St. Petersburg High School 1991 Yearbook (St. Petersburg, FL) - Full Access

F oreign Language Field Trips Gain New Meaning I I Right: The Fallen Valley. Chris Klemawesch, Jim Mabrey, and Greg McClure take in one of the most beautiful sights in Spain. As May came to an end and the finals neared, you dreamed of lazy days and made plans for the summer. "Sleeping in" and catching up on your favorite authors wouldn't take you through 'till August, though. You knew you'd be bored long before school started up again, so activity was the key word for many students. Madame Griffin chose an active summer; she took twelve French students with her to France for a tour of Paris, Annecy, and Geneva. Each student was assigned to stay as an exchange student in a French home. They attended a nearby school called the University of Savoie, which was only for exchange students from other countries. The school had no dress code, and the students studied mainly French culture, attending classes from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. 166 • Academics/Foreign Language Madame Griffin commented, "I had more contact with the young people this year and my class was so representative of the world, they really stood out!" One of the students that traveled to France was Juan Butler. He said, "I liked it better there because there was so much more freedom - no parents and much more to do." The French students were not the only ones traveling abroad. Spanish teacher, Mrs. Hammond, took fifteen students on an excursion to Spain. There, students also attended school, The lnstituto Sampere, but they all stayed together at a local hotel. They explored Madrid for three weeks, and saw Taledo, Segovia, El Escorial, and the Valley of the Fallen. Mrs. Hammond said, "In Madrid, we studied the culture and visited the Prada Museum, and the Royal Palace." "We went to the flea market and to a bull fight . We had an interview with the American ambassador to Spain, Mr. Joe Zappala," said Mrs. Hammond. "All of the students became a family . It was like having 14 brothers and sisters, and it was fun to have lots of people to go out with." Whether you traveled abroad or stayed home and caught up on your " soaps," the summer was all too short. Before you knew it, the days began at 5:45 am, and breakfast was a thing of the past. You looked longingly toward next May when finals neared and you could dream of the lazy days of summer. - Cara Capucci