Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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W .. V .xx ma Tieii gif1irr.iTi.,iiT Tfirrsrriirriiirliiies rTwi3irsl'is'r ifirrers Truly in vvirh fEif:E?Ti 'iTilQTiil' me isxirs, q1s,.,,f.,,i ...,sL,,m .. L., if3ii,.1Tw5'ib T Tj? Service re warded Honors group helps community The hard work and exTra efforT paid off when sTudenTs were inducTed inTo honor socieTies. Receiving good grades in Their classes and an A in a foreign lan- guage made iT possible for sTudenTs To be inducTed inTo French, German, or Spanish Honor SocieTy. WiTh excellenf work in journalism and ranking in The upper Third of Their class, Piper, Bagpipe and Talisman mem- bers could be inducTed inTo Quill and Scroll, an inTernaTionaI honor socieTy for journalism sTudenTs. Juniors and seniors who showed characfer, ciTizenship, leadership, and service and had a 3.0 or higher GPA were named inTo The NaTional Honor SocieTy, one of The more acTive honor- aries. By selling Taffy apples To raise QA an . l . L . Elini il ' F T l A g , in xv CMT ,N Q money NHS could offer a number of services. l'The Taffy apple sale was fun because iT sTarTed The year off on The righT fooT, sTaTed Dawn Kinishi, presi- denT. During December NHS held a senior ciTizen ChrisTmas dinner. I felT proud because members were Truly inTeresT- ed in inTeracTing wiTh The senior ciTi- zens, said Mrs. Georgia BlacksTone, sponsor, They also wenT To The SouTh Suburban HospiTal for Handicapped Children To give Toys and spread a liT- Tie biT of Chrisfmas cheer. NHS donaT- ed hams for The SCOT ChrisTmas bas- keTs which were given To needy fam- ilies in The communiTy, ln March mem- bers reTurned To The hospiTal and gave EasTer baskeTs away. Nallonal Honor SocieTy: FronT Row: Julie Cura- Tolo, Nga Nguyen Greasy, Lea Whife, Lisa Gaw- rych, Dawn Kinishi Qpresjg Row 2: Gigi Randulich, Jennifer Sehlke, Tina Bona, LaShon Ballard, Chris- Tine Laws, Dawn FulTz, Angela Riner: Row 3: Joe Fonseca, Paula BenTIey, Lynda Fayia, Michelle Frampron, Julie Byinar, Michelle Wozniak, Kris Lovell, Laurie MerriTTg Row Li: Julie Carlson, Julie Nelson, Joe Mosele, Feanora Butler, Michael Owczarzak, Anamarie Linde, Lloyd Brooks: Back Row: Jim LaPaT, STeve Freese, Tom Ballafore qv. presg, Tom Donofrio, Rodney Shipe, PeTe Quirk, Julie O'Neill qsecg, Sharnia Bullock Quill 81 Scroll: Fronr Row: Tricia Vanderlee, Karen Schwarfz, Paula Franson, Sharnia Bullock, Julie Nelson, Lisa Gargas, Anamarie Linde: Row 2: Nga Nguyen, Tricia Walski, Marianna Runge, Dawn Kinishi, Amy Glowacki, Paula Benfleyg Back Row: Julie Carlson, Roger Phillips, Julie O'Neill, Kaiie Lydon, Rodney Shipe, Tom BallaTore, Joe Mosele Honor Sociehes QT

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X tWe'i'e nat trying ta pteafzti ta s'iubieri'i's...wfs just vifanir ta teach them ta avbid dtinking and driving. -M Mr. Qian Zei- ienga Chapter recognized Students pramote awareness The Thornridge chapter of SADD, Students Against Driving Drunk, be- came recognized when its charter re- quest was approved by Mrs. Barbara Palmer, principal, and the SADD head- quarters in Massachusetts. The goal of SADD was to help elimi- nate driving drunk and to save lives by alerting students to the dangers of drinking and driving, conducting com- munity alcohol awareness programs, and organizing peer counseling for those with concerns about alcohol. SADD is an awareness program. We're not trying to preach to students and tell them they can't drink, we just want to teach them to avoid drinking and driving, commented sponsor Mr. Ron Zeilenga. r aww saw? WQ WZ? To help promote the SADD mes- sage, the club was divided into five committees: activities, Kim Sims and Connie Winter, publicity, Kris Lovell and Paula Franson, fundraising, Mike Stone and Matt Splant, speakers, Rob Winter and Roy Miller, and recruitment, Barb Daugharty and Julie O'Neill. The major activity was a May as- sembly which featured student and community speakers. Vice president Julie O'Neill stated, We felt it was im- portant to hold the assembly around Prom and graduation because that was the time when students were es- pecially tempted to drink and drive. By promoting awareness among stu- dents, SADD members attempted to eliminate drinking and driving, m is- SADD: Front Row: Lisa Amsden, April Branch, Kris- tin Lafleur, lrene Montesinos, Barb Daugharty qpresg, Gina Krueger: Row 2: Lisa Duran, Sandra l-lochberg, Rene Woods, Teresa Marroquin, Don- na Ward, Ta-Tanisha Payne, Kim Swigart: Row 3: Sheryl Gleim, Tina Bona, Rob Winter Qsecq, Debi Sylvestrak, Chellie Ferczok, Laurie Merritt, Lara Pseno, Doreen Brown: Row A: LaTrease Thigpen, Kim Sims, Kris Baron, Kris Lovell, Dawn Ruisz, Laura Steele, Michelle Wozniak, Mr. Ron Zeilenga: Back Row: Karen Schwartz, Sharnia Bullock, Julie O'Neill Cv. presj, Lakeith l-loskin, Mike Stone, Ed Moore, Frank Davis Chellie Ferczok, junior, makes posters to be dis- played throughout the school. SADD 93