Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Siudents admlre the Homecoming decoration designed and drawn by Tim Duke, sophomore. Nancy Campanile reacts io an- other senior touchdown in The pow- derpuff football game. Seniors cheer as Stephanie Wash- ingfon, class presideni, leads The winning chain across The floor. 22 Homecoming Week -sn' Q I N To ,WWW nfl? N W, , , , M, , sy A, rr X . .., fi 'fm !!eY,, ff. 1 I L 49 HOWECONIHG Iqarfm , 'Tl-iUYS'L Bmw 2 csefn i if 'FRif'S?1i we mg -'IW 'ff ' V eflzflfgiik-I J r ' Vin 'mrg-inf MIA W' f':iJ ' ww I 'W are :if i .rj I I W.. 1

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It's about time for 402 grads As The rain poured down ouTside on The evening of June ll, A02 seniors waiTed in The gym for Their chance To walk across The sTage and receive Their diplomas. l had To make a mad dash for The building so ThaT my cap and gown wouldn'T geT wa- Ter spoTs all over iT, said Ju- lie O'Neill, honor guide. The graduaTes were led in by The faculTy guides, Mr. George Silagyi and Mr. Charles Wiechern, who were chosen by The senior class officers. Anamarie Linde and Julie, The Top Two sfudenfs in The junior class followed, along wiTh The resT of The Top 20 in The class. The ceremony opened wiTh Only You Know The Answer, a speech given by Laura lVlagnaviTe, and Ryan Baker conTinued wiTh iT's NOT Over Now, IT's Only JusT Begun. Then CallisTa Tepie, foreign exchange sTudenT, concluded wiTh Our View of America. BeTTy ThreaTT, secreTary of NaTional Honor SocieTy and VlCA sTaTe Treasurer, denburg award given To The senior who was ouTsTanding in academics, school acTivi- Ties, and communiTy ser- vice. ln deparTure from The Tra- diTional ceremony, Dr. Sfeve Humphrey, assisTanT princi- pal, who was To graduaTe also afTer Ten years here and move on To The disfricf office as assisTanT superin- TendenT, gave The main speech. l was exTremely honored To address my speech To over 3000 peo- ple. As an adminisTraTor iT's probably one of The highesT honors To receive, he said. Seniors filed across The sTage as Their counselors called ouT Their names. The ceremony wenT by Too fasT. A loT of us goT Teary-eyed as we realized we mighT noT see each oTher again even Though we promised To, commenTed CaThy Cie- cierski, graduaTe. As The lasT graduaTe re- ceived her diploma, caps wenT flying and The seniors realized Their high school days were over. iT was Time YA io? of us -gas iieassy-eve-d as we seaiigiesi we Weigh? noir see each oTher again even Tiscgsssgh we promised To. -- ilzglsiisy iiliiefcgziesisisii received The Henry Van- To sTarT living Their fuTures. Congrafuloied by Mr. George Mc Nally and Mr. John Mooney, school board members, BeTTy Threaff re- ceives The Henry Vandenburg award for excellence. Trlcla Cluyion picks up her diploma in The cafeTeria from Mr. Ron Zei- lenga, counselor, afTer The cere- mony. Graduafion 21

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Classes ' chan ts climax assembly JusT when everyone hdd cdlmed down from The ex- ciTemenT of summer vdcd- Tion, Homecoming de- scended To uplifT The spiriT of The sTudenTs. The week's ocTiviTies sTdrTed Tuesdoy wiTh Spon- ish Club's 'iLoBombo con- TesT. The winners were Alex PeTerson, junior, ond Jer- moine l-lordwick, freshmon. l enjoyed woTching The conTesTonTs moke up Their own donce To 'LoBombo, ' sold Korlo Myers, Sponish Club presidenT. Wednesdoy wos college sweoTs doy, buT The nighT wds for The powderpuff fooTboll gomes. The fresh- men pounded The sopho- mores l2-o, while The seniors sTomped on The juniors 22-O. ln The ossembly on Fridoy, Mr. Richord Keller, ossisTonT principol, ond lVlr. Shi Ping Li, foreign exchonge Tedcher, foughT iT ouT in o ping pong moTch, ond Mrs. Ndncy Win- iecki received The DisTin- guished FoculTy Aword for hoving sponsored The pom pons for eighT yeors. I wos very honored ond surprised. l never dreomT i would ever receive ThoT honor ond I greoTly opprecioTed iT, she sold. Also dT The ossembly The Lossies ddnced To Wipe OuT, The cheerleoders pulled The crowd inTo por- TicipoTion of ShouT, ond The bond Took To The floor To rev up The crowd even more, The pom pons hod To moke o losT minuTe chonge in Their rouTine becouse of The coniroversiol dudience reponse of lVlony lVlony. The oThleTes in The olympic Trodifion poroded oround The gym wiTh Their bonners. nl enjoyed The dssembly. There wos more school spiriT Thon wos shown ThroughouT The yeor ond ThdT mode you feel good obouT your peers, soid LeTicio CosTel- lonos, junior. SpirlT wos especiolly sTrong dT The end of The os- sembly when insTeod of The usuol boTTle cry, The sTu- denTs swormed onTo The floor buT The momenTory concern for sofeTy melTed os They lefT The up-beoT os- sembly chonTing Their closs cry. enjoyed The assembly. There wos more sijgiiirii Thsfsiw wus shown ThroughouT iiisie M- i,-eT'icii1:i illicgisireilcziniiiis Missy Plsarskl led The assembled in i singing The STor-Spongled Bon- -' ni ner. gfikri f A H me T ,1'siqj,.-,as,j , sa X ffiissiiiiiiinf ssiaoiis if W J mg g, S Q -Z X if 'lv-' ir Ugg-152 5-,iv s,,, . i has I .s I Seniors and juniors spilled on To The floor in o finol surge of spiriT before The ossembly ended. Homecoming Week 23