Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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va- K Clubs reach out to community, school Clubs, as well as being fun, were also beneficial To The sTudenTs and commu- niTy, Many acTiviTies were held oufside of school meefings To beffer The club's parficipafion. Clubs gave The sTudenTs a sense of belonging and school spirif, and To supporf These acTiviTies sales of all kinds were held. They required a loT of Time and efforff meefings were held boTh before and offer school To plan The fund raising evenfs. Posfers could be seen Throughouf The school Telling who, whaf, where, and when. Every club knew ThaT money was needed, buf The auesfion was, How will we geT iT'? Car washes, donuf and buTTon sales, T-shirf and sweafshirf learned responsibilify. Senior cifizens were inviTed for din- ner, and needy families received mon- ey Thaf The clubs had earned. During The Chrisfmas season, clubs vlsifed handicapped children To hand auf presenfs. Chrlsfmas Tree sales were also held To benefif boTh sfudenf body and communify. My Chrisfmas spirif was enhanced by The Chrisfmas fund raisers and acTiviTies. lT made me feel good ThaT I could help The communiTy Through The clubs ThaT l parficipafed in, said Laurie lvlerriff, senior. Clubs were a posifive aspecT of school life. They broughT The sTudenTs TogeTher and Taughf Them how To work wiTh one anofher. Whefher iT was ' 1 l T 1 , ' I XX M, , ,,,, A lfif' T in ky' M l A ,W ffr 6, up A Tw I QE,-L mf ' sales, and pen- nanf and pom- pon sales were only a few of The acTiviTies held To raise funds. Being in charge of These acTiviTies was noT an easy Task, and Those sTudenTs who held offices Ulf made me fee? good ThaT 2 couTd help The cammunffy Through The ciubs ThaT l pare- TTcTpaTed in. M- Laurie Mer- Tiff' Dawn Klnlshi, Julie O'Neill, and Paula Franson, Spanish Club rides Their confribufion To The Piper edifors, use class Time To Their advanfage. Homecoming Parade. wifhin The school ifself or Through- ouf The whole communiTy ev- eryone benefifed by The organiza- Tions and Their ac- TiviTies in and ouf of school. , . C , ,-i'i,-TT ,,,, , ,y,, CE,, Ti as-sd

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UHasssgThe aanssehhae an Wednesdays was easisss Tse- aaase we aeald amid aan- Tiiaiiis wiTh aT'Tses i:ss:T'isfiT2esf' W- Ns,ssahaeiHeh Studying pays off Ability shown in TesTing broughT The sharpesT minds TogeTher To form The Academic Bowl Team. The former process of gaThering The Top five from The sophomore, junior and senior classes To join, a TesT was adminisTered To anyone inTeresTed. Academic sTanding and Teacher rec- ommendahons were also Taken inTo consideraTion. The meeTs were held on Wednes- days, insTead of The TradiTional SaTur- days. lvlr. Michael l-lefT, sponsor, sTaT- ed, More people showed up for com- peTiTion on Wednesdays. Having The compeTiTion on Wednesdays was ea- sier because we could avoid conflicTs wiTh oTher acTiviTies. These oTher ac- TiviTies included speech Team, sporTs, jabs, and college TesTing. AnoTher change was having smaller meeTs wiTh fewer schools aTTending competition each meeT. This made The Tourna- menTs more efflcienT and less Time consuming, sTaTed Anamarie Linde, Team member, To mark The beginning of Academic Bowl and show whaT iT was aboui, There was a faculiy versus sTudenT meeT held lasT year in The audiTorium. There was anoTher one ThaT was open To everyone To waTch. 'TThis hopefully sparked inTeresT for The Team, sTaTed Mr. l-leTT. This Type of open compeTiTion helped To publicize The Team and showed whaT iT was all abouT. The Academic Bowl Team members proved ThaT They were able TO use knowledge gained in and ouT of school which made The experience reward- ing for all. Peter Laekland, Kevin Cracco, Ann Linde, Laura STeele, and Chellie Ferczok work diligently on a conTesT problem. Academic Bowl: From Row: Lisa Duran, Chellie Ferczok, Tina Bona: Row 2: Laura STeele, Lori LaTTa, Anamarie Linde, Mr. Michael HefT: Back Row: Julie O'Nelll, PeTer Lackland, John Ryan 70 Academic Bowl ,sei L ...Wh