Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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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

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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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HM Left: German Club: Front Row: Kelly Rapka, Stacy Collins, Michael Erwin, Lisa liestner: Row 2: Tim O' Marrah, Renate Wilcox, Vennie Ple- mecek lsec.l, Corey Blank, Mi- chael Herrick: Row 5: Anamarie Linde, Tony Kestner itreas.l, Rick Mercier tpresl, Julie Carlson: Back Row: Ken Heritage, Tony Denys, Henry Treftz tsgt.-at-armsl, Chris Pawlowski, Matt Splant Below: Arranging a wreath for Christmas sales is Anne Ziol- kowski. Academics merge with activities At 2:58 p.m. the ring of the bell meant home free to some, but to others it meant the start of the work in being involved in a de- partment club, one tied di- rectly to a specific aca- demic area. Jr. IAD, comprised of stu- dents from the SMA hearing impaired program, washed cars in the spring to help pay for a camping trip held at the end of the year. Students delivering floral arrangements were prob- ably members of the Horti- culture Club in the Science Department. At Thanksgiv- ing time centerpieces were sold, at Christmas wreaths were offered, and for Valen- tine's Day roses and carna- tions. The club had more success this year because we had more members, better attendance, and more projects, said Stacy Woodson, vice president. The language clubs were active. Gennan Club contin- ued to place in the Home- coming parade by winning 5rd in float competition. The annual Gummi Bear sale was held to raise mon- ey. With Mrs. Hodson leav- ing, there was a big change in the way things were run, but as Mrs. Leonhardt Knew sponsorl got more ac- quainted with us, things progressed nicely, said Ken Heritage, sophomore. Spanish Club attended a Mexican ballet at the Opera House and went on the an- nual trip to Great America. The French Club was not only for those who could speak French, but for oth- ers who wanted to learn about French culture. First place was once again taken for the Homecoming ban- ner contest. Some students attended a weekend camp- ing trip where French was spoken the entire weekend. Department clubs pro- vided students with social pursuit of an academic in- terest. Department Clubs