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SP ECIAL OT E: Hidden in the depths of this yearbook is a taco like

the one pictured here...
CA YOU FI 0 IT?????????

Cover design b y eighth grade student: Casey Krivanec.

 THEY'RE IN CHARGE
(Clockwise from upper left): Dr.
Paziotopoulos became
Superintendent of School
District 123 this year. Mr.
Cutforth is Dr.Paz's right-hand
man , and Assistant
Superintendent, Mrs. Baiodoes
a fantastic job of running
McGugan with support from
Mrs. Jumbeck and Mrs.
Archer.

2 • Staff
 MC GUGAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Adtninistration and Office Staff

On August 26, 1985, McGugan Junior High School
opened its doors to 440 seventh and eighth grade
students. Today, enrollment has increased to
approximately 570 students. With over fifty teachers ,
and an outstand ing administrative staff , McGugan
Junior High School prides itself on the excellent
quality of education that its students receive.
McGugan students excel not only in the classroom ,
consistently scoring above average on state-wide
and national tests, but in athletics as well. The
Mustangs participate in the Southwest Interscholastic
Conference (SWIC). This allows students the
opportun ity to compete in a variety of sports and
academ ic activities such as: softball, basketba ll,
volleyball , cro ss-country , track , cheerleading ,
Mathletes, or Declamation.
Our school also offers a variety of other after-
school activites, for example: band, choir, French
Club , Student Counc il, the schoo l newspape r,
yearbook , and Art Club.
For these reasons , McGugan Junior High School
is proud to say, "There's no better place to learn!"

Mrs Pesek (LEFT), Mrs. Roberts

(RIGHT) , and Mrs . Ro wley
(BELOW) keep th ings runni ng
smoothly in the office. A ll say that
theyenjoyworkingwiththe teachers
and students at McGugan . It's
always a joyanswering phone calls
from parents, helping students,
keeping track of attendance,
making announcements and they
STILL find timeto smile !

Staff • 3
 McGu an Facul

Nancv Duffv Judy Dugan Donna Dumke Lori Dusek Jacquelyn Dvo rak Beth Elliott

Kat h y Fer ra ro Michae l Fisher Victoria Cavrick Ma ry Giannoulis Kar en Co lerna Michele Hall

Judy Hook Lvdia Hurst and ra Ju m beck Sandra Kenny Robert a Kobb Amanda Kuz rnins k i

Sharon Leavengood Kristine Lukas Beth Maca luso Erin Ma honev Vale rie Mat ka itis Yvonne \ IcG rea l

4 • Facult v.I

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 Principal Donna Baia is proud to be the
, EB m m m m m m m leader of McGugan's fine staff.
EB m m mmm r
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Diane Merenda Wendy Miller Fran Moore

Linda Mu llner Linda Nelso n Barba ra Nessinger

Carol vn Nissen Carol Quinn Tom Rand ick Marge Reker Frank Rossi Arlene Schlosser

and ra Schwa rz Kav Shann on Laura Simp son Sharon Smith Mike Steadman Anne Swanstrom

Faculty • 5
 ENE RG IZE!
BELOW : Kell y, Dean ne, Athena, a nd Anna kee p go ing an d goi ng!

A BOVE : The team is stretching for victor y.

Mustangs run with Horse Power!

6- Sport s
 CROSS COUNTRY

M STANG CROSS CO U 'T RY

Above top: C. Szafo ni, C. Duer,
Nt.Crane, L. Mottl, S. Leshko. Row
2: A. Hardaloupas. T. Tokarz, A.
Vasquez, A. Faridi, K. Murray, S.
Poore, S. Kreydich. Row 3: K.
West , M. Musse r, E. Piot rowski,
A. Prendergast, W . Usya k, J.
An gerh ofer Bottom Row: J.
elmeister , B.Palmer, T. Lachiana,
J. Andersen

ABOVE: Bill Palmer takes the lead

fro m cott Krevdich and Tonv
Lachiana . · . LEFT I think I can (gasp), [ think I
can t gasp), [ think I can (gasp).

Sports • 7
 RIGHT: Co llee n Kelly pi cks up a
hot scoop at third base.

Special Awards
Christy Gorecki was
honored with the Best
Offensive Player
Award for all of her
hard work at bat.
M us ta ng Soft ball
Back Ro w : P. Sw atk o wsk i, S.
Schwar z, Man ager L. Rochel, A.
Sm ith, Mana ger J. Sorl ey, C. Van
Dellan M id dle Row : D. Rom an ,
S. Gran a, C. Felt , K. Ericson , C.
Go recki , N . Krilich, C. Marini er , E.
Sullivan Fro nt Row: S. Cu sick, L.
Lachiana . C. Robe rton , S. Klinger ,
A. Dornres, J. Fournier , C. Kelly

Susie Cusick was given

the Best Defensive
Player Award for going
that extra mile on the
field .

Lindsey Lachiana
received the Coach's
Award from Mrs.
Swatkowski, honoring
Lindsey for all of her
efforts this season.

Natalie Krilich was

presented the Most
Valuable Player Award
at the SWIC Banqu et in
May. Congratulations
atalie, on a job well
done!

o T HE RUNl 2-4- 6- 8 WHO DO WE

ABOVE: Run , ru n, ru n! Score, APPRECI AT E?
sco re, score! The Mu st angs co me RIGHT: Eagerly a wa iting thei r
hom e. turn at bat to help the Mustangs
achi eve victory,

8 • Sports
 For the Record
The Lady Mustangs

(ft'
ended the season with a
record of 5 wins and 5
losses. The following is
a summary of their
season .

Orland Lost
Prarie View Lost
Palos South Won
Tinley Lost
Simmons
Coach Swa tkow ki
Won
di scus ses a few
Conrady Won
grou nd rul es wit h
Century Won
Grissom the Um pire before
Lost
the ga me
Evergreen Won
Jerling Lost

GOOFING AROU, 0 WITH THE GALS !

CA UGHT O N CA~IERA
Left : Carol yn Ma rini er , Sar ah
Grana , Catherine Fell and Krista
Erick son smile as vet an o th er
teammate crosses ho~e plate.

Sports • 9
 SEVENTH GRADE

SEVENTH GRADE TEAM

Back: R. Jager, D. heridan, D.
Sereiko, B. Bogusevic, J. Ryan, J.
D. Christopher, B. Dondlinger
Front: E. Queen, F. Garcia, B.
Benson , ~1. Miklas , M. Palluck

H UDDLE UP!
BELOW: Coach Fisher takes some
time out to plan a winning
strategy.

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ABOVE: The Mustangs patiently LEFT:The Mustangs set
wait for the arrival of the serve. the ball up for the kill.

10- Sports
 GET IT!
LEFT: The th grade team keeps
their eyes on the ball.

.. BUMP, SET, SPIK E.

LEFT: jon Roach sets the ball to
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UP I ' T HE AIR

- ... BELOW: Dan Spano spikes the ball

ove r the opposition's reach.

EIGHTH GRADE TEAM

Back Row: [. Simantirakis,
Pu rdy, B. Leithleiter, C. Kipp, j .
Sarpalius, P. Warni ng, D.Spano.].
Roach, j.Gubern at, j. Kadow Front
Row: M. Ga ry , R. Schau, T .
LaChiana, B.Gleeson , C. O'Malley,
R. Monahan

EIGHTH GRADE

Sports • 11
 BASKETBALL
The girls shoot for the stars!

