Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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' - - Nc choices offered :uv-or S ss Fx 4 :Qs K, Rss I T is if M, 'x s-six A 5 a ss ,z 3 9' elif' .. sis? Required classes specified STudenTs usually had a choice when iT came To The required classes. For example, many sTudenTs opTed for Hu- maniTies insTead of English To fulfill Their English crediT, buT when iT came To P.E.. speech, U.S. hisTory, and healTh, There was no alTernaTive. Speech was a class Taken by all freshmen in eiTher The isT or 2nd se- mesTer. STudenTs wroTe Their own es- says and presenTed Them To The class regularly. This was designed To Take The fear away from public speaking. STudenTs also had a mock Trial where They used courTroom sTraTegy To de- Termine The guilT of a defendenf. AnoTher required course was U.S. his- Tory. The goal of The class was To pre- pare The sTudenTs for The consTiTuTion TesT, a requiremenT for graduaiion. A feaTure of Mr, John ivlikenas' classes were The music days when he played music and dressed up in The fashion of Mr. John lviikenas shows Raquel Washingfon an animal Trap. an era. l Think The music days are a good idea because They give you a view of whaT iT was really like back Then, sTaTed Lloyd Brooks. A change came To The healTh classes in ThaT ii became a require- menT for freshmen insiead of sopho- mores. ivlr. Richard Keller, assisTanT prin- cipal, commenTed on The change, The healTh classes were moved To The freshman level so ThaT sophomores would have aT leasT one semesTer of Qvm- Gym was anoTher required class. iT offered a break in The day for sTudenTs To relax and have fun. One of The re- quiremenis was swimming for all fresh- men. There were Three differenf levels so ThaT everyone could learn as much as possible. When juniors and seniors were given a choice of which pro- grams They wanTed, mosT Took weighfliffing. volleyball, qnd baskeT- ball. The goal of all sTudenTs was To meeT The requiremenfs and To advance scholasTlcally. Senior Gordon Collins clemonsTraTes The proper podium Technique To a freshman class. The skeletal sysTem is discussed by Mario Rich- man and Jason Riggins. Required Courses

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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,

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,, ,4r,,,i.,1,,,.,,,, ,, f , , 50 Electives iff . i .Q Sophomores Dan Pcpoy, Phillip McDode, ond Jeff Nykowski proclice their driving skills in simulc- tion. Junior Rob Rusiniok uses Q hohd screw clcrhp To glue his project Togerher, l