Senior Profile - Henriette Wicke

Henriette Wicke - Henriette was born on October 5, 1986 in Bonn, Germany and is a foreign exchange student at Plainview High School. This year she has greatly enjoyed experiencing life in the States and has taken the opportunity to compete in all the Hawk sports she could and take interesting classes as well. Her favorite class is Spanish I over the Distance Learning (DL) because she loves to learn languages because it is easy when one realizes there are many similarities between English, Spanish, and French..another language she knows...., and German. She also likes the DL mode of learning because she gets to work with other students from many of the area schools. She sites her parents as her role models because "they work hard to give my brothers and me every opportunity we can get...especially the opportunity to come to the United States to study." Her favorite childhood memory is going on a trip to Portugal with her grandparents. This year at PHS she stay very involved but enjoyed acting out a play that she and her classmates wrote as her most memorable time. As with most of the foreign exchange students Henriette is most proud of making her way to the USA alone and finding new friends here so easily. Henriette's future plans include attending an university in Germany but she is not sure what she will study yet. Her very wise advice to underclassmen is to "learn for your self, not for the teachers!"

Favorite Movie: Just Married