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ALL EYES ON THE BALL

The team keeps a carefu l eye on the
ball.
S EVE, TH GRADE TEA~1
Top: T.]. Niernic, C. Noodwang. D. Dreschler, M. Top pel , Karissa Murra y, L. Mottel, [. Sarpalius, E. Kenney, L. Coghlan, K. Modrick,
Coach M. Mears
Boltom: A. Vasquez, L. Allen, S. Cusick, C. Odelson. L. Lachiana, C. Roberton, [. Fournier, V. Paraaskvopolous, K. Cunneen, B. Heiden,
C. Billek

H DDLE P!
Coach Mears gives advice to th e team durin g a tim e ou t.

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 r"'Gi**~"'~
~ Special Awards ~
~ Lisa Stone- Best Offens ive Player ~
~ Angela Maglaris- Best Defensive Player ~
~ Christy Gorecki- Most Valuable Player ~
~ Caro lyn Mar in ier- Coach 's Award ~
GO KELLY!

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Kelly Ulrich guard - the oppo ition .

EIGHTH G RADE T EAM

BELOW: Top : Carla Walker, Holly Kordyak. Allison Warner, Sara Grana, Lisa Stone, Coach D. Smith TIP O FF!
Midd le: Kelly Ulrich, Kathleen Durkin, Carolyn Mar inier, Christy Go recki. Krista Erickson BELOW: Lisa Sto ne begins the
Bottom: Courtney Doornbos, Angela Maglaris, Shannon Klinge r, Ca therine Felt, Erin Sullivan game by leaping for the basketball.

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a t O rland 15 32
a t Ri ch a rd s 37 43
at Prari e V. 34 37
atTinleyC. 45 48
Simmons 41 27
a t Conrad y 37 32
atGris s om 25 29 • Ti,e 8th grade team
Evergree n 39 20 also beat St. Jude at
EFE. 'SE!. Jerting 42 49 Seton Academy by
BOVE: Shannon Klinger and Carolyn Marinier play tou gh defens e. the score of 36-22.
They were defeated
by Sf. Thomas •
Moore 37-34.
Sports • 13
 BOYS
BASKETBALL

Mr. Fisher and the

seven th grade boys
ba sketball team had a
spectacular season,
finishing in 1st place in
the SWIC conference
tourn ament.
Con gratulations, guys,
you've made us
extreme ly proud!

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TOP: John Sarpalius guards the ba eline as the
oppo ne nt trie to inb ound the ball.
MIDDLE: Jon Roach takes the ball d own the
court.
BOTTOM LEFT: The seve n th grade boys
practice their rebounding skills before the ga me.
BOTTOM RI GH T : Mike Falc o and Joe
Ognibene block the rival out.

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SEVEN TH GRADE TEAM

TO P: Justin Ryan, Joe Ognibene, Dean Christopher, Ken Styler, Mike Falco, Eric Queen
MIDDLE: Dan Sheridan, Rob Jager, Tim Burke, John Klupshas, Brian Bogusevic
FRO NT: Pet er Spain, Marc Palluck, Greg Miller, Rocky Angone

EIGHTH GRADE TEAM

TO P: Mike Padilla, Greg Na vickas. Dan Spano,John Sarpali us , Charlie Kip p, Bill Leithlei ter ,
Ziyad Fahkoury. Brian Kaminski
FRO NT: Jon Roach, John Jacob en, Tom Miller, Ken Bialek, Tony Lachiana, Billy Gleeson,
Bill Palmer
Sports • 15
 " I LOVE THIS GA ME!"
Girls RIG HT: Cou rtnev Robert on and
Karissa Mu rrav are read v to rack
up a few points for the team.

Bump,
volleyball
INT ENS ELY WA ITING

Set, BELOW : "Come on and se rve ,

we' re ready to win!"

sets its

Spike,
mind on

Win!
wInnIng.

SEVE T H GRAD E TEAM

Top: K. Skell y, K. Mod eri ck , Coach i'vl. Ha lL C. Kell y
Middle: K. Stumpf, V. Para kev opou lo , L. Cog h lan , NI. To ppe\, K. M u rray, C. Noodwa u
Bottom: A. Vasquez, D. Drech sler , L. Lach iana, C. Rob erton , C. Billek
Front: B. Wadhams, S. Cusick, L. Allen 1 a t Pictured : L. Munl ey

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 Mustang
Stats.
Grade Seven Grade Eignt
Us Them
The Seventh Grade Evergreen 2 0
Mustangs had a final Conrady 1 2
record of 13 wins and 5 Grissom 0 2
los ses. They tied for Palos 0 2
second place in the Orland 2 1
immons 0 2
SWIC conference, and
Tinley 1 2
placed third in the Jerling 1 2
SWIC tournament. PrarieView 0 2
Iiss Hall is very proud Simmons 1 2
of her team this year Orland 1 2
and would like to say Palo s 0 2
"G reat job, girls!" Grissom 0 2
Jerling 2 0
Evergreen 2 0
Conrad y 0 2

Janet
orley
p ractices
he r serve in
the minutes
before the
HO RS E POWE R! game.
Catherine Felt spikes the ball hard ;
mea nwh ile Christv Go recki and
l.i-a Stone back her up,

EIG HT H GR AD E T EAM
Top: Coach C. Van Dellen, S. May, C. [c ritz. R.
Sm ith
Xl idd le: K. Erickson, K.Sievertsen, C. Gorecki,
A. \Varner, S. Grana, L. Stone, H. Kordyak, A.
xlaglaris, C. Koch, A. Cronin, J. orley, C. Fett
Front: . Klinger, C. Doornbo Not Pictured :
R. Gre iman

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TOP : [akki \lassey, Liz Sink , Kim Barth (Co -Ca pt.), Amy Smith, Coach H. Taveggia
\IIDDLE: Amanda Pradun. arnantha Powers, Jill O 'Malley

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BOnO\ I: Carrie Van Dvck , Rachel \1i klas, Ka therine ulliva n, Adrie nne Olsen (Cap t.)
;\ot Pictured : Sab rina Harper

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8TH GRADE CHEERLEADING

Sports • 19
 "It's our night to howl!"
McGugan Junior High "Ghoul" Dance

V\Those bloody idea was this to photograph Susie Cusick and Megan Melvin do thei r 0
Amy Smith and Kri tina Davis? version of "the monster mash".

The teachers take note of the latest dance moves.

The guys check out the scene.

20 • Dan ce
 Jingle Bell Rock
LEFT: The gir ls sho w off
their fancy footwo rk.

All I Want For

Christmas Is 1\1)' Two
Front Teeth
RIGHT : Ken Felton is
all smile .

A Winter Wonderland
You know Dancer and Prancer, but do you recall these most
famous people?

Dances • 21
 Grease, Peace, and Disco?
Students flash back to the 50's, 60's, and 70's.

UPPER LEFT: " Let's do the o

Ch arl eston !".
UPPER MID DLE: Lind sey
leads the grou p in the
Chi cken Dan ce. o
UPPER RIGHT: Rose and
Ca the rine d isco d an ce John
Travolta sty le.
LOWER LEFT: "Get d own
and boogie!"
LOWER RIGHT : Th e ga ls
tak e a br eak to show us their
groovy thread s.

