YSD | Lincoln School Lincoln Boasts A Rich...
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PRESS & DAKOTAN n MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 HERITAGE 2014: PAGE 9A As you can see from the timeline above, growth over the last eight years has shown in the number of trailers, employees, dealer networks and plant expansions. We went from building approximately 108 trailers with 8 employees in 2005 to currently building over 400 trailers and boxes a year. Dakota Trailer Manufacturing, Inc.’s plans for the future include building its current marketplace with dealers both in-state and abroad while still providing unmatched customer service and quality products. The new trailer manufacturing facility was built with a longer term plan of future expansion to support the growth of existing product as well as developing new product lines. We continually strive to grow with new products, additional dealers and as always, excellent Customer Service! • Dakota Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. started as Hawkeye Manufacturing of SD. • In May of 2005, Hawkeye became Dakota Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. • In June of 2006, we added two new product lines, Super B and Conveyer Trailers. • In May of 2007, Dakota Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. added the radiator division. Leasing an additional 12,000 square feet and purchasing new equipment. • In July of 2009, Dakota Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. created its’ first 48 foot aluminum trailer and in February of 2010, its’ first 51 foot aluminum trailer. • 2011 brought an expansion of the radiator division and also a new building on Gehl Drive for trailer expansion. • 2013 Dakota Trailer Manufacturing, Inc., added another product line introducing our new 43’ side dump trailer. YSD | Lincoln School YSD | Webster School BY PRINCIPAL PAUL STRUCK Lincoln Elementary School incoln Elementary School has a rich history. The first phase of Lincoln’s current loca- tion at 815 Locust Street was completed in 1882 to take the place of the White School. The old Lincoln School was given a “poor” rat- ing due to the wood structure, inadequate lighting and obsolete equipment. It was razed and the new Lincoln School was erected on the site of his- toric Forester’s Park. Forester’s Park was located on Locust Street between Ninth and Tenth Streets. During the 1950’s, the city and school board initiated a move toward updating the local schools. The local school board saw public support quickly falling in line behind a dis- trict bonding program for the construction of new buildings. This made it possible to abandon the old Webster and Lin- coln schools. The Parent-Teacher Association was reorgan- ized for the primary purpose of publicizing the plan and promoting a favorable vote on the bond issue. In school board minutes from 1950, “Forester’s Park was the only logical and sensible location for the new proposed Lincoln School. If the build- ing were set back 40 feet from the corner, that would leave the hill and one entire side for park purposes.” The park had terraced seat- ing and a stone-pillared band platform. The local PTA convinced the voters that this was the right loca- tion for the new school. The first addition to the red-brick school was built in 1951 and contained 14 class- rooms. The basement contained a furnace room and an apartment for the janitor. The janitor’s apartment included a bedroom, a combination dining-kitchen room and a bath- room with a tub and shower. In 1967, another addition was constructed that included four classrooms and a gymnasium which also served as a cafeteria. In 1974, shower rooms, toi- lets and a kitchen were added to the all-purpose gym. A third addition of an entry and offices was added to the original structure in 1983, and four more classrooms were added in 1987. To meet federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines and the growing need for additional special-educa- tion services and technological advances, a new plan was created to bring the school up-to-date. In March 2011, the new addition was completed. Construction included a new li- brary, computer lab, multi-purpose room and a music room. A room to conduct testing and special-education services and an office for the school counselor were also part of the new construction. An elevator was added as part of the proj- ect and all the restrooms were designed and re-constructed to be in compliance with the ADA rules. We are happy to say that our school is currently handicapped accessible to all our students, staff, parents and visitors. All of the additions to the original school of 1951 have been constructed to meet the growing responsibilities that are part of public schools’ curriculum and instruction. The gymnasium serves as the setting for a district-adopted K-5 physical education program. It also serves as a cafeteria for our school’s daily breakfast and lunch program. The gym provides an environment to conduct school and community- wide assemblies and special events. The music classroom serves as the setting for our music educators to provide a K- 5 music curriculum and to provide small-group band and or- chestra lessons to our fourth and fifth grade students. All our K-5 students visit our new library once a week to listen to our librarian read a story or portions of a book to them. Then, with the assistance of the librarian and class- room teacher, each student is given the opportunity to check out one or two books from the thousands of books that are part of the library inventory. Classrooms are also given the opportunity to visit our computer lab which contains more than 25 desk top computers. Under the supervision of their classroom teacher, students are excited to browse the world- wide web to access information for school-related topics of interest. The computers are also used by students to prac- tice and refine their reading, writing, math, geography, social studies and science skills. Yankton’s Title I program was initiated during the 1965-66 school year. For most of its history, Title I services at Lincoln School were provided in the south hallway of the second