Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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WK as Qi? W all Q. ,ff Leliz Academic Bowl Team: Front Row- Chris Errico Chellie Ferczok, Jodie Shipplett Dawn Kiniship Row 2 Amy Merrltt Laura Steele, Ana- marle Linde Paula Bentley, Mr. Mi- chael Heft tcoachl: Back Row: Keith Fiedler Julie O' Neill, Laura Magnavlte Lon Latta Bottom Mr Michael Heft, coach, Julie Ol'lelll Laura Steele, and Brett Marcotte practice on the computer for an upcoming meet. Top scholars mark first year Bringing all the brain power in the school togeth- erin one room to work as a team was the concept of the Academic Bowl Team. ln its first year of participation, the team competed against 20 other schools. The games were almost like sporting events, said Mr. Ron Zeilenga, assistant coach. There were toss-up questions worth ten points each, and if the team an- swered correctly, they had the opportunity at the 20- point bonus question. Each game lasted 24 min- utes, two l2-minute halves with a 5-minute break in be- tween. The topics dis- cussed in these meets were science, math, social stud- ies, fine arts, humanities, and miscellaneous. A new team captain was chosen for each meet. Julie O'Neill, junior, captained the first competition. The first time out was kind of rough. There were only six of us, but we did win one round, she said. ln the first meet the team came in l5th out of 2l schools. We were ham- pered with most of the stu- dents out for the speech contest on the same day, but it went pretty well, said Mr. Michael Heli, coach. The first members of the team were asked to be in- volved by Mr. Helt because they were scholastically the top five students in the sen- ior, junior, and sophomore classes. Then others were added as a result of recom- mendations from teachers. For the first time students drew from all areas of their education to compete for the school. Academic Bowl Team 89

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Sales of pizzas support Sauce! Sausage! Cheese! These commands were im- printed on the minds of AFS members as they stood in the assembly lines of the pizza sales, the only fund- raising event for the club. I-leld three times each year, the sales brought in about S1000 each time at a profit of about Sl per pizza. Eaming this money al- lowed members of Ameri- can Field Sewice to go many places. They went to Chicago for their annual Christmas trip, camped out in Michigan, and sponsored short-term exchanges with other schools. Twelve AFS students from around the Chicago area came to stay for a weekend in February. They attended classes here, went to Jubilation, a teenage dance spot, sponsored an International Surprise outings Breakfast, and went on a hayride. Students from Min- nesota stayed here for a I5- day weekend and in ex- change TR students visited the school in Minnesota. Members had the oppor- tunity to leam from the AFS-sponsored foreign ex- change students: Cinzia Mauro from Italy, Carsten Liebig from Germany, and Calista Tepie from St. Lu- cia. l think that being an AFS member has helped me understand how other students around the world live. lt's interesting to leam about their families and in- terests, said Mike Nudo, sophomore. AFS was not only for for- eign students but also for students interested in ob- serving and relating to the lifestyles of students from other countries. i 5 LJ 88 AFS Above: AFS: Front Row: Priscilla Williams, Don Cowley, Arlene Rush, Lisa Castaneda, Missy Cura- ham, Beth Clayton, Joann Morelli. Verla Mc Cloud, Angela Clifton, La Tonia Mc Donald: Row 2: Tricia Clayton fhist.l, Leticia Castel- lanos, Kristin La Fleur, Paula Fier !pres.l, Candance Outlaw, Ellen Hayes, Tonya Lewis, Cinzia Mauro, Tammy Titus, Martha Castellanos Cv. pres.J, Sheryl Anastasia, Tricia Walski, Karla Myers: Row 5: Dawn Kinishi, Carla Carey, Rebecca Johnson ltreas.l, Kay Needles, Pli- cole Jackson, Michelle Broski, Tanya Krawiec, Pam Decker, Cal- lista Tepie, Maria Mokry, Susan Gif- ford, Kimberly Piper fSec.l, Sonya Lewis, Eisa James, Mary Rogers: Row 4: Octavia Durkin, Julie Bot- tomlee, Trish Vanderlee, Tonya Hill, Rachel Jones, Connie Cole- man, Lillian Jackson, Valarie Johnson, Tanya Johnson, Eileen James, Julie Bytnar, Kristin To- miello, Denien Hill, Fanetta Bates: Back Row: Connie Benton, Ellen Edwards, Denise James, Tammy Piper, Craig West, Sue Hartigan, Carsten Liebig, Lenard Adams, Kim Blake, Shavelle Bell, Michael Nudo, Laura Baugh, La Shaun Bradley, Charlene Sneed Top: Tonya Lewis visits Here's Chicago on an outing sponsored by AFS.

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Right: Jr. IAD: Front Row: Miss Jennifer Housley istudent teach- erl, Chris Franks, Steven Davis, Oralene Caston: Row 2: Scott Sax- inger, Clint Housley, Ricardo Fon- seca, Jason Vendola, Jeif Hood, Carla Cross: Row 5: Miss Norma Felbinger lspon.l, Miss Chris Adamo ispon.l, Jim Slize, Cherie Holdren, Mary Szarek, Lendra Co- leman, Miss Nora O' Toole ispon.J: Back Row: Miss Joanna Wojcik ispon.l, Elise Nye, Kelley Robin- son, Stuart Ferguson, Morgan Camplin, Mark Brosch Aww Above: Horticulture Club: Front Row: Veronica Thomas, Julie Steel, Kimlyn Scott, Karla Myers, Lisa Castaneda, Dawn Kane, Ud- juana Scott, Anna Corderp Row 2: Rebecca Mc Carter 4pres.l, Melissa Graham, Tracy Woodson, La Faye Shegog, Renee Creach, Kimberly Piper, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Stacy Woodson, Denise Williams: Row 5: Elise Jarrett, Stacy Mc Gowan, Do- reen Brown, Caryn Lee, Jose Fon- seca, Jason T hreatt, Vernetta Pay- ton, Christine Grayson: Back Row: Constance Benton, Karen Schwartz, Sandie Marcukaitis, Tor- rey Patterson, John Rupeika, Bill Cook, Nora Wyche, Tammy Potat Right: Spanish Club: Front Row: Laura Rodriguez, Julia Juarez, Re- nee Butler, Catrissa Johnson, La- tia Adams, Karina Cruz: Row 2: So- nia Cruz, Martha Castellanos, Clara Mercado, Eva Medina, Nicki Burnett, Lisa Castaneda: Row 5: Verla Mc Cloud, Lori West, Diana Marroquin lpres.l, Martha Rodri- guez, Ellen Hayes, Norma Perez, Karla Myers: Row 4: Gctavia Dur- kin, Traci Gassett, Deborah Sylves- trak, Tarshwa Cooper, Ricardo Fonseca, Teresa Marroquin: Back Row: Jose Barajas, Joe Czernik, Gregory Atkins, Karen Crosby, Rigo Zambrano, Jose Fonseca, Da- vid Garcia 90 Department Clubs Right: French Club: Front Row: Sonia Cruz, Laura Rodriguez, Beth Farnesi, Janet Harding ltreas.l, Karina Cruz: Row 2: Laura Riedel, Charlotte Banks, Roseann Conig- lio, Angela Riner: Row 5: Rebecca Johnson, Beth Pfister, Tricia Van- derlee iv,pres.l, Jerome James, Craig Fata: Back Row: Julie Bytnar, Tammy Piper, Sue Hartigan, Mi- chael Nudo, Kimberly Obrenski