22 • Dances
- KEEP 01\: S~IILI1\:G
LEFT: Mr . Gary Cambron
keeps the lunchroom spic and
span during school hours.
Carv can alwavs be found
whistling a tune: with a smile
on his face. Gary 's favorite
thing in the world to do is coach
fast-pitch softball. His
specialty is working with
softball pitchers.

THE JOKER
RIGHT : \Ir. Will Bamberger
straightens up the west wing
when the students leave at
3:20 . Quick-witted Will
always seems to han' a joke
ready to brighten up a
teacher's day. Will often
takes his 1972 Corvette to
auto shows.

Clean Sweep Day And Night...

Getting To Know Our Custodians

PEEK-A-BOO!
LEFr: \Ir. Rich watkowski is
our carnera-shv custodian. Like
many people, Rich absolutely
hates to take pictures. Rich says
that he no longer has any time
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for hobbies, because he has
recently become a new daddy.
Congratulations to both \ Ir. and
\lrs.Swatkowski '

1\:OT A " PETrY" PERS01\:

RIGHT: \Ir. Mike Ball hard at
work. Mike 's favorite sport is
basketball. and his favorite band
is Phish. If .vou catch Mike bv.
surprise, you might also hear him
singing a Tom Petty tune.

Staff • 23

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 Ant hon y Aba y Matthew Accomando jeffrev Adai r Tilra Alexand er Lind sav Allen Ad a m Al lp ow

jeffr ey And er sen Stephen A nderso n Rocky An gon e Reb ecca Annen Margar et A n ne rino M ich ael Arar at

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Nad era Ati eh jessica Bab os Christopher Barski Mich ell e Bar ski Kristine Bartlett Mel issa Bask ,'

Blak e Benson Phillip Ber gn er Marisa Beristain C liffor d Berru Steven Berryman W illiam Bicl fus -

Cassid v Billek Brian Bogu sevi c Su zanne Brand Rob ert Bru ce Billv Bulow Tirnoth v Bu rke

24 • Seventh Gr ad e
-

Class of 1998

Cha rles Bylak Michael Caliendo Jacqueline Can ty Ma rv Ca rroll Jackie Casey Ma rio C ast an on

Melis sa Castanon Jennifer Castro Dean Christopher \I a rg ie Ciszek Lindsey Coghlan Kelly Colvin

. .icole Crossett Tina Cucci Kellv Cunneen Kelli Cunningham Susan C usick Rona ld Czimra

Michael Dalisav Kendahl Damico Rvan Damon Matthew Dauner Anthony Deg rado C h ris tina Derencius

Bridget DeSchaaf Chris topher Detri ck Juan Diaz Pa tricia Diaz Alissa Diguido Amanda Domres

Seventh Grade • 25
 Blake Dondlinger Deanne Drechsle r Charles Duer Will ia m Duhig ott Dvorak Lindsev Easton

Moe Elavvan David Engh Daniela Estrella Erin Fagan Michael Falco Amina Faridi

Ryan Fitzgerald jennifer Fournie r Tamara Fuksrnan An d rea Fusco Lukasz Cab rel Erlinda Garcia

jose Garcia Pedro Garcia Colleen Catlev john Caudinskas Tonv Gazic joseph Gebbia

Michelle Gembala harmon George Ke vin Gilmar tin Ma n ue l Gonzalez Michae l Goshorn \I ega n Grady

26 • Sev enth Grade

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jessica Granville Kenneth Gretschrnann Kristen Groll Dwain Cronewald Karli Guajardo Victoria Guzzo

\Iichael Harai Anna Hardaloupas Brian Hardt

• [erma Harper hanna Harrison Beth Heiden

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Aaron Herndon jessica Herzog Patricia Higgins John Hogan Daniello Hood Colleen Hraha

Sara Huenecke Jill Hughes :\icole Hughes Robert Jager Cristina Juarez Michael Kallenborn

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Tho mas Karnberos Colleen Kapelinski Steven Karczewski Jessica Karnia amantha Karr Colleen Kelleher

Seventh Grade • 27
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Colleen Kelh· Lauren Kellv

John Klupshas Thomas Knightly Richard Koch Michael Kolkebeck Colette K osty Elizabeth Kow alczvl

Richard Kus l.indsev l.achiana Brigid Lajeunesse Anthony Lampl Sarah Lau ck \\·illia m Lauck

0:ga Le :\'ga T. Le Diane Lillis Erik Lis \lichael Lor en z Tara Lu ndv

28 • Seven th Grade
 Seventh Grade Students

XiLu o Frank Mac kov itch Ma tthew Mad d en Adam Maes M ich ae l Ma ftea n Hugh M a lla nev

Kath ryn Ma llon Brandon Mason Mi ch ael Mattison Maura Ma tu sza k Dan iel McGra il Jeffre y M cMi llin

\Iegan Me lv in John Mensik Sean Mer rv Celine Metzger M ike :-"I iklas G regory Miller

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Dus an Milor ad ov ic Tomasz Ka tie Mo drick Kev in M oo re Laura Mottl W illi am Mu lle n
M lod zi anowski

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Eliza be th M u n le v Amy M u rp h y Karissa M u r ra v Michae] M u sse r Jo n at ho n N ap les Daniel Naponiello

Seventh Grade • 29
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[eremvNash Ch ris tine :'-.:eiheisel Ian Nels on jennife r i\:iemiec Candice :\ood w an g

Elizabeth No vosel An tho nv N unzia to Stacv O 'Brien Ryan O 'Connor Kathl een O 'Don nell Cou rtnev Ode -t

Valerie Olson Ma rc Palluck Rober t Pa lu mbo Vicki Paraskevopoulos Allen Parks Rachana Pa t I

Ke llv Pau ls Laura Pe rez Mich ael Pet er s Stev en Pet ers Rob ert Pe te rsen ~ I eg h a n n Ph e l l!

\I a llo n " Pluciennik \ \"illia m Pont relli te phanie Poore Jennifer Potempa

30 • Seven th Gra de
 Ad am Prenderga st ~I a gg i e Prendergast jacqueline Pugh Dana Purdv Eric Queen jessica Quinn

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Matthew Red dingt o n Co ur tnev Roberton jenn ifer Ro ln iak Kathryn Rose llin i A ngela Rugg iero ju st in Ryan

Ange la abatino Dominick Sabatino jennifer a rpalius :'\!ico le a sso Cou rtnev hackrnann Elizabeth Scheibel

Kristen Schi fferdec ke r Ni ch ola s Scu lly Jeffrey Selrne is te r Dani el Se rei ko Mich ae l Sha ke joseph hel p rnan

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Dan iel heridan Brooke Simon Daniel ims Kim Skellv Krvst a l kinner

Seventh Grade • 31
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Kelly Smith Danielle Sodaro Mario Soto Peter Spain Jamie Sreniawski

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Philip Steffen Malorie Steuben Katharine Stumpf Ken Stvler Jill Swanson Emil v Sw at kov-:

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Caroline Sweiss Craig Szafoni Lynn Tarkowski Daniel Thompson Tara Tok a l l
Theofanopoulos

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I\leghan Toppel Daniel Troutman Richard Turek David Tvler Sergio Urbano Alberto L:ril-

Crystal Vandergriend Timo thy VanVossen Athena Vasquez [ina Vertucci Clarissa Villarreal Thomas \ 'ir~ n

32 • Seven th Gr ad e
 Seventh Grade

.icole Volpe Elizabeth Wadha ms Am and a Walsh Anth on v Walsh uzanne Walt er s Todd Webb er

Jaso n Wend t Kev in West Robe rt Wheeler Robert Wiechec Michael Wilcox Holl y \Villis

Christopher Zagielski Arn v Zero Candie Zich mille r Adam Ziem ba Ernil v Zv olanek Fran cisco Garcia

Right:
Kevin
Moore is
Left: "Look getting
Ma, I'm ready for
doing my christmas
homework!" break .

