Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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A group of friends take advantage of the five minutes between classes to catch up on the eday's events. 1 img, Jennifer Kem and Julie Sterk aid each other in the endless search for the bargain. Monica Haqq, Carolyn Skinner, and Kirk Simmons share a laugh during English class. 341 Friendships

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Asian teacher inds pace fast PicTure This: living Thou- Emonds of miles owoy from ome for on enTire yeor, noT Knowing The longuoge of he oreo very well, ond con- TonTly geTTing losT becouse ne did noT know his woy round. Kind of scory? lT wos or The four people from for- ign counTries who pocked heir bogs ond relocoTed in This oreo. From Chongde CiTy. oinlond Chino, come Mr. hi Ping Li, The firsT-ever for- ign exchonge Teocher ere. SToying wiTh The Don- ley fomily in Ook ForesT, he Ebserved Americon wdys of eoching ond living. Ameri- can people ore so full of en- rgy ond Time. The working .hyThm is very, very fosT, pbserved Mr. Li. He olso ound ThoT Teoching in on Qmericon high school wos o ord job! The Three foreign ex- Ehonge sTudenTs were So- hio Avrdom, lvlirjom STeg- ich, ond KeiTumeTse Tumi TsoTeTsi. Sophio from Nico- io, Cypress, sToyed wiTh The mmons fomily in DolTon nd found ThoT schooling ere wos less sTressful. i'We hove To weor o uniform, ond we don'T chonge closses every period. We even hdve To go To school on SoT- urdoys, sToTed Sophio. lvlirjom olso wenT To school on SoTurdoys in WesT Berlin, WesT Germony, so she looked forword To SoTurdoys ond Sundoys here in Amer- ico. I enjoy These long weekends here very much. There wos enough Time for big porTies, olThough Teens someTimes hondle The olco- hol d liTTle biT crozy, sold lvlirjom. She sToyed wiTh The Kuzniors in DolTon. in SoweTo, Souih Africo, where Tumi wos from, school sporTs were looked oT differenTly. She Tried ouT for The cross counTry Teom here buT could noT fiT iT inTo her schedule. 'lSporTs seem To be Token very seriously here. You procTice five To six Times o week, ond bock home we hove procTice Twice o week, commenT- ed Tumi. The Horris fomily of DolTon hosTed Tumi. They come here looking for o new experience ond o chonge of poce ond found iT 1 A - --ant TTTTTQ Arhericose people ore so Tull of energy ond Time. Tiiriie woriaing rl iy'Ti im is very. viery' Tosifi -W Shi i3'ii lQ i.i X '-aizial -R if 'sm ff, aisiilifl .- ..... S T. Y x .T X X Ll x Y X X to s f X S ss TR c Keltumetse Tsofetsl geTs reody To serve The volleyboll for her O period gym closs. Taking sewing os one of her elec- Tives. Mirjom STeglich works on her closs project. Foreign Exchonge 33

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Friendships - needed, High school wos full of ex- periences, some good. some noT so good. Howev- er, They oil would be meon- ingless wiThouT friends There To shore Them. One of The mosT imporTonT dspecTs of high school wos The formo- Tion of friendships. For freshmen iT wos some- Thing To look forword To, go- ing To high school ond meeT- ing new ond differenf peo- ple. According To Ron Go- mez, Being o freshmon wos scory di firsT becouse There were so mony people here ond I feIT like I didn'T know onyone, buT I mode friends quickly ond ThoT mode Things o loT eosierf' School provided The seT- Ting for o wide vorieTy of friendships, While iT wos common for sTudenTs To moke friends wiTh Their peers, mony imporTonT friendships could be found wiTh Teochers, club spon- sors, cooches ond focuITy members os well. These people could provide need- ed supporT ond odvice noT ovoiloble from clossmoies. During The course of four yeors, some friends drifTed i wan ted owoy while oihers were True To The end. There were co- suol friendships ond There were close, undying friend- ships, buT dll provided need- ed ingredlenTs for hoppi- ness. Friends mode good Times beTTer. WheTher iT wos geT- Ting dressed up for o donce or jusT honging ouT on o Typi- col weekend, ony Time seemed speciol when iT wos shored wiTh friends. I con never be bored when I'm wiTh my friends. We con Iough forever oT The sTupidesT Things Thdi no one buT us would Think were fun- ny, soid Becky Colemon, sophomore. Friends could moke bod Times beTTer Too. They were There To shore The poin of hord Times, To offer odvice. or To jusT brighTen o bod doy. AfTer four yeors, seniors usuolly esToblished Their own seT of friends. They reolized ThoT some of The mosT im- porfoni Things They could Toke wiTh Them were The friendships They hod formed. for They could losT o IifeTime. il Qfil-Ziimi i'iIIsf1-veiri igiilz-QI iiicirrsirzzi iifiJii6CE:ii'mI I'm wiiiil my Trierwds. We C.fZifli'li irfgssgh fmrrezrer di The siurzri- fiiesi- Tiriregs Thrjziir one bag? us xr-.feuid Think were iI,rnr':i,f. -M Bra-sci-:my iffi3if.i3iTlC,?ii'll S' Y fl. V W xx 1 ii. 1 X X I . Xxx 3 - x. .fix sf' ,. , T 1 s Q f . 5, Y S Tcmmy Tyler ond Rob Minio spend Their free Time grooming ond riding Tommy's horses. Angeline Lewis, Angelique Lewis, ond Koren Millo know ThoT onyTime spenf wiTh friends is speciol. Friendships 35