Tips For A Safe Hunt

As some of the hunting seasons begin, there are always those chances that you or someone you're hunting with might get hurt. There are ways you can prevent getting hurt, and things you can remember that might help you get out of that possibly life-threatening situation.

One thing you have to be sure to do is to treat every firearm as if it is loaded, and always have the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. You should always wear hunters orange over at least 50 percent of your body, which is the legal amount. Always let someone know where you are going to be hunting, and when you plan on returning.

People need to control their emotions when they're hunting. If you're sad or upset it could alter your train of thought and could potentially harm someone. Also, don't hunt while you're under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Be certain of your target, and what's beyond it, and unload firearms when not in use.

Elementary Pumpkin Carving

On Thursday October 29, 2009 approximately 250 kids in grades k-5 will be carving pumpkins.

All the metal tables the school are set up in the gym.

Pumpkin carving has been an event for about 15 or 16 years.

Gary and Lynn Eide donate all the pumpkins to the school Mike Nieman stores the pumpkins on his trailer until the day they are to be carved.

Almost all of the parents or another relative will come to help carve the pumpkins. Everyone is responsible for bringing their own carving utensils.

Mr. Steffensen remembers the biggest pumpkin weighed about 40 to 50 lbs.

He also helps carve pumpkins if there is someone that does not have a partner. He has 15 National Honor Society kids and 15 middle school student council kids help.

It takes approximately 45 minutes to pumpkin carve. Some of the classes save the seeds to roast.

The preschool children also get a pumpkin but they paint them with their parents on another day.

All-State Choir to be held in Rapid

The following students: Matthew Goens, Lauren Brandt, Kyle Pederson, Alyssa Becht, Adam Krause, Ryan Effling, Ashley McCormick, and Jayda Swenson have qualified for 2009 All-State Choir. Luke Eide, Jerra Olson, McKayla Reppe, and Walker Ruhd were also chosen as alternates. All-State chorus consists of both choir and orchestra, and is for all public school in South Dakota. This year, All-State will be held in Rapid City.

The All-State choir members went to SDSU on October 12th for a preparation day where they learned the songs. The songs for this year include a variety, including two foreign language pieces, German, Latin, and also classical and spiritual. "The Latin song is very difficult to sing, because the accompaniment doesn't help you find your spot," Alyssa Becht said. Our school gets to bring two quartets because of our size. Students that are in choir and are interested in All-State, audition locally and are judged. All-State is a good opportunity for choir members. "At first the music seems really hard and eventually after a lot of practice, the students can finally feel like they really accomplished something," Beth Hansen, Deuel choir teacher, said. The Deuel All-State members are taking a charter bus with eight surrounding schools to Rapid City, leaving Thursday, October 29th. The main concert will be held on October 31st at 8:00 p.m. (Mountain time). The All-State members get to meet and get to know a lot of new people, which is everyone's favorite part!

Fair-Well to the Walls

This year the Oral Interp team has two senior members, Kjirstin Almos and Adam Desenfants. Kjirstin has been in Oral Interp her junior and senior year. Adam has been out for Oral Interp for five years.

Kjirstin Almos when out for Oral Interp to see if it could help her during debate season. Kjirstin had participated in non-original oratory for both years and reader's theater just in her junior year . Her favorite piece is her current oratory. The piece is Ronald Reagan's first inaugural speech. Kjirstin say that she get to be really passionate and get into her piece and it talks about everything I believe about government. Kjirstin said “My favorite part about OI is hanging with the interpers at tournaments and practice, they are some of the funniest people.” Kjirstin says “That there is not a whole lot of bad things in interp. I love the practices, tournament, bus rides, people, coaches, all of it is so much fun.”

Adam's brother introduced him to Oral Interp. He is currently in humor but has been in meny different events. Adam says the is favorite part about Oral Interp is meeting people. Adam said “My favorite memory form Oral Interp is all the bus ride back and forth form the events.” Adam's favorite piece is one that his brother wrote called Samson.

