Rensselaer High School - Chaos Yearbook (Rensselaer, IN)

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Students Pitch In Student assistants are a very im- portant part of R.C.H.S.. Their pur- pose is to help the faculty and student body. The office assistants aid the secretaries by doing tasks such as an- swereing the telephone, picking up at- tendance slips, distributing absence lists, and helping the public. The li- brary assistants are very important to the librarians and are helpful to the student body. These students watch the front desk, check books in and out, and index students on the computer who have overdue books. The A.V. assistants are a dedicated group who take their own time to video tape sporting events to keep coaches and players informed. These students take pride in the work that they do, and they should. Where would the faculty be without them? 20

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RCHS Clubs: SERVICE TO SCHOOL , COMMUNITY Many clubs in our school are interested in promoting concern for those at RCHS and in our community. Such clubs are Hug, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Interact. Hug is a group of students working in cooperation with guidance counselors to help students with the prob- lems that they may face. During the ’87- ’88 school year, students seeking advice wrote to the club members and found suggestions in the Rensselaerien. Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a group made up of those students at RCHS taking part in sports and wanting to support those at our school and in our community. Led by Mr. Ryan with Lori Murphy, Heather Louck, Edwina Hughes and Ken Hickman as officers, the group planned to relax with a party later in the year. Interact, a new organization at RCHS during the ‘87-’88 school year, was involved in many activities including the Rotary foreign ex- change program and providing community services. The students of this group had many plans for aiding others, such as finding toys to give to or- phanages and working to wash cars. Members of HUG, from left to right, back row: Mr. Michael, Jeremy Korniak, Teresa Gehring, Dana Fletcher, Jodie Smith, and Tabby Malchow. Front row: Jamie Ahler, Kim Doolin, Pam Conley, Katrina Vaughn, Laura Moit, and Jeff Moit. Members of Interact, front row: Mr. Stefanich, Laura Stefanich, Dana Fletcher, Cara Craig, Maia Kingman. Center row: Mick McClanahan, Ken Michal, Rick Stefanich, Pete Hoover, Mark Heinig, Mike Mikolajczak, A.J. Van Meter. Back row: Alisa Rude, Julie Whaley, Kelly Hodnett, Sarah Steiner, Eva Kasky, Jonell Davis, Lacey Ford, and Julie Wright. 19

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Top picture left to right: Jeff Bran- denburg, Dan Pullins, Mr. Callahan, Chris Kellner, Kirk Ziese, district soil judging winners. Bottom picture left to right first row: Shelly Ingram, Tammy Hicks, Angie Jordan, Missy McElfresh, Mr. Callahan; second row: Dan Pul- lins, Chris Kellner, Kevin Gastineau, Brian Murphy; and third row: Jeff Brandenburg, Kirk Ziese, Brian Moore, Eric Ritter, Charles Thomas, Chuck Williams. FFA is an organization that deals with farming. These students that you see above are members of the soil judging team. They have to work very hard to make it to state contest each year. October 16, 1987, the soil judging team competed in district contest. The FFA team took a 1st and the 4-H team took a 2nd. On November 7, 1987, both competed in the state compe- tition. The FFA team came in 3rd, the 4-H team came in 3rd, and in overall standings both teams tied for 3rd. On April 30, 1988, they left for the na- tional contest in Oklahoma. The first time Mr. Callahan went to national contest he took two teams. This was his last year of being the soil judging coach and again he took two teams to nationals. Several of the RCHS vocational ag- riculture students traveled to Winamac on April 21, 1988, to par- ticipate in the district livestock and dairy judging contest. The dairy team finished 4th overall in the contest and earned themselves a spot at the state contest. Team members included Jeff Brandenburgh, Chris Kellner, Harold Wright, and Russ Kozyra. Russ Kozyra was also 5th high individual at the contest. The Livestock teams stunned the field of 25 teams by capturing 1st, 2nd and 15th overall and securing two spots at the state contest. There were 118 competitors in all and individual ac- complishments included: top individ- ual — Jeremy Korniak (with a total of 567 out of 600), 2nd high individual — Mark Jordan, 7th overall — Tim Steinke, and 10th Shawn Hensler. FFA Successful in Competition 21