Oakfield High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Oakfield, WI)

Page 10 text:

FROM ADDING TO LOGS Oakfield High School has an excellent Math program. Many different classes are offered for the different abilities of the students. Freshmen can choose from Applied Math, Basic Algebra, or Advanced Algebra. Sophomores can choose from any of the freshmen courses, plus Basic Geometry or Geometry. Juniors are open to all the freshman and sophomore classes, including Consumer Math and Trigonometry. Only three years of Math is required, but the seniors who have taken Trigonometry can expand their knowledge even further and take Math IV. At the top: T. Messner shows the class precisely how it’s done. Above Mr. Sandberg is teaching Pythagrian’s theory. Right: S. Schoscheck and C. Beirne work hard in their math class.

Page 9 text:

Healthier, Happier Students!? Health has been an added required class for the juniors starting this year. The class is being taught by Mrs. Fritsch. It is a semester long. The class teaches about nutrition, sex education, and the psychological and physical development of the human. Also included in health class are the topics of alcohol and chemical abuse, and how to deal with these problems. Due to the outbreak of many recent diseases, the state has felt that health class will benefit the students. The class will help the students make healthier decisions because we are better informed. Top left: K. Bovee lifts weights to show her strength. Top right: One important element taught in health class is not to leave your gum on the bedpost overnight. Students shown with better posture after health class. J. Dean shows that she gets a lot of use out of her gum. Bottom left: L. Jewson showing her skills in softball. Bottom middle: K. Demell, what a jock! Bottom right: J. Schmitz pitching the ball in the game of mock ball. S

Page 11 text:

AN EVER-EXPANDING FIELD Mr. Neinhouse, Mr. Messner, and Mr. Hamilton teach the science classes at OHS. Mr. Hamilton teaches Biology for freshmen, plus Advanced Biology and Conservation. Mr. Neinhouse teaches Physical Science for sophomores, plus Chemistry. Mr. Messner teaches Physics, plus Electronics. Biology and Physical Science are required. As a junior you can take Chemistry and then as a senior you can take Physics. Science is a very large field. There is never a right or wrong answer because new discoveries are always being made. Top left: T. Kuslits and R. Bovee examine their fungi specimen while the rest of the class tries to find theirs. Top right: D. Tedford and D. Dowidat calculate the density of various objects. Upper left: R. Baehler, Mr. Nienhouse, and A. Wendt try to figure out the volume for a cylinder. Above: K. Patchett and J. Wolf measure a cube and T. Cobb and L. Jewson calculate the mass of an object. Left: T. Messner, C. Huck, and J. Guenther are doing an experiment in Physics.