Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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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

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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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Creativity grows The arts satisfy independence' Depending upon Their inTeresTs, sTu- denTs could choose from a varieTy of elecfive courses. Many sTudenTs de- veloped an inTeresT in The arTs. ArT classes gave sTudenTs The chance To be creaTive and To express Themselves. I plan To go To a design school To siudy adverTising design: STU- dio ArT has given me The chance To work wiTh a professional in The field, develop and puT TogeTher my porifo- lio, and experimenT wiTh new media while focusing on my plans for The fu- Ture, sTaTed Dawn Kinishi, senior. ArT noT only involved drawing, painT- ing, and sculpTing, puT iT involved cre- aTing of a differeni' kind- RadiofT.V., STagecrafT, and TheaTre ArTs. RadiofT.V. sTudenTs learned The arT of operaTing a radio sTaTion and mak- ing Their own commercials and radio shows, while The Television aspecT of The class enabled sTudenTs To work Joe Kruplnski and AnTione Doyle concenTraTe an Their designs in arT class. 1 'xx .M-:xxx 7 .1Qm 35-?'3+T rr T u4?gf'tI,'i. ' . .W I .'w wousv1N' wiTh Television cameras and creaTe Their own scripis for Television shows and commercials. l was happy I was able To Take Ra- diofT.V. because l wanT To be a Televi- sion producer and The class helped me To become acauainTed wiTh The eauipmenT and iT helped prepare me for my fuTure career in Television, sTaT- ed Adrienne Fowlkes, senior. STagecrafT and TheaTre ArTs worked closely wiTh The performing arTs. STa- gecrafT sTudenTs learned how To work sTage lighTs and seT up scenes, while TheaTre ArTs sTudenTs learned The ins and ouTs of acTing. Taking STagecrafT was beneficial because whai l learned in ThaT class will help me geT a TheaTre job in col- lege To help pay for TuiTion, sTaTed Ed Dziadon, sophomore. Taking a class in The arTs was a break from The rouTine of The ordinary school day as sTudenTs became more inde- pendenT and creaTive wiTh Their hands and Their minds. rf T 3 . ii -'ff Ed Dzlodon rearranges cables in The back of The sTage in STagecrafT. Anfon Guy works on The TV console in Radio f TV. ElecTives