Exira High School - Exiran Yearbook (Exira, IA)

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3 , Atlantic And Audubon Home federal Savings And Coan 1) Ardis Petersen works on one of her own creations during painting class. 2) Jackie Paulsen and Mary Hansen work intently on stats during the wrestling tournament. 3) Chemistry class lis- tens intently as Dave Best lectures. 4) Isn’t MOC one happy family? Judy Petersen. Denise Schrampfer. Cindy Wiskus and Mike Immel pose with Mr Roy. 5) Lila Pedersen shows off her '’Reebok” artwork during painting class. 6) It’s study, study, study in Jeff Nielsen’s study hall, right Steve?

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{Jerry Key (Jets Slower Mrs. Paulsen teaches French I, French II, junior high chorus, junior high swing choir, high school girls and boys chorus, high school mixed chorus, swing choir and individual vocal lessons. “I have to watch three study halls!” she said. “This cuts into my lesson time so I have to use my prep time to give lessons. I really enjoy the students I have this year. They are enthusiastic and willing to work hard (most of the time)! The eight period day this year made chorus avail- able to more students which is great.” She thinks her most memorable moment was the musi- cal “Bye, Bye Birdie.” Jeff Nielsen teaches farm management, livestock pro- duction, advanced livestock production, exploratory vo-ag, crop production, small motors and general con- striction.’ What is one of Mr. Nielsen’s memorable moments? “Getting my pay check on the twentieth of every month,” he answered. Mr. Roy teaches M.O.C., drafting advanced woods, dri- vers ed, 7th grade exploratory, industrial arts and be- ginning woodworking. This year is different for him because of a different bunch of enthusiastic students and their projects. Some of his most memorable moments as a teacher are work- ing with Mick Thompson when he taught here, outstanding projects like Kevin Andersen’s solid oak roll top desk and this year’s M.O.C. class giving him a flower for Valen- tine’s Day. Dave Best teaches 7th grade life science, 8th grade earth science, 10th biology, chemistry and ad- vanced biology. This year is differ- ent for him in that, because of the additional teaching load, there are a larger number of students than usu- al as well as a big 8th period study hall. His most memorable moments are the Chicago field trips and the 7th grade outings to Springbrook. Ardis Petersen teaches basic art, fi- bers, ceramics, mixed media, paint- ing, drawing and exploratory art. This year is different for her because it’s her first year of teaching here at Exira. “Seeing all the artwork my students had done first semester displayed in the lobby in conjunc- tion with the Christmas concert, was her most memorable moment. Walnut Qrove Products, Atlantic 22

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Everyday Something Memorable Happens “I wish we had more students so I could be a guidance counselor full time.” Mr. Ritchie explained. He is the new guidance counselor at Exira this year. “This year is different from others because I am in a new school and I have the guidance responsibility as well as teaching.” “This year is very different,” said Mr. Gregory. “This year is my first as a certifies teacher, plus this is my first year as a junior high football coach.” Mr. Gregory is the new physical science and physics teacher for 1986. The most memorable moments for me are those expressions on the students’ faces when they finally understand or achieve a task. Mr. Rick Nielsen commented, “Every day some things hap- pens, whether in the classroom or in the halls that is memora- ble. I guess that is what makes my job as a teacher so interesting.” He also commented that this year seems to about the same as most except the economic situation could change things in the near future. Mrs. Nielsen teaches the high school, junior high and 5th-6th grade band along with giving individual lessons and having study hall. Mr. Sleister said that he had too many memorable moments to list. One thing about this year that is different, though,” Mr. Sleister said, “is that there are many more students in both computer classes.” Mr. Sleister has both Algebra I and II, geometry, senior math, introduction to and advanced com- puters. Mr. Walker, who teaches six classes having to do with English or journalism, is in charge of the yearbook, newspaper, prom and helps with the musical. “Something that makes it worth- while teaching is when a student who has graduated comes back and says, ‘You know, that really helped when we stud- ied so-and-SO.’ That is nice.” Mr. Tjaden teaches four classes consisting of U.S. History, geography, world history, p.e. and he also coaches high school football, jr. high basketball and jr. high track. i