Leola High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Leola, SD)

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Prosecuting attorney Melissa Maroney raises an objection dur- ing testimony at the treason trial of George Washington, while fellow attorney Launa Fauth looks on. Social studies teacher Mr. Ron Struck strikes a familiar pose as he conducts a history lesson. Biology student Mark Hoffman looks over a tagged fetal pig during end-of-the-year examinations. Frankenstein (Revi Schaible) and his werewolf friend (Social studies teacher Ron Struck) celebrate Halloween in the class- room. Curriculum 29

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Newcomer Miss Ginny Freitag conducts a lesson in trigonom- etry to senior math students Janet Heyd and Scott Geffre. Freitag gives individual attention to Deb Jasmer, sophomore geometry student. Miss Ginny Freitag sat in her canary-yellow classroom amid tempera paints and drawings of eyeballs, teach- ing the secrets of algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus to students, fresnman through senior. The first-year teacher also taught art to grades seven and eight. Mr. Ron Struck taught world and U.S. history and government. Besides regular assignments he showed video-tapes covering historical events. In U.S. history the classes tried George Washington and Jefferson Davis for treason. The verdicts — both guilty. Mr. Brad Beck sat poised behind his desk lecturing on chemistry, biology and general science. The chemistry class studied the elements and examined chemical re- actions. They conducted experiments in electrolysis and titration. The advanced biology class studied plant growth and human anatomy-physiology and traveled to Aberdeen, where they viewed cadavers at the Pre- sentation College laboratory. Biology I students tried not to become squeamish as they dissected everything from earthworms to fetal pigs. 28 Curriculum Sophomore biology student Carmen Hoffman puzzles over a fetal pig at one of the semester test stations. Freitag, Struck, Beck teach basics

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Sophomore Beth Blumhardt offers a food processor for sale to her classmates during speech class. English classes revises, split This year for the first time juniors and seniors had the option of enrolling in either college-bound or non- college-bound English. Anglo-Saxon epics, transcendental literature, uses of noun clauses and speeches about such problems as drug and alcohol abuse filled the air in Mrs. Julie George's English classes. Across the hall juniors read Rolvaag s Giants in the Earth, and seniors studied grammar in Mr. Duane Daniel's non-college-bound sections. Mrs. Jean Guffey told tales of mirth and Poe and Charles Dickens to the freshmen. Meanwhile down the hall in the library. Miss Ginger Bechtold handled check-outs and questions about re- search, supervised study halls and gave out advice and Tylenol to all in need. When not in his role as English teacher or guidance counselor, Daniel sat patiently in the white Plymouth Fury drivers' education car guiding freshmen attempt- ing to learn to drive. During a memorable attempt at a sales speech Kevin Wolf demonstrates a vibrator. Senior Rob Waltman discusses a writing assignment with Eng- lish journalism teacher Mrs. Julie George. 30 Curriculum