Seventh Grade • 33
Carolyn Marinier and Karolyn Keiken bring cheer to a
Park Lawn student by helping her with a holiday art The spring inductees recite the NJHS pledge.
project.

EIG HT H GRAD E NJ HS M EMB ERS

34 • Clubs
~-\ D El~ OF THE PACK
11 pa l mer -Treasurer
i sta Erick son- ecretllry
ITOl y ll Kcik cn- \' i ce Pres iden t
Iro lyll ,\ l l1 Ti ll er - Presi dell t
SEV E:-;TH GRADE Meg herm Phelan Taren O'Toole
Ma tthew Accomando Margaret Prendergast Steven Pallotto
Tara Alexander Jacqueline Pugh wtlltam Palmer
Lindsev Allen Jennifer Rolniak Anthony Pape
Rebecc~ Annen Ka th rvn Rosellini Robert Phelan
Megan Annerino Elizabeth _ heibel Angelina Pudzisz
Phillip Bergner Kristen Schifferdec er Nicholas Purdv
Cassidy Bille k Joseph Shelpman Mat th ew Ribikawskis
Brian Bogusevtc KellvSmi th Jona than Roach
N ico le Crosse tt Jill S\ \'anson Assi Sayegh
Kell\' Cunneen Ca roline Sweiss Michae l Ska wi nski
Kend.lhl Damico Lvnn Tarkowski Chester Sirua ws ki
Tina Derencius Daniel Trou tman Janet rlev
Deanne Drechsler Nicole Volpe Susan Steffv
Ltndsev Easton Kevin \\'est Enn Sulliv~n
junrnfer Fournier Robert wheeler Carla \\'.11 er
ErlindaGarcia Amv Zero Allison werner
Michelle Gembala Emily Zvolane Magdalena \Vhite
Michael Goshorn
Ke nnet h Cretschrnann EIGHTH GRADE
Victoria GUlZO Allison Cronin
Anna Hard alo upas Kathe rine De ker
[enna Harper [eesica Dun k
jessica Herzog Krista Eric son
Jill Hugh." Heather Finn
Julie King ~tichad Fi- ella
Thomas Knightly Daniel Foster
Richard Koch Pawel Gacek
Colette Kos tv vtegen Caw
High Ma lla";ey Mary Giglio
Mau ra Matuszak Sabrina Harpe r
To be a member of the National Junior Honor Socie ty, a ~l eg a n Me lv in So nia Ho n kis z
tudent must achieve the following: Gregory Miller Karolvn Keikert
Laura Mo u l jeremiah Kribs
ograd e point average of 3.75 or abo ve for tw o Jonathon Naples David Lundeen
consecu tive qu arters. Elizabeth Novosel Carolvn Ma rinier
Ryan O 'Connor N ick \ 1attaliano
ono C' s in a major subject V~lerie Olson ara ~1av
- maintain a 3.6 g rade point ave rage Vicky Paras .evopoulos Thomas \t ille r
Kell, · Pauls Thomas Stu reav
Lau~a Perez Janet. ino "
In May, the NJHS hold s a d inner for Grandparents of Steven Peters Joshua Odelson

McGugan students and senior citizens of Oak Lawn .

Entertainment is prodd ed by the Chorus and Jazz Band .

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 HAPPY THANKSGIVING l
Carolyn Ke ike n , Allison W a rn e r, co tt Bort . :'\ ico le Crosset t.Tc- ic.
CALLED TO ORDER! Herzog, [erma H a rpe r, Claris a Villa rreal, Ke lli C un n in gh am , \ lc all
Miss Boland leads the discussio n a t a s tuden t co u nc il Annerino, and Taren O 'Toole si t pro ud lv bv a ll of the ca nned gP 'di
m eet in g . tha t th e s tu den t co uncil collected for ne edv fami lies .

STUDENT COUNCIL
School Government In Action

This year the Student Council came to the aide of ten

needy Oak Lawn/Hometown families by collecting 2.895
non-perishable food items. They also held a Flower-
Gram Sale to raise funds for their club. Sevent h grade
Student Council members also pampered the teachers
during "Teacher Apprec iation Week" by distributing
little treats to the staff each day. To culminate the
week's activities, the eighth grade studen ts provided
the staff with a delicious breakfast on Friday, just to say
"thank you" to the staff for their hard work and dedication.
All work and no play? NO WAY ! The Student Council
also held three dances for the students of McGugan
Junior High.

36 • Clubs
 STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS
Adrienne Olsen-President , Kim Barth-Secretary , and Taren
O'Toole-Vice President.

STUDENT COUNC IL MEMBERS

TOP: K. ROSELLlNI , K. KEIKEN, A. WARN ER, L. STON E, W. USYAK , B. PHELAN , S. BORT
MIDDLE: K. CUNNINGHAM , B. ANNEN , N. KRILlCH , K. ULRICH, T. O'TOOLE , A. OLS EN, K. BARTH ,
C. JORITZ, C. VILLARREAL
BOTTO M: S. POORE , J. HARPER , A. HARDALOUPAS, V. OLSON , J. HERZOG , A. ZERO
FRONT : M. MIKLAS, A. FARIDI, M. ANNER INO, V. GUZZO
NOT PICTURED : J. SORLEY, C. DOORN BOS , S. COL ESBY, K. LARSEN, N. CROSSETT, B.
SCHEIBEL, P. BERGNER, T. LUNDY , M. PHELAN , J. CASEY, N. HUGH ES

Clubs • 37
 Mustang Express
The M us tang Express
is McGugall's school
newspaper. Its staff is
composed of seoenteen
students and two
teachers. They have
published five issues this
year ill the months of
October, December,
EXTRA!!!
March , May, and [une.
They use Tile W ritillg
Cen ter all the
Macintosh for computer
word processing and T!
page layout. They print
about 700 copies for
each issue, which are
distrubied to students,
staff, and PTA members.
EXTRA!!!

BACK: M r. F. Rossi- Mod er at or , Allison Cronin. Dave Berrvman , Tom Murrav- Editor, Matthew Accomando, Rickv
Sha ne ' . .
:\IIDDL E: Jeff Paluck, cot Rhodes, Anthony Pape- Secretary, Andrew Dvorak
FRONT: Anna Ha rdaloupas, Kelly Smith, Beth cheibel, jenny Rolniak
NOT PICT RED: Mr , N, Duffy- Mod erat o r, Doug Te rrell- Assistant Edi tor, Joe Angerhofer, ~I e l i s sa Denny, Vicky
Guzzo, Ken Ne th, Valerie Olsen, Austin Shue

38 • Clubs
"BACK TO WORK!"
LEFT: David Berryman
consu lts with Mrs. Duffy
for advi ce o n ed iting hi
article.

