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

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Home Economics Returns To BHS For the first time in 20 years Bowdle once again had a home economics department. Under the instruction of Mrs. Kay Wolff, the high school students had the privi- lege of learning skills such as food nutrition, sewing, home management, human relations and consumerism. To make the new program possible, an addition of two kitchens, a refrigerator and four sewing machines were added to what once was the 7th and 8th grade room. Janel Stotz grates the cheese while Patty Geier and Jaci Job observe this horrendous feat. Mrs. Regina Jackson gives cake decorating tips to sophomore home ec. students. Dawn Bieber and Sandy Jackson. The class later sold raffles on the cake during a girl's basketball game. Mrs. Kay Wolff gives a baking demonstrations to the kindergarten during American Education Week. This was Mrs. Wolff's first year as home economics instructor at B.H.S. 23

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Students Expand English Skills Mr. Tim Dewald was kept busy with all four high school English classes this year. He taught basic gram- mar, spelling and literature. Of course, all the classes looked forward to his regular Friday vocabulary tests with great anticipation. Mrs. Lois Knudsen taught the seventh and eighth grade English classes where they learned how to give speeches and impiove their creative writing skills. Mrs. Lois Knudsen is helping Jodi Job with diagram- ming in seventh grade English. Don Gross is listening intently to Mr. Tim Dewald during junior English. This is Mr. Dewald's fourth year as the English instructor at B.H.S. ABOVE: The freshman English class are hard at work. BELOW: Seniors Mike Weiszhaar and Deb Huft are hardly working on their 15 page term papers in English class.

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Vo. Ag. Classes Have A Busy Year The vocational agriculture classes, taught by first year teacher Ms. Leier, had a busy year. In these classes, much preparation for FFA projects were done such as preparing for judg- ing trips and National FFA week. In October, vo. ag. along with the FFA, sponsored a spook house at the annu- al Halloween party. ABOVE: During the Halloween party at the Bowdle gym, Marilyn Buechler showed her true beauty as a vampire in the FFA Spook House. BELOW: Ms. Leier, Bowdle FFA instructor, pre- pares for her next class. Ms. Leier taught vo. ag. 1. 2, 3, . 4 and also was the FFA advisor. Ms. Julie Leier is giving measurement instructions to sophomore vo. ag. stu- dents, Fernando Adajar and Gary Frank- furth. These students are members of a new class. Home and Farm Improve- ment. Marilyn Buechler helps the Kindergar- ten class with their hammering. During American Education Week the vo. ag. classes offered tours of the shop and helped the elementary students perform simple tasks.