Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Sixties: English teachers taught only tour classes, and students were required to write a theme each week. An on your honor study hall with no teachers and with students taking attendance was developed. The Speech Department ad- ded Radio and T.V. to the cur- riculum. Only students with a 4.5 C5.0:AD or better could take more than tour academic courses. Seventies: Pre-calc, French V, and Computer Math were added as advanced classes. ln-school suspension was in- troduced as an alternative to out-of-school suspension. The tour-phase Drivers Ed. class eliminated weekend classes. Eighties: Grade weighted, honors, and advanced classes pro- vided students with the chance to receive a higher grade point average. ln a system called Share Teaching, teachers split a schedule so one teacher taught the first halt of the day and another teacher taught the last half. Classes were cancelled on the day when the electric sys- tem caught fire. 1985 . . . F' , 40 Studies Right: Lormell Mackey and Mike McDonough were members ot the newlyecreated electronics class. Above: ln the sixties students built projects tor the annual science fair competition,

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