Bowdle High School - Bobcat Cossack Yearbook (Bowdle, SD)

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First Grade Performs At Nursing Home The first graders have enjoyed learning to tell time. Telling time on a regular clock and on a digital clock was a fun experience for them. Tumbling before a large audience at half time of a basketball game was also an exciting time. The highlight of the year was planning a program of Halloween songs, poems, and choral readings for the residents of the Bowdle Nursing home. The children presented their program and gave each resident a jack-o- lantern made from an orange. The afternoon was a good learning experience. FIRST GRADE. BACK ROW: L to R. Nicole Haar, Andrea Knudsen, Heather Person, Steve Goebel, David Heilman. Jason Hoerner, Jarrod Goetz.Joel Kennedy, Shannon Grismer. MIDDLE ROW: Justin Birchem, Perry Rye, Mrs. Fern Bieber, Lori Beitelspacher, Jessica Sandmeier, Lori Heilman. FRONT ROW. Carol Merkel, Joshua Manning, Kirk Huber. Kindergarten Enjoys Trips The primary purpose of Kindergarten was to provide a group life that would further the intellectual, social, physical and emotional development of young children. Many field trips were enjoyed throughout the school year. A trip to the Gaylon Goetz farm to observe shearing the sheep was a highlight. The fire station, Martin Bieber Library, and other areas of the Bowdle school were also visited. KINDERGARTEN: BACK ROW: L to R: Timmy Jackson, Rocky Hand, Mrs. Venoy Kurlc. MID- DLE ROW: Zachary Carlson, Bridgit Kiesz, Sum- mer Hand. Tanya Meyer, Sara Buechler, Jamie Birchem, Veronica Fischer, Nicole Dorr, Brent Huber. FRONT ROW: Tara Hoffman, Cody Lar- son. Jason Hoerner. 14

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Third Graders Create Bookworm” THIRD GRADE: BACK ROW: L to R: Paul Huber, Carrie Simon, Denise Karst, Jessica Per- son, Ricky Hand, Dustin Stephan, Jason Knud- sen. MIDDLE ROW: Mrs. Carol Flanigan, Ta- bitha Leidholt, Kevin Hoemcr, Keith Mertz, Jeb Schock. FRONT ROW: Wayne Huber, Andrea Eisenbeisz, Jenny Gab, Coy Larson. The third graders worked hard together reading many books. Each time a student finished a book, a section was added on to a bookworm.” Their goal for the year was to get their bookworm all around the room. In math class, they were all excited when they finally memorized their multiplication and division facts. In science they learned about rocks, soils, plants, magnets, and animals. The class welcomed Brian Saylor into their room. However, they lost one student, Wayne Huber, who moved to Sioux Falls. Mrs. Carol Flanigan taught the third grade. Second Grade Studies Pioneer Life Pioneer life took on new meaning for the second graders when they toured Daco- tah Prairie Museum at Aberdeen. They made butter, dipped candles, sat by a spinning wheel and wrote on a slate with a slate pencil just as described by Laura Ingalls Wilder in her favorite Little House books. The second grade class was taught by Mrs. Elodie Schmierer. SECOND GRADE. BACK ROW: L to R: Joel Haar, Curtis Jackson, Melanie Green, Mrs. Elodie Schmierer, Eric Bieber, Jeremy Hoffman, Shane Jacobs, Mark Beitelspacher. MIDDLE ROW: Melanie Simon, Rachel Johnston, Jason Buechler, Michelle Gisi, Adam Dorr, FRONT ROW: Brent Beitel- spacher, Timothy Thomas. Melissa Kiesz, Kimberly Reuer, Justin Bieber, Gary Grismer. 13

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Special Teachers Complete Faculty Several other teachers helped to complete the 1983-84 elementary faculty. Miss Grieve and Mr. Starkey taught in the new departmentalized 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. Miss DeVries and Mrs. Buechler were part of special programs designed to give extra assistance to students. ABOVE: Miss Lynette Grieve teaches 4th, 5th, and 6th science and math, and also 5th social studies. She was the new teacher replacing Marie Nash. Miss Grieve was also the girl's track coach. BELOW: Mr. Jon Starkey is the new elementary principal. He taught 4th, 5th, and 6th English, 6th social studies, and was asst, football coach. MRS. Elodie Schmierer and part of the second grade class are watching a loom demonstration given by Mrs. Linda Haupt during Am. Ed. Week. In addition to these programs, a new program to help gifted students is being considered for the 1984-85 school year. ABOVE: Miss Barb DeVries is the speech teacher for the surrounding area. She was in Bowdle Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. BELOW: Mrs. Marjorie Buechler, the Title I teacher, is shown in this picture helping Jerry Kopecky im- prove his reading skills. 15