Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Curriculum improved American law - 2nd semester Teochers were consTonTly looking for woys To chonge The curriculum in order for sTudenTs To improve dnd beT- Ter undersTond whoT wos being ToughT. The Sociol STudles DepdrTmenT chonged iTs bosic philosophy To whoT should every sTudenT know obouT so- cidl sludies? l'Sociol sTudies is olmosT Timeless. There's dlwoys been on inTer- esT. We Tried To offer d wide vorieTy of closses so sTudenTs could choose whol inTeresTed Them, sToTed Mr. Don Vo- lisko, deporTmenT cholrmon, Perhops The biggesT chonge wos The oddiTion of o new junior or senior elec- Tive, Americon Low, o second semes- Ter course where o combinoTion of low ond governmenT wos ToughT. From world hisTory To The behoviorol sciences, sTudenTs were given on op- porTunlTy To grow in o personol os well os on ocddemic woy. We were com- Seniors Tony Denys, Brion MognoviTe, ond Tim Ponozzo disecT o cow's knee in onoTomy. miTTed To keeping The courses chol- lenging. l Tried To geT sTudenTs To see ThoT lifesTyles of Todoy ore reldTed To The posT, sold Mr. John lvllkenos, U.S. hisTory ond sociology Teocher. The Science DepdrTmenT odded five new compuTers. l hod Two permo- nenT compuTers in my room ond leorned new woys To collecl ond ond- lyze doTo, sToTed Mrs. KoThy Kreidler, chemlslry Teocher. Along wiTh The compuTers, onoTomy ond physiology closses received new bioelecTronics producTs ThoT inTer- foced wiTh Them. These producTs meosured blood pressure, pulse, ond gove on elecTrocordiogrom prinTouT on The compuTer, commenTed Mr. Rich Wilkinson, biology Teocher. AnoTher oddiTion wos ThoT of o weoTher sToTion, locoTed nexT To The elecTronic messoge boord in C-D breezewoy, The chonges in These deporTmenTs enobled sTudenTs To leorn more effi- clenTly. Mark Carey reviews informoTion for o geogro- phy TesT. Mlss Margaret Werling ossisfs freshmon Tonio Nlicholski wiTh her homework. Required Courses A7

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Music: days are a goooi idea because They give you a view of whai ii was reaiiy iike back Then. -- Lloyd Brooks A8 Required Courses P 'Q Eg Lisa Castaneda benches some Tall iron in her weighfiifiing class. Baskoiball ls a popular sport in ali gym ciasses, 2 1,