TAKI ' CARE OF

BUSI ESS
BELOW: Mr. Ro i i having
fun creating an i ue of th e
Mu st an g Expre s.

THOUGHT PROVOKI G
Kell y Smith and Beth Scheib el
work hard on th e com pu ter.

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 MCGUGAN MEMORIES
The Yearbook staff puts togeth e r another fantastic b ok
YEARBOOK STAFF
BA CK : Kas a nd ra Kr izka ,
Kar ol yn Keik en , Jami e
Po w er s , W e sl e y Usya k,
Jenny Pol arczyk, Ramona
Sw eis, Paul Larsen
MIDDL E: Thaer Zeid an,
Carolin e Sw e is s . Kell y
Colvin, Amy Zer o, Erlinda
Garcia , Pawel Gacek, Dawn
Kw ick
FR O T: Ms. A. Schlo sser-
A d v i o r, Kri sten Larsen,
Beth Do m m ar . Tina
Deren ciu s, Ja cki e Pu gh ,
Je sica Dunk , M s . V.
Cavrick- Advisor
1 O'T PICTUR ED : Rose
Devin e, Patty Diaz, Kri st en
G roll

" Wh ere am I?"

ABOVE and RIGHT: When th e proof arrive
from the plant, the taff check for his /her
picture in the yearbook.

40 • Clubs
 LEFT: Karolyn Keiken BELOW: Caroline, Amy,
choo e the right photo and Erlinda jot down a
for a Yearbook page. few ideas for fun pages.

Yearbook is a club that accom odate all typ es of

stude nts. Atthe start ofthe year, we had 75 Mu stan gs
come to the informational meetin g. From ther e, Miss
Gavrick and Miss Schlo sser had to narrow down the
g roup to a final staff of ab out 25.

Duti es o f a vea rboo k s ta ff m ember incl u de :

ide n tifyi ng tud ents in p ictures, intervi ewin g
tea cher s, ma kin g pa ge la youts, ed iti ng pa ges,
brain torming for crea tive page , etc.

Thi s yea r, we are wo rking co m p le te ly o n th e

ABOVE : Mi Gavrick, Paul Larsen, and Dawn
Kwick put together ano ther pa ge on the computer.
com pu ter. We use Ad obe PageMaker to crea te the
diff er en t pa ges that yo u see in th is book. The
com puter allow s more crea tivit y and flexibilit y wh en
lay ing ou t a page for pr ess. Clip art and othe r
graphics can be ad de d with the click of a mou se.
Other inter e tin g technique such a ro u nd ing
corne rs, adding borders, and re- izing ph oto blocks
all com pleme nt the look of your yearboo k.

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 CO CERT CHOIR
TOP: B. Dommer , K. Lar sen , L. Connolly, A. Pud zisz. C. Davi s, L. Coghlan, M. Whil e, L. Ston e, K. Bolz,
D. O'M allev, N. Blazin a, T. Van Vossen
MIDDL E: ~1. Ga rd u no, R. Devine, R. Miklas, A. Olsen , R. Cisco, M. Matuszak , A. Pradun.] . Brookman ,
C. Doornbos, M. Baske, D. Foster, P. Gacek , M. Gosh orn , M. Sot o
BODOM: V. Brinn ehl. N . Pep in, M. Anne rino, K. Schifferd ecker, D. Drechsler , K. Rosellini, V. Olsen,
M. Denny, A. Zero , A. Lop ez, R. Vahl , J. And ers en , S. Berrym an , B. Benson , A. Herndon
FRON T: S. O'Bri en , M. Ce rnba la, D. Wood , C. Met zger , B. Wadhams, C. Billek , L. Lachiana, K. Dam ico,
I. I elso n, D. Engh , J. Starr
N OT PICTURED: J. Ca nty, E. Kenney, K. Modrick, W. Usy ak

GIRLS' CHOR US M EMB ERS

TOP: V. Brinn ehl , Emily Zv olan ek, Colleen Ga tley, Kelly Paul s, Tammy Fuksm an , Mallory Plu ciennik,
Shanna Harrison
M IDDLE: Alissa DiGuido, Bridget DeSch aa f, Megan Grady, Jacqu elin e Cas ey, Tina Cucci, Lynn
Tarkowski, Victoria Guzzo, Erlinda Ga rcia
BODOM : Beth Nov osel , Tar a Alexand er , Samantha Karr, Amina Faridi, Kelly Cunningham-Pr es.,
Kati e Mallon-V . Pres .
NOT PICTU RED: J. Karnia, B. Novosel, E. Swatkow ski , K. Bartlett , K. Colvin, L. Perez

42 • Clubs
 ick Bla zina
sin gs a romantic
carol to th e

Concert Choir audience , and

wi shes he was
In a w arm er
Girls Chorus place.

The Concert Choir and Girls Chorus of

1cGugan Junior Hi gh, und er th e directi on
of M . Virg inia Brinnehl, enjoyed a busy
year of concerts.

At Christmas, th ey performed a tot al of

seven concerts, including th eir main
evening concert, one at a local chu rch, and M. Brinn ehl
three a t the di strict feeder schools. Th ey lead s th e Concert
also participated in th e Oak Lawn Holid ay Choir durin g th e
Para de and festiv ities. Chri s tm a s
concert at school.
Sp ring time w as also a busy season with
the Spring Choral Concert, and th e All-
District Choral Festi val and Wo rks ho p in
Ap ril. Well-known composer / clinician,
Ms. Sall y Albrec h t, led th e w orksh op.

In ad d ition to th at festiva l, th e cho rus

mem bers performed at th e JHS Seni or
Citize ns' Dinner with th e Jazz Band.

In June, th e com bine d cho irs also sa ng

for th e Graduation Cer emony. All in
all, th ey presented a tot al of fiftee n
concerts thi s year!
Amina Faridi
spea ks for the
Girls Choir.

Club • 43
 MUSTANGCONCERTBAND

Outstanding Graduate Award: Katie Dekker

Most Improved Player Award: Laura Mottl

Scale Award: Lindsey LaChiana

CONCERT BAND I
FRONT : Candice Noodwang , Jess ica Dunk, Kelly Ulrich, Katie Dekker, Kathryn Rose llini, Laura Mottl, Carla Walker , Sabrina Dymit
SECOND ROW: Celine Metzger , Lindsey Coghlan, Jamie Powers, Colleen Kelly, Jill Swanson, Jon Mensek , Greg Miller , Robert Phelan.
Deanne Drechsler, Kelly Cunneen , Cassie Kleczkowski, Maura Matusza k, Colleen Kapelinski, Jess ica Herzog , Micheille Gembala, Vicki
Paraskevopoulos
THIRD ROW: Andrew Dvorak, Amy Zero. KevinWest , Lindsey Easton. Phillip Bergner. Kristen Schifferdecker, Eric Queen. Emily Kenney. all
Accomando, Sonia Honk isz, Kevin Moore. Joshua Odelson, Dan Thompson . Mike Peters. Brooke Simon, Anthony Lachiana , Hugh
Malianey ,Megan Phelan . Tom Miller
BACK ROW: Linsey Lach iana , Courtn ey Odelson, Jonath an Naples. Joseph O'Keefe, Mrs. W. Miller - Conductor. Mr. K. Bender - Condu c or

44 • Clubs
Marching to the beat of a different drummer... JAZZ BAND

JAZZ BAND

FRONT: Eric Queen , Emily Kenney , Tom Miller , Meghann Phelan , Tony LaCh iana , Hugh Mallaney
MIDDLE : Josh Ode lson , Kristen Schifferdecker, Meghan Toppel , Amy Zero, Matt Accomando
BACK: Bob Phelan , Greg Miller , Courtney Ode lson , Laura Mott l, Lindsey LaCh iana , Mrs . Wendy Miller- Director,
Jill Swanson, John Mens ik

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 DEC.-.
TH IS SEASON . MELLISSA DENi\'Y PLACED FIRST IN T HE SW IC CO NF E RENC E. FOR
HUMOROUS INTERPRETATIO ' . AND VA LERI E OLSON TO O K T H IRD PLAC E FOR
POETRY.

