Prague High School - Panther Yearbook (Prague, NE)

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Hola, Que tal . . . words from another language-or from another world? Thirteen people dared to learn this mumble- jumble this year. The classes met every day in the Audio Visual KAJU Room instructed by Miss Beans. They Watched films, studied, read stories, studied, talked on the phone to a Spanish instructor Iyuckj, and studied. But their classes were not all work and no play. On certain days they cooked food that came up in their Spanish dialogue. But, ofcourse, the Spanish I and II classes enjoyed ffor the most partj their year, but as Brenda, a first-year Spanish student would say, 'T don 't think I 'm gonna pass it. ,X At left-The juniors are typing away. Above- Scott working for pretending to be workingj on the computer. Below-T he Accounting class taking notes. Anything from typing, to adding and subtracting, to listening to a tape of dicta tion-that's Business. From TypingL Office Machines, Accounting, to Business En- glish and Communications, Business Math, and Office Procedures, Mrs. Sackett keeps herself busy. Her day started out busy and ended busy. Her day was a full load of seven classes, with 30 students in and out of her room. Many students had more than one class with Mrs. Sackett-like Darlene- 'T have Office Machines, Accounting and Office Practice with her. Sometimes the Work is hard, but usually not. I 'll tell you now, she's the teacher who gives me the most work!!! Most of the students liked her classes even to the point of almost, SO1't 01, enjoying it! But there's always Gary Piercy, 'Tt's frustrating! Above - Kim and Becky fare you cheatingP2 doing their Spanish worksheets. The Spanish class Quotes: Trying to translate and doing the workbook is the hardest. The best part of it is the fun and interesting classes. I 've already taken it It's a big challenge. No one should expect to breeze through it. It's difficult and takes studying. Becky IRebbecaj four years! Kim lCarlotta1 iq Business f Spanish Business Quotes and One-liners What's the best part of your business class? When I get Mary in trouble. Jim I like the timings and make-up days. Margaret Gossiping!!! Marie The assignments. Chris E. CRea11y Chris?J Eyes on your copy. Mrs. Sackett A secretary's work is never done. john Can I have the bathroom pass? Larry WL

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Math-A Challenging Class? Students are not in to self-punishment or thriv- ing on panic but they are into challenging their brain with Hgures, dimensions and formulas. jr. High studies basic math problems solving, ,,.-.,,.,3.Ag computation of skills, geometry and measurement of charts and graphs. They ready themselves for H A advanced math classes. Freshmen have Algebra I Y I-gf which has in tergers, equations, factoring, fractions I I T N. and basic functions which makes brain cells work ni A overtime. Sophomores take Geometry and chal- F If F lenge themselves with proofs and basic geometric if Qgy' Hgures. juniors and Seniors have the opportunity to choose if they wish to take a ma th class. Algebra II is offered to juniors and Trig and Pre-Calculus for Seniors. .. 25 .- sgi. Y. When math becomes too challenging you hear complaints from the students. Miss Thomsen ex- plained, when I receive complaints, I try to en- courage the student that what they are studying will help them. If not directly in the career they pick, it helps them to increase their thought pat- terns. It is important in life to step back and think out all the possibilitiesg like in math problems. Above: Sophomores rack their brains on some geometric figures. Below: Jr. High closing in on another year of ma th skills. QQA4 7 ,f ' ', T ' If Computer Classes Running with the pace Society is advancing in technology so fast the students need the opportunity to keep pace in this era. There is a definite need to learn about the computer to seek most any kind of employment. For example farmers can gain knowledge to help out costs and help with other management planning. All the effort, time and pa- Torrey Dauel and his tience involved can sometimes make you want to take a saw to your friendly computer. ' friendly computer but the results can be rewarding beyond your imagina- tion. Compu ter Programming in the Basic Language is offered a t P.I-I S. to Sophomores through Seniors first period. Miss Thomsen teaches this class which consists of an initial method of programming that is faster, cheaper and easier. If you don 't catch that class you can take the class Office Machines taught by Mrs. Sackett which works with the word processor, spread sheet and data base. Mr. Hansen commented, Society has made computer knowledge a must. 14 Math, Computer

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.,,.,,- . What 's Happening? In the History Classes at RHS. Students are either sleeping or watching others sleep. Well, not really-even though they complain history is boring taking notes and having everything repeated over, many stu- dents enjoy it and would take history if it wasn 't required. Mr. Behne's explanation for complaining students is They complain just to hear themselves talk. Although Connie Kratky added, He is one of those teachers who loves to talk, talk and talk. You can find the jr. High trying to get enough passes to go to other rooms but they study the basic geography and the affect it has on human activities with a 9 week study of Nebraska History. Freshmen 's course in CIVICS isn't just counting the minutes until the bell rings but of citizen- ship in our gov't and the modern problems of the world. W01'1d HiSfOIy is the hardest to understand and learn for a sophomore according to Mr. Behne because people, places and ideas are studied and compared from country to country. The only way Sasa W. said to live through it is sleep with your eyes open. The juniors course in American HiStO1y acquain ts the student with how American society developed in the last 120 years-not pick up hints on how to keep your foot on a trash can but never fall in. Although Marie M. said I t should be halfway decent in trivial pursuit . American GOVCr11m611l' tries helping the seniors decide why gov't is needed and ready them for the adult world. Mr. Behne wishes he'd only have one session of geography but as his ton of 9 length chalk would have it, he teaches a Sr. High GCOgra- phy that alternates every year with Economics. This is the only elective history class where it's up to the student if he wishes to have his eyes double focus from looking at the black board so long. As you can see from the picture at right, a lot can happen with the ultimate history teacher at PJ-LS. No Doubt About It! Vo-Ag Students at P.H.S. Learn Because Prague is a rural community and agri- culture is the main industry, some may think the stu- dents would know almost everything already. Well, that's not true. The students 'list of things they never ever knew before range from using sa ws, judging soil, the types of beef and swine, making wire, building garages to welding. Mr. Collins added, The most im- portant thing the Vo-Ag students can learn is that Ag is our ever changing industry and to be successful you need to keep abreast of those changes. Two changes in the class schedule this year were the start of an Ag-Business class which deals with Human Relations, Salesmanship, Distributing, Ad- vertising, etc. of Ag products. Cory P. recommends the class to students who want to get into business occupation. I t is a GREAT class, as Chris E. said. The second was the arrival of a student teacher who graduated from the Ashland-Green wood High School-Lisa Haldeman. Before she left on Dec. 17, 1986 she commented, 'lreally enjoyed student teach- ing here at Prague! The staff here have been super! The students are great, they are a lot of fun and for the most part they seem like they want to learn! Top left: Chris j. is showing the skills of welding, Top right.' Gary Piercy performing a wireless act. Bottom left.' Student teacher Lisa Haldeman. Bottom Right: Vo-Ag students hard at work picking up corn for a project. Freshmen half asleep and studying. Left: The ultimate history teacher Mr. Behne. -1:1 Vo-agfHistory