Leola High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Leola, SD)

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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

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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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Everyday moments are special Thousands of unforgettable mo- ments added up to a great school year at LHS. The feelings and emotions you feel when something happens are what you remember the most about a moment, said senior Jodi Schauer. For the students of LHS those feel- ings and emotions ranged from joy to sadness to embarrassment and fear. My most embarrassing moment was when I was giving my demonstration speech and got pizza sauce all over my pants, said Jamie Rott. Class- mate Melissa Miller admits her most embarrassing moment was when At choral days I put my shirt on inside out and didn't real- ize it until on the way home. For Brenda Hatlewick it was when Mr. Maule said I had two daugh- ters instead of two sisters at Homecoming Coronation right in front of everyone. Being kissed by his mother on Homecoming was George Weisser's most embarrassing mo- ment. It was also his funniest. Pushing a bar of soap on the foot- ball field in deep mud with his nose was Greg Hoffman's funniest moment, Memorable moments are not al- ways good, however. For the boys' basketball team, losing their game to Wilmot in the open- ing round of the Regional tourna- ment was a sad moment, not just for them but for the entire school. The football team also faced dis- appointment after losing their first round playoff game to CastlewopcL-Gther sad moments recalled ov LHS students included not being at lejo participate in a sport, having a grandparent die, not making the honor roll, and saying goodbye after graduation exercises. Every day brought challenging moments as well as happy and sad ones. For some it was classes, such as geometry, English, and Chemistry. For others getting homework done on time, taking tests, or just plain getting up in the morning were challenges. For Donald Bonnet getting through the mud in the spring of the year on his way to school was a major feat in itself 89 resulted in some scary mo- ments as well. Scary moments in- cluded getting report cards, sing- ing a solo at music contest, and participating in the Leola Snow Queen Contest. The sophomores also experienced fear when they had to get up in front of their classmates to give speeches. What did students do to make an average day at school exciting? Most of them agreed that joking around, bugging other people, and laughing and talking with friends made the school day ex- citing. It's experiences and moments like these that made LHS a special place and 1988-89 a special Kristy Schaibl© laughs at a funnylooking camera man while helping Leisha Fuller lift her weights 26 Academics