It

DECLAMATION TEAM
L:
MRS . BOND - COAC H . VALERIE OLSOI':. MELI SSA DENNY. RICCI CISKO . T O M M URRAY. MS . REKER - CO AC H . KAT I E
T
ROSELLINI
B
I':OT PICTURED : BETH H E IDEI':. B ICOLE BEAUCHAMP. B RIG ID LAJE UNESSE
S'

46 • Clubs
 LIBRARY

AIDES

JBRARY AIDES
'OP: J AM I E POWERS. MI CHELLE CAL H OU . MELISSA SASAK
IOn OM : BETH DOMMER. OIA A 21 TK. J IL L GODELL
iUPERVI SOR S: MS . REKER. MRS . SMITH

Club s • 47
 "Sum" Good Students!

McGugan Mathletes

MATHLETES I
Front: Phil Bergner , Frank Mackovitch , Jerry Kribs, Sonia Honkisz , Ms. T. Boland
Back: Mike Shake, Jonathon Naples , Carolyn Marinier , Karolyn Keiken

IT
ALL
ADDS

~8 • Club
Resolving Conflicts

What IS a peer media tor?

Peer medi ati on is d esign ed to re olve com mo n conflicts

u ch as nam e calling, rumor , threats or friendships go ne
a m iss . Stud ents ar e chose n thr ou gh fa cult y
recom mend ations. Th e stu de nts ar e trained not to tak e
sides and to keep a ll information confide ntial. Referrals for
peer medi ati on ca n be mad e by teach er , ad m inistra to rs,
par ents, or th e stude nts th em elves. The train ed mediat or
i the outside third person wh o lead s th e process of resolving
th e confl ict bet ween tw o peopl e. Wh en an ag ree me nt i
reach ed , a contrac t is signed .
TOP: Dan Sullivan, ick Blazina , Tom Murra y, Lisa Ston e,
Mar y Giglio, Den a Du slak
BOTTOM: Ad rienne Ber gin, Sabrina Harper , Rose Devin e,
Ton y Lachi an a, Bill Palm er
ADV ISO R: B. Macalu so

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 TICKLE ME PINK. ..

ART CLUB
RIGHT: Kevin Moor e mold s
some clay for his art project.

BELOW: The girls' table knea d s

and giggles abo u t their projects.

7TH GRADE ART CLUB MEMBERS I

BAt
BACK ROW : Aaron Herndon , Mrs. A. wanstrom: Direc tor. Ma ur a Matu szak, Ta ra To karz, Amy Zer o. Cand ie Zichmiller . Erin Krus e. C 'k • li D
Kosty, hanna Harrison. Mal orie teuben FR
FRONT ROW : jennifer Rolniak, jackie Canty, Kri ' ten Schiffe rdecker, a ra Huenecke, jac kie Pugh, Kristen Gro ll. Liz Munley. Kevi n \1 (1t)["

50 • Clubs
 SAY " CO LO R SC H EM E!"
TOP LEFT: Bob Ph elan, Jamie
Pow ers, Jessi ca Dunk, Meli ssa
Sasak, and Dian a Zink tak e a br eak
from their wo rk to pose for a photo.
WORKS OF ART
BOTTOM LE FT : Some
masterpieces from the eighth grade
art club stu de nts.
" CO M E O N, LET'S GOGH!"
BELOW: Mr s. Sw an strom se ts
things up for the artists .

8TH GRADE ART CLUB MEMBERS

ACK: Mrs. A. Swa nstrom- Advisor, Jamie Pow er s, Bob Phelan , Melis sa Sasak, Casey Kr iva nec
UDOLE: Beth Domma r, Susan Steffv, She rv l O 'Conno r, Dian a Zink, Jessica Dunk -
RONT: Megan Caw. Ama nda Bainb ridge, Sa ra May, Jen nifer Wler zb an owski. Nicole Bea uchamp, Kathar ine Sullivan

Club s • 51
 From Oak La wn, Illinois to Paris, Fran ce,
th e French Club tra v els th e w o rld .
Mr. Wax, Fre nc h Cl ub spo nso r, w as ve ry bu sy thi s yea r
w ith his org a niza tion. In Mar ch , nine stu den ts e nte red th e
Na tiona l Fren ch Co n tes t.
Man y club stu dent a nd par ents vo lu ntee red their tim e
a nd effo rt throu ghout th e yea r a t va rious fu nd -ra isi ng
even ts in order to su bsi d ize the a nnua l trip. Durin g
Sp ring Vaca tion, th ey tra veled to Pari s, ee ing man y sig h ts
a nd monument th ey ha ve stu d ied in class. Th ey th en
flew d own to Corsica, an isla nd in th e Mediterranean Sea,
a nd fin all y ended th eir voyage by returning to th e Riv ier a.
The Kiw a nis Organi zati on spo n ored a PEACE post
contest for w hic h th e followin g seven th g ra de tud en
w on awa rds of saving bond s: Laura Mottl, Blak e Ben 0.
Th omas Knightly, [enna Harper , a nd Deann e Drech ley
Kiw a n is also awa rded tw o eig h th gra de Fren ch Clu
stu den ts w ith a sc ho lars hip to attend a tw o week su mrne-
sessio n a t Lae du Bois, a lan gu age vill age in Min ne ota.
Stu den ts al 0 went tr ick-or -treating for N ICEF. 0 \·
tw o hundred d ollars w as collec ted .
Th e IIIinoi State Board of Ed uca tio n held Globa lfe ta
Illin ois Stat e Unive rs itv thi s ve a r. Fren ch Clu b me mber
prepared Fren ch lan gu age pu zzles a nd ga mes for entr,
and thirtv stu de n ts ea rned sta tew ide hon or s ra ngin
from uper ior Jud ges' Aw a rd to third pl ace. GRE AT JOB

OFFICERS
LEFT:
ick Blazin a-
Vice Presid ent
Tom Murra y-
Pres iden t
Ad rienne 01 en-
Secre ta ry
Sonia Honkisz-
Tr ea urer

SLEEPLESS IN
FRANCE?
RIGHT: Some Fren ch
Club m ember s wh o
vi sited Fra n ce in
April , p o s e for a
sna ps ho t in fro n t o f
the Eiffel To we r.

FRENCH TR IP
LEFT: Th e g ro u p take
moment to be cau ght on film
befor e exp lo ring France.

