Mmmm... Cookies

Once again the gymnasts sold cookie dough to raise money for the gymnastics building. The gymnasts have had to raise 5,000 dollars a year to help pay for the building. This year, though, is the last year the money has to go to they building. After this year we can use the money we raise to buy new things for the gym. Things like mats, and the best thing of all new competition leotards! There are many varieties of cookie dough that you could purchase. There was also brownies and pretzels you could buy. The tubs were $16 each for easy figuring and we wouldn't have to try and remember what the price was if it wasn't $16. We all were supposed to sell about 30 tubs to reach our goal, but as you know everyone didn't get to thirty but that's okay. I believe we made about $3,000 approximately, which is very good. Thanks to those who bought cookie dough, we are thankful for your support.

Locals (Oral Interp)

Tonight, Monday November 1, is the Local competition for the Oral Interpers of Deuel High School. The meet starts at 4 p.m and is held in the lunch room, there will also be a supper for the interpers and the parents, of pizza and pop. It is a competition that decides who gets to go to the Regional competition. There will be a panel of three judges there to figure out who will be going. One person from each category will be going to the Regional Competition. The categories to go in are prose, poetry, humor, oratory, drama, readers theater, and duo. Since the coaches aren't the judges this year, it really does make it anyone's chance to go. Everyone did a fantastic job at the competition. It was great getting to see everyone's piece, some for the first time ever. It was nice to see all the parents their to support their kids and to see their reactions to their kids' pieces, that they may have also never heard before. All the interpers will get the chance to find out if they made it to regions, Tuesday November 2.

New Technology in Spanish Class

What are we going to do in Spanish today? One day in Spanish Class we had to take a quiz, like most other days, but it wasn't like most other quizzes that we usually take in webct. We got to use the Promethean Board and some activision devises that looked like little cell phones. When the Spanish II class seen that we were going to used them everybody was in awe. They are not very hard to use all you have to do is turn it on that basically let the teacher do the rest on her computer. They are really kind of neat little devises to use.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Beware of the Headless Horseman, he may come to haunt you on Halloween! In comp/speech class we are reading The Legend of Sleep Hollow. It is a great book and surprisingly has to do with Halloween, and look at that, it is this Sunday! The book is about this school teacher who falls in love and is eventually... well I will let you read the book and find out for yourself what happens. After finishing the book we got assigned a project by ourselves and with a group of people. The project by ourselves could be a picture, a letter, a summary, and even a resume. I noticed that a lot people chose to draw a picture, probably cause that was one of the easier projects. Then after you are done with that you work with a group to create a movie, a reenactment, or even a powerpoint. Any one of these would be very fun to make. The class will be presenting all their projects next week start on Monday, November 1.

Second Times the Charm!

Here we go again! Another year of taking a 50 states test. In Mr. Rosdahls geography class he had us take a little quiz to see how much we remembered from our middle school year when we took this test. But there was a little twist to it was this quiz. We had to name the capital, and the twist was we had to name other larger cities in that state! There was only one person in this class that knew all but 3 or 4 cities out of all the 95 cities that he had picked out. That person was Luke Eide.

There will be one day when we will be taking the test of the 95 cities or more. In the picture above is to sophomore students, Alex Stein and Erin Benson, studying for the 95 city test.

If you want to give it a try to see how well you know you states and capital, click here

Out to eat

If that doesn't make you hungry I don't know what will! Meaning that in Spanish class we are making menus for the different Spanish speaking countries around the world. The Spanish students have to put a full menu together with everything from appetizers to the main coarse, and can even include breakfast. It is a fun project but can kind of get you thinking about eating food, when all you look at during class is the food. It is very interesting to see the different types of food people eat around the world and to see what they do for each day. One thing that I, Samantha Wiekamp, found out was that Guatemala's biggest meal of the day is lunch. They usually eat a large lunch and a light dinner. Not only are we making menus but in the future sometime when this project is over we are going to have a potluck of some kind. This will consist of the foods we found from the Spanish speaking countries and both classes getting together to eat it at lunch time. What an awesome idea!

Dirt Cups! YUM!

The Deuel School Art Club made Dirt cups on Wednesday, October 27, 2010. They were made in the art room during 8th hour. What you need to make these is some chocolate pudding, oreos, crunched up, and some regular gummy worms or sour ones. The Deuel Art Club made this in order to raise money for it. The dirt cups that were made were sold in the Commons Area in the Deuel High School.

To get more information you can contact Mrs. Miller.

Scary!