floor. Today, Title I services are provided in the Title I room, located on the first floor of our school. There, students receive individ- ualized special instruction to improve their reading and writ- ing skills as part of our Reading Recovery program. In 1973, the federal government mandated that each public school district provide “appropriate” special-education serv- ices to each qualified student residing within the district. In order to meet the educational goals of each Individual Educa- tion Plan, these services must be provided within the “least re- strictive environment.” When appropriate, these services can be provided within the Resource Room at Lincoln School. At the present time, two special education teachers and five para- professionals work collaboratively with each K-5 classroom teacher to meet the goals and objectives of each IEP. Other specialized services, which include physical and occupational therapy, are provided by visiting specialists who use our gym and facilities to serve the specialized needs of students. A speech and language clinician serves students who qualify for such services at Lincoln School. Students visit her office anywhere from one to four times per week to receive specialized instruction. Our school counselor serves two schools and provides bi-monthly classroom instruction to each Junior Kindergarten-fifth grade classroom. She also provides individualized and small-group guidance instruction to students who seek her guidance and support. As I noted in the first part of this history, the local PTA was reorganized to promote the construction of a new Lin- coln School in the early 1950s. Lincoln’s PTA continues to be an active and proud supporter of our school. Numerous play- ground and school projects have been planned, financed and installed by our parent volunteers. Many school-related proj- ects which include assemblies, carnivals, Bingo Night, visit- ing authors, games for classroom during inside-recess and countless other acts of generosity and kindness have been part of Lincoln’s rich history of cooperation between parents and teachers. Members of our local PTA have always recog- nized and lived out the motto that “Educating everyone takes everyone.” As you have read through this brief history of our school, you can’t help but notice that our school district has been a leader in meeting the growing needs of our students and their families. With our community’s financial support, we hope to continue to make the appropriate changes that will help us meet the needs of all students. Lincoln Boasts A Rich History COURTESY PHOTO Student council members pose in front of the new benches installed this summer on the front lawn of Lincoln School. They are proud to be Lincoln Leaders. Past Lincoln School Principals: Della Reich .....................1930-67 Bob Walser .....................1967-98 Paul Struck ............1998-present L From Webster Elementary School n 1876, the original Webster School was constructed at 510 Pine Street. The main goal of the building was to meet the educational needs of the students on the east side of Yankton. The brick building cost approximately $5,000 and had four classrooms: two on the main floor and two in the basement. Only those stu- dents in grades 1-3 attended this school. In the May School Board minutes, it was docu- mented that a fence was erected to divide the boys and the girls from the build- ing to the outhouses. Later, the building was evacuated due to a lack of fire safety measures, lighting and over- crowding. During the 1902 school year, it was documented that some of the first teachers re- ceived $45 per month or $405 per year for their salary. In 1918, the salary increased to $1,200 per year. By the time 1942 rolled around, teachers were paid approximately $3250 per year. In 1906, the school board allocated money to certain grades to purchase school sup- plies. The first/second graders received 15 cents while the third/fourth graders received 25 cents. In 1921, different grade levels were furnished with certain school supplies. The first/second graders received pencils, the first through fourth graders received paper and crayons and the upper grades received ink. All grades were given exam papers. The current Webster School on East Sev- enth Street was built in 1950. It had eight classrooms and could hold a capacity of 240 students. During the next 24 years, more rooms were added, including four more classrooms, an all- purpose room and a kitchen. In 1983, the school received a new entrance and office area. The final addition came in 1990, when four more class- rooms were added on to the west end of the building. Although structurally there have not been major projects since 1990, Webster School has gone through many other changes in the last 20 years. Through the spring of 1996, it housed two sections of each grade level (kindergarten-sixth grade). In the fall of 1996, the sixth graders moved into the new Yankton Middle School to join the seventh and eight graders. Beginning in the fall of 2003, Webster School’s enrollment de- clined as it became a one-section school of Kindergarten-fourth grade and two sections of fifth grade. But since that year, enrollment has only increased. In the fall of 2004, the Yankton School District began to provide early childhood services to our youngest learners by adding two sections of Jr. Kinder- garten. Since implementing the initial early Webster School Has Been An Innovator COURTESY PHOTO A look at Yankton’s Webster Elementary School in the fall of 2014. I WEBSTER | PAGE 11A Past Webster School Principals: Mildred Newton Elsie DeCamp Ruth Klemme David Mendel Wendell McNeely Bob Walser Peg Wetherell Bruce Blumer Paul Struck Jerome Klimisch Kevin Dick Carey Mitzel Melanie Ryken
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PRESS & DAKOTAN n MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 HERITAGE 2014: PAGE 9A
As you can see from the timeline above, growth over the last eight years has shown in the number of trailers, employees, dealer networks and plant expansions. We went from building approximately 108 trailers with 8 employees in 2005 to currently building over 400 trailers and boxes a year.