52 • Clubs
UPPER LEFT : French Club
members proudly display their
awards .

UPPER RIGHT: Blake Benson,

Laura Mottl, Tom Knightly, and
Deanne Drechsler show off their
award winning PEACE posters.

ABOVE : The group lets us see

their shoes at Christmast ime.

LOWER LEFT : The French Club

engages in a little conversation
at an after-school meeting.

Clubs • 53
 1'• •~
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The Teachers ~~
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I
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5-1 • Collages
The Students

Collages • 55
 Frederick Aguinaga Joseph Angerhofer Amanda Annen Amanda Bainbridge Jason Ball William Baltik, ,

Kevin Banialis Kimberley Barrus Kimberly Barth 0:icole Beauchamp Martin Bell Adrienne Bcrj; n

NOPHQTO
AVAILABLE

David Berryman Kenneth Bialek Edward Bielskus Nick Blazina Joseph Bokholdt Christine B, I

NO PHOTO
AVAILABLE

Katherine Bolz Scott Bort Thomas Boudreau Nicole Bowen arah Brandt Jennifer Br oo k man

Anthonv Brotsch Gina Bylak Michelle Calhoun Bradley Camerino Lauren Campos Ryan Capt.. n

56 • Eigh th Grade
 Class of 1997

Chri tina Davis

NO PHOTO
AVAIlABLE

Charlene
Beth Dommer Kelly Dooley Michelle Dooley Courtney Doornbos
Dimangondayao

NO PHOTO
AVAIlABlE

vtatthc«: Driggott Tara Duitmann Jessica Du nk Ka thleen Durkin Dena Dusla k And re w Dvorak

Eighth Grade • 57
 /

a b rin a Dvrnit Ewelina Dziedzic M ich a e l Epperson Krista Erickson Z ivad

. Fakhourv. \I o h a rn m a d I llah

Daniel Foste r Amanda Fui t Pawel Gacek M ich ae l Gfarcia Joshua Garduno

William Gleeson [illian Codell arah Grana Rachel G re ima n

58 • Eighth Grade
Angela Grudzinski jesse Cubernat Ernest Hack Kristie Hagemeyer Richard Hall Christina Hambright

Sabrina Harper Paul Herndon james Hincks teven Hir Richard Holzle onia Honkisz

Aaron Hosek Amy Irving john jacobsen Ronald johnson Christine joritz joshua judd

[eanna [urkowski Robert Kaczmark jason Kadow Brian Kaminski Karolyn Keiken Patrick Kilcoyne

Willard Kill Charles Kipp harmon Klinger james Knightly Christina Koch Nicole Kogler

Eighth Gra de • 59
 NO PHOTO
AVAIlABlE

H o llv Ko rd va k jeremiah Kribs Naralie Krilich Casev Kr iva nec Da wn Kwick Brandon K \\ I t

Amanda Lopez David Lundeen :\icholas :-'I acciaro Jeff Ma d d e n Angela :-'Ia g lar is Ta req Ma h m oud

Ann Ma ho ne v Mat the w ~I a p l es Louis Ma rca n ti Carolvn Marin ier Ca rolvn Ma rs ha ll A mber Ma r tin

60 • Eighth Grade
 To ny Martinez jaclvn :-'Iassey Robert Mathias Nicholas Mattaliano Sara 1I.Iay Kathleen McCarthy

NOPHQTO
AVAIlABLE

~Iallhew :-'kCarthy James :-'IcCar\"ille Megan 1I.lcDermoll Jay Mcxtahon Kelly 1I.lcNamara Brian Mcwilliams

Rachel Miklas Thomas Miller jennifer Mitchell Peter Mitrev Ravrnond Monahan Arthur Mrurnlinski

NOPHQTO
AVAILABLE

Thomas Murrav Brian Murtaugh Gregory Navickas Kenneth Neth

Kev in Newman Janet Nino James Norris Shervl O 'Connor Daniel O 'Gorman Joseph O 'Keefe

Eighth Grade • 61
 McG~an's Ei hth

Anthony Pape Jason Pavlik Nicole Pepin Robert Phelan Brian Pike Eric Piotro w-. i

Angelina Pudzisz Nicholas Purdv Katy Rawl cot Rhoades Matthew Ribikawskis

62 • Eighth Gr ad e
 e Students

Jonathan Roach Laur en Roche! Dawn Roman James Romano Alejandro Rom o Melan ie Rov ak

Brian Rowland Jam es Rowland Frank Rvbicki Glenn Sabatino John Sarpalius Melissa asak

Assi ayegh Rvan Schau herri Schlosser Robe rt Scott Austi n Shue Kelly Siad ak

:'\ icole kopis Arnv Smi th Ren ee mith

Eighth Grade • 63
 Good Luck and

Rhonda Smith Janet Sorley Daniel Spano Andrew tall worth Amber Starchvick Susan S tl 'f \

Roger tell Jessica tone Lisa tone Robert trang Dan ullivan Erin ul li

Katharine Sullivan Fares weis Ramona Sweis Richard wiatek Douglas Terrell [effrey T ti l cr

Ryan Vanvossen John Veres Carla Walker AIIison \\'a rner Philip Warning Theres, \ \ ."

64 • Eighth Grade
 GoodB Grads!

Daniel Wintercorn

Dianna Wood Thaer Zeidan Lor rie Zielinski Dia na Zink Jona tha n Zrnek

Ryan Captain and Chris Cisko are Maria Diaz and Casey Krivanec are
glad to be going home for Winter working hard in Mrs. Lukas' class.
Break.

Eighth Gra de • 65
 " Good Vibes" teaches ll S about peer pressure, w hile
"Leonardo Da Yinci" tell s us abo ut hi s life.

THE ARTS
"Good Vibes" is a program
PTA ASSEMBLIES
tha t teaches kids to fight
peer pressure, and build
self esteem. TOP RIGHT:
The crew depicts how
friends can pull you in two
direc tions a t one time.
RI G HT: The gir ls say no
way to the boys' nagging. • I
"Leonardo Da Vinci"
arrives at McGugan to tell
his life story. BOTTOM
LEFT: Leonardo uses
students to recreate his
painting Th e Last Supper.
BOTTOM LEFT:
Leonardo displays his
J
many business cards,
proving that he is truly a
jack of all trades.

66 • Assemblies
 DETENTION-FREE
A rew ard asse mbly is given at the end of each
quarter for all tudent w ho have had les than
thr ee detentions that qua rter. TOP LEFT: The
Flying Aces pa s a spinning fri bee fro m fingertip
to finge rtip. TO P RIG HT: Mrs. ess inge r is
thrilled to be a "m um my" at the Student-Teacher
Ol ympics. M ID D LE LEFT: Ch en ey and Mills
seranade the tudent . M IDDLE RIG HT: "Ta-
da h!" BOTTO I: Mr . Rand ick is stuc k in the
midd le of th i ro u tine.

