Highmore High School - Hisodak Yearbook (Highmore, SD)

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 Language Arts Builds Communications This year Highmore High School was in the process of going back to four straight years of English. In the past students had the opportunity to select a number of semester English classes for a total of four credits. Re- quired English courses were English I, Speech, American Literature, Cre- ative Writing and Research Paper. Now English I, II, III, and IV are required. In English I freshmen learn the basics of English. They studied vo- cabulary, read an assortment of books, and diagramed sentences. English II, which is composed of sophomores, taught the students how to use the library, grammar, parliamen- tary procedure, and how to give speeches. Juniors are required to take English III. These students studied poetry, read stories and books and listen to poetry records. Seniors in English IV studies more advanced literature. They read poems and stories. Classes of English II and English III were taught by Doug Tschetter while Mildred Wollman instructed English I, Creative Writing, Research Paper and English IV. UPPER RIGHT: Mr. Tschetter eyes the photographer and makes sure that every student is kept busy on 1 his assignment as he hands out English papers. 1 LOWER RIGHT: Durwaid Ratzlaff keeps himself busy during studyhall by reading one of the many books they were to read for English III, A Seperate Peace by John Knowles. 20

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Science And Math Challenges Brain Power Mrs. Ruebel, Mr. Morriss, and Mrs. Moses were the instructors in the Social Science department this past year. During Mrs. Ruebels last year at HHS she busied herself with constitu- tion. It was a full class of Juniors, with some seniors having just one semester of it. One of the many things the con- stitution class did was going to the court house to observe and gain first hand experience with court proceedings. They took out a day of school to attend government day held at the Auditorium. Many local business men and people talked about city and state government. A new teacher this year is Mr. Morriss, he had a busy schedule. He had classes with all grades in the high school. In History I and II he had freshman and Sophomores. He kept the students busy just as well as they kept him busy. American Minorities and Sociology classes added a lot to the Social Science department this past year. Just one of Mrs. Moses classes was Sociology. All her classes were full and she was kept busy. UPPER LEFT: Roxanne Moysis, Mark Arendt, and Scott Peterson are hard at work on a physics project. CENTER: In Algebra I Brian Tabbert, Lennice Wheelhouse, Lori Carrigan have their noses in their books for possibly the first time. LOWER LEFT: Mr. Heintz as usual is keeping sec- ond hour Biology I busy with lots of hard work. 19

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Fine Arts Sharpens Talents The swing choir, under the direction of Miss Victoria Kuehl performed at various concerts. They had the priviledge to perform at the annual Bowling Banquet on May 13. They also had a lot of fun at- tending the Aberdeen music contest. John Weidenbach and his band students performed very well at their music con- certs this year; including the traditional Band Festival. They also attended the Aberdeen music contest and had some students do very well in the Miller con- test. The Highmore High School Band had the priviledge this year to perform at the State B Basketball tournament held in the Sioux Falls arena. The Art classes, which were semes- ter courses, were taught by Mrs. Jaquelyn Neuharth. The first 9 weeks of Art I cov- ered color and design in various ways. Also the basic color schemes were learned. Perspective drawing; one, two, and three points are taught in the second 9 weeks. Art I is required before taking any other art courses. In Art II, skills of figure drawing, and sketching, using pencil, pen, ink, pastels and charcoal were tried. They also did an oil painting. Art III uses various crafts and basic pro- cedures. Art IV is a semester of ceram- ics. The basic hand built methods and using the potter's wheel were covered. UPPER LEFT: Keeping everything together with the right beat is band students Chris Johnson and Pam Mason doing their thing at a basketball game. LOWER LEFT: With her hands flying, Tina Beastrom wedges and shapes the clay for Art IV. 21