Dakota Trailer Manufacturing, Inc.’s plans for the future include building its current marketplace with dealers both in-state and abroad while still providing unmatched customer service and quality products. The new trailer manufacturing facility was built with a longer term plan of future expansion to support the growth of existing product as well as developing new product lines.
We continually strive to grow with new products, additional dealers and as always, excellent Customer Service!
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• Dakota Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. started as Hawkeye Manufacturing of SD.
• In May of 2005, Hawkeye became Dakota Trailer Manufacturing, Inc.
• In June of 2006, we added two new product lines, Super B and Conveyer Trailers.
• In May of 2007, Dakota Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. added the radiator division. Leasing an additional 12,000 square feet and purchasing new equipment.
• In July of 2009, Dakota Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. created its’ first 48 foot aluminum trailer and in February of 2010, its’ first 51 foot aluminum trailer.
• 2011 brought an expansion of the radiator division and also a new building on Gehl Drive for trailer expansion.
• 2013 Dakota Trailer Manufacturing, Inc., added another product line introducing our new 43’ side dump trailer.
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YSD | Lincoln School
YSD | Webster School
BY PRINCIPAL PAUL STRUCKLincoln Elementary School
incoln Elementary School has a rich history. The first phase of Lincoln’s current loca-
tion at 815 Locust Street was completed in1882 to take the place of the White School.The old Lincoln School was given a “poor” rat-ing due to the wood structure, inadequatelighting and obsolete equipment. It was razed
and the new Lincoln School was erected on the site of his-toric Forester’s Park. Forester’s Park was located on LocustStreet between Ninth and Tenth Streets.
During the 1950’s, the city and school board initiated amove toward updating the local schools. The local schoolboard saw public support quickly falling in line behind a dis-trict bonding program for the construction of new buildings.This made it possible to abandon the old Webster and Lin-coln schools. The Parent-Teacher Association was reorgan-ized for the primary purpose of publicizing the plan andpromoting a favorable vote on the bond issue.
In school board minutes from 1950, “Forester’s Park wasthe only logical and sensible location for the new proposed
Lincoln School. If the build-ing were set back 40 feetfrom the corner, that wouldleave the hill and one entireside for park purposes.”The park had terraced seat-ing and a stone-pillaredband platform. The localPTA convinced the votersthat this was the right loca-tion for the new school.
The first addition to thered-brick school was built in 1951 and contained 14 class-rooms. The basement contained a furnace room and anapartment for the janitor. The janitor’s apartment included abedroom, a combination dining-kitchen room and a bath-room with a tub and shower. In 1967, another addition wasconstructed that included four classrooms and a gymnasiumwhich also served as a cafeteria. In 1974, shower rooms, toi-lets and a kitchen were added to the all-purpose gym. A thirdaddition of an entry and offices was added to the originalstructure in 1983, and four more classrooms were added in1987.
To meet federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)guidelines and the growing need for additional special-educa-tion services and technological advances, a new plan wascreated to bring the school up-to-date. In March 2011, thenew addition was completed. Construction included a new li-brary, computer lab, multi-purpose room and a music room.A room to conduct testing and special-education servicesand an office for the school counselor were also part of thenew construction. An elevator was added as part of the proj-ect and all the restrooms were designed and re-constructedto be in compliance with the ADA rules. We are happy to saythat our school is currently handicapped accessible to all ourstudents, staff, parents and visitors.
All of the additions to the original school of 1951 havebeen constructed to meet the growing responsibilities thatare part of public schools’ curriculum and instruction. Thegymnasium serves as the setting for a district-adopted K-5physical education program. It also serves as a cafeteria forour school’s daily breakfast and lunch program. The gymprovides an environment to conduct school and community-wide assemblies and special events. The music classroomserves as the setting for our music educators to provide a K-
5 music curriculum and to provide small-group band and or-chestra lessons to our fourth and fifth grade students.
All our K-5 students visit our new library once a week tolisten to our librarian read a story or portions of a book tothem. Then, with the assistance of the librarian and class-room teacher, each student is given the opportunity to checkout one or two books from the thousands of books that arepart of the library inventory. Classrooms are also given theopportunity to visit our computer lab which contains morethan 25 desk top computers. Under the supervision of theirclassroom teacher, students are excited to browse the world-wide web to access information for school-related topics ofinterest. The computers are also used by students to prac-tice and refine their reading, writing, math, geography, socialstudies and science skills.
Yankton’s Title I program was initiated during the 1965-66school year. For most of its history, Title I services at LincolnSchool were provided in the south hallway of the second floor.Today, Title I services are provided in the Title I room, locatedon the first floor of our school. There, students receive individ-ualized special instruction to improve their reading and writ-ing skills as part of our Reading Recovery program.
