cindy Wolterng. visited from Sasayama, Jopon Each yeof Wcio WoWa hosts a student from its ' sister city In Japan and o Woio WoWo student spends the year In Sasayama

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Brad Schiing ond f?ichard Toley synched mu- s c from the Blues Brothers Devon Cuium ploys to the heovy metol sounds of KISS. Music of the Pointef Sistefs was done by Biie Jo Goodwoter Chuck Muirheod, along with Gory Spencer, Brod Jackson, and Teno Mier ployed to the music of Weird Ars like a Surgeon

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Brigitte Dietin. a senkx from Porrentruv, Swrt- zerkXKil, was a Rotary Exchange Student She was hosted by Bi and Morionr e Porker Martin Metzler, Tittsee-Neustadt, Germony. spent the year with Mike ond Linda Howel He wos o nnember of the American Scorxina- v on Student Exchange Keiko TsucNya visited under the Youth for UnderstondiriQ Program from Osaka, Japan Salty ar d Robert Cahi were her hosts for the year Anna Wintle. a semor from Monterroy, Mexi¬ co, was sponsored by the Academic Year in USA program Leonord and Fkxence Adams hosted her for the year Ivona Kkjn, a student in the American Aca¬ demic Youth Exchange program, spent her senkx yeor at Wa-Hi She was hosted by Joe and Debtx© Frozier