Leola High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Leola, SD)

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Sophomore Renee Rath is interviewed by sophomore Rhonda Reis during speech class. Sophomore Tarri Rott gives a funny look during his speech. Mrs. George shows Zoli and senior Carmen Hoffman how many they had wrong on their test. Academics 29

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Students Zoli language became obsolete as I grew accustomed to using proper grammar in English classes. Mrs. Julie George taught sopho- more through senior English classes. Sophomores learned what it is like to have sweaty palms and become tongue-tied behind the scary thing called the podium. Juniors spent time reading literary classics and annoying the teacher. Some juniors felt the class was con- fusing, while others found it a big challenge. The seniors were split into college and non-college bound classes. College bound students racked their brains as they became deeply engrossed in working on their re- read classics search papers. Non-college bound students studied grammar and punctuation. To Mrs. George's sur- prise senior Kevin Wolf discovered another kind of clause, Santa Clause. Miss Virginia Bechtold taught freshman English class. The stu- dents became caught up in romance as they traveled to Verona, Italy, in Romeo and Juliet and Brooklyn in West Side Story. Bechtold also was LHS's librarian. Senior Beth Blum- hardt and freshman Belinda Schell worked in the library as aides. They assisted with elementary sto- ry time and the processing of books. Other students spent li- brary time napping, studying or just plain goofing around. Mrs. Hepperle demonstrates to Zoli how to run an IBM typewriter. Above: Librarian Miss Bechtold finds a book for freshman Malissa Heyd. Upper left: Kenny Kessler and Philip Kallas re- search homework in the library. 28 Academics

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Senior Deb Jasmer cleans up after doing a chemistry experiment. History teacher Bob Schumacher instructs Junior Stewart Bieber reads instructions on sophomore Kenny Kessler in world history how to make a germination tray in advanced while his classmates wait patiently. biology. New teachers join high school staff I expanded my horizons with other LHS students by taking science, mathematics and social studies. Mr. Clark Reider, mathematics teacher, was new at LHS this year. This was Reider's first year teach- ing high school students, but his third year teaching mathematics. Reider liked LHS students because they are bright and interested in math. Mr. Bob Schumacher, government consumer ed, world history and U.S. history teacher, has taught for 12 years. Schumacher returned to the teaching profession after a number of years in private busi- ness. Schumacher finds that teach- ing now is still about the same challenge that it was several years ago. Schumacher says that there are always improvements that could be made, but we get along well with what we have. Mr. Brad Beck, chemistry, biology and general science teacher, has been teaching for too many years. Beck likes the class size at LHS, but dislikes teaching classes with fewer than seven students. Beck says that the advantage of all his years of experience is that he is more confident in trying new things and not getting upset if they do not work. 30 Academics