Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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,..,,.......-.-e Relaxing outside his office in lower B building, Mr. Richard Keller en- joys The comforis of his lounge chair in perfect school spirii. W f Erlc Richardson, sophomore, dons This casual summer ouifii in keeping wiih Hawaiian day. A Ilhle blt of everything was of- fered ai The gym jam. Karen Mc Carihy and Renaie Wiicox inauige Themselves in a game of ping pong. 28 Spirit Week E xgwg-i,sg3sssa.gms,sssssr,s,:,.si-:-asus A . WWW? K ' X i -- .ww E . S 4 nun- ,ml ,MQ 1m...,. . . .gg E . E N-W f -,. as SS . - Q , . .. I ., - , .Q . , vi '- N ,y,.,, y .. A A X T, i 5 X ' is K .i 5 fi: genie so ,Ex jp s, 5 . , . ff ' s i i --i-- i f T . . . V- s ,- Q .X . . ., . sgfcys .. s,.ss,s. r . . L A Y M L in ' 7 54 -f

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Decorated gym creates magic As couples walked down a candle-liT paTh and a fog- filled hallway, They lefT be- hind jusT an ordinary SaTur- day nighT and sTepped inTo HA Magical Evening. I en- joyed The magical aTmo- sphere There, along wiTh The loud music and The smiling faces, sTaTed Lloyd Brooks, senior. Much Time and efTorT were puT inTo The decora- Tions. Members of Highland- ers and SCOT SenaTe worked every day afTer school for a monTh prior To The dance and for abouT Ten hours The nighT before The dance. AfTer decoraT- ing for Ten hours on Friday nighT, I never ThoughT we would finish in Time, buT all The work paid off, said Dawn Ruisz, junior. Black and gold paper ac- cenTed wiTh an occasional Top haT and cane lined The bleachers. Life-size playing cards were spread in a fan design on The wall behind The hors d'oeuvre Tables. Large black and gold sTreamers were draped from The bleachers To cre- aTe a dropped ceiling. T'The decoraTions we had, The candle-liT paTh, and The swan gaTes really added a Touch of magic To The even- ing, sTaTed Dina KarTch, Homecoming chairman. Three hundred couples danced To music provided by GenTlemen of Leisure. I ThoughT ThaT in previous years we had beTTer bands: however, everyone sTill danced and had a greaT Time, said Maureen Keane, senior. AT TO Laurie MerriTT, SCOT vice presidenT and Tina Bona, SCOT presidenT, an- nounced Rodney Shipe and STephanie WashihgTon as King and Queen. They danced The TradiTional spoT lighT dance To Heaven ln Your Eyes. l was honored To be chosen as King espe- cially since The enTire school had Taken parT in The vo- Ting, sTaTed Rodney. As The evening drew To a close, couples deparTed and wenT To various places To finish ouT Their Magical Evening. People would Talk abouT This evening ThaT would be a special memory To lasT ThroughouT Their life- Time. eriioisf-:-ai magical awiasphere There i1i:iir11?ii'riig.gi iaiid rriusio arid The smiling --- Liciyiiirl ilirrnrgiks li Q T iT,,, png 'TT . ifsiw it , 'X in A Q T is z- Ze i , if I .QB v A4 l ' I ,, ' N 4 3 Q 'T i Mlssy Plsarskl and Down FulTz sef up The candles on The hors d'oeuvre's Table. Students enjoy being Together and sharing The magic of The even- ing. Homecoming Dance 27

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Crea tive days boast spirit A chonce To be creoTive, To express new ideos, ond To show new fdshions were dll imporTdnT in creoTing o successful Spirii Week, spon- sored by SCOT SendTe ond I-lighlonders. While Trying To come up wiTh new ideos, TrodiTionol 'lddys were reioined. One wos color ddy when closses dressed in designdTed col- ors: freshmen wore whiTe, sophomores block, juniors red, seniors blue, ond foculTy ond sToff yellow. Winning The mosT spiriTed oword were The juniors who domi- noTed The holls ond closs- rooms wiTh Their seo of red. Along wiTh The TrodiTiondl days, Weor Your CloThes Inside OuT ond Punk- House-Prep doys were od- ded. I pdrTicipoTed in Punk- House-Prep doy becouse I goT To dress in The fdshions I liked, sToTed senior Ericko Gibson. Ldurie lvlerriTT, vice presi- denT of SCOT SendTe, sug- gesTed College SweoTs ddy. lvlosT everyone hos college sweoTs, ond I felT ThoT IT would look good if everyone wore Them on The some doy. The college I sow mosT of wds Illinois SToTe, she sold. Smoll pldsTic eggs were hidden dll oround The school for sTudenTs To porTicipoTe ln The EdsTer egg hunT. Those sTudenTs who reTurned Them To Mr. Michoel BorTel, High- Idnder sponsor, were given o chocoloTe Codbury egg. Flowers ond colors could be seen everywhere on Howoiidn doy, os sTudenTs showed off Their fovoriTe summer weor. Even The foc- uITy could be seen in Their shorTs. I liked To see fdculTy os well os sTudenTs porTici- poTing in spiriT-showing dc- TiviTies, ond since I love Ho- woii, iT seemed o perfecT wdy To show my 'Alohd' os well os my Thornridge spiriT, sToTed Mr. Richdrd Keller, os- sisTonT principol. The week ended wiTh o sTudenTffoculTy volleyboll gome ofTer school ond d gym jom ThoT Friddy nighT. TrddiTlonol days ond new ideds come TogeTher To creoTe d spiriTed week. ,lv i'Since i love ilowoii. ST seemed The pe-rieci way To show my Zlxlohof cis weli os my 'Thornridge spiriiif' W- lvlr. T-Eiicxireerd Highlander members, Brion Spiller ond Korrle Chmielewski, help ouT wiTh The onnuolly-sponsored sun- dde sole. Hunting for Edsier eggs in high school, Koren SchworTz ond Sheri Rdkowski seorch ThroughouT The courTyord. Spiril' Week 29