Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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'tit has been a Qeed exrzjserw ience because oieiagy is fun and i like dead enieneisfi M- Mike Qwczarzaii is -Q .Hifi 591' TKT QQ- 'S . g ':' J?-F K-in its gg if . . we - fs 3, .. f X 'N-N... Elbert Henley discusses details for a project with his independent study teacher, Mr. Bruce Peter- son. Brlun Mo navite, senior puts in extra time to g , research his project in government. 56 Beyond The Ciassroom 1-Q E N'wM. A' I

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K N.- 'T '-1'-u-1...-....,,,, Variety a vailable 3 years of creativity needed ln order To groduoTe, sTudenTs hod To hove Token of leosf Three yeors of creoilve orT closses. Among Those which quolified for credif were closses in The Business ond Foreign Longuoge Deporfnnenfs. There were rnony foreign Ionguoge closses To Toke, such os French I, ll, Ill, ond IV, ond C-Sermon ond Sponish l, ll, Ill, IV, ond V. One closs eliminoied This yeor wos English os o Second Lon- guoge I, ll, III, ond IV, This progrom wos sTorTed by Miss Koren Vogel for sTu- denTs of llrnlfed English speoking obilify ond wos offered only of ThornTon. Miss Vogel, Foreign Longuoge De- porfrnenf Choirrnon, sold, l'm very ex- cifed obouf The deborfmenf. I hove on excellenf sfclff ond very rnoflvofed sTudenTs who wonl To leorn. l'm olso enfhuslosfic obouf The increose in por- Tlcipoflon in The compeTiTlve oreos Thclf The longuoge clubs ore geTTing Tony Denys, senior. ond Julie Economous, junior. concenTroTe on Their business sfudles. 4 ? -'1' imkwsx l ...Ww involved in. One of The speclol feolures of The foreign longuoge closses wos cooking foods which ore nofive To Thof porflcu- lor counfry. The experience of leorning The lon- guoge ond The influence of Sponlsh culfure exponded my vocobulory ond worldly knowIedge, sold Brion Kulig, Junior. The Business Deporfmenf confolned closses which olded Those sTudenTs ln- Teresfed in o coreer in The business world. Such closses were Typewrifing, bookkeeping ond occounfing, shorf- hond, ond oil of The cornbuTer pro- groms. Work progroms, such os DE ond OE, were olso offered. We confinue To Try To prepore our sfudenfs for successful coreers in The field of business, sold lvlr. Rlchord Bol- sfrode, Business Deporfmenf Choir- mon. Bofh of These oreos of elecfives pre- pored The sTudenT for furfher educo- Tion in Todoy's world. 5 .Se I Q f K NWI' li F s sss ' : ' I .' V I I E -M s TP Mrs. Barbara McKillip, one of The Two French Teochers, lecTures her closs. Jeff Jobaay ond Corlos Clorke monifor The screen in COBOL programming. Eleciives 55

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ss s Ys X J Learning enhanced Independent projects required Gee, l'd like To Take a class in gov- ernmenT, buT iT's noT offered here. Biology l was fun: l'd like To Take anoTher year of ThaT class. lndependenT sTudy was an opporTu- niTy for sTudenTs To pursue inTeresTs ThaT exTended beyond The classroom. Mr. Leonard Rauch, direcTor of The pro- gram, sTaTed, STudenTs should use in- dependenT sTudy To broaden Their educaTion in a course ThaT isn'T offered or beyond courses offered here. To be eligible for lndependenT sTudy, a sTudenT had To be a junior or senior who was eiTher in The gifTed pool, had high recommendaTions from a Teacher or adminisTraTor, or had a good record in one parTicular course, STudenTs were required To sign a conTracT describing Their inTended ac- TiviTies and major goals. EvaluaTion and Mike Owczarzok adjusTs The spinal column of his deer skeleTon. -ar' f L , grading were lefT up To The Teacher. lndependenT sTudy was also an al- TernaTive when a sTudenT faced a schedule conflicT and could noT make iT To a class aT iTs regularly, scheduled Time. Journalism and yearbook sTu- denTs who Took a second year of Those courses lndependenT sTudy had The chance To eliminaTe The repeTiTion of previously learned concepTs. An lndependenT sTudy class could allow sTudenTs more freedom, buT iT could also be a lesson in Time manage- menT. When l sTarTed my indepen- denT sTudy in SepTember, l didn'T work ThaT hard, buT laTer in The year when my projecT was due I was up unTiI 2 a.m. every morning. lT was a good ex- perince because biology is fun and I like dead animals, sTaTed senior Mike Owczarzak. Overall, lndependenT sTudy pro- ,vided an effecTual Tool for Those who were advanced in Their respecTive sTudies. By checking The moniTor, AnTon Guy, indepen- denT sTudy radio and TV sTudenT, makes sure his subje-cT is properly pc-siTioned. Andrea Gonczy works on The skeTches for her lndependenT sTudy arT project. Beyond The Classroom 57