In 1973, the federal government mandated that each publicschool district provide “appropriate” special-education serv-ices to each qualified student residing within the district. Inorder to meet the educational goals of each Individual Educa-tion Plan, these services must be provided within the “least re-strictive environment.” When appropriate, these services canbe provided within the Resource Room at Lincoln School. Atthe present time, two special education teachers and five para-professionals work collaboratively with each K-5 classroomteacher to meet the goals and objectives of each IEP.
Other specialized services, which include physical andoccupational therapy, are provided by visiting specialistswho use our gym and facilities to serve the specialized needsof students. A speech and language clinician serves studentswho qualify for such services at Lincoln School. Studentsvisit her office anywhere from one to four times per week toreceive specialized instruction. Our school counselor servestwo schools and provides bi-monthly classroom instructionto each Junior Kindergarten-fifth grade classroom. She alsoprovides individualized and small-group guidance instructionto students who seek her guidance and support.
As I noted in the first part of this history, the local PTAwas reorganized to promote the construction of a new Lin-coln School in the early 1950s. Lincoln’s PTA continues to bean active and proud supporter of our school. Numerous play-ground and school projects have been planned, financed andinstalled by our parent volunteers. Many school-related proj-ects which include assemblies, carnivals, Bingo Night, visit-ing authors, games for classroom during inside-recess andcountless other acts of generosity and kindness have beenpart of Lincoln’s rich history of cooperation between parentsand teachers. Members of our local PTA have always recog-nized and lived out the motto that “Educating everyone takeseveryone.”
As you have read through this brief history of our school,you can’t help but notice that our school district has been aleader in meeting the growing needs of our students andtheir families. With our community’s financial support, wehope to continue to make the appropriate changes that willhelp us meet the needs of all students.
Lincoln Boasts A Rich History
COURTESY PHOTO
Student council members pose in front of the new benches installed this summer on the front lawn of Lincoln School. They are proudto be Lincoln Leaders.
Past LincolnSchool Principals:
Della Reich .....................1930-67Bob Walser .....................1967-98Paul Struck ............1998-present
L
From Webster Elementary School
n 1876, the original Webster Schoolwas constructed at 510 Pine Street.The main goal of the building was tomeet the educational needs of thestudents on the eastside of Yankton. Thebrick building cost
approximately $5,000 and hadfour classrooms: two on themain floor and two in thebasement. Only those stu-dents in grades 1-3 attendedthis school. In the May SchoolBoard minutes, it was docu-mented that a fence waserected to divide the boysand the girls from the build-ing to the outhouses. Later,the building was evacuateddue to a lack of fire safetymeasures, lighting and over-crowding.
During the 1902 schoolyear, it was documented thatsome of the first teachers re-ceived $45 per month or $405per year for their salary. In1918, the salary increased to $1,200 per year.By the time 1942 rolled around, teacherswere paid approximately $3250 per year.
In 1906, the school board allocated moneyto certain grades to purchase school sup-plies. The first/second graders received 15cents while the third/fourth graders received25 cents. In 1921, different grade levels werefurnished with certain school supplies. Thefirst/second graders received pencils, thefirst through fourth graders received paper
and crayons and the upper grades receivedink. All grades were given exam papers.
The current Webster School on East Sev-enth Street was built in 1950. It had eightclassrooms and could hold a capacity of 240students. During the next 24 years, more
rooms were added, includingfour more classrooms, an all-purpose room and a kitchen.In 1983, the school received anew entrance and office area.The final addition came in1990, when four more class-rooms were added on to thewest end of the building.
Although structurallythere have not been majorprojects since 1990, WebsterSchool has gone throughmany other changes in thelast 20 years. Through thespring of 1996, it housed twosections of each grade level(kindergarten-sixth grade). Inthe fall of 1996, the sixthgraders moved into the newYankton Middle School to jointhe seventh and eightgraders. Beginning in the fall
of 2003, Webster School’s enrollment de-clined as it became a one-section school ofKindergarten-fourth grade and two sectionsof fifth grade. But since that year, enrollmenthas only increased. In the fall of 2004, theYankton School District began to provideearly childhood services to our youngestlearners by adding two sections of Jr. Kinder-garten. Since implementing the initial early
Webster School HasBeen An Innovator
COURTESY PHOTO
A look at Yankton’s Webster Elementary School in the fall of 2014.
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WEBSTER | PAGE 11A
Past WebsterSchool Principals:
Mildred NewtonElsie DeCampRuth KlemmeDavid Mendel
Wendell McNeelyBob Walser
Peg WetherellBruce BlumerPaul Struck
Jerome KlimischKevin Dick
Carey MitzelMelanie Ryken
