In AutoCAD, students are learning how to draw multiview or 3D objects. They get drawings from AutoCAD teacher, Mr. Brian Tvedt and then have to copy them on to their computer. They do this by using the program AutoCAD on their computer.
Exploring the world's arts and viewing the masterpieces of renown artists is what the Deuel Art Club members experienced on Friday, October 15th. They embarked on a trip to Minneapolis, MN to visit museums and have a fun learning experience. “I think the club members got a lot out of the trip and hopefully will be able to spark new ideas after seeing the different types of arts there are out there,” Stephanie Stee, President of the art club, said.
Leaving at 6:00 a.m from Clear Lake and arriving to Minneapolis at 10:00 a.m the class was eager to explore after the long drive. The group was chaperoned by Mrs. Barb Miller, art teacher and Art Club supervisor, and Mrs. Aubrey Vanderbush, art student teacher. The agenda included visiting The Institute of Art, eating at the Rock Bottom Cafe, then visiting The Walker museum to view the galleries and the Sculpture Gardens, and finally they headed home around 4:00 p.m. “I'm was most excited to see the Cherry on the Spoon, because it's placed so perfectly by the water and you can see the reflection,” Mrs. Miller said. Each museum had different styles of art and many galleries to view.
“Exposing the Art Club to different types of art out there will help them open their eyes to new and different art they haven't seen before,” Mrs. Miller said. This experience should help the Art Club members to be more familiar with artists and their work. “I thought it was interesting to hear the stories behind different pieces, it makes you appreciate the artist and the masterpiece,” Brandi Hanten, senior art club member, said.
The trip was paid for with money from fundraisers the art club puts on, like: selling Halloween dirt cups, supplying crafts for children at the Harvest Moon Festival, and painting rodeo windows. This was a very beneficial experience for the Art Club members to attend, and all had a very good time!
Rachel Thiewes, on the left, is pouring in powdered sugar to make fondant, and Carrie Volzke, on the right, is stirring it up for Aaron Volzke and Rachel's agriculture project. They made three cakes and had to make fondant to put on the cakes to show diagrams of the flower, the leaves and the stem of a plant.
Art Club Meeting!!
On October 4th, 2010 after school there is an Art Club Meeting in Mrs. Millers Room. In this meeting we will be talking about upcoming events that the Art Club will be putting on in the month of October. The things that are going on in the month of October is selling of dirt cups, harvest moon festival, and the trip that 25 Art Club students are going on.
The picture to the right is a picture of most of the students that are in art club. Back (L-R) Taylor Gould, Lexi Anderson, Paige TeGantvoort, Erin Engelkes, Emily Smith, Abigail Trieb, Tiara Gibson, Mara Niemann, Tasha Gniffke Front (L-R) Jenna Freese, Brandi Hanten, Stephanie Stee. There are 26 students in the Club.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!”
Photo by: Kylie Nielsen
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