Khiree Brochure

Khiree Cross

Yearbook Outline

Period - 3 9/23/2013

52 years ago, Thornrigde High School was a predominately Caucasion school with many activities, now Thornridge is more diverse with African Americans and fewer activities. Why has Thornridge Changed so much over the years? Thornridge has changed because of the diversity, culture changes, the economy, and academics; Thornridge has become a more diverse school.

The biggest change in Thornridge High School is the diversity. The diversity has changed because of people moving in and out of the suburbs throughout the years, new programs & laws about minorities, and the Baby Boom. Since 1961, Thornridge's populations has increased and decreased which has an effect on multiple things. People moving out of the suburbs and the enrollment of students made the population of students decrease. But as people move out of homes, students from the city move in and most of them are African American. Diversity changes a lot of things in a school. New races bring new cultures, and different styles and behaviors. Another reason for diversity change is the new Laws & programs for minorities. During the 60s there was a Civil rights movement going on and blacks & whites weren't allowed to be taught in school together, so in the late 60s, early 70s the African American population increased throughout the year book because of the Civil Rights movement. Another cause of diversity change is the Baby Boom. The Baby Boom was between the 40s & 60s, so those babies need a school to go to and an increase of 72 million people in the country is a large increase.

Thornridge has also changed because of academic and economical change. Academics has changed because the harder requirements to graduate, and more distractions. The graduation rate of Thornridge has dropped since the start of the school back in 61. They have added more requirements like Senior Project, ACT, the constitution and etc. Back then all you had to do was show your face in school and you could graduate. There are also more distractions like gangs, drugs, and technology. Gang's drags people away from their education because of the peer pressure and negative influences to not care about it. Drugs also changed the school because it's more easy access to it, and used more often. Drugs kill brain cells and make you act different, so your mentality in school is careless and the children waste their education. Another effect on the change of Thornridge is the economy change. Lower and increase on income of families has an effect on Thornridge because people move out of homes when they can't afford it or they get bigger and better homes out of Thornridge's district. New government programs also have an effect on change, like section aid. Section aid allows those who can't