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

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Groups serve special needs Besides the faculty and administration, there are other people who also served the school. One group was the bus drivers. Three buses a day ventured out to cover an average of 330 miles per day round trip. A second group was the cooks. They spent six hours daily in the lunchroom making preparations for about 170 meals a day. A third group consisted of the specialized person- nel. Peggy Hettich, an Oahe cooperative education employee, worked as the speech teacher in the Bow- dle, Java, and Hosmer school systems. Marjorie Buechler was the Title 1 reading teacher. They both tested the students to help improve their areas or subjects. The fourth group consisted of the maintence engi- neers, Stanley Zimmer and Bernice Schlecht. They were responsible for the upkeep of the school. Ber- nice also helped out in the lunchroom while Stan was in charge of the video recorder for the teachers. TOP LEFT: BUS DRIVERS: Blake Eisenbeisz, Harvey Leidholt, Harold Haupt. They posed in front of the new diesel bus that was purchased this year. TOP RIGHT: Marjorie Buechler and Peggy Hettich are in charge of the special education needs of the stu- dents. MIDDLE: Bernice Schlecht and Stan Zimmer line up for the camera. BOTTOM: Cooks Adeline Brown and Mona Kenne- dy are busy serving the meals of the day. 15

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P.E. and music teach skills Music and P.E. were not only favorite classes among many high school and grade school students, but they both helped to teach impor- tant skills. Mrs. Mardella Bieber was added to the staff this year as an aide to Mr. Scott Parkhurst, the music instructor. She was in charge of vocal instruction in the elementary area. The state requirement of high school P.E. was dropped from the curriculum therefore, Mr. Larry Birchem was in charge of P.E. in grades K-8. He also taught health to the seventh and eighth graders. TOP: The beginning band students are intently working on their music while Mr. Parkhurst directs. MIDDLE: Mr. Birchem is helping one of his students master a head- stand. BOTTOM LEFT: The seventh graders show their ice skating skills. Some of the P.E. classes were held at the skating rink during a spree of warm winter weather. BOTTOM RIGHT: Mrs. Mardella Bieber is busy teaching the kindergarten class a new song. H

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Board and administration are active Purchasing a new bus and fixing the roof on the elementary school were just a few of the items that kept the administration and school board active this year. In February the school sponsored an open house for the Java parents and stu- dents interested in attending Bodle High next year. Java voted to close their high school in January. Approximately ten students will be attending Bowdle next year. Further incorporation of the computer into the school system was a major re- sponsibility of the school secretary, Elaine Geier and the business manager, Cathy Blumhardt. Payroll and school lunch records were added to the comput- er system. TOP: ADMINISTRATION. BACK.: L to R: Mr. Terry VanderVorst, elementary principal; Mr. Har- ris Haupt, secondary principal. FRONT: Mr. Ted Knudsen, superintendent. This was Mr. Vander- Vorst's first year as elem. prin. MIDDLE: Cathy Blumhardt, business manager and Elaine Geier, secretary take a break from the computer. BOT- TOM: SCHOOL BOARD BACK: L to R: Larry Gauer, Calvin Sandmeier. FRONT: Carol Thomas, Norbert Thomas, Alvin Eisenbeisz. 16