Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Sharnlo Bullock gives ah announcemenT during Black l-lislory monlh. 3 .kb ,rm-we-...NMNK Ms. Cheryl Crulkshank discusses The Marlin Lu- Ther display wiTh Ed Moore, Ellen Hayes, and Ar- lene Maye. Sharnic Bullock shows The flyers ThaT will be dis- played in The hallways for The fashion show. T f ..f H X we .fm la llik, vw

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Wine i2osemonT perforw mance will always be a fond memory of mine ThaT l'll look back on in years To came. -- Julie Curafoio Highlight is Horizon No camp for entire squad lnsTead of having summer camp aT Thornridge for The enTire squad, The Pom Pon sponsor, Mrs. Nancy Winlecki, decided To send The officers To camp. Paula Franson, 'lsT co-capTaln, was one of The four To go. I ThoughT going To camp This summer proved To be a good idea. We worked hard, prac- Ticed eighT hours a day, and broughf back many new sTeps, she said. One of The ways The squad excelled was by having pracfice bofh during zero period and afTer school. A change for The squad was The ori- gin of music. For many performances records or Tapes were noT used. ln- sTead, The Pom Pon girls danced To various songs played by The school band. AlThough The band was very if ' 4 .5-rx, 4 'V it 'w5Q.31fQf'g: W good, I liked dancing To songs from Tapes raTher Than The band because There were more songs To choose from, said Kelly IVlcCarThy. On January 8, Thornrldge played Thornfon aT The RosemonT Horizon. This gave The Pom Pon squad a chance To perform somewhere ofher Than Thorn- ridge. IT was a very differenT exper- ience for The girls and The highlighT of The year. The RosemonT performance will always be a fond memory of mine ThaT l'll look back on in years To come. IT was a very exciTing way To end my senior year and my lasT year on The squad, said Julie CuraTolo, capTain. There were changes ThaT The squad adjusfed To and memories made To lasT a long Time. W ,fflF J' Seniors say farewell aT Their senior perfor- mance, The Pom Pon squad moves To The music of Yaz. Pom Pons

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lrieiggtririg Lifesi' Airim cams, ii' us iirsgiersiiiznfd Timm irhpesiarii mir Tseriiaggea is, r:.ir'ii1i1i vifiii ielli' iiiroisd iizirirgi haigriirziy' heliii Tiwi Tess iai'Tiur- naiefi M Sisarnia Warsaw Mail sent to A frica Spring fashion show added Pamoja UniTed BroThers and SisTers, oTherwise known as PUBS, had dedi- caTed Themselves To making The school more aware of Black HlsTory. During February, Black HisTory monTh, PUBS gave announcemenTs concern- ing a black leader and Told abouT his life. ln addiTlon To Those announce- menTs, PUBS gave a special an- nouncemenT honoring lVlarTin LuTher King on his oirThday. To have more of an undersTanding abouT Their heriTage, PUBS senT leTTers To sTudenTs in WesT Africa, and They replied wiTh leTTers and pamphleTs. LaTer, as They were needed, PUBS pro- vided The sTudenTs wiTh papers, books, and supplies. By helping The WesT Africans iT helped us undersTand how imporTanT our heriTage is, and we felT proud and happy To help The less forTunaTe, sTaT- ed Sharnia Bullock, presidenT. For fund raising projecTs, PUBS sold balloons and worked a concession sTand aT a oaskeTbaIl game. An ad- ded feaTure was The spring fashion show, A Touch of Elegance. All The plans for The fund raising acTlviTies were discussed aT The weekly Wednesday meeTings. 'TWe were auiTe enThused abouT our fund raisers, buT our oesT acTiviTy was The spring fashion show, which added a biT of spice To our successful year, said lvls. Cheryl Cruikshank, sponsor. PUBS, by Their announcemenTs and acTiviTies, made The communiiy aware of Black HisTory. ,QQ E Jori Blvins and lvls. Cheryl Cruikshank read over The leTTers ThaT The WesT African sTudenTs wroTe. PUBS: Fronl Row: Tenya Jordan, l.aVinia Readus, Arlene lvlayeg Row 2: Ellen Hayes Greasy, KaTina Grandberry, CynThia SmiTh qv. presj, Ms, Cheryl Cruikshank Qsponj: Back Row: Tasha Foley, Len- ard Adams, Sharnia Bullock Qpresg PU TOT