De Smet High School - Bulldog Yearbook (De Smet, SD)

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Ryan Schoenfelder Melissa Thompson Troy Tingle Matthew Wolkow Shawn Wolkow Brent Zell Mike Martens Diane McDonald Andy Muser Dawn Palmer Ross Pirlet Jason Pommer Jon Rapp Marcia Roeder History and P.E. were Ron Peterson's major classes in middle school. Marge Anderson took time out from teaching eighth grade math to clean her desk.

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Already into the swing of things Having been here a year contest in Sioux Falls, including already, the eighth graders oper- Bill Falconer, Brent Zell, Ross ated more smoothly. They Pirlet, and T. J. Kinder. Alternates become more heavily involved were Matt Wolkow, Raine Blegen, with sports. Andy Muser, and John Blogg. Being eighth graders means a Ron Peterson taught history, long year of waiting, wishing and They finished the Civil War and saying, “Gosh, I wish I were Reconstruction sections and dug them.” right into immigration and the Marge Anderson taught math, turn of the twentieth century. After winning at the local level, Delores Johnson taught reading four students attended a math while Kathie Prahl taught gram- mar. Kathie Prahl also taught art. She said, “By the eighth grade they used the elements of line, shape, color they had learned in the seventh grade to do specific art forms, drawing, print making, lettering and many more art experiences with various media being used. Four junior high students are enjoying a fun game of badminton during P.E Ranie Blegen John Blogg Jody Borah Eric Bublitz Lamont Crook James Dobson Bill Falconer Bobbie Geyer Leon Gilbertson Lynette Grabowska Leslie Haines Angela Hackett 18 Amy Halverson Troy Halverson Kari Hansen Rhea Hein Rodney Holland Teri Holland Chris Holmland Debra Janssen T. J. Kinder Amy Kruse

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Newcomers change their old habits Learning to change their old habits was a major part of school life for the seventh graders. This introduction occurred when they entered the new world at De Smet High School. Their new life and atmos- phere involved restricted class schedules, new teachers for every subject, admittance slips if they were tardy, greater compe- tition in sports, and detentions if they got into trouble. They also had to get used to a new vocabulary program in reading class. Mrs. Johnson said, Ultimately the participants of this program will become audacious in the use of their prodigious vocabulary and will pursue interminable papers of material in a highly proficient, authoritative way. Kathie Prahl taught English. She said, We investigated how sentences are constructed. Like a scientist in the lab, we dissected sentences, examined the parts, and put them back together again. Mrs. Prahl also taught a visual arts class. They were introduced to the basic elements found in all art work, line, shape and color used with different media. Joyce Fried, taught two classes of life science in the morning and also a study hall. In the afternoon Mrs. Fried was in charge of the Learning Disabilities Resource Room for grades 7-12. This is the first year there has been such a program at the junior and high school levels, said Mrs. Fried. Ron Peterson taught better fundamentals of basketball and wrestling. We also worked on lifetime sports skills, said Mr. Peterson. Stuart Apland Amy Brown Danny Brown Ryan Buchele Jason Groce Matt Hanson Jason Hein Melissa Junker Darcy Keller Robert Knadle Brad Kruse James Kruse Ryan Larson Derek Lee Randall Lincoln Sharon Lundquist Matthew Mackey Terry Mangelson 90 Delores Johnson taught seventh grade reading. Kathie Prahl was kept very busy with English and art.