This web site was created by Mark Valco, a former student
at Thornton Fractional South High School in Lansing, Illinois.
I attended "TF South" from 1967 to 1971. My motivation for
creating this site was solely nastalgic. If any one feels that
his or her privacy was violated, please let me know at
spiralblue@yahoo.com. I will gladly remove that student's
name and photo from the website. It is assumed that the only
persons interested in this site are former students of
T.F. South around the same time period. It is hoped that someday
students included in this website will contribute updates about
themselves. If you have any updates that you wish to share, please
email them to spiralblue@yahoo.com. I will create a link from your
mug shot page. You may even submit updated photos if you wish.
* While it is true this website took me over 2
months to create in 2004, I spent two more months in 2009 revamping most
of the pages, deciding to deviate slightly from the original layout. I am most proud of the
effort I put in cropping all of the mug shots for the freshmen, sophomores,
and juniors. In its previous incarnation, it was simply too hard to match
names with photos. Now, I hope you will agree, it is very clear and very easy.
During this latter process, I discovered that there were several mug pages that
either had missing names or too many names. If you go to the help
page, maybe you can help me match the names with the people better. When I first
designed this website back in 2004, most people had slow internet connections. To
make pages load quickly, I scanned the photos at a low resolution. But if you wish
to see a photo larger, you may simply click the photo, and it will be enlarged.