West Leyden High School - Shield Yearbook (Northlake, IL)

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Writing good, informative captions for all the pictures is an important and not so easy task that must be done before the deadlines by the yearbook staff. B E i p SB • 1 B S B H a S SI shield Staff: front row; )ulie Fredickson, Johnna Johnson, Leora Nyhus, Cheri Costabile, Kathy Book, Rosie Hoffmann, Louise Sharpy, Margie Sharpy, )eri Sponholtz, Linda Sharpy, Annette Cannata, )osie Vicari. row two; Mrs. Jan Dorsey, Mr. lerry Clancy; former adviser, Debbie Johnson, Joann Favia, Angie Morrone, Donna Beakey, Sandy Schafer, Karleen Gessner, Darrin Billhime, George Heath, Tim Vinci, Pete Editors, Joe Mistrata, Sue Duda, Cheri Costabile, former advisor, Mr. Clancy, Julie Fredrickson, and Sandy Sojka, discuss ideas for the ' 78- ' 79 Shield before going to their classes. Realmuto, Steve Ginski, Mark Mallo, Joann Forsberg, Sandy Sojka. row three; Joe Mistrata, Chris Rubino, Mark Pacini, Mike Witz, Lori Larsen, Sue Licause, Sue Bussa, Sue Stramoglia, Jan Haerle, Becky Johnson, Kathy Smith, Dolores Willerth, Lori Stanislowski, Karen Carlson, Larry Damiano, Joe Cascella. Not pictured; Tony Saguto. Ohio U. Beginning each morning with a trudge uphill to attend specially designed classes for yearbook instruction, Mr. Jerry Clancy, former year- book adviser, and his staff were soon familiarized with the bizarre hills of the campus of Ohio University, situated in downtown, Athens, Ohio. A week of their summer was spent at the annual Journalism Workshop to study in greater detail the mechanics of Yearbook Jour- nalism. Staff members Julie Fredrickson, Sandy Sojka, Cheri Costabile and Sue Duda first began putting together ideas for the 1979 Shield at this work shop, under the direction editor Joe Mistrata. The crew brought back new and inspirational ideas, and began the actual work of putting their ideas on paper and creating the Shleld ' 79 - a very special and unique book for this society, this place, this year. 81

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Exploring and reporting Typing as fast as you can, carefully drawing up layouts, taking last minute pictures and proof-reading articles are scenes behind the making of the award-winning Lancer and Shield. Each staff experienced their share of hardships and hardwork in their semi-monthly and annual publica- tions. As long as the Lancer has been in ' publication, the newspaper has received top honors in many areas. As editor, Cindy Havlik, assistant editors, Maureen Drennan and Dan Ober- maier, photo editor Pete Realmuto, sports editors Mike Maginity and Dave Mello work to produce the paper. It has won First Class in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and in the National Scholastic Press Association. With distribution every two weeks Lancer articles are written by students in Journalism classes, a course instructed by Mr. John Heafey, the Lancer adviser. The Shield also had an award- winning publication, receiving the Best of Class award from Kettle Moraine Press Association in Whi- tewater, Wisconsin. The Shield was also named Medalist in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and rated All-America in the National Scholastic Press Association. Like the Lancer, the Shieldnaii is made up in part by the students in Yearbook Journalism, taught by adviser, Mrs. Jan Dorsey. Editor Joe Mistrata, assistant Sue Duda, Student Life editors Sandy Sojka and Julie Fredrickson and Art editor Cheri Costabile, accompanied former adviser, Mr. Jerry Clancy, to Ohio University Yearbook Workshop, where they were taught how to improve writing skills and layout designs. All the students, staff members and sponsors worked long and hard to produce the Lancerand Shieldtwo publications that have come a long way in covering what ' s going on at school. Deciding what will go where is one of the tasks that most editors enjoy. Sharing a laugh, sports 80 editor Dave Mello and Assistant editor Dan Obermaier prepare to paste on another issue. Lancer Staff: Front Row: Sue Mello, Dave Mello, Ann Tumbarello, Cindy Havlik, editor. Row 2: Shawn Bidar, John Meyer, Frank Lahtinen, Frank Tortorella, Dave Moscinski, Pete Realmuto, Joe Dorich, Kevin Werner, Steve Havlik, Tony Saguto, Mike Heinrich, and Dan Obermaier. Not Pictured: Linda Ceragioli, Sue Kruger, Sharon Johnsen, Mike Maginity, sports editor; and Maureen Drennan, assistant editor. ■

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Helping, traveling At a time wh en most people would prefer not to think about Social Studies, our Social Studies department is on the move ... an upward movement. Headed by chairman Joachim Schneider, the Social Studies depart- ment sponsors events, including an annual trip to visit the various temples ■ and churches of Chicago. Team [teachers. Marcel Lewinski and Joe Sisco took 40 students to Springfield for a first hand look at Illinois politics. During the spring break, students traveled with Mr. Sisco to the nation ' s capital. New audio visual materials are added to the department each year. This year the filmstrip, Japan Today, was of particular interest, since Mr. Schneider was one of the six Social Studies teachers in the nation to help write the filmstrip. Doing work for a wide variety of people, from helping the Red Cross during the holiday season, to working at the state prison, MHO (Mental Health Organization) is one of the reasons the Social Studies depart- ment is on the upswing. Under the leadership of sponsor Cliff Peterson and officers Julie Fredrickson, Maria Marchiafava and John Buchan, the organization has also done volunteer work for the Bensenville Home Society and Shriner ' s Hospital. Sponsored by Earl Cooney, AFS (American Field Service) held many events throughout the year. AFS Day was held on December 15th. Fifteen foreign exchange students from local high schools presented information on themselves and their homeland to the students at West. The relevance of Social Studies can be seen in many areas of life. The general education learned in this field can be utilized in many occupations ranging from business to teaching to languages to travel. AFS: front row; Denise Bardon, Margie Sharpy, Nicole Hardy, Barb Sobich, Margie Grabos, taurie Hoffman, row two; Ken Morinaka, Betty Rippentrep, Dontia Descoureuez, Ev Greeley, Delores Willerth, Sue Kruger, Sue Stramagalia, Fran ingrassia. row three; Kathy Smith, Linda Lisk, Sue Bussa, Brian Cottman, Dave Mello, Peggy Bartell, Claudia Maragunic, Donna Cronewald, Lori Schmidt. 82