Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

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Shelly Thomas assists Jeremy Brokar, second grade, with an assignment. (Photo by Lorri DeWerff) Looking at a project of the third grade class is Shanna Vanaman and class aide Stephanie Sturtz. (Photo by Lorri DeWerff) Grading papers is a big part of what the teach- er’s aides do. Shelley Ward checks a few pa- pers for Mr. Ray Fertig’s fifth grade class. (Photo by Lorri DeWerff) BBC Time Aides help teachers An added “extra” for juniors and seniors this year was the chance to go to the grade school for 9th hour and become a teacher’s aide. A total of 20 students took the opportunity to ex- plore this new class. Darrell Seitz, junior, said, “I really enjoyed the class, and it gave me the opportunity to see if I would like to enter the teaching profession later on.” The program was initiated when some of the grade school teachers in- quired about some help during the day for their classes. Mr. Joe Hickel, grade school principal, and Mr. Don Caffee, high school principal, met and started the program. Some of the different duties that the aides did for their teachers in- cluding checking papers, putting up bulletin boards, and working on a one-to-one basis with different stu- dents in their classes. Reading to the class was another fun job to do, as well as helping in the physical educa- tion department and drawing up charts. All of the teachers indicated that the program had been effective and that they were benefitting greatly from the help of the aides. Not only did it help the teachers, but it helped the elementary students in the classes. “I feel the high school aides were also enjoying the program as well as benefitting from their experiences. They all responded to me in a posi- tive manner,” Mr. Hickel said. He was referring to the notice that he sent out in the middle of the first semester to all the aides. In it, he asked them to write down some of their feelings about the program. As he said, all the comments received were positive. 9

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Listening to the kids read is an example of working on a one-to-one basis. Here is aide Michele Haddon working with second grader Amy Hines. (Photo by Lorri DeWerff) Involved in the Christmas spirit is Patty Peintner. Patty was class aide for Mrs. Milli- cent Meyer, fourth grade. (Photo by Lorri DeWerff) 8

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‘Work3 Ethic Many students find jobs a necessity As everyone knows, money is get- ting shorter these days, and many students have tried to make up for this by seeking part-time employ- ment. Jobs vary from the well known paper route to helping the elderly in a rest home to serving sundaes on a Sunday. Students had many ideas and opinions about their work. Kim Doll, sophomore, who works at the Dairy Queen, said, “It’s fun! Everyone thinks making an ice cream cone is easy, but it’s not!” Scott Strobl, sophomore, em- ployed at C.O. Mammel’s, had differ- ent ideas. “Since I can only work on Saturdays, that gives me a one day weekend. The money’s good, though,” he quickly added. Different reasons for working in- cluded that some didn’t have any choice, others needed the money, and so on. Some gave doubtful views on working during the school year. Missing school activities was at the head of the list, and some said they wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. The money made is used in several different ways, but Barbara Biays, sophomore, working at the Branding Iron in Great Bend, is saving her checks for a college education. “I save the tips I get, but I never know where it all goes!” she said. Mmmm! Employed at Boger’s Pharmacy. Cin- dy Petz works behind the fountain and creates all sorts of ice cream dishes. (Photo by Chris Kincaid) Busy at work is LeAnne Detmer, who is em- ployed by Eldon Hamm and performs many secretarial tasks. (Photo by Chris Kincaid) 10