Glenn Rackley sets up DECA display in local conference.
Mr. Bob Horne helps set up the DECA displays.
(Photos by Joyner)
Students Participate
In District Meeting
. _ , -
in Rocky MounC Wilson,
Edgecombe, Johnston, Halifax
and Franklin counties held
their annual District 3-B Con
test meeting at Tarrytown Mall
Feb. 6.
Approximately 150 contest
ants competed in the areas of
Food Marketing, Food Service,
Apparel and Accessories, Sales
Demonstration and Student of
the Year.
The contests were held in
various stores in the mall and
were open for public viewing.
The awards were distributed
that same evening.
All students who reached
proficiency level or were dis
trict winners will participate in
state competition in March.
Apparel and Accessory in
cluded two sub-divisions of
Math, and Product and Ser
vice. The winners of the Pro
duct and Service were: third
place, Medona Birth of North
West Senior High; second
place, Paula Canady of Wilson
Fike; and first place, Sheri
Bascon of Roanoke Rapids.
The winners of the Math
subdivisions were: Pam Willi
ams of Smithfield-Selma, first
place; Sandra Murphy of Wil
son Fike, second place; and
Terry Savage of Tarboro, third
place.
The over-all winners of Appa
rel and Accessory were Sheri
Bascon, first place, Pam Wins,
second place and Sandra Mur
phy, third place.
The category of Food Ser
vices was divided into Math and
Communications. The Commu
nications winners were Rex
Bodey of Northern Nash, first
place; Hubert Harris of Smith-
field-Selma, second place; and
Debbie Gray of Weldon, third
place.
the Math Department Kim
Darol Cook of Roanoke
second place and Carol Ann
Greene of Roanoke Rapids won
third place.
The over all Food Services
winners were Kim Lee first
place, Carol Ann Greene second
place and Carol Cook third
place.
Food Marketing was divided
into two categories of Display
and of Product and Service.
The winners of Product and
Service were Ronnie Dean of
Lucama, first place; Craig
Lamm of Southern Nash, se
cond place; and Anthony Lamm
of Smithfield-Selma, third
place. In the areas of Display
the winners were Pam Fuller of
Rocky Mount Senior High first
place; Ronnie Dean second
place and Shelia Hux of Roa
noke Rapids third place.
The over all winners in Food
Marketing were Ronnie Dean
first place, Anthony Lamm
second place and Dwain Teas-
dale of Wilson Fike third place.
The winners of the Sales
Demonstration Contest were
Theresa Burnett of Northern
Nash first place, Ed Harris of
RMSH second place and David
Copper of Wilson third place.
Following these awards, Mr.
Doc Berry and Ms. S. Rice
presented the Student of the
Year Awards. For the men,
Danny Well of Roanoke Rapids
won first place, Alan Benson of
NNSH won second place and
Willie Williams of Southern
Nash won third.
For the women Theresa
Jackson won first place and
Marilyn Wayne won second
’ place. Both winners attend
Northern Nash.
THE GRYPHON
February 10,1978 Rocky Mount Senior High School, Rocky Mount, N. C. 27801 Vol. 4, No. 8
State Accreditation
Debates Underway
Will the Rocky Mount City
School System undergo state
accreditation?
This is the question currently
before the Rocky Mount School
Board.
“Accreditation is a process of
planning,” says Dr. Roger
Schurrer, Director of the Divi
sion of Planning, North Caroli
na Department of Public In
struction and Chairman, State
Accreditation Committee.
“The clarification of goals
that a school system wants to
achieve and participatory deci
sion making are involved in the
planning,” continues Dr. Schur
rer.
Dr. Schurrer was a guest
speaker at a study session for
the School Board. The Board
had the session to examine the
possibility of undergoing accre
ditation.
Also with Dr. Schurrer were
Dr. Jerome Melton, Deputy
Superintendent of Public In-
- M. Dr. J. E. (Jimmie) ^
Martin, Superintendent'
Stanly County Schools.
