Rolfe Rams Band and Schedule Update
Rolfe Community School previews a revamped marching band for the season. Changes include new personnel in percussion and twirlers, a higher marching speed, and a floating block formation for the football show VIVA VODVIL. Drum major is Richard Peterson. new twirlers Linda Heathman and Chris Trimble join. Fans invited to Friday night game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie Hansen
Marilyn Tutt
Linda DeWolf
Joann Loss
Carol Lehman
Sara Beckord
Debbie Erickson
Susan Vainreb
Jane Bielefeldt
Richard Peterson
Maribelle Ives
Marti Gunderson
Candy Carlson
Linda Heathman
Chris Trimble
John Dobrovolny
Rolfe Rams
Come Blow Your Horn Football Schedule Preview
The music department presents a look at the new school year noting football shows as the major focus. The schedule features three consecutive home games starting October 2, culminating with a Wednesday final game, promising extra after school rehearsals for the first time in years.
Grade School First Graders Introduce Themselves At Classroom
Twenty two first graders in the room introduce classmates and names. The group lists fourteen boys and eight girls, shows personalized bulletin board pictures, and notes three dental cards returned. Glenn brings tadpoles in a jar, hoping they become frogs.
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Kenny Allen
Mark Deling
Eugene Holtorf
Russell Johnson
Glenn Kuchenreuther
Stacy Pomerenko
Jimmy Richter
Alan Ripperger
David Sandvig
Brian Stover
Mike Struthers
Gene Swanson
Brian Vaske
Louis Zeman
Joan Allen
Marilyn Bennett
Denise Beuchle
Sheryle Dexter
Second Grade Opens with Birthdays and Bugs
A second grade class of 28 starts the year with birthday celebrations for Debbie Guertzman and Lee Bendixen. Students review reading spelling and numbers after summer break and note many bugs in the room. Jeffs caterpillar begins spinning a cocoon.
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Debbie Guertzman
Lee Bendixen
Lee
Jeff
School Safety Poster Promotes Care on Campus
Health and safety class posters emphasize key rules for playground hallway and classroom safety. New students Norma Dexter Debbie Freeman and Debbie Guertzman join the grade and are welcomed to enjoy the school.
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Norma Dexter
Debbie Freeman
Debbie Guertzman
Third Grade Room Buzzes With Science and Space
Mrs Spencer notes 11 boys and 10 girls in a large class. The room features a librarian’s corner, reading circle chairs, social studies pictures, and a beloved science corner with a live snake in a cage. Visitors welcome.
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Moms
Fourth and Fifth Grade Science Team Findings
In a mixed fourth and fifth grade class this fall the group explored catalpa leaves and seed pods. Sheri Feldman showed seeds clustered around a woody center and students observed about sixty seed pairs per pod.
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Sheri Feldman
Catalpa
Feathery ends launch aided by autumn wind
The piece discusses using the wind to aid a feathery end item in motion and notes two birthday treats already this fall. Gratitude is extended to Jon Jordan and Karen Brinkman.
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Jon Jordan
Karen Brinkman
Fifth Grade Opens Busy New School Year
After two weeks of school the fifth grade adapts to routines and the new class schedule. The group includes 23 pupils, 11 girls and 12 boys, with science featuring molds mushrooms and seeds and social studies focusing on the thirteen colonies and their union.
Rolfe School Welcomes Two New Eighth Grade Students
The Rolfe school district adds eighth graders Susan Holkan from Webster City and Betty Dexter from Arlington Iowa. They join Mr. Elder in science as the class reviews parts of speech and starts new spelling books. Betty and Susan begin with tennis in physical education and the staff notes an inventive experiment by Mickey Weis har and Leo Shimon showing no two objects can share space.
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Susan Holkan
Betty Dexter
Betty
Arlington
Iowa
Susan
Webster City
Rolfe School
Elder
Mickey Weishaar
Leo Shimon
Baldwin
Teachers and classes span grades and subjects
The passage notes Mrs. Jones teaches 8th grade social studies, Mrs. Fisher handles 7th and 8th grade arithmetic, and Dr. Ponce leads the Spanish class. Students map the United States and its territories, study Roman numerals and geometry, and look forward to an engaging year written by the girls of 8B.
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Jones
United States
Territories
Fisher
Ponce
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Mrs. Behrendsen
Mrs. Madden
Chevy
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Brinkman Auto Company
Dial
Rolfe, Iowa
Mrs. Spencer
Miss Corsair
Mrs. Tostenrud
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