Photo Gallery: La Canada sister-city exchange students recognized by City Council
Esther Naranjo, of Madrid, Spain, laughs and puts her head on the shoulder of Veronica Muller, of La Canada High School, as they watch a video of photos of their time together at a City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Participants in the La Canada Flintridge Sister Cities Association’s exchange program of three students from Madrid, Spain, two students from La Canada High School, and one from St. Francis High School. The exchange students from Spain gave the City Council gifts, received certificates from Mayor Terry Walker, and watched a video of photos of their adventures. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Lucia Gonzales, of Madrid, Spain, shakes hands with Mayor Terry Walker after giving her a gift at a City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Participants in the La Canada Flintridge Sister Cities Association’s exchange program of three students from Madrid, Spain, two students from La Canada High School, and one from St. Francis High School. The exchange students from Spain gave the City Council gifts, received certificates from Mayor Terry Walker, and watched a video of photos of their adventures. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Sister-city exchange students Esther Naranjo, of Madrid, Spain, Veronica Muller, of La Canada High School, Lucia Gonzalez, of Madrid, Spain, Tomás Quiroz, of St. Francis High School, Joaquin López, of Madrid, Spain, and Christian Chung, of La Canada High School laugh as photos of themselves are on display in a video about their time together at a City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Participants in the La Canada Flintridge Sister Cities Association’s exchange program of three students from Madrid, Spain, two students from La Canada High School, and one from St. Francis High School. The exchange students from Spain gave the City Council gifts, received certificates from Mayor Terry Walker, and watched a video of photos of their adventures. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Veronica Muller, of La Canada High School, Lucia Gonzalez, of Madrid, Spain, Esther Naranjo, of Madrid, Spain, Joaquin López, of Madrid, Spain, Christian Chung, of La Canada High School, and Tomás Quiroz, of St. Francis High School, hold Certificates of Recognition given to them by Mayor Terry Walker at a City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Participants in the La Canada Flintridge Sister Cities Association’s exchange program of three students from Madrid, Spain, two students from La Canada High School, and one from St. Francis High School. The exchange students from Spain gave the City Council gifts, received certificates from Mayor Terry Walker, and watched a video of photos of their adventures. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Victoria Schwartz, the President of the La Canada Flintridge Sister Cities Association at a City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Participants in the La Canada Flintridge Sister Cities Association’s exchange program of three students from Madrid, Spain, two students from La Canada High School, and one from St. Francis High School. The exchange students from Spain gave the City Council gifts, received certificates from Mayor Terry Walker, and watched a video of photos of their adventures. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Mayor Terry Walker and the rest of the council watch a video of photos showing the time sister-city exchange students had with each other at a City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Participants in the La Canada Flintridge Sister Cities Association’s exchange program of three students from Madrid, Spain, two students from La Canada High School, and one from St. Francis High School. The exchange students from Spain gave the City Council gifts, received certificates from Mayor Terry Walker, and watched a video of photos of their adventures. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
La Canada Mayor Terry Walker reads a very short speech she prepared in Spanish for the Spanish exchange students from the city’s sister city Madrid at a City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Participants in the La Canada Flintridge Sister Cities Association’s exchange program of three students from Madrid, Spain, two students from La Canada High School, and one from St. Francis High School. The exchange students from Spain gave the City Council gifts, received certificates from Mayor Terry Walker, and watched a video of photos of their adventures. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The Spanish exchange students and local students are presented by Victoria Schwartz, the President of the La Canada Flintridge Sister Cities Association at a City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Participants in the La Canada Flintridge Sister Cities Association’s exchange program of three students from Madrid, Spain, two students from La Canada High School, and one from St. Francis High School. The exchange students from Spain gave the City Council gifts, received certificates from Mayor Terry Walker, and watched a video of photos of their adventures. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)