Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Alternate ways found Lectures, movies can be boring For some, The 50 minuTes of class Time seemed more like 50 hours. VVheTher iT was siTTing Through a boring lecTure or in The dark waTching an equally boring movie, iT was very easy To lose Track of The class and fall asleep. BuT some sTudenTs found iT a game To see how far a noTe could be passed wiThouT being inTercepTed by The Teacher's hand. One sTudenT said, One Time I was passing a noTe in class and The Teacher saw. BuT The person I was giving iT To had anoTher folded up sheeT of paper and she Took ThaT. lT was someTimes more fun jusT To whisper quieTly To The person nexT To you To caTch up on The laTesT gossip ouTside of class. For The sTudenT who chose To be less obvious in showing his boredom, iT was jusT as easy To daydream. Popular dreams concerned geTTing Tan wiTh friends aT The beach or spending The Jennifer Van Deurson auieTly Tells AnTioneTTe Williams abouf whaT she did over The weekend. upcoming weekend wiTh a favoriTe guy or gal. Freshmen wondered if They would survive The nexT four years and seniors ThoughT abouT graduaTion. The sTudenTs ThaT sTill wanTed To ap- pear as if They were paying aTTenTion would sTarT doodling on Their noTe- books: everyThing from The name of a boyfriend or girlfriend To heavy meTal signs. One sTudenT admiTTed To doo- dling on The desks l'To make The jani- Tors earn Their pay. The hungry sTudenTs snuck whdT They could when The Teacher Turned his back. On whaT did They nibble? Cookies, popcorn, poTaTo chips, and cupcakes, and anyThing ThaT was noT finished from lunch. IT was always con- venienT and easy To pop lVl8clVi's, gummy bears, candy bars, or bubble gum in one's mouTh wiThouT geTTing caughT. Escaping was fun, buT iT could have been dangerous. STudenTs could have had a sad awakening when They were faced wiTh all The work missed while noT paying aTTenTion. Edward Londeou dreams abouT The fun he will be having when school is ouf, Finishing her lunch, Dawn Kane keeps up wiTh her work. Class i-labiTs

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...ist X s 9 -A. E LL': .. Program gives support Ideal conditions The sTarT of The school year broughT abouT several changes in The Special Educaiion Deparimenff one of These changes was The Learning Skills Re- source Program. Under This program, sTudenTs received specific insTrucTions in areas of need. IT also provided help for sTudenTs who were Taking regular classes. The Learning Skills Resource Pro- gram enabled more sTudenTs To be placed in regular classes because of The suppori ThaT each sTudenT re- ceived. The sTudenTs involved in This program proved To be successful and were geTTing good grades, said Mr. Carl Lohmar, deparTmenT chairman. During This program, all special edu- caTion Teachers were responsible for a small number of sTudenTs and made regular progress checks on The sTu- denTs who were Taking regular classes. AT The beginning of each semesTer, Anganlia Loh and LyneTTe Terry work wiTh Mrs. Gayle Zeilenga and Mr. Carl Lohmar. ff set for ACT The regular classroom Teachers who had special educaTion sTudenTs in Their classes received a lisT of specific sug- gesTions for modifying classroom pro- cedures. This helped The special edu- caTion sTudenTs' chances for success in regular classrooms. STudenTs who planned on going To college had The opporTuniTy To Take The ACT under ideal Tesfing condiTions. lf The sTudenT applied Through Mr. Loh- mar, he was allowed To Take The TesT over an exfended Time period wiTh The use of audio Tapes and oTher one-on- one assisfance Techniques. This pro- gram helped sTudenTs know whaT To expecT aT The Time of The acTual TesT- ing, said Ms. Mary Ann McLean, aide. The Learning Skills Resource Program and The ACT assisfance program were significanT improvemenTs in The Special EducaTion DeparTmenT. WlTh The use of These programs, more sTudenTs were eligible To be mainsireamed inTo regular classes. x Todd Nesblh, Twanda Wilson, and Phillip Janos work on science. Thomas Bafehelor works on homework from his Science 2 class wiTh The help of Mrs. Carol Den- linger. . Level Classes 61