Counting Down High School

The countdown is on for the school year at Deuel High School. The following list contains interesting facts about the school year in a number format.

25,200 seconds in a school day.

1,000+ cockroaches caged in Mrs. Lundberg's room.

1,048 total hours in the school year.

420 minutes in the school day.

177 students in the high school.

169 total sports activities in the school year.

155 days of school.

96 footsteps from the back doors to the commons.

91 girls in the high school.

85 boys in the high school.

13 high school teachers.

10 music concerts.

8 classes in a day.

7 hours in the school day.

4 days in a school week.

3 high school dances.

2 Friday school days.

1 school play.

Number of memories- countless.

Deuel Oral Intep "Sweeps" the Competions

Deuel Oral Intep "Sweeps" the Competions

Deuel Oral Interp has been rocking the competitions this year. “We have been doing exceptionally well this year! We broke some records at the Karl E. Mudnt Dakota Invitational at Dakota State University in Madison on this past Saturday.” says Miranda Wells, assistance coach. “We are definitely moving up.”
Deuel students have been rising up from the start. “We have made leaps and bounds. We went from excellences, which was thirds and fourths, to superior pluses, which are firsts and seconds. We are winning a lot of meets and beating out A schools! It's very exciting,” says Wells.
The students proved themselves at the DSU meet in Madison. Kyle Pederson, a junior, placed first in Serious Prose Interpretation. He also received a $500 scholarship to Dakota State University. Along with that the following three rounds of preliminary competition Grand Finalists were Megan Thiewes in Oratory, and the duo teams of Stephanie Stee and Jerra Olson, and Megan Thiewes and Kyle Pederson. The Honor Finalists were Jerra Olson and Krista Zellner in Humor, Sam Wiekamp in Poetry, MiKayla Zubke in Prose, and Kjirstin Almos in Oratory Honor Finals, who placed first.
“I haven't seen everyones yet but I really like Kyle Pederson's Prose piece because it really touches you, and he preforms it very well. I think the “Celebrities Got Talent” readers theater is quite good too,” says Stephanie Stee, a junior.
The team received a second place class A Sweepstakes trophy, and they were ranked third in team points over the other twenty Class AA, A, and B schools.

By: Allie and Dominic

Senior Buisness Projects

On September 1^st 2009 the seniors started a project in economics called big idea business projects. In these projects they seniors were to create a business idea and tell about the business and what is going to be offered at the business. Presentations will be october 28^th and 29^{th members} of community plus other people from the school will serve on a panel. Ms. Schwenn The people were like “mock venture capitalists”. When the judges are done there will be prizes given away in Aberdeen for the top projects. There will be cash prizes awarded to the top three places in the written competition. First place will receive $1,000; second place, $500; third place, $250. If the winning entry consists of a team, the prize money will be split equally among team members. College scholarships will also be awarded. The winner of the marketing design Competition will receive $500. All of the entrants in the project will be awarded a certificate of participation.

Print Making in Art

This week in High School intro to art classes, the students are print making. When print making, you first start with a linoleum tile, then find the pattern that you want to carve on the tile. When you are all done carving and making sure everything is in line, you are ready to start printing. To print all you do is roll a roller evenly in ink. After that, you would roll the roller evenly on the tile, then press the tile on a piece of paper. The intro to art classes have all grades of high school students in them. This class last only for the first semester. The second semester is either pottery, painting, or drawing. If you would like to see more of the art students work you can visit http://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=1001.

Senior McBeth Skits

Tuesday, October 20^th the seniors in British Literature did their Macbeth skits. There were three skits, each scene was done twice. Mrs.Walder and the students did one in Shakespearean language and one in modern language. In each scene there were three witches and they were the main part of the skit. The witches were referred to as the weird sisters. I asked Chris Graham what part he played and, he said that he was one of the three witches in a scene. I also asked Zack Howell if he enjoyed doing these skits. He said yes, and that he liked the modern language more than the shakespearean language.

