Highmore High School - Hisodak Yearbook (Highmore, SD)

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Students Learn Business Skills One of the new teachers this year, Mrs. Gauer, taught the Commercial Arts classes of Typing I and II, Office Occupations, Accounting, Basic Bookkeeping and Shorthand. The Typing I class learned basic typing skills. If they ventured on to Typing II, they were taught to type more advanced business letters. In Office Occu- pations, students learned to operate machines used in offices. Accounting and Bookkeeping classes learned con cepts of accounting and bookkeeping along with doing a uniton income taxes. The students in Shorthand developed skills in dictation and transcribing. General Business, taught by Jaquelyn Neuharth, covered comparitive economic systems. A tour of the bank was taken with a follow-up of speakers on banking and insurance. Lower Left: Janet McDonald was surprised to be caught in the camera's eye while working in Office Occupations. Lower Right: Back-to-back performances given by Susie Kutt and Janet McDonald. Bottom: Julie Taylor sits in solitary peace amongst the unoccupied typewriters. 10

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 The Language Arts department had a widely varied curriculum which gave every student a chance to do his own thing . In place of the traditional four years of straight English, there were courses such as Personal Writing and Journalism, which were each one semester in length and worth one half credit each. Required courses included English I for freshmen, Speech and Grammar for sophomores, American Literature for juniors, and Seniors had many options of English classes which they could take. Language Art classes were taught by Mrs. Frances Ruebel, Miss Mildred Wollman, and Mr. Douglas Tschetter. Mrs. Ruebel and Mr. Tschetter taught American Literature, with Mr. Tschetter having two classes in the second semester and Mrs. Ruebel having one class during the first semester. Students Acquire Language Skills Below Left: Miss Mildred Wollman teaches freshman students the basics of modern English. Below Right: Mr. Douglas Tschetter and Steve Morford research a topic for speech, which is a required course for sophomores. Bottom Right: Mary McGregor, Todd Cowan, and Bob Houdek try to put a little excitement into their Personal Writing class, an elective course which teaches students how to write more expressively. 9

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A new addition to the 1976-77 Fine Arts year was the Swing Choir, directed by Miss Victoria Kuehl. The choir totaled 15 members dancing to the beat of Con- temporary Music. Three choir concerts were per- formed on Christmas, Valentine's Day, and the spring concert. John Weidenbach and his band students performed very well at their 4 concerts; including Kighmor's tra- ditional Invitational Band Festival, directed by Jim McKinney. The Art classes were taught by Jaquelyn Neuharth. They were Art 1, Art II, Ceramics, and Arts and Crafts. The Ceramics class started with a ball of clay to create various ceramics pieces. All the Art students helped make the backdrop for Homecoming. The Arts: Making Playing Singing Lower Left: Lome Baloun waits to tune-up. Lower Right: Kathy Smith glazes a handbuilt project in Ceramics class. Bottom: Laurie Vilhauer and Laura Stoley, accompanied by Miss Kuehl, sing their duet for the Aberdeen Music Contest in front of the student body. 11