Highmore High School - Hisodak Yearbook (Highmore, SD)

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Vocational Education Teaching in the area of Voc. Ed. was Mr. John Ziegler and Mr. Hardel Thuringer. They shared classes of Wood Shop and Drafting. Mr. Ziegler also taught General Shop and Distributive Education while Mr. Thuringer instructed Drivers Ed. Mrs. Nancy Knippling was responsible for the remaining classes in this department. This year the Home Ec division ex- panded into a fuller program with Home Ec I and II, A and B, Home Handicrafts and Bachelor Living being offered. These courses in- cluded such things as meat cuts, boy's sewing down filled clothing, meal plan- ning and other basic methods to build from. Mr. Henry Johnke serv- ed as Guidance Counselor of HHS. He helped many stu- dents in deciding about the future and also helped them with personal problems. He administered ACT, ITED, GATB, Kuder Interest Sur- vey and Lorge Thorndike tests. He also distributed many polls and surveys in- quiring about students future plans. Seniors Tim Kusser and John Kennedy work together on a project daring the welding division in shop class.

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Student Council The first student gov- ernment of Highmore High School was in 1927. It con- sisted of four members. This year Nick Nemec headed the eleven member organization with Mr. Bezenek as advisor. The Student Council was responsible for many activi- ties throughout the year. One of the more important was the traditional Pirate Week. They organized the first burning of the H , which may continue on as tradition for years to come. Student Council also presented movies for the pleasure of the students. Movies such as Swiss Family Robinson, Treasure Island and Brians' Song were enjoyed by the com- munity. The Student Council al- so had various other jobs, usually relating to requests from students to the school board or administration. Many polls were taken on government and school func- tions. The purpose was to get ideas from students on how things should be handled. STUDENT COUNCIL: Front Row: Jeff Whiting, Barry Cermak. Second Row: Nick Nemec; Pres., Jon Garrigan. Third Row: Tammy Vilhauer; Sec. -Treas., Cindy Thompson, Terry Peterson, Vanessa Ankrum, Kim Baloun, Brenda Nickelson. Not Pictured: Ross Cables; Vice -Pres.

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Language Arts The Language Arts Dept, had a curriculum as varied and diverse as the students themselves. There was literally something for everyone , with two of the most pop- ular courses being West- ern Novel and Whodunits. Getting away from the traditional 4 years of straight English, students may take any semester long course and earn one- half credit. HHS gradua- tion requirements include 4 Language Arts credits. Required courses include Speech, during the sopho- more year, during the junior year, American Literature, and seniors had an option of Research Paper or Personal Writing. All the mentioned courses were taught by either Mike Pangburn or Lana Stoltenburg. Classes of Spanish I, Novel Short Story, Creative Writing, Science Fiction and Jour- nalism were also under their instruction. Theatre Techniques, team taught by Pangburn and Stolten- burg, was a new class in which the students tried pantomime, applied stage makeup, and performed acting scenes. Another addition was Debate, coached and taught by De Bezenek. Ellie Lits- chewski instructed three classes of freshman English. Top: Steve Porter researches the debate topic. Middle: Lorrie Baloun, Laura Stoley, Chris Johnson during Theatre class. Bottom: Sue Matte, Susie Kutz, Margaret Schmitt, Leann Volek learn the Spanish language.