Hildreth Public School - Greyhound Yearbook (Hildreth, NE)

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industrial Arts - Physical Education 2. Physical Education courses are available to all students at Hildreth, with a large assortment of games and sports taught by Miss Hill and Mr. Lewis. Emphasis is placed on Fundamentals, Rules, Sportsmanship, Etiquette, and Teamwork, and everyone gets involved with the activities. Health Education is also taught to help assure students understand modern day health problems. 1. Stephanie Dorn passes the ball to a teammate during the ele- mentary basketball games held during halftime. 2. Rod awaits Val's pitch during 11th, 12th grade P.E. 3. Volleyball can get somewhat rough during Coed classes. 7 Industrial Arts is an area where many students are able to develop skills in woodworking, welding, drafting, and construction, all while building some rather impressive pieces of furniture. Under the supervision of Mr. Mietzner, students start from scrap (literally) and proceed to build their works of art. Courses in this area are offered to all students in grades 7-12. 1. Kelly helps Curtis in the finishing room apply a coat of varnish to his project. 2. Brian learns to use a lathe as part of his woodworking class. 3. Greg and Rod carefully hammer in the nails to hold Greg's project together. 4. Curtis asks Mr. Mietzner for some help with his project.

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Business courses at HHS offer the student a wide variety of classes geared toward building career skills. Miss Hill teaches classes in beginning and advanced typing, as well as a class in office skills, such as writing business letters, job applications, and the use of calculators and dictating equipment. Mr. Boss teaches courses in consumer economics, ac- counting and business law, where students learn how our Judicial System works. Mr. Skrovan teaches Busi- ness Communications, where students work on producing a school news- paper and the annual. 1. Miss Hill helps Linda to learn the importance of taking mes- sages correctly. 2. Lisa, Brent, and Loree listen carefully as their case is re- viewed at the Mock Trial competition in Minden. 3. Clark asks if it’s okay if he uses just one finger to learn to type. 4. Miss Hill passes back tests taken by the office practice class. 1. 2. Art classes are offered to students in grades 9-12 as electives as well as taught to all students in grades 1-8. Students learn a great deal about the elements and principles of design, about two and three dimensional forms, and also about art history and appreciation. Mrs. Stratman teaches the art courses, and works with students on perspective drawing, watercolors and acrylics, paper mache’, and many other crafts and techniques. 1. Darren, Greg, Barry, and Jay receive help from Mrs. Strat- man on their drawings. 2. Mrs. Stratman searches for scissors needed by Lynn to finish his project in grade school art. 3. Members of the fifth grade enjoy working on their paint- ings.

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Home Economics • Library 1- 2. Students at Hildreth have a choice of a couple different courses in the area of Home Economics. They include Adult Living, and Home Ec. Home Economics courses are taught by Mrs. Stratman. 1. Mrs. Stratman discusses with Jim and Becky their lifestyle goals in Adult Living. 2. The junior girls study their chapter on Food and Nutrition. 3. Larry Hinrichs talks with the Adult Living class about Housing Opportunities for young adults. 1. 4. 8 1. Jay thinks hard to come up with the next line for his English paper. 2. Mrs. Hitchcock helps Mr. Boss locate papers he was looking for. 3. Linda Bunger tries to avoid the camera as she signs a friend's year- book. 4. The library is a place where many classes come to do research work for projects or papers. 5. Mrs. Hitchcock, our librarian. 5. The school library is located on the 3rd floor, and under the control of our Librarian, Mrs. Hitchcock, the library is well-stocked with books, periodicals, encyclopedias and other reading materi- als. The library is uti- lized by students in grades K-12, and is often used as a study center for classes, with students practicing speeches, plays, as well as researching topics for History or English papers.