Doesn't this mask look like fun to make? If you would like to make one go talk to Mrs. Miller.

The students in Mrs. Millers art classes are making Calaveras mask. They are making these masks to represent the Day of the Dead. Day of the Dead takes place on November 1st and 2nd. On the first of November they honor dead infants and children. On the second of November they honor adults that have died. The Mexican work Calaveras is another word for skull.

In Day of the Dead they set up an altar to honor the dead. On November 2nd they go to the cemeteries for grave site reunions.

News about the Newspaper

Yesterday, Wednesday, October 27, the Journalism class got to speak with Ken Rieste from the paper. It was a time for journalism students to learn more about the paper and more about Rieste. Learning about the paper would help us journalism students be able to better write our part int the Clear Lake Courier, the Bird Watcher. Lots of thing were learned such as, there about 30-40 stories in the newspaper. Also that they only have about 3 full time people on staff. That is nothing compared to the Public Opinion staff. It was a fun time and a great learning experience. Getting to know how the paper is put out there and learning how they gather all the information to put into the paper.

Eagle Down

A Bald Eagle was shot in the Fort Pierre National Grasslands this past weekend. Authorities are tying to get the publics help in trying to find the bird killer. They believe the eagle was shot with a shotgun.

I feel as if people should not be shooting Bald Eagles. It's our nations bird and I don't understand why people feel the need to break the law.

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Novice Oral Interp

The new freshman interpers went to Milbank on Tuesday, October 12 for the novice Oral Interpretation Meet. Four girls went to this meet Hallie Shea (prose and duo), Kelly VandeBrake (prose), Becka Sides (humor), and Emily Maas (duo). Shea and Maas got a superior in duo, Shea received superior for her individual prose, VandeBrake got a excellent plus on her prose, and Sides got a superior for her humor.

Oral Interp coach, Mrs. Jenny Keller, said, “The novice meet gives students, new to interp, the opportunity to compete against others who are also new. It eliminates the possible intimidation of competing against students who are in their third and fourth year of interp and more experienced. The novice meet invites students who have participated in less than ten rounds of competition in high school. A standard contest has three rounds of competition, so this usually means, to qualify as a novice, you are starting your first season of interp.”

Becka Sides, one of the freshman on the team, said, “My favorite thing about Oral Interp is that you get to meet a lot of new friends. I like the older competition, but I liked being able to go against people of the same ability” The novice meet is a great thing and shows new interpers what their ability is. Shea said “I like the meet because you go against people who are all new. I went out for it because I did it in middle school and thought it was fun, so I stuck with it.”

“Work hard, try your best, and have fun because it goes by fast,” is some advice Jerra Olson would give to our newest interpers. She went along to the novice interp meet as a judge. Olson said “Going to the meet is a good since it gives the newer students a time to gain some more experience. I like judging because I get to see all the of the pieces and and help people get better.”

Mrs. Miranda Wells, also an oral interp coach, said, “It is a beneficial meet because it gives new interpers a meet to go to without the major competitiveness. The meet gives the coaches a chance to be hands on by being right there in the round.” The meet allows a competition without a lot of stress.

Music is in the Air!

Students it's time to sing, la, la, la, la, la. On Tuesday, October 12, the Deuel Middle School student went to the Hamlin Education Center for a Middle School Music Festival. At 9:30 in the morning the middle school students arrived at the Hamlin Education Center to start rehearsing their songs.

The Middle School students left at 8:30 a.m. for Hamlin. When the middle school students got to the school, they had to start rehearshing the music for the next seven hours. When they got done rehearsing they ate dinner. Later on rehearsed some more, and then ate supper. "After supper we watched movies and had the choice between Karate Kid and Sandlot," said Justin Freese. "When all of the rehearsing was done, we ended the day with a concert at 7:00 p.m., so the parents could come watch their kids sing and play in the band," said Beth Hansen.

Deuel Middle School has been attending the festival for three years. "I feel that it is a good experience for our middle school choir members," said Hansen. "It's beneficial for the students to experience another teachers way of explaining things." Schools that usually attend the festical are area schools, such as Castlewood, Florence, Milbank, Oldham-Ramona, Lake Preston, Willow Lake, and Hamlin. One piece of advise I would give middle school students is to sing your heart out and keep with it.

The Final Play

Six graduating seniors will soon be leaving their pads and cleats on the field as they say goodbye to high school football. For some of them, its the last time they will play on a field.