Parking Perfection

Picture this, you come to school and pull into the back parking lot only to find there isn't a single spot left. You now have to start a search investigation to look for a new spot on the other side of school. You don't have to try hard to imagine it because it happens to many of us quite often.

To figure out the best way to solve this ongoing issue we went straight to the big man on campus, Mr. Benson. If you ever find yourself in this situation, he says after you try the parking lot go to the streets by the Courthouse and ITC. Just be sure not to park in the Methodist Church, ITC, & Courthouse parking lots. “Every little bit helps,” said Mr. Benson. The best advice we can give is to carpool if you're in a family driving multiple cars to school, carpool with friends in similar activities, and walk if you live in town.

Also a big part in this issue is the declining numbers of high schoolers riding the bus. “I stopped riding the bus because of sports, and it was inconvenient,” said sophomore Gabbie Nelson. With no plans in the works to expand or build a new parking lot, it's up to us, the students, to make the situation as easy as possible.

What Do Preschoolers Use Promethean Boards for?

Not only does the High School and Middle School use promethean boards, but the elementary does too. Promethean boards are kind of like interactive white boards. You can consider them to be kind of like projectors, but you can write on them. "They are another great source of technology, especially for the kids." said Mrs. Heiberger. Do you ever wonder though, what the pre school children use them for?

Mrs. Heiberger uses the promethean board to teach Saxon math and Saxon phonics. "The Preschoolers especially enjoy the board as a learning center. They use the tool to roll dice and play educational board games that we make that go along with our themes, pattern and seriation games and drawing and writing fun." said Mrs. Heiberger. The promethean board is also used to link web pages, find games online, and retell stories and songs. "The web zoo cams are a great deal of fun to preschoolers." said Mrs. Heiberger. Zoo cams take them live into virtual zoos. The promethean board is great for kids in the technological world. "It is a new way to teach the skills that is more visual and hands on." said Heiberger.

Middle School Volleyball

The Middle School volleyball team has had a pretty good year. The 8th grade team has nineteen girls and 7th grade has 21 girls participating in volleyball. The girls are split into two different teams, the black team and the red team. "We work on the basic skills of serving, passing, and setting the ball. They have worked hard on some positioning and hitting. This 8th grade class has picked up quickly on positioning and have we have quite a few players that are able to hit the ball," Lexi Seeley,8th grade volleyball coach, said about everyday practices for the girls.

The girls are split into two different teams based on how well the girl can serve, pass and hit the ball during a volleyball game. Shelby Donahue, an 8th grade volleyball player, said "I like playing volleyball because it keeps me in shape and I enjoy it."According to Shelby, she thinks the season is getting increasingly better because of the practice and hard work all the players put in it. 7th grade coach LeeAnn Benson said " I think by participating in volleyball that the girls learn responsibility and team work and sportsmanship." Benson also said she likes working with these girls, because she enjoys the age groups and she likes all their energy and spirit they bring onto the court with them!

Homecoming 2009

Last Friday, the students at Deuel High School didn't get to build their floats. It was a rainy day so for an alternative they had indoor activities. Kayla Ronne and Lauren Brandt were in charge of all the games and activities,while the teachers also got involved. Some were judges and told Kayla who crossed the finish line first.

Some of the competitions they had included the football toss, volleyball toss, a hulahoop competition and tug of war. I asked Emily Smith what her favorite activity was, and she said the tug of war. I asked Emily and Kayla if they would rather do this or the parade next year and this is what they said. “I think the kids would rather do the parade because they can go outside and not be stuck in a gym for 4 hours.” Emily said “I would rather be outside, its fun building the floats with your classmates, and then you can actually ride on the float too.”

The winners of the competitions was the seniors, and they got to eat first the next Monday. Well we'll see next year, and hopefully it doesn't rain again!

