Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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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

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