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

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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

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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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Reading over handouts distributed by con- temporary problems teacher Pete Ventrelli, Keith Ward and )ulie Fredrickson prepare to discuss one of the many problems that face youths. Facial expressions, hand motions, and making students laugh are a part of what Mr. Cooney does in his Contemporary Problems class, a class that is taken by most seniors. K„ Mental Health Organization: front row; Rhonda Lusader, Anita FHobscheidi, Val Michuda, Janet Jaskold, Barb Steele, Kim Nolan, Lisa Mar- kiewicz, Nancy Lorence. row two; Lisa Cicero, Julie Fredrickson, Jackie Tortorella, Shari Oratowski, Debbie McMulken, Lora Paciani, Fran Ingrassia, Lorie FHoffman, Daria Reck, row three; Gary Ritchey, Teresa Albright, Lee Brigham, John Buchan, Mark Ulseth, Linda Lisk, Dale Langusch, Joann Laudando, Mr. C. Peterson, not pictured; Maria Marchiafava, Trudy Longnecker. 83