Chamberlain High School - Cub Yearbook (Chamberlain, SD)

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Three new courses in literature and a new English teacher were added to the CHS English department. Classes in Shakespeare, science fiction, and mythology expanded the range of electives for the upperclassmen. Mrs. Nancy Shoen- hard entered the ranks of faculty in January after Mrs. Swen- son asked to be released from her contract to move to Woonsocket with her husband. Freshman are still required to take English I, but they did get new grammer books this year. Mrs. Keller, Mrs. Nankivel, Mrs. Winter, and Mrs. Cadwell also taught English courses. Mrs. Nankivel retired this year after 18 years of teaching at Chamberlain. Public speaking students read stories to the class to help them become less nervous about the audience. Nila Wagaman and Cindy Miller participate in a panel discussion for group communications. Deb Hutmacher and Laurie Swanson attempt an interesting creative writing assignment. Mrs. Reeva Nankivel Mrs. Nancy Schoenhard Mrs. Mary Keller 10 ENGLISH

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Biology students must complete Biologically Speaking and Review Questions for every chapter. PV = nrT kept the CHS chemistry classes busy for a good part of the school year. Moles, quantitative analysis, and memorizing part of the Periodic Table were also persued by the juniors and seniors in chemistry. To prepare students for this course and physics, the other advanced science offered at Chamberlain, Mr. Frary and Mr. Merkwan led freshmen through an independent study program designed to keep them interested in science as well as informed on how our world works. The fourth science class offered was biology, a sopho- more level class that explored the inner workings of plants and animals. Plans to expand and diversify the biology pro- gram were underway throughout the year. David Heesch engages in one of the various ways in which experiment- al error is obtained. The interaction of matter and energy is investigated in many ways by Ronald Frary physics students. Millard Merkwan SCIENCE 9

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The book is an important aspect of learning world history. Rita Kenyon, Kim Hoyer, and Laurie Brunken complete a project on the history of CHS twenty years ago. Social studies was varied and interesting at CHS. Three credits were needed for graduation. The World Cultures and World History classes all did projects on the bicenten- nial. The projects ranged from life in Oacoma 20 years ago to 20 years ago at CHS. Government students were involved in Mr. Cadwell’s new teaching methods during the second semester. American History students were aided by previous- ly unavailable information. Mr. Cadwell, Mrs. Winter. Mr. Giese, and Mr. Ausdemore are involved with the social studies department. American History is required of all juniors by the state of South Dakota. Darrel Cadwell Donald Giese Mrs. Grace Winter HISTORY 11