6th, 7th, and 8th graders do essays for english

The 6th and 7th graders are doing essays. Mrs. Konold said, “This is the first time they did essays this quarter”. The 6th grades will be doing autobiography incidents, the 7th graders doing eyewitness incidents, something they have seen, and the 8th grader's are doing Personal Narrative, something about them selves. They have been doing the project for 2 weeks now and the time is up on Thursday. “Mrs. Konold said” “she expects them how to learn to write and the parts of narrative writing”.

Homecoming Royalty

Homecoming Royalty is the most exciting thing to find out during Homecoming. You always get excited when it comes to finding out who your king and queen will be. Well this years cornation took place on Monday, September 28^th. The suspense was killing everyone until that night when the king and queen were crowned. The new queen was Jenna Van Dyke and king was Eric Lundberg. Senior candidates were King Eric Lundberg, Queen Jenna Van Dyke, Wes Greber, Ashley McCormick, Maria Konold, Spencer Schmahl, Zack Witte, and Ashley Hansen.

The experience of becoming queen and king was quite exciting for the both of them. “I remember opening the box and seeing the crown, it filled me with astonishment.” said Jenna. “One moment that I enjoyed most about being homecoming queen would be riding on the ranger during half time in the freezing rain.” said Eric. Both of them agreed that their favorite part of homecoming was when the game and dance was held. “It's always cool to show school spirit and support your team.” said Jenna. Even though the weather for the game didn't turn out as planned. “It can be quite a challenge playing in freezing rain though.” said Eric.

“In the future after being a queen or a king you feel you have become better represented, because you feel way more independent and you realize that its quite a privilege.” said Jenna.

Sodak Garden's

The Preschool class of Deuel school went on a tour of Sodak Gardens in Clear Lake.

They first toured the Greenhouse, followed by a tour to the gardens. They saw many things such as pear trees, also a pumpkin patch and vegetables. They learned how vegetables grow above and below the ground. The children picked a gord to take home also. They talked about the fertilizer they us for planting and how well it makes the seeds grow. They tasted fresh raspberries, grapes and broccoli.

The children learned about a very unique flower called the Moon Shadow that opens and blossoms only at night.

They finished by going into the greenhouse and having a tasting story.

The owners of Sodak Gardens made the tour very fun and educational and allowed the kids to touch,taste and explorer.

Middle School Competes for the Gold for their Homerooms By: Allie Farthing

The students in Deuel Middle School hosted a competition between their homerooms on Friday, October 2. This was homecoming for Deuel, but due to bad weather, the parade had to be cancelled. The middle school decided to keep themselves busy by doing another homeroom competition.

For this competition, they decided to have a volleyball tournament. “We thought it was appropriate because that is the season we are in right now, and because it is a new competition that we have never tried until this year, so it was pretty exciting and fun, too,” said Mrs. Konald, the Middle School English teacher.

The tournament was a round robin. The way it worked was that the homerooms divided themselves into two groups. Then the two teams would play for 2 ½ minutes for a total of seven minutes. Each homeroom got to play each other. “It was just a round robin where one team would play each other and it would just be continuos until all the teams played each other and then whoever one the most was the winner,” said Mr. Mitchell, the new science teacher.

“This competition was just fun and entertaining. It was fun to watch the teams work as a group and bond. The best part of it was watching the kids work together, because its all different grade levels, and it gives the kids a chance to work with other students they usually wouldn't get to because of their grades. I really would recommend this competition because it made the students work together and put in a team effort,” said Mrs. Konald. “One of the most funny things that happened was when I was refereeing and the ball was served, and it almost hit me in the face!”

In the end, Mr. Merrigan's homeroom ended up taking the gold home with the most wins.

Deuel Senior Builds Treestand

Landon Krause, a senior at Deuel High School, has recently built two tree stands with the help of sophomore Matt Hotzler.

The first tree stand took about eight days to make, considering Landon wanted to take his time and do a good job. The thought of building a tree stand came about because his neighbor has three, and he thought that they would be something fun and affordable to make.

