Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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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

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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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