Below: Jakob Kaltenbach directs the oom-pa-pah band. Middle: students enjoy lunch at the German Club picnic. Bottom: Kyle Miller ties on his very first pair of ice skates.
ror the sixth consecutive year, German Club continued to be the largest, and one of the most active clubs on campus. The 1st major highlight of the year occurred when 33% of all German II, III. and IV students scored in the top 10% nationally on the National German Examination. Seventeen members, the highest number ever, scored above the 90th percentile. They are as follows: German IV - Robert Hanelt - 98% and Ian Wengs - 95%, German III - Ben Hanelt - 99%, Shawn Woerrlein - 99%, Joseph Greathouse - 97%, Neil Miller - 96%. Ted Stenzhorn - 95% and Mia Guile - 92% f German II - John Gehred - 99%, Kristin Hansen - 96%, Justin Miller - 96%. Pat Briscoe - 94%, Daniel Gehred - 93%, Kyle Miller, Ashley Gross and Jacob Kaltenbach - all 92%, and John Sullivan 91%. 55% of all SFHS German students scored in the top 20% nationally. State and National Prizes were won by many of them. The second major highlight was the Club's participation in GAPP - the German American Partnership Program, an exchange with Gymnasium Christian-Ernestinum in Bayreuth, West Germany. 30 German students came to SFHS from April 3 to May I, 1987 and 18 more Santa Fe students went to Bayreuth during the summer of '87. Fully one third of all Royal Blue Seniors were German Club members and the highest number of Super Scholars were as well. 20 more German students were inducted into NM Kapitel Delta, the school's chapter of the National German Honor Society, bringing the total membership to 45. the largest in the State and one of the largest in the entire country.
German Club Book Award To the senior who best combines academic excellence with outstanding participation in the German Club. 1981-82 Greg Jackson 1982-83 Lori Kopp 1983-84 Diana Freeark 1984-85 John Kantner 1985-86 Maria Trujillo 1986-87 Geoffrey Wise
German Club continued participation in all its traditional events: A Fall and a Spring picnic at Aspen Meadows, sponsorship of the Third Annual Oktofest Dance, with the Blenderz. and 850 students in attendance, ice skating in Los Alamos, attendance en masse at German movies that came to town like "Heller Wahn" and "Maenner," and support of the Demon Varsity soccer teams. In Intramural sports, the German I soccer team went undefeated, and the German II volleyball team had the best record of the three teams the club fielded. A club basketball team broke even. Former Club Reporter Daniel von Briesen spent his senior year in Germany on the Congress/ Bundestag scholarship and Junior Josie Wurst made it to the State Finals in the same program. Three former club members, Stacy Pearce. Tim Bajema and Lori Kopp all spent their Junior year at German Universities as well. The 6th Annual Awards Banquet and Dance closed out the academic year on the highest of notes.