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

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Front row: Lance Conn, Mike Borah, Eddie Fetzer, Travis Brenden, Troy Crook and Lee Hein. Second row: Stacey Asleson, Nikki Orton, Jennifer Sheffield, Lana Samelson, Jeffrey Tidwell and Eugene Thompson. Third row: Shon Anderson, Jennifer Farrell, Jill Sutton, Heather Peterson, Sonja Rydbom and Erika Prahl. Back row: Mrs. Sharon Johnson, Jeremy Campbell, Angel Hein, Brenda Widman, Bryce Gross, Chad Bergan and Heather Hightower. Not pictured: Jennifer Combs and Nichola Dierkson. Front row: Beth Rusche, Lon Janish, Mike Noem, Matt Martens, Matt Gilbertson, Jimmy Harvey and Tina Hein. Middle row: Jamie Stout, Ryan Akkerman, Lori Wallenstein, Lisa Gross, Brian Driscoll, Jake Vincient, Jerrud Blegan and Brian Page. Back row: Mrs. D. Gross, Kyle Tingle, Jill Gruenhagen, Anne Rapp, Keith Robish, Mike Wolkow and Stephanie Sheffield. Not pictured: Scott Wendel, Robert Poppen and Bobbi Janssen. Sixth graders lead the pack Sixth grade means being top dog in the elementary school and looking forward to being in high school. Sharon Johnson was the teacher. During Halloween the kids presented a special play to their parents. They also gave a Valen- tine play. Studies in this class included mythology, making castles depicting Middle Ages, fractions, decimals, and heredity. Other activities included making plastic face masks and drawing car- toons. They participated in a variety of sports, and also learned the fine art of journalism by publishing their own monthly newspaper. Following close behind, Delores Gross's fifth grade class consisted of 9 girls and 15 boys. Robert Poppen joined the group later in the year. They kept the year very busy with a series of interesting activities. Writing American poetry and drawing posters for the soil conservation contest gave the kids a chance to show their artistic ability. Prizes were awarded as incentives to work hard. During their pioneer study in social studies, a tour was taken through Prairie Village at Madison in May. Computers presented them with many challenges also. The computers were used mainly to drill on math facts, states, and capitals. There was also some programming involved. S3

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Elementary school principal, Les Grabowska, sends more memos. Elementary Office Staff Judy Poppen is working on her nineteenth year as school secretary. The office staff at Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary School received a new copy machine, bell system and clock. Now the teachers didn't have to run over to the high school when it was -10 degrees in the middle of winter or pouring rain outside in the spring and fall just to run off copies. The new bell system and clock reassured the students that they would get out for recess on time. Some of Mrs. Poppen s re- sponsibilities were taking care of the daily attendance slips, taking meal tickets, typing and filing. She also found herself bandaging knees, finding lost mittens, taking sick kids home. Mr. Grabowska supervised the lunch program and made contact with parents. He is the general supervisor or all areas in the building and on the play- ground. Mr. Grabowska also taught two P.E. classes. Emil Nelson takes time out from sweep- ing, mopping, emptying, shoveling, carry- ing ...

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Trading big with fourth graders Fourth graders participated in a wide variety of activities, including cheerleading and trad- ing all kinds of stickers to fill their albums. But the big thing was learning about the person who the grade school is named after — Laura Ingalls Wilder. Reading Laura's books was part of the program of learning about her life and the people around it. Then they took the Laura Ingalls Wilder tour in DeSmet. The fourth graders were divided into two classes. Audrey Gustafson taught one class and Jeanie Penny taught the other. Front Row: Tonya Johnson, Charity Montross, David Close, Kristen Kinder, Cynthia Mangeisen, Tommy Halverson, Lance Lee, Wade Brenden. Second Row: Mrs. Audrey Gustafson, Angelee Geiman, Bobby Orton, Matthew Sutton, Lisa Weeds, Jason Bowes, Steven Borah, Jamey Roush, Tony Woikow. Front Row: Caria Hoite, Chad Osthus, Scott Mangeisen, Ryan Borah, Scott Dubro. Middle Row: Michelle Campbell, Tabetha Klinkel, Cory Beck, Eric Johnson, Kari Farrell, Brandon Sargent. Back Row: Jennifer Haines, Mrs. Penney, Christine Palmlund, Danny Kruse, Andrea Mulock, Ricky Mausbach. 24