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

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THE SOUND OF VOICES SINGING Row 1: M. Jaeger, D. DeBoer, J. Myers, P. Reetz, T. Draves, T. Ahtonen, T. Lehman. Row 2: T. Belaner, L. Jewson, J. Schaefer, K. Bovee, S. Stibb, S. Mielke, K. Dowidat, J. Burnham. Row 3: S. Zimmerman, S. Burrows, S. Schonscheck, J. Wolf, D. Tedford, K. Patchet, C. Guell. Row 4: K. Cousins, C. Mies, M. Riese, R. Baehler, M. LaMotte, T. Fryman, A. Kottke, M. Bartson. Row 5: J. Dean, T. Balfe, K. Dalle Nogare, T. Mulder, N. Bahr, M. Wafle, M. Steffes. Row 6: W. Stibb, L. Burnham, T. Osgood, S. Guell, J. Hayes, C. Tietz, A. Schmitz “They have a lot of talent, being a small school, the students work hard to use it.” Miss Belanger, the new chorus director, grew up in a small town similar to Oakfield and went to the University of Wisconsin Left: Miss Belanger plays piano as the chorus sings along. Above: The chorus is caught with their mouth’s open. Stevens Point. “I’d like to get more students involved, build up the musical program again, and develop a swing choir for the school.”

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I HEAR THE SOUND OF INSTRUMENTS “It is quite a change from living in a big city to a small community.” Miss Walters, the new band director, received her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison. “The high school has quite a few good, energetic, motivated kids with a lot of potential. I’m really looking forward to building a strong band program in the school. I think it’s important for kids to get the cultural experience that the music program has to offer.” Row 1: S. Guell, B. Badura, P. Brauer, B. Badura, T. Osgood, D. DeBoer, K. Patchet, S. Milke, T. Draves, K. Volbright, B. Sabel Row 2: C. Walters, A. Fink, J. Guenther, T. Messner, P. Nickel, J. Wolf, A. Draves, D. Hanna, J. Mielke Row 3: K. Dalle Nogare, K. Bovee, J. Schaefer, E. Venden, T. Ahtonen, C. Raube, M. Bartzen, C. Guell, K. Volbright, D. Binning Row 4: A. Kottke, L. Jewson, M. Jaeger, S. Schonscheck, M. Riese, S. Mies, S. Kottke, M. LaMotte, T. Fryman, N. Bahr Row 5: M. Wafle, P. Reetz, S. Milton, M. Henschel, J. Hayes, C. Tietz, J. Sabel, M. Collien, J. Burnham Lower left: S. Mielke plays keyboards for Spanish Fever in band. Lower right: Putting the finishing touches on the Christmas Concert, the flute section plays in perfect harmony. Right: M. Collien and M. Jaeger polish their near-perfect skills on the clarinet. 14

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AGRICULTURE Mrs. Retzleff teaches Ag I, II, III, and IV. In agriculture class, students study many topics such as tractor safety, Parliamentary Procedure, and animal management. Each class has a unit where the students go into the shop and get hands on experience in woodworking, putting small pieces of machinery together, and welding. As an outside activity, every student is required to pick out a project such as a calf or any other thing that they are interested in and can keep records of feed time and cost of equipment needed. Since classes are small, each individual gets to participate in every activity. A computer is available in the agriculture department that can be used by all the students. During the year, the agriculture department will have guest speakers come into the class rooms and tell about what the agriculture business looks like for a career in the future. In the spring, the agriculture classes go on a field trip that has to do with agriculture such as going to American Breeders Association or else they go to a feed mill that will show them how feed is mixed up for their dairy animals to eat so they don’t go hungry. 16