Components Of The System
The components of such a
plan that Dr. Schurrer speaks
of are extensive. The first step
is Situation Analysis. The
school system involved analyz
es its current situation pertain
ing to curriculum, resources
and specific needs of the sys
tem.
Next a mission of purpose is
drawn up. This involves the
establishment of continuing ob
jectives which the system will
try to achieve through the
accreditation process. The per-
sonel then make an assessment
of the continuing objectives.
The system then sets some
specific objectives according to
the peculiar needs of that
particular system. Priorities
are assigned to these objectives
and strategies are developed to
achieve the objectives.
The accreditation plan is then
implemented into the system.
Levek Of Accreditation
At this point the system in
question is accredited at Level
I, the planning stage.
Within 30 months the Accre
ditation Committee checks the
implementation of the plan,
documentation of significant
findings and progress toward
priority objectives.
The system is accredited at
Level n at this stage.
Level III of accreditation in
volves the continuing of the
accreditation plan and docu
mentation of results of the
plan.
After Level IH the school
system submits an annual re
port for five years on its pro
gress. The system undergoes
evaluation again after these
five years.
Community Administrator
Involvement
“The program invovles the
total community,” says Dr.
Melton. “It appUes techniques
used by businesses to measure
the effectiveness of the school
system.”
“If such an accreditation pro
gram is to survive, it must
involve teachers and principals
also at the local system. Also, it
must have the leadership of a
sensitive school board and cen
tral administration,” Dr. Mel
ton continues.
Dr. Melton explains, “It (the
accreditation system) is design
ed to give more basis to make
decisions.
Southern Accreditation
Association
Rocky Mount Schools are
already accredited by the Sou
thern Accreditation Associa
tion. Why undergo accredita
tion with another organization?
Dr. Melton explained the dif
ferences in the two organiza
tions as a possible motive.
“Southern deals with one
school at a time. It evaluates
each individual school We be
lieve that since a child may go
to several schools in a particu
lar system, the system as a
whole should be examined. This
can aid in a continuity in the
system’s educational process,”
contrasted Dr.,Melton.
_“We also believe that our
program results in more com
munity involvement than Sou-
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BarcNard Taylor Receives
Terry Sanford Award
Mrs. Barbara Taylor, Social
Studies teacher, is the Rocky
Mount Winner of the Terry
Sanford Award.
The Terry Sanford Award is
given to an educator who has
exhibited creativity and has
been innovative in the field of
education.
The Instructional and Pro
fessional Development Commit
tee of North Carolina Associa
tion of Educators makes the
nominations for this award. In
behalf of each nominee, letters
of accreditation and descript
ions of five areas in which the
nominee has been involved are
submitted to the committee.
The nominee is required to £ive
the committee a written des
cription of his philosophy of
education.
Mrs. Taylor said, “I believe
that education has the responsi
bility of making society adhere
to the ideals of truth and
justice. Because education is
the creature of the society that
holds it, education is the res
ponse to the needs of the com
munity and helps modify and
mold that same society."
The five areas Btos. Taylw
has been invited in are the
Bicentennial Program, depart
ment work, with the Social
Studies Consortion, class room
teaching, and her wwk on
American Education Week.
Mrs. Taylor said, “I was
asked by Dr. Currin to co-ordi-
MRS. BARBARA TAYLOR
nate all Bicentennial activities.
We tried to involve as many
students and teachers as possi
ble. Eventually the program
became the extravaganza it
was.”
Mrs. Taylor has also been
active in wcMrking with the
Social Studies Consortion in
which teachers confer with
college professM« at a confer
ence in Chapel HpL
After having won at the local
level Mrs. Taylor now pro
ceeds to District XII competi
tion. District XII is composed of
Edgecombe County, T^boro,
Nash County. Rocky Mount and
Johnston County.