Leola High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Leola, SD)

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Students offer inventive excuses I sprained my ankle and I couldn't think was one of the more unusual excuses students admitted to having offered to their teachers for coming to class without their homework. Most student excuses were not quite so original, however. Ex- cuses such as I left it at home, “ I didn't know we were supposed to have it done, or “My dad made me work late and I didn't have time” were far more com- mon. Still other students used the more “honest approach and simply said “I forgot or “I didn't understand what I was doing or even “I didn’t feel like doing it. Science teacher Brad Beck re- called having a student tell him that he had to watch TV instead of doing homework, and English teacher Julie George remem- bered a student telling her that she had been hit by a car over the weekend and developed amnesia. Some of the more inventive ex- cuses came from the juniors. Brian Walz told a teacher that he had left his homework on the top of his car and drove off, causing the assignment to blow away. Ma- lissa Heyd tried the excuse that she forgot her assignment in her locker and by the time she re- membered, the school doors were locked and she couldn't get in. Greg Hoffman blamed nonstop calving for not getting his home- work done, while Marvin Bonnet complained that his little brother ate his. (His little brother Donald was a sophomore at LHS) Above Tarri Rott waits atop the garage his shop class built to find out what to do next. 24 Academics

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Freshman Darren Duvall opens his text- book to the day's Typing I assignment. Seniors Merit Scholars Mrs. Doris Hepperie gives instructions to the students in her business math class. nalists opened the door to a variety of scholarships for the two seniors. (But) scholarship offers aren't going to come to you; you have to go out and look for them ' said Jasmer. Morrison agreed and urged un- derclassmen to take lots of math and science classes, even if you don't like them, and apply for everything, even if it's a pain. Both Morrison and Jasmer plan to attend SDSU in the fall. Morri- son will major in electrical engi- neering and is also considering the Air Force ROTC program. Morrison's activities cr LHS in- cluded band, chorus ancPFBLA. In his spare time he enjoyed working with his new comput- er, reading and filling out ap- plications. Jasmer's high school activities Seniors Jim Morrison and Pam Jasmer were notified in Febru- ary that they had advanced to National Merit finalist status. To have two finalists in one year in a school our size is ex- traordinary, quoted Principal Marvin Maule. It's unique, he added. We could probably go on for another hundred years and never have that happen again. Morrison and Jasmer began steps in the National Merit competition in October of their junior year, and in September they were named as two of the 50 merit semifinalists from South Dakota. Being named National Merit fi- included band, journalism and Luther League. She spent her spare time reading, baking, playing piano, taking pictures and doing things with friends. It took more than a knowledge of Gar- field for seniors Pam Jasmer and Jim Morrison to make the list of National Merit finalists. 'For the first time ever two National Merit graduating class. Academics 23

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Industrial arts teacher John Daly helps Tarri Rott with the plans for the house Rott de- signed as a class project. Seniors Mary Kallas and Rhonda Reis work hard in shop installing the hardware on their garage door. George Weisser. Rhonda Reis. Troy Weig and Doug Yost concentrate on a suspen- sion bridge they designed and built. Art student George Weisser applies plas- tic to his windmill sculpture Above: Freshman Marci Grabowska draws a straight line in art as part of a unit on perspective. Mrs. Alverde Daniel taught art to LHS students. Opposite Page Left Seniors Doug Yost and Troy Weig assemble the garage door for their shop project. Academics 25