By Susan Winlow

For the Lewis girls, Ayanna, 16, and Najja, 17, and their 17-year-old friend Sierra Knuckles, Vanden High School’s recent prom night was a rite of passage – one experienced by American teens all over the country.

For Jana Jensen, 17, who is from Germany, and Brazilian Nathalia Carvalho, 18, it was a different, uniquely American experience, something they likened out of “High School Musical” or Twilight’s “New Moon,” minus the vampires and werewolves.

“Prom is like something you know from American movies, Jensen said.

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