Tyson Ronne plays running back, wide receiver, and cornerback. He has been playing football for the past six years. “What makes a successful team is hard work and dedication all year long,” said Tyson Ronne. His plans after high school are to attend an undecided school to play football. “I'll miss playing with all of the guys I've been playing with since middle school,” said Ronne.

Tyler Bjerke plays offensive guard and defensive tackle. He has been playing since the seventh grade. In his free time he enjoys hanging out with his friends. “My favorite part about football is getting to tackle people,” said Bjerke. As for his plans after high school, he plans on attending Lake Area Technical Institute in the fall.

Ryan Effling plays offensive and defensive line. He has been playing for five years. “I'm going to miss putting on the pads every Friday night with my best friends and going out on the field and having fun,” said Ryan Effling. His favorite football memory was beating Milbank his sophomore year of high school. Effling said, “Hard work and believing in your team is that makes a successful team.” After finishing high school he plans on attending college to major in physical therapy or athletic training.

Kyle Thibeault plays defensive end as well as tackle and has been playing football for the past five years. “My favorite part about football is playing defense,” said Kyle Thibeault. His favorite memory about football was his sophomore year when the team had a good winning streak. “Team work and positive attitudes are what make a team a success,” he said. After high school Kyle plans on attending a college or a tech school somewhere within the state of South Dakota.

Matt Hotzler plays offensive line and linebacker. He has been playing football ever since the seventh grade. “The thing I love the most about football is the feeling I get after making a good tackle or a hard hit,” said Matt Hotzler. In his spare time, he enjoys hanging out with his friends. His favoite memory about football was when Brian Nieman chased Eric Lundberg around the field with a snake. Hotzler is undecided as for his plans after high school and isn't planning on furthering his football career.

Nick Tekrony cornerback and has played football since the seventh grade. “The practices when we mess around is what I'll miss most about football,” said Nick TeKrony. His favoirte memory is all the conversations on the long bus rides to the games. TeKrony hopes to continue playing football after high school at a college he has yet to decide.

Oral Interp Deuel Invite

Oral Interp was held at Deuel this weekend. Our Interp team came in with seventeen strong, but did not hold up against Sioux Fall’s Lincoln. Lincoln dominated the finals this weekend. As Deuel we did hold our own, although Lincoln dominated the finals if we were able to send a seventh into finals, we would of had it. Tom Cook, for his humour piece would of been the seventh in that category. Shannon DeBoar would of also been the seventh in her category. Both of them basically was one speaker point away from making it to finals. In the National Forensics League points are precious. As a small school we held our own and did well.

Deuel Oral Interper reads her poem to a fifth grade glass.

     “Twas the nightmare before Christmas not a creature was peaceful not even a mouse.” Was a line in the poem Lena Peterson (Me) read to the fifth graders in the library seventh period study hall. Mrs. Wells (the Librarian) asked me if I could read my Oral Interp piece to the fifth graders.

Mrs. Wells wanted to give the Deuel fifth graders a taste of Oral Interp, By doing so she asked a couple of us to perform our pieces. She chose me for my piece because, Halloween is getting closer and “Nightmare Before Christmas” is indeed Halloween. It is the essence of Halloween.

Picture Retakes

Say cheese! On Thursday, October 7, students were given the chance to retake their school pictures. Pictures were taken at the Back to School Fair back in August, however some students weren't able to make it or simply just didn't like the way their pictures turned out.

Pictured to the left is McKenzie Kasten. McKenzie took her school picture during the retake session because she was in the Black Hills on vacation during the Back to School Fair.

Seniors Take a Field Trip

On Monday, October 4, the senior class headed to Watertown to explore the possibilities after high school. The Watertown High School had different colleges and tech schools set up in one of the gymnasiums for students to look more into the different school available around the area. In the big gym there were different career booths set up. On of the booths was the Watertown Police booth and students were able to try on the "drunk goggles" and go through a sobriety test. Seniors and juniors from the area were able to attend the Career Expo exhibits.

Post Prom

This year, Deuel took a different route for post prom. In the years past, the students have gone to the bowling alley, but this year was different. The Rec Center in Watertown was chosen to be post prom holder by the junior parents. The parents had a meeting to discuss about places of interest and the Rec Center was the chosen one. "They have activites such as raquetball, a pool, and a gym we can use and we thought it would be something fun and different," said junior parent Nikki Olson.

After the prom dance the students loaded up into a bus and went to the Rec Center. While at the Rec Center the post prom participants were able to go swimming for an hour, watch a hypnotist for about another hour and the other activities will go on for as long as there is interest in them. Volleyball and basketball tournaments were also set up. At the end of the night each person received a prize.

