Thornridge High School 15000 Cottage Grove Avenue Dolton, IL Volume 56 Issue 4 THORNRIDGE
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Thornridge High School 15000 Cottage Grove Avenue Dolton, IL Volume 56 Issue 4 THORNRIDGE bAGPIPE MAY 2016 mR. dunn forever in our hearts to help our young people enjoy Never Forgotten: some of those same successes. Mr. Otis Dunn He will be dearly missed. By Kashleigh Redd He was a fantastic gentleman, friend, colleague, and Thorn- In March of 2016, Thorn- ridge High School is definitely ridge High School suffered all the worse for wear because a great loss. One of our long of his untimely passing. May standing staff members sud- he Rest in Peace.” denly passed away. Mr. Otis Dunn, had been a staff mem- Mr. Wafford- “What I miss ber since 2000. His last posi- about Mr. Dunn is being able tion was that of the Truancy to just sit there and talk family, Officer. The staff who knew occasionally sports but mainly him best had this to say when family.” asked, “What is your most cherished memory of Mr. Ms. Ousley- “I liked that Mr. Dunn?”: Dunn is very personable and down to earth. Makes you Mr. Broom - “I am the truan- feel comfortable talking to cy officer that has the task of taking over for Mr. Dunn after him. He would relate differ- his untimely passing. I knew ent things to real life stories. Mr. Dunn for probably, almost He was just very personable. twenty years. We worked to- I will miss his stories and gether over at Thornton. What talking to him about every- I remember most about him was his uplifting spirit and he thing. He would just sit down was always a positive person; and talk to you.” positive with all the students, staff. And he is going to be Ms. T- “I liked his sarcasm greatly missed. It’s a big job and sincerity at the same and I know I got big shoes to fill, but it’s going to leave a big time. So that definitely will hole in the Thornridge heart be missed in the building. He for a little while, but I know was a nice man overall. When Mr. Dunn, he is always going I found out he passed, I felt to be around; We feel his pres- sad for his family, I thought ence around us every day. He is definitely going to be missed about his daughters and wife. and never forgotten.” He will be missed and those are shoes that will never be Mr. Morgan- “I just wanted filled in the building.” to say that Mr. Otis Dunn, I had the opportunity to work but to us as staff. He was just with for many years. The last Mrs. Williams- “Mr. Dunn a great person. I saw him the nine of which were as dean of was very instrumental for Monday before to take the INSIDE THE bAGPIPE: students in conjunction with both my position as a teach- his job as an attendance offi- attendance down for PARCC er and as Student Activities exams, so of course we talked cer and a district officer. Mr. Director. We actually had a Dunn was a fantastic gentle- for a second. To just see him men, tremendously profes- personal relationship as well. one minute and then the next INTROSPECTION 2 sional. Always willing to do He has three daughters, and minute he was gone; it just his job the right way, but nev- so do I. So a lot of our talks er so much so that he could made me appreciate life a lot HEALTHY LIVING 3 had to do with our daughters more because it is not prom- not stop to help young people. and his daughters are older I observed Mr. Dunn on many ised to anybody. I have been ENTERTAINMENT 4 occasions helping young peo- and my daughters are grow- doing a lot of soul searching ple get through their situa- ing, so we had a lot of heart to and thinking, just living life tions, overcome their negative heart talks in reference to our POLITICS & MORE 5 circumstances and trying to to the fullest for myself. I girls. But when it came time would encourage all students become a much better person to our position, he was fair. SENIOR SURVEY 6 - 7 because of it. Mr. Dunn was to do the same because we tremendous at helping young A lot of the students that had don’t know when the lord 10 - 15 people. He realized where he activities, when they would is going to take us. I’m glad was and where he came from, have detention, he would the type of background he that he lived a long life. I’m PROM 8 work with them, he would glad that he impacted a lot of enjoyed growing up in, the negotiate with them. He was a successes that he had, and he people because his time here SPORTS 16 worked to the very end mentor, not only to students on earth was precious.” Thornridge High School 15000 Cottage Grove Avenue Dolton, IL Volume 56 Issue 4 2 INTROSPECTION THORNRIDGE BAGPIPE What is it, to be a Staff hero? Germal Brown Aaron C. Cole By Fernando Hernandez Fernando Hernandez Litzy Melchor Kashleigh Redd What is it, to be a hero? Superman, Batman or Her- Photo courtesy of Facebook.com Look in the mirror and you’ll cules. Advisors know. Look into your own We may not wear mask or eyes and tell me you are not dress up in a suit, but we are Ms. Zachery heroic, that you have not suf- all heroes and we can save Mrs. Joseph Who likes cheaters? fered or lost things you care the world together. Heroes about most. are people who stand of what is Here you are right, help one Editorial Policy By Kashleigh Redd a survivor of another whether life, a difficult its paramedics The Bagpipe is an open forum path filled with saving lives, or for student expression.The hard decisions us the police put- writing, editing, graphics and humans have to ting way crim- photography are contributed Is cheating getting worse grams that are even more make. You are not inals. We are by students currently enrolled throughout the years of difficult tounderstand which young or old, man all heroes and in the Journalism 101 Class school? Sure everybody may leads to more cheating or woman, boy or Photo courtesy of Pixar we all have our and the Bagpipe Newspaper have cheated on a test or c) special attention, based on girl you are alive own strengths Club of Thornridge High homework assignment once untruth and therefore you are a hero. that makes all of us different. School. Editorial articles or twice. Maybe even more d) group participation and We may not be the heroes A hero is a person who lives strictly reflect the opinions of than that. Experts say the public exposure that may in comic books, tv shows or among us, who lives with us the student writer and should reasons are relatively simple: uncover a lack of knowledge movies. in the world always here, but not be a representation of the Cheating has become easier e) you get a job that you don’t rarely recognized. Bagpipe staff or advisors. and more widely tolerated, have the skills for Everyone has fought a and both schools and parents f) potentially raising the grad- battle before and won, wheth- Look in the mirror and have failed to give students er it’s political, physical or see what you really are, you Students can order ing curve for other students, strong, repetitive messages mental. All of us have suf- are a hero and this is our any pictures that are g) lose scholarships. Essence about what is allowed and fered any cruelty the world world. Everyone is different in the newspaper or Arrington said “Cheating is what is prohibited. Question, could bring us, but only we we all have our own destiny displayed in the caf- a bad habit to have and can what have you observed have the strength to survive, for fill, but we all have the eteria by simply stop- lead to becoming a liar but I about cheating? If there to win and to be hero that power of our own will to ping by the Bagpipe can understand why students seems to be more of it, why every one of us are. People make our decisions. All of us office to pick-up an are cheating.” do you think that is? think of heroes as in the fic gets to decide their own fate order form. tional characters like and I choose to be a hero. The pros in cheating are: Brandon Shield, 12, said a) a better grade “Cheating is bad and you b) spend less money in school are doing badly for yourself because you get placed in because you never know if higher classes The Young Core of you will need to know the c) higher GPA FCCLA takes the ISHA by subject you are being tested d) selection by talent scouts, on the future.” Brandon has a e) historical records at the Storm! very good point because what school if in the future, you will need f) a chance to get scholarships the resources for yourself, but By Mrs. Mitrovich Prices are as g) graduate sooner you cheated off of somebody h) academic awards follows: On Monday, April 11, valuable information. With from the past. You have to do i) teacher recommendations. 2016, Thornridge’s FCCLA playoff experience like this, your own work to succeed on 4” x 6” $1.00 competed in the ISHA com- a young core to boot, and a your own.