"Cheney and Mills vvack ed-Out Com edy and Juggling Show" and "The Flying Aces
Professional Frisbee Team "

1ST AND 2ND QUARTER

REWARD ASSEMBLIES
Assemblie • 67
AWARDS DAY
CO-VA LED ICTORIA NS PERFECT ATIENDANCE
THO MAS MURRAY, III JOSEPH BOKHOLDT
CARO LYN MARINI ER MICHAEL DALISAY
BRIAN HARDT
AARON HOSEK
COLLEEN HRAHA
SA LUTATOR IAN CHR ISTINA KOCH
KATH ERINE DEKKER ANTHON Y LAMPL
ADAM LESER
XI LUO
MATIH EW MAPLES
PRINCIPAL'S AWARDS CHRISTINE NEIHE ISEL
ROBERT KACZ MARK IAN NELSON
NATALIE KRILICH KEVIN NEWMAN
DANIEL O'GORMON
DAVID O'MALL EY
VALERIE OLSON
WRITING TALENT SEARC H STEVEN PALLOTIO
FINAL PLACEMENTS JEFFR EY PALUCK
DANI EL SHERIDAN
KAROLYN KEIKEN- ROBERT SILICH
FIRST PLACE, PROSE ROGER STELL
JESS ICA STONE
CAROLINE SWE ISS

SOCIA L STUDIES ESSAY CONTEST

·WHA T MAK ES AMER ICA GREA T" PRESIDENTIAL ACADEM IC
FITNESS AWARD
JINA VERTUCCI - FIRST CHRIS CORR IE
JONATH ON NAPLES- SECOND ALLISO N CRO NIN
DAN SHERIDAN- THI RD KATHER INE DEKKER
CHARL ENE DIMANGONDAYO
MEGAN MCDERMOTI- FIRST JESSICA DUNK
AMANDA ANN EN-SECOND KRISTA ERICKSO N
MIKE LESH- THI RD HEATHER FINN
MICHAEL FISCELLA
DANIEL FOSTER
SABRINA HARPER
SCIENCE OLYMPIA D WINN ERS SONIA HONKISZ
AARON HOSEK - FIRST AARON HOSEK
JOSHUA ODE LSON- FIRST KAROL YN KEIKEN
PHIL BERGNER - FIRST JAM ES KNIGHTLY
STEVEN PALLOTIO- SECOND JEREMIAH KRIBS
LAURA MOTIL- SECOND DAVID LUNDEEN
DAN MCGREAL- SECO ND CAROLYN MARINIER
THOMAS MILLER
THOMAS MURRAY
JANET NINO
AL L AMERICA N BO Y JOSHUA ODELSON
AND GIRL PROGRAM J ENNIFER PALARCZYK
STEVEN PALLOTIO
JESSE GUBERNAT WILLIAM PALMER
IAN NELSON ANTHON Y PAPE
KEVIN WEST ROBERT PHELAN
VICTORIAGUZZO ANGELINA PUDZ ISZ
KAROLYN KEIKEN NICHOLAS PURD Y
MATIH EW RIBIKAWSK IS
JON ATHAN ROACH
CHET SINIAWSKI
MOST IMPROVED STUDE NT AWARD MICHAEL SKAW INSKI
THERESA WAUGH JANET SORLEY
WILL CAVA NAUGH SUSAN STEFFY
ERIN SULLIVAN
RICHARD SWIAT EK
CARLA WALK ER
MAGDALENA WHITE

68 • Awards Day
T OP LEFT : Kim
Barth shows th e au-
dience the plaque that
displays the names of
the Valedictorian and
Salutatorian.

TOP RIGHT: W ill

Ca van au gh receives
the Most Imp roved
Student Award.

M ID D LE LEFT:
Adrienne Olsen and
Tar en O'Toole help to
keep th e ceremony
running smoothly.

M ID DLE RIGHT:
Mrs. Du ffy, Mr.
Bender, and Mr.
Rossi wait for their
turn to present
awards .

BOTTOM: Students
in th e bleachers sta nd
to be recogn ized for
th eir acco m p lis h -
ments.

Awards Day • 69
 PRACTICE MAKES PERFECTr

GRADUATION PRACTICE
From May 23rd until June 5th , the eighth graders went th rough the tedi ou s ta k of
learning exactly HOW to grad ua te. Seventh graders might be asking themselves,
"How hard can it be to take m y diploma and sit down?" Ask any grad uate of
McGugan Junior High! The McGugan grad uates participate in an extr emely formal
and elega nt cerem on y involving rem embering cues to sit and stand, turning the
correc t '>vay, sha king hands, ay ing "tha nk yo u", and wa lking at an appropria te
pace. Whe n it was tim e for the spo tlight to shine on our grad ua tes, all ran smoothly.
The ceremony wa s a momentous occa sion, as you will see on pa ges 72 and 73.
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"FORWARD, STOP , FACE FOUR , GO! "
ABOVE: The students practice their process ional
in the gym, while Mrs. Jumbeck looks on. They
have to have perfect timing in order for the
ceremony to be the fine tuned machine that Mrs.
Jumbeck expects from the graduat ing class .
"TURN LEFT ... YOU MAY GO!"
ABOVE: Two students are ready to find
their way to the "stage". In the back-
ground you can see the teachers
directing traffic. Mrs. Kuzminski tells
the students when to walk down the
aisle, while Mrs. Moore is the cue for
the graduates to wait for the group
ahead of them to ascend the stage.

ON SIGHT REHEARSAL
LEFT : Miss Brinnehl helps
prepare the chorus for graduation
night at Richards High School.
The chorus takes its place in front
of the stage and then sings two
songs for the 1997 graduates.

70 • Graduation
 JUNE 4,1997

GRADUATION PARTY
After the Awa rds Cerem on y at McGug an, the eighth grade rs board ed their bu ses
and travelled to Annie Tiques for a spec ial grad ua tion party. They feas ted on lunch,
then dan ced the afternoon away. The grad ua tion party was a nice end to a yea r of
hard wo rk.

Graduation • 71
 "We're icGugan Junior High"

Melody: "It's A Small World"

As we go through school in our junior high,

We will do our best as the days go by;
In our sports we'll excel ,
In our studies as well;
We're McGugan Junior High!
We're the Mustangs, we 're the best!
orth or south or east or west,
We excel above the rest;
We're McGugan Junior High!
When we graduate from this junior high,
We will treasure memories as years go by;
All the friends we have met,
We will never forget;
We're McGugan Junior High!
We're the Mustangs, we're the best!
North or south or east or west,
We excel above the rest;
We're McGugan Junior High.

72 • Graduation
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Graduation • 73
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M1n1-COUrSes
The seventh grade students had the opportunity to experience different games and
projects in what is known as "mini-courses" . Each teacher had 3 0 minutes in which
t o do something new and fun with the seventh grade students . Teachers then were
allowed to give tickets to winners o f the games, or to cooperative students . These
tickets were entered into a raffle for prizes. Some topics o f mini-c o urses were
Scattergories, making friendship bracelets, scooter games, Picti onary, spelling
bee, making collages, and line dancing .

Mrs . Kuzminski taught Courtney Schackmann had t o Popsicle stick art

her class how to make identify famous l ogos f or Mrs . was the theme in Miss
friendship bracelets . Nessinger 's mini-c ourse . Dumke's class .

Mr.
Steadman
played
Science
Hangman
with his
gr oup.

Mrs .
Bond's
gr oup
had t o
crack
the c ode
t o find
the A group of seventh graders
hidden guess the famous pe ople f or
message . Mrs . Ferraro .

74 • Mini-Courses
One Down, One To Go!

Collage • 75
 Goodbye, Eighth Gra de r s

76 • Co llage