In order to afford going to the Rec Center there was some fundraising that had to be done. Every year the Junior class is in charge of fundraising for prom. They do such things as selling programs at the rodeo, having a burger feed during the rodeo, mutton money bingo, serving at Empi's Christmas party, sold pizza coupon books, and had a pie auction.

Senior Track Spotlight

This year there are four seniors participating in track and field.

Terran Smith has been in track for five years. She competes in the triple jump, long jump, and the 200 meter dash. Smith says the hardest thing about track is the hard workouts during practice. Smith said, "My favorite memory from track is when Coach Brian Tvedt made me run the two mile. It was ridiculous, but now I think it's funny." After high school, Smith plans to attend NDSU in Fargo, North Dakota next fall.

Brittany Sik is a first timer to track. Sik runs the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, and the two by four relay. Her goals for this year are to stay in shape and reach certain times on her events. "So far my favorite meet has been the Dan Lennon meet because I met a lot of new people," said Sik. Next fall Sik plans to attend SDSU and major in psychology.

Eric Lundberg has been running track for six years. "My favorite memory from track was when Wesley Greber plowed a girl over at the NSU Invite," said Lundberg. His main goal this year is to make it to the state tournament. After high school, Eric plans to attend Dakota Wesleyan University to play football and major in Athletic Training and Physical Therapy.

Spencer Schmahl has been in track for two years. He is in the long jump, triple jump, and some running events. After graduating Spencer plans to attend LATI for building trades technology.

Former Clear Lake Graduate

Time has been the thief in this situation. In 1968 Mrs. Barb Schiefelbein was a graduating senior of the school she now teaches Physics at.

The years that have passed have witnessed many changes at the high school in Clear Lake. Schiefelbein said, “We had to wear dresses or skirts that were knee length so when we knelt down they would touch the ground.” That's right ladies, no comfy jeans! It's very obvious that everyone's schedules have changed dramatically over the years. “We weren't so busy with activities,” said Schiefelbein. Imagine the strong stench of alcohol on your papers that were freshly copied from the old spirit copier. “The most technological thing for us was a film strip projector. We didn't even have calculators,” Schiefelbein said. In the late '60s you could count on an action packed drive-in movie on those humid summer nights. Most high schoolers today wouldn't even think for a split second about not having a car to drive. Absorb that thought for just a moment. Now imagine not having a car until you're out of college! “I had a license, but I didn't have a car, so I didn't drive a lot,” said Schiefelbein.

Schiefelbein endured quite the change on her first day of high school. “When I went to country school there was only about eleven or twelve students in each grade, but when I was in high school my class had 64 students,” said Schiefelbein. She soon learned to value the opportunities Clear Lake High School offered for her. “I enjoyed being able to be with so many people my age, to have some lab equipment to be able to do things in science classes, and to have books. We didn't have much in country school so it seemed like a lot,” Schiefelbein said. With more resources for learning came better class instructors. “My science teacher made the biggest impact on me because he knew so many different things and he made things so interesting. They were things that I never had the opportunity to learn in my country school,” said Schiefelbein. The only disadvantage of Clear Lake High School compared to the country school was that the buildings weren't all connected. Schiefelbein said, “Walking outside to get to classes was the worst part of high school because sometimes it was cold and icy.”

Schiefelbein's love for music all started in high school. She said,“In the summer time we had summer band every week, so we would have concerts on the front lawn of the school, and people would park along the street to listen.” Schiefelbein played the baritone and often participated in solos. “I was always terribly nervous before concerts,” Schiefelbein said. She had a diverse taste in music. “I liked folk music, Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, and Tijuana Brass,” said Schiefelbein.

Along with music, Schiefelbein was also involved in FHA and NHS. “I was a National Merit Scholar, the Elks Most Valuable Student, which was a scholarship, and I received the DAR award,” Schiefelbein said. Math and Chemistry were her favorite subjects. “I thought it was fun to figure out things and understand how they worked,” said Schiefelbein. However, Chemistry was the most difficult class for Schiefelbein. “I think I did the worst in Shop and Art though. I'm not very artistic at all,” said Schiefelbein.

“I knew I wanted to go to college for something to do with Science or Math,” Schiefelbein said. In college she started working for a degree in Pharmacy, but then decided that wasn't what she really wanted to do. “I always liked school, living in small towns, math, and science so I decided teaching would be a way I could do all of those things,” Schiefelbein said.