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ALBEMARLE SENIOR HIGH NEWSPAPER
311 Palestine Road Albemarle, N.C. 28001 982-3711
New Faces
In Old
Places p. 2
October 14,1980
Meet The Board Members
By JENNY McINTOSH
Football tickets went up this
year by approval of the Albe
marle City Board of Education,
after South Piedmont Conference
suggestion. Only when decisions
directly affect students does the
Board come into public view. In
fact, if you ask anyone who the
Board members are, more than
likely they do not know. These
members, however, are responsi
ble for major decisions and prop
er administration to provide a
more efficient school system.
The Albemarle City Board
members are voted into office by
the electorate. Albemarle City’s
Board has 6 members and Dr.
William Brown, superintendent
of schools, who advises them. Mr.
Charlie Pickier is chairman. He
directed a funeral home for 12
years. Two years ago he retired
from selling funeral supplies in
North and South Carolina. Gene
Dry is president of Dun-Rite
Laundry and Cleaners, Inc. It has
been a family business since 1922.
Dr. W. D. Beal is a chiropractor.
Dr. Keith Wolf is an optometrist.
Dr. Phyllis Gore teaches at Pfeif
fer College. She prepares student
teachers for grades K-9. She has
been teaching for 35 years. Mrs.
Sandy Rogers, after becoming a
member of the Board last year,
retired as an English teacher.
She is now a homemaker and
mother of 3.
Dr. Brown, as superintendent,
is a non-voting member. He pre
pares the agenda for the meet
ings and presents the problems
and needs of the schools to the
members.
During the September meeting
of the Board, financial concerns
of the school system appeared to
be the major issues. They review
and approve a budget for each
school year. This budget includes
salaries for school employees,
supplies, special classes, food
services, and sports equipment.
Bills are reviewed and paid. They
also try to keep all buildings,
stadiums, and other facilities in
good condition. If not, they try to
provide needed facilities, such as
the new ASHS stadium, with one
of the best track facilities in the
state.
Faculty members are chosen
by the Board also. Their choice is
based on recommendation and
application. Recommendation
comes from Dr. Brown, staff, and
other people.
During the meeting, results of
the California Achievement Test
(CAT) given to elementary stu
dents were discussed and com
pared to the county schools and
the nation. Albemarle students
excelled, especially in primary
grades, in comparison. But it was
noted that in grades 6-9 the aver
age scores lowered, therefore
stress for higher scores in upper
levels is needed.
Also, a representative of the
CAT tests, Mr. Hawkins, dis
cussed new methods and types of
tests. For example, it is possible
that students may later be tested
in science and social studies, as
well as English and Math.
The Board even takes an inter
est in the tj^es of food served to
students. For instance, Mrs. San
dy Rogers previously ate break-
Crossroads ’80 Gets Underway
Crossroads ’80 staff is in full
swing putting together this year’s
annual. They have already se
lected the cover design and
theme, which will remain secret
until the book arrives next May.
The first deadline for the color
sections of the annual is October
10. This year’s color section will
not only include the Senior’s sec
tion, but also other sectiohs of the
book. The yearbook staff is work
ing diligently to meet this dead
line; drawing layouts, organizing
pictures, and writing copy.
The Herf Jones Company pub
lishes Crossroads. This year’s an
nual is expected to cost ap
proximately $8,000 to produce.
The price of each book will be
$12.00 for students, with sales
covering only about $5,000 of the
costs. The staff is attempting to
sell $13,800 worth of ads to cover
the additional cost of the book.
This year’s staff consists of:
editor, Dena Bates; assistant edi
tor, Kim Cook; sports, Kim Cook
and Mark Talbert; special fea
tures, Jenny Hatley; business
manager, Jane Smith;
photographers, Mary Crotts and
Chris Freeman; regular
features, Nancy Honeycutt; ad
ministration, Chris Freeman;
classes editor, Jennie Hill. The
Junior Staff consists of: Paula
Lowder, Kathy Riley, David Har
wood, Cathy Terry, Kristi Britt,
David Caudle, Catherine Mont
gomery, Laura Jenkins, Joey
Walter, and Cindy Smith.
