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Foreign exchange students arrive from Costa Rica
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Staff Reporter
Costa Rican students,
Ruben Rojas-Quiros, Victor
Morales, Keytlen Acosta
and Benita Chen, arrived
for an American home stay
with their host families
for a month. The group is
traveling with an agency
called Partners of America,
and they are planning to
leave just before finals in
early February.
Ruben Rojas-Quiros, 15,
leaves his older brother
and his mom in San Jose
were schools are currently
on summer break. His plan
for school is to shadow
his hosts and get a feel for
what it is like in West Linn.
"I wanted to travel,"
Rojas-Quiros said, who
was given information
about the exchange
program and chose to
come to Oregon. Rojas-
Quiro previously stayed
with another host family in
Oregon before joining the
Dor way Family.
"My school is very
different from school
here," Rojas-Quiros said
about the school he attends
in San Jose called Colegio
Monterrey.
"We stay as a group
and teachers come to us,"
Rojas-Quiros said. The
students in each class can
decorate their classroom
anyway they want.
Rojas-Quiros stays
active by playing soccer
and has been involved in
the sport since he was five.
His favorite subject is P.E.
Other interests include
listening to the band Creed,
eating Chinese food and y~
watching the movie "V For
pizza. Morales also likes
to listen to James Blunt's
music and play soccer for
fun, not as part of a team.
Morales enjoys watching
the movie "The Notebook."
Keytlen Acosta, 15,
lives with her family in
Guanacaste. Acosta's plan
for school is to shadow her
host Kelli Walters, senior,
and she sometimes hangs
Victor Morales, 17
new language," Morales
said, about his reasons for
coming to Oregon, and
becoming involved in a
foreign exchange program.
"I am a vegetarian,"
Morales said, and his
Ruben Rojas-Quiros, 15
Benita Chen, 16
Vendetta. "
Victor Morales, 17, plans
to shadow his freshman
host, Kevin Sellers.
"We have different
teachers, but always the
same partners," Morales
said of the school he
attends in San Jose, called
Monsenot Ruben Odio. His
favorite subject is history.
"I wanted to learn a
out with her friends.
"I wanted to improve my
English, and travel," Acosta
said.
"My school is much
smaller than West Linn,"
Acosta said of her school
Centro Educativo Espiritu
Santo. At Acosta's school,
the students move around
for classes like music and
P.E. Her favorite subjects
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Keytlen Acosta, 15
are music and art.
"I like to play sports,"
Acosta said. She plays
soccer, basketball, and
sometimes swims. While
Acosta likes to play sports
she plays only for fun and
not on a team. Acosta's
other interests include
listening to Nirvana, eating
lasagna and watching
her favorite movie "The
Notebook."
Benita Chen, 16, has two
younger brothers, who are
four and five. They live
with their parents in San
Jose. She is staying with the
Reiniche Family.
Chen attends a school
called New World High
School which is much
smaller than West Linn.
"This school is so big, at
New World there are only
80 students," Chen said.
Chen will be a senior this
year and is the student
body president. Chen's
favorite subject is P.E.
"I've been playing soccer
since I was very young,"
Chen said. She is team
captain. Other interests
include watching comedies
like the "Scary Movie"
series, and she will eat
anything except Chinese
food. Her favorite bands to
listen to are The Doors and
Simple Plan.
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Photos by Cole F iala^