Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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. f k wp, f ' In teres is explored Electives given equal credit Eleciives enabled sTudenTs To Take The classes They chose and aT The some Time receive equal credii as re- quired classes. Several changes Took place in The lndusfrial Educafion DeparTrnenT This year, including The addifion of new Ap- ple compufers locaied ThroughouT E building. Mechanical drawing sTudenTs used cornpuier-aided drafiing QCADQ To learn new drafTing skills, and com- puTer-aided manufacfuring QCAMQ TaughT workshop sTudenTs how To make producfs The way indusTries do Today. The ElecTronics program Toughf sTu- denTs how To repair compufers. Our goal was To help fix compufers so ThaT The disTricT wouldn'T have To pay peo- ple, said lVlr. Don Bauc, deparTmenT chairman. The Home Economics DeparTrnenT added Two new courses To iTs curricu- Jumes Thomas adjusfs The moior of a car as Chrisfopher Keefe helps. rr lum This year. One was Food Science, o class Thai revolved around nuTriTion of food raiher Than preparoTlon. STu- denis also performed experirnenis on food in The course, which was a sci- ence crediT. The oTher new class was Fashion Merchandising, a semesfer course which Taughf sTudenTs The hisTory, de- signing, manufacfuring, and selling of fashion. Two new gas ranges were a signifi- canT addiiion To The cooking classes. According To Mrs. Linda Varnado, head of The deparTmenT, Foods are very popular. Somefirnes There were more boys Than girls in The classes. Aside from The new cars The Driver Educafion DeparTmenT received each year, a new policy allowed Teachers To TesT sTudenTs for Their drivers li- censes. Only Those sTudenTs who earned an A or a B in The course were eligible for The school Tesf. Taking an eleciive gave sTudenTs The opporTuniTy To Take a class Thai developed Their inTeresTs. T s Phllllp Aiklns works on his sewing projecl in be- ginning cloThing. One of Lisa Drzewieckl's requiremenfs in child developmenf is playing wifh The children. Eiecflves 54

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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

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t Q? ii' o 52 Electives . f Drawing and Painting II and Art Studio students make a quarterly critique of Dawn Kinishi's work, Paul Lofrano grimaces as he makes another taping of his radio commercial, if