Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Chorale: Front Row: Karla Beard, Shauna I-lunter, Leticia Castellanos, Renia Washington, Rob Win- ter, Kim Livingstone, Karla Myers, Stephanie Washington, Amy Oakes, Tracy Turnbull: Row 2: Tammy Tyler, Latrease Thigpen, Candy Malone, Stacy Brown, Reginald Ward, Nisha Drain, Lisa Wages, Cheryl Edwards, John Noah: Back Row: Willie Richardson, Kevin Rials, Joe Roque, Martha Koehler, DaNang Rockett, Brandon Kenady, An- dre Fluker, Dawn Cholewa, Peter Bonebrake, Connie Winter The Chorale sings Silent Night at the Christmas concert. Choir Ill: Front Row: Ericshea Walker, Tammi Acevedo, Kim Mayo, Anita Barrett, Robert Thompson, Nadine Patten, Row 2: Cathy John- son, Richard Sparkman, Sean Anderson, Debra Sparkman, Tykila Watkins: Back Row: Sheri Beas- ley, Vernetta Payton, Clifford Bedford, Derrick Steward, Colesk Slater, Nicole Cartwright ,.,.. fs E . , in Exam. - ' Glee Club: Front Row: Christine Booth, Chan- talisa Williams, Arletha Bolton, Lakeisha Fields, Brooke Krygsheld, Shanshana Offett, Tanya Scales: Row 2: Lazheta Thomas, Lachelle Cray- ton, Dawn Winter, Suzanne Laws, Toni Kellogg. Alicia Cross, Tammy Gerring, Richanda Har- grove: Back Row: JoAnn Cross, Deborah Riley, Tami Allen, Michelle Briggs, Angela Walker, Ka- trina Twitty, Wendy Blackman 62 Music . , V ,Q V, 1, Hit 4,1 , l 1 i4 1 it Q ii

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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

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Choir, band unite Holiday concert highlights year Music wds not only tuned in through wdlkmdns, but it wds olso studied in- tensely. lf one were interested in this subject, he could either join one of the severol choirs or o bond. All choruses, ronging from sophomore chorus to the TR sing- ers, were instructed by Mrs. Koren French, newly-oppointed deportment choirmon. Mrs. French felt it hod been d very successful yeor. l felt o chdnge this yeor. I reolly enjoyed working with the students becouse they were usudlly focused. l olso liked the bondfchoir concert, ond I think it reolly needs to become o Thornridge troditionf' she sold. The bond received its second wind this yeor ond the nome of the gust wds Mr. Dovid Eones, bond director. The morching bond goined new populority ond gove the school ci new Tammy Tucker ond Suzanne Lows sing o duet ot the Christmos concert. spirit os wds demonstroted ot the Homecoming dssembly when students were brought to their feet with Stdnd by Me. One of the things l liked most were the donce steps. At first it wos hord to ploy ond donce simultoneously, but dfter some seven-hour proctices we got it together. Bringing some spirit to the school mode it worthwhile, stoted Trovis Kingery, senior, At the Christmos concert, the tolents of the bond ond choir were brought together ending the first holf of the united yeor. Brion White, junior, stoted, l reolly liked the combined choir ond bond concert becduse we were oble to show off both fields of music simulto- neously. lt olso proved thot oll our time spent in closses ond proctice wds not o woste of time: on the controry, it proved very worth while The new wove of sounds from the bond ond choir wos definitely on his- toricol tolked obout event. Music 63