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

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Microscopes Molecules Microscopes, molecules and momentum are all familiar phrases that have been heard in the Science Department for as long as anyone can remember, but the Science Depart- ment is not the same this year. New equipment, classes and teachers have brought about many improvements. The main goal of the department this year was to increase the depart- ment ' s enrollment to that of sur- rounding schools. To reach this goal, new programs were instituted and several new teachers hired. An Hon- or ' s program was initiated to allow selected students to take more ad- vanced science classes. This turned out to be quite a challenge for those students in Mr. Koval ' s Honor ' s Physics class. Improvements of the facilities was another major goal. An effort to restore the greenhouse was begun by biology teacher, Mr. Bruce Palmer, The refinishing of the chemistry lab was quite a project for new teacher Ms. Dalia Zygas. Three out of the five teachers in the Science Department were new this year, Ms. Dalia Zygas, Mrs. Marie Osborn and Mr. Roger Roeing. Mr. Roeing, who is also Student Council advisor, came to us from East Leyden to replace Mr. Stephen Kyrias who retired. Senior Donna Walters also added her talents to the department, work- ing as an aid to Department Chair- man, Mr. David Koval. In addition to increasing enroll- ment, the object of the new and old teachers was to help students pursue their scientific interests. Keeping a steady hand while carefully disecting a worm in Biology class is easy for sophomore Robert Ress, just as long as he has a sharp scaple to work with. Displaying a carefully assembled butterfly collec- tion is yet another tedious studied in an everyday Physics class, as Steve Havlick found out this semester.

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MW 1 ' ' ■J ' SHH BlViB I KT B ' ] ' ii k H Spanish Honor Society: Front row: Lupe Torres, Cindy Adamczyk, Johnna Mozny, Jodi Ericl son, Laura Vil , Cheryl Lul es, |osie Vicari, Carol Hartman, Liz Walters, Mr. Bartolozzi (sponsor). Row two: Laura Bernard, Lynn Clemens, Judy Szymkowiak, )ackie Tortorella, Sue Ensign, Jackie Cacciopo, Ken Morinaka, Kathy Wallen, Rhonda Farley, Debra Johnson. Row three: Carmen Montel, Debbie Drennan, Sue Duda, Teresa Albright, Maureen Drennan. Row four: Glenn Bashem, Debbie Benak, Debbie De Lazzer, Mark Venturini, Fred Tompa, Kathy Tolosko, Lynne Whelan, Dawn Helminski. Row Five: Dave Mello, Dave Maskeri, Frank Tortorella, Juan Jerez. Explaining the phases of the Spanish language Senor Pedro Foyo aids students in mastering the Spanish language, a very popular elective course. French Club; front row; Johnna Mozny, Lisa Meier, Laura Shekut, Dan Serra, row two; Kathy Hovey, Cheryl Kelley, Jill Chmoe;ewski, Sherri landolo, Lynne Pielach, row three; Jeff Hansen, Mary Papaloo, Lorie Hoffmann, Kelly Hogan, Cheryl Lukes, row four; Linda Lisk, Vicky Bruzzini, Marty Dickens, Dawn Cooney, Mr. Chenier. 87

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Paying close attention to what he is being shown by Science teacher Mr. Roger Roeing, sophomore Joe Ropinski learns the anatomy of the typical earthworm in his Biology class. k Teaching Cina Stramaglia the intricate breathing system in the human body is one of the tasks undertaken by Mrs. Osborn, one of the several new teachers in the Science Department. Testing the Theory of Gravity with the pendullum balls during a Physics experiment, Bob Porento proves to himself that the age old theory is definitely correct. 89