Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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28 CURRICULUM SHOP Name: Felder, Mike College Attended: Kansas State University Degrees Earned: BS. 8 M.S. Classes Taught: Agri-Business 1,2. Advanced Small Engines, Horticulture, welding 1,2 Sponsor of: FFA and Sophomore Class I majored in Agricultural Educalion in college because it has the most general curriculum. lt's an educational curriculum, but il's flexible enough that you can take classes you are most interested in. I think Mr. Felder is a very good teacher. l-le is really patient with the freshmen and that really helped me a lot. -Mike Clark. Mr, Felder really believed in safe- tyg he made sure we were always properly prepared. -Dewayne Clinard. Nl liked Mr. Felder's welding class. Now l'm able to work on parts of my car by myself. -Scott Slrecker. Shop lalk. During second hour the Woods I class views Mike Haas' project, bail feeders. Photo by Colette Bosse. HI think that the things I learned from lvlr. Felder will really be bene- ficial after I graduate. -Andy Lew- is.

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4 I cunnicutuivi LANGUAGE Creative Writer Being a teacher isn't . humorous or bizarre . . . by Elaine Elliott Being a teacher isn't as exciting as being a private eye, unless you consider the time a student pulled a knife on me. Teaching English isn't as unusual as being a locks- mith, unless you consider the time one of my students Super Glued a washer to his finger. English isn't as exciting as boxing, unless you con- Baby face. Bringing back her childhood days, Ivlrs. Elaine Elliott participates in costume on Hallow- een with the other faculty mem- bers. Photo by Patty Kennedy. sider the time I tried to stop a fight, and I got injured. Being a teacher isn't as humorous as being a clown, unless you consider the nu- merous times I've slipped and fell in my own class- room. That's embarassing too! Being a teacher isn't as bizarre as Boy George, un- less you consider the Hal- loween when I dressed up as a baby. A teacher isn't as cun- ning as a card shark, unless you consider the time I blindfolded my students in order to develop their cre- ative skills. 1. Effective comedy. Enjoying a Mind baffling. Undecided on the creative writing story, junior Loren answer, Stacy Workman sopho- Dekat laughs at the climax. Photo more decides to move along to the nv b Ptt K d next t' Pht b Dbb' in 1 A-,af y E3 y Stine y, QUGSIOVI. OO y 6 E9 Brungardt.

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CURRICULUM SHOP Beneficial bussing Nine weeks course introduces eighth graders to shop Adding another class to his schedule, Mr. Mike Felder taught basic funda- mentals of the shop to the eighth grade students. The class was nine weeks long and introduced the junior high kids to the shop. They were bussed over from the junior high every day. Felder felt it was a good idea because it gave the pupils more skills. Mr. Howard Ziegler from Busy Craftsman. Junior Darrin Welch grinds a piece of metal so that he can finish his project. Photo by Mary Dekat, the Federal Land Bank was a guest speaker for Felder's agri-business class. The class also competed in FFA judging contests. The com- petition dealt vvith agricul- tural mechanics. l thought the judging contest was very beneficial. It helps you learn more about agriculture mechan- ics such as welding, solder- ing, and identifying small engine parts. These things will become helpful in later years, said freshman Da- vid Graf. Felder also taught Weld- ing I and ll. Technique Sparks fly as fresh Explorations. As the eighth man havvn l-lovvey practices his grade shop class watches, instruc- welding skills for his assignment to? Mr. Mike Felder Ioosens a bolt. Photo by Maria Shell Photo by Patty Kennedy. 29