Leola High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Leola, SD)

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Freshmen Class officers include: Jamie Rott, secretary-treasurer; Toby Steckler, president; and Tina Schumacher, vice- president. Benjie Arioso catches sight of the camera down in the lunch room. Freshmen Jamie Rott, Trent Weig, Matt Matthew Ketterling and Jamie Rott con- Wildermuth and Benjie Arioso discuss an centrate on learning to type without assignment during their study hall. watching their fingers. Freshmen remember Homecoming initiation Where were you when the fresh- men were walking around the gym holding umbrellas? Homecoming initiation was their most memorable experience of the year, according to the freshmen. The freshmen were forced to walk around in a circle in front of the Homecoming crowd carrying an umbrella. Whenever the seniors yelled “Spritz,” the freshmen had to sit down, open the umbrellas and sing “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.” The end of the year is what the freshmen are most looking for- ward to. Passing their classes is another of their goals for the year. Classes taken by the freshmen in- clude English I, physical science, Algebra I, Typing I, band, com- puters, chorus, driver’s education, art, journalism and physical edu- cation. Freshmen 21

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20 Freshmen Jim Goebel Scott Hoffman Tom Kempf Matthew Ketterling Jamie Rott Kristy Schaible Tina Schumacher Ron Schock Toby Steckler Pat Thielsen Annette Watts Trent Weig Matt Wildermuth

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Junior Mike Wolff stops at the water foun- tain for a drink between classes. Where were you when these three new students walked into LHS for the very first time? What was it like for these new stu- dents on their first day of school? Junior Mike Wolff was “a little nervous because I didn’t know anybody.” Freshman Ron Schock agreed with Wolff, while freshman Tom Kempf felt “like I had stepped into the Twilight Zone.” LHS acquired these new students through the closing of the Forbes school. All three students agreed that the biggest difference be- tween Forbes and LHS is the size of the classes. Wolff, for instance, came from a class of only two stu- dents. Having more classmates was what Wolff felt was the best part of go- 22 New Students New students recall nervous first days ing to school in Leola. The worst? “There is too much homework,” said Wolff. In his spare time Wolff likes to Fish, play cards, watch TV and sleep. At LHS Wolff was in- volved in basketball and chorus. “The more friendly people meet,” was the best part of going to school in Leola for Schock. He felt that the worst part was “the food, sometimes.” Schock enjoys hunting and fishing. He is also in- terested in model building, NASA and the Air Force. Schock was in basketball at LHS. Kempf felt that the classes at LHS were harder that they were in Forbes. In his spare time Kempf likes to listen to the radio and watch TV. He is also interested in “football and fast things.” Tom Kempf and Ron Schock work on the keyboarding skills during typing class. Freshman Tom Kempf, Toby Steckler a Ron Schock discover the boiling point salt water in a science lab.