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

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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

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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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Third Grade learns to study The third grade was taught by Colleen Van Meter and Diane Casper. There were 31 students and this year was when school work became harder and they concentrated more on their studies. There were 27 kids in the second grade, and the class was taught by Eileen Goreham. Second grade was the year when the kids started basic multiplica- tion as part of their studies. Also they learned a little about Laura Ingalls Wilder, taking a short tour of her homes. Also at the end of the year they had Kay Vallery come and speak to them about how to take care of pets. Front row: Christine Janish, Elimae Stubbe, Jessica Stout, Jeff Johnson, Patrick Poppen, Carrie Driscoll, Pegsy Akkerman, Stephanie Asleson. Back row: Mrs. Casper, Travis Skyberg, Dana Blegen, Jason Baszler, Derik Knock, Penny Kruse, Kathy Peckenpaugh, Joey Harvey. Front: Teri Cummins, Lisa Keckey, Amy Roth, Paula Jennings, Aaron Mulock. Middle: Darrell Hallan, Christy Brown, Melissa Gilligan, Billy Engel, Jayson Whitney, Chad Pekron. Back: Mrs. Van Meter, Shane Hein, Travis Mackey, Danny Wilkinson, Emily Osthus, Amber Dilka. Front: Heather Johnson, Amy Whitaker, Jessica Bowes, Lynette Widman, Kari Kinder, Carrie Mandernach. Middle. Amanda McKittrick, Stacy Geyer, Mike Burgers, Adam Wolkow, Monica Richards, Matt Peckenpaugh, Adam Larson, Jeremy Dobson Back: Mrs. Goreham, Jason As skew, Chris Palmlund, Adam Dannenbr- ing, Jeff Holte, Eric Anderson, Jacob Limmer, Richard Knadle, Barry Hein, Mrs. Pirlet, aide. Not pictured: Robyn Buchele. 25