This staff is supervised by Mrs.
Kay Dennis who has headed the
yearbook staff for the past 5
years. She states that, “This staff
is working hard to produce the
best yearbook ever! ’ ’
fast at one of the elementary
schools. She brought up the fact
that the only cereals offered con
tained large amounts of sugar.
She suggested a cereal such as
Life instead because it is good-
tasting and does not contain large
amounts of sugar.
Most of the duties of the Board
are quite pleasant, but, unfor
tunately, there are times when
the Board faces undesirable
decisions. One recent example is
the controversial issue concern
ing Mr. Charles Whitley, princi
pal at AHS, and Mr. Walter
Smith, principal at the Junior
High School. These cases have at
this time been resolved. The two
principals will remain in their
jobs by approval of the Board.
The Albemarle Board of
Education is a group of people
with important responsibilities.
But more importantly, they are
volunteers who give of their time
to the education of the students.
In addition to their other responsibilities, board members also
support ^tra curricular activities of the schools. Here Mrs. Sandv
Dr. Keith Wolf, and Dr. William Brown support the Bull-
Don't Crawl Under A Rock!
“Moonbeams
Attention All Seniors!
The SAT will be given Octo
ber 11, at ASHS. Registration
for the test closed September
19.
A Date To Remember
Homecoming is scheduled
for October 10.
Preparing For College
College Night was held
September 25, from 7:00 until
8:30. Representatives from
over 60 colleges attended.
Congratulations!
Eddie Snuggs was honored
as Student Lion for Septem
ber, and Dave Moose as Stu
dent Rotarian.
Election Results
Senior Class officers for the
1980-81 year are: Janet Efird,
president; Dan McKeithen,
vice-president; Shari Robert
son, secretary; and Todd
Hauss as treasurer. Junior
Class officers are as follows:
Maria Dennis, president;
Laura Mauldin, vice-presi
dent; Kristi Britt, secretary;
and Stephanie Pollard,
^easurer. The Sophomore
Class officers are: Susan
Creativity and personal de
velopment are always encour
aged by the clubs offered at Albe
marle High School. Several clubs
have already elected officers and
scheduled activities while others
are just getting started. These
clubs encourage students to join
in and participate each year in
the activities planned for person
al achievement and for com
munity enjoyment.
DECA
Tuesday, September 16, the
Distributive Education Clubs of
America had their first meeting
and officer elections. Those
elected were: President, Penny
Payne; Vice-President, Connie
Lambert; Secretary, Beth Moss;
and Treasurer, Rickey Smith.
Beth Livingston and Kathryn
Burleson serve as Co-Historians
along with Mark Furr, Reporter
and Robert Farlow, Parlimentar-
ian. The DECA Club has planned
two fund raisers for the year
October l, they will hold a
Garage Sale, and November 1
they will sell Tom Wat Kits.
DECA will hold their first cere
mony, Parents’ Night Installa
tion Service, September 30, at
Cattletown U.S.A. Members will
have dinner, a program, and in
stall officers.
Cooper, president; Carol
Harbers, vice-president; Lucy
McKeithen, secretary; and
Robin Jolly, treasurer. The
Freshman Class officers are:
Cory Smith, president; Ellen
Snyder, vice-president;
Sylvia Baker, secretary.
and
A Big Change
tember started to school Sep-
tStnd;nffu calendar below shows
throu^Se yL'r: l>sWbuted
, student Holidays
November 10-11 2 Teacher workdays
DeclSbl^22l? « Thanksgiving holidays
JaSv 1 2 o fh^^stmas (weekdays) holidays
? NewYear’sDayholidays
Anr-n^ Q 2 Teacher workdays
AnHi??9'i ^ Teacher workdays
P 4 Easter holidays (weekdays)
Students Gain Experience
VICA
Vocational Industrial Clubs of
America or VICA is sponsored by
Mr. Robert Hollis. He also spon
sors the ICT section or Industrial
Cooperative Training. The pro
gram employs students in skill
