Leola High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Leola, SD)

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Opposite page, left: Home-Ec for the junior girls wasn’t all fun and games. Upper right: A fifteen minute time change made the day seem quite a bit longer. Students started classes at 8:50 and didn't finish the day until 4:00 p.m. Lower right: Peggy Hoffman takes a coffee break during seventh and eighth period office practice. This page, left: Students fill the halls between classes. Upper right: Seniors take a test in personal finance class. Lower right: Mr. Gill watches over Jeff Wolf in his experiment. 5

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Classes Add To Curriculum A change in the time factor was quite a change for students at LHS. School started at 8:50 A.M. and wasn’t dismissed until 4:00 P.M. It was only a fifteen minute change, but some days it seemed likfc forever: The time change was due to the length of science classes. It was required that each science class be a fifty-five minute period. Seniors were no longer given the privilege of leaving at 2:30. It interfered with the class schedule, so the seniors were dismissed at the same time as the underclassmen. Three new teachers were added to the staff. Mr. Larry Goins took the history and government classes, coached the football team, and was assistant coach for the wrestling team. Psychology and sociology were taught by Mr. Paul Kindelspire. A new class, health, was also taught by Mr. Kindelspire. Mr. Kindelspire is a graduate from Leola High School. Mrs. Vicky Tipton was in charge of the home- economics department and watched over the activities of the Future Homemakers of America Club. Several new classes were added to the curriculum. Micro- biology was taught by Mr. Loren Gill. The class was offered to juniors and seniors and was scheduled for two different periods. Personal finance was cut to one semester and business law filled the second semester. Modern problems class was offered to the senior class with Mr. Clark Schemp as teacher. 4

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LHS Changes Library privileges were changed considerably. There were no library cards in study hall for free periods. Getting a pass from a teacher was the only way students were permitted in the library. Magazines were back in the library, but older issues were still placed in study hall. Meal prices were raised from $.40 to $.45 on school lunch tickets. A meal cost $.50 if a student had no lunch ticket. A weekly lunch menu was published in the McPherson County Herald. One new meal. Taco Hot Dish, went over great with most students. Girls’ Basketball was new, and for the first year, the par- ticipation was great. Mr. Paul Kindelspire was the team’s coach and Mrs. Maule assisted him. “B” team practice was held during school and “A” team practice was after school so as not to conflict with the boys' practice. A new sports club, the Letter Oub, was started by Mr. Larry Goins. Students who have lettered in any sport be- longed to the club. Members helped to raise money for a new video-tape machine. The club sold bumper stickers and held an “Ugly Legs Contest” for some of the money earned. Pep Club was reestablished and was led by the cheerleaders. Certain school activities took advantage of the Bicentennial year. Homecoming used Bicentennial themes for the floats, Sophomores decorated the Sweetheart Ball in red, white, and blue, and clubs used Bicentennial themes to get their ideas and purposes across. 6