When asked if Krause was building both tree stands for himself, Krause answered “The first tree stand is for myself, but second one will be for my dad.” Landon plans to use his tree stand many times throughout the years, and surprisingly, they only cost $50 to build. Some of the supplies he used included inch and a quarter square tubing, and the welder.

3rd Grade Field Trip

The Third grade classes from Deuel went to the AG Day program in the morning and the Watertown fire department in the afternoon on Tuesday October 6^th. They left at 8:15 and got back to the school at 2: 30. At AG day the students rotated through different stations, Topics included Beef cattle and goat facts, a booth about agronomy-plant-and seed information, a quiz bowl over AG topics, how to properly wash your hands. Then the went to a contest for the cleanest hand washing, and AG Jeopardy.

The students were given a lunch included BBQ chips, ice cream bars, and milk. They also received a gift bag of materials relating to the AG Day activities. They then went to the Watertown Fire Dept. The students each had the opportunity to be in the Smoke House which simulates being in your bedroom when a fire starts in your home. They also learned what to do in case of a fire and how to get out quickly and safely, and to have a safe meeting place for your family outside.

Cross Country: state-bound

The cross country team has had a good run so far. With only regions left to go, they are state-bound.

The team has had an extraordinary increase in runners this year. Explaining why their is such an increase in numbers, "Everyone wants to train for their other sports" Mr Tvedt, cross country coach said. There have been setbacks due to weather also this year. Two consecutive meets have been cancelled due to rain this year. "In my eleven years of coaching, we haven't had any meets cancelled until this year," Mr. Tvedt said. Some valuable runners have joined just this year, which really benefits the team's results. The senior runners include: Lauren Brandt, Derek Kielty, Jordan Stahn, and Matthew Goens. Having experienced runners on the team give support and tips for better running. The team has great expectations for state this year. The state meet will be held in Rapid City on October 24th. A girls' varsity team, consisting of Mackenzie Mack, Shaina Mack, Karli Hintz, Gabbie Nelson, and Lauren Brandt, are expected to make it. Jordan Stahn and Adam Krause are also expected to make it individually.

"The runners have great work ethic, and good attitudes, which makes them fun to coach," Mr. Tvedt said. They have to be motivated because they know everyday at practice they will have to run around 2 miles. Maybe the freezies everyday after practice keeps them motivated!

Hatching Eggs

Here comes some chickens! Mrs. TeKrony's second grade class is getting ready for some new little friends to join them once again this year. Each year Mrs. TeKrony's class works on a special science project called the life cycle. To make it more exciting, she gets some eggs from Mr. Kallhoff's farm and brings them to class. They've had a variety of eggs in the past, such as giney eggs, peacock eggs, chicken eggs, and pheasant eggs.

First the eggs go in an incubator to keep warm till they hatch. The kids will keep an eye on them and get to see the process of them hatching. A student from Mrs. TeKrony's second grade class, Billy Sides said, “I have never seen chicks hatch before, and I am having a lot of fun doing this project.”

Mrs. TeKrony started this project in 1997, and each year she gets about 24 eggs. Out of those 24 eggs the most eggs that have hatched is 10 and that was three years ago. Mrs. TeKrony said, “ The kids favorite thing about hatching the eggs is when they hatch and they get to hold them.” and play with them”. Once the eggs have hatched they send the chicks back to Mr. Kallhoff, then next year some more eggs will arrive.

Photo of: Eggs, Destiny Constant

By: Taylor Gould

NHS

Have you ever wondered what National Honor Society is? I have always wondered. I did some asking around and found out what it was. "NHS is for students who demonstrate outstanding qualities of scholarship, character, leadership, and service," said Mrs. Schiefelbein. This year NHS elected new officers, the new officers are Kjirstin Almos- President, Adam DesEnfant- Vice President, Maria Konald- Treasurer, and Ashley McCormick- Secretary. In order to become a member of National Honor Society you have to have a 3.5 grade point average, and be involved in other activities in school. "It gives us a chance to recognize, not only good student that are active in school and the community, but student that are maintaining good grades." said Schiefelbein. NHS does a lot of activities in school and the community. Some of the things they do for the community are: they go bowl with residents at the Good Samaritan Center, and help serve cake at the Veteran Day Program. Some things NHS does for the school are: bring tables for the court yard, and help with pumpkin carving. NHS also had a float in the homecoming parade last year. Once a month they have a meeting and talk about projects that are coming up, and they also write down the services the members have done that month.

