Hurley High School - Hurkota Yearbook (Hurley, SD)

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01 H hand experience w ri ey7acT5rto - making the grade at HHS this year. More field trips and fun made learning science and math a much more rewarding experi- ence! How would you decide what colors are in a small sample of hydrogen? No chemistry stu- dent knew until an interesting lab experiment was done! Working with the help of their teacher, Mr. Alan Ward, the students made their own spectrometer and distin- guished between color bands in elements. This was just one of many labs in this difficult but fun class! The students learned a lot through their hands-on experience! Where did all of this neat stuff come from? Numerous students uttered this state- ment when they entered Mr. Hands-On “Chemistry is a tough subject. Mr. Ward made learning it fun, but it was definitely a challenge!” -Sheila Woodward, Junior v. Gary Galvin s science room. A vast array of objects were on display in his room — every- thing from snakes to ancient rocks! Most of Mr. Galvin’s students were assigned bud- dies in the grade school. The high school students explain- ed any questions that the younger students had and took them on tours of the sci- ence labs. All of the science classes were treated to at least one field trip, ranging from hiking at Newton Hills to visiting the Augustana sci- ence fair. How do you apply the bino- mial series to probability? Only two people in HHS know the answer — Mr. Randy Holzkamm and senior math student Jackie Georgeson. “Mr. Holzkamm is very smart, but gets it down to our level,” stated Jackie. In addition to the advanced classes, stu- dents from grades 7-12 can attest to monumental amounts of math homework. 'We learn by doing,” states Mr. Holzkamm. Many senior high students are also en- rolled in consumer math, which is taught by none other than our IA instructor, Mr. Tom Christiansen. Together, these instructor run a difficult but very successful friath pro- gram at HHS. a Mr. Ward attempts to help Paul figure out a difficult chemistry prob- lem. Mr. Ward came from Viborg everyday to teach 13 eager stu- dents the science of chemisty. ► The camera catches Sheila try- ing to solve a tricky problem in Al- gebra II. Working on the board was one of the many different things the students were encouraged to do in math. ► Kristin and Jennifer are caught trying to blow up the school. Mr. Galvin is in the background ready to offer these two girls some assistance! 28 Science Math

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Well Done How would you go about finishing a term paper? Fif- teen juniors at Hur- ley could give you their an- swers! For the first time this group was required by their English teacher, Mrs. Karol Aeschlimann, to write their own term paper — complete with bibliography and foot- notes! The typing room was hectic aspvery student waited until last minute to type their papers. Writing term papers wasn't all that was done in this year's English classes which were taught by both Mrs. Aeschli- mann and Mrs. Loretta Tren- erry. The seventh graders learned a lot, including the correct spelling of the word! The freshmen and sopho- mores spent their time dread- ing grammar and learning about various types of litera- I enjoy learning lan- guages. In Hurley I re- ceived the chance to take Spanish for the first time. -Nina Neimi, ex- change student. ture. Besides doing term pa- pers, the juniors and the sen- iors spent time reading works by various authors ranging from Willa Cather to William Shakespeare. Creative writing talents were abundant in ev- ery English class as everyone was required to write in jour- nals every week. Foreign language at HHS had an interesting twist in it this year. Nina Neimi, a foreign exchange student from Fin- land, was the only person who took Spanish I! This was the fourth language she has learned. Also, Mrs. Trenerry traveled to Viborg every morn- ing to teach Spanish II. The social studies courses were made interesting this year by Mr. Kent Wolford s new way of teaching. Instead of sitting in the traditional rows and hearing a history lecture, he formed groups to help students help them- selves learn. Each group had a leader and he she was in charge of getting and keeping the group on track. It made things more of a challenge, and also made the students take an active role in their edu- cation. As the year came to a close, the teachers and students looked back with pride and could say, well done.” a Mrs. Aeschlimann tries to an- swer Ricky's question during En- glish II. In addition to teaching high school English, she also combined with the music directors to create an All-School Musical. ► Mrs. Trenerry helps Nina Neimi with her Spanish I worksheet. Mrs Trenerry was also the librarian at Hurley High. ► Why are these desks scattered all over? It’s just Mr. Wolford trying a new teaching technique to make students think on their own. 30 Academics