Printing in Art

This week in art the elementary and high school students are printing. Each grade is doing a different form of printing. The Art students do different types of printing every year.

Mrs. Miller has her art class do printing every year. “It's an important part of art, it's a standard art form,” Mrs. Miller said. The high school intro to art class is printing using linoleum block printing. The high school students drew themselves on the linoleum then chose which parts to cut out and which part to leave on. “First you shave chalk into the water then lay your paper in the water then take it out and let it dry,” Rachel White said. Then the students apply ink on there linoleum blocks and print them on the paper.

The first graders are working on their fall mono-printing, which means it makes one print. The students painted their sky then folded the paper over. Next they painted the grass and folded it over. Each time they paint something they have to fold. Their prints are of fall trees.

The second graders are leaf printing. When they make their leaf prints the second graders choose a rubber leaf, then they apply ink to the leaf and print it on the paper.

The third grade students are working on screen prints. The third graders are just getting started with their screen prints.

Styrofoam printing has the fourth graders busy. The kids use a block of styrofoam and carve out their print. They apply the ink and press on to the paper.

Picture of Michelle Pederson

Photo by: Alexis Quail

Texting in MS English

This year in Mrs. Konold's middle school English classes they began texting away! Now, the class isn't using their cellphones. They are using Active Expressions which are handheld devices that work with Promethean Boards. These handhelds have little screens on them with multiple buttons.

Mrs. Konold didn't get picked to use these handhelds. She went to a training on Promethean Boards this summer which was presented by Mrs. Brandt, Mrs. Heiberger, and Mrs. TeKrony. At this training, Mrs. Konold was told that using the Active Expressions would make life easier for her as well as the students. They said it would make taking quizzes easier for the kids, and grading them easier for her.

Mrs. Konold uses the handhelds mainly for vocabulary quizzes. She said, “I'm saving paper and saving time.” To do this, she just types the quiz into a program that projects it onto the Promethean Board and the students get their handhelds out and answer the questions. To answer the questions, the students can either push a button to just give the letter or they can text in their answer. As for grading purposes, things have gotten a lot easier. She said all the answers just pop up in a Excel sheet. She also once gave a chapter test with the Active Expressions. Just like the vocab quizzes, they got to text their answers in.

The Active Expressions are all over the elementary. As of right now, Mrs. Konold is the only one with them in the middle school. Some students in the class said the Active Expressions were awesome! Mrs. Konold said every class uses them and everyone likes them. The students said “They are really fun to use!”

Cardinal Kids Cheer Camp

Here come the Cardinal Cheerleaders of tomorrow ready to cheer the Cards on to victory. At the football game on the 9^th against Clark/Willow Lake, 15 of Deuel School's 4^th through 8^th grade girls took center field at halftime to show off their cheerleading skills after two days of practicing at a mini cheer camp.

On the Wednesday and Thursday before the game, the girls met after school for about an hour to learn a dance and cheer. Football and Basketball cheerleading coach Sheila Monnier said, “ This is an opportunity for the kids to see what cheerleading is like.” The cost of the camp was $20 per child, and the money brought in from this camp went toward t-shirts, and future cheerleading camps in the summer. “I think they did a really awesome job this year, even though the weather wasn't very nice,” says Monnier about how the girls did at their performance.

When asked what advice she'd give younger girls thinking about going out for cheerleading in the future freshman football and basketball cheerleader Brandi Barondeau said, “Go out for the camps, and work as hard as you can. If your not sure, go out for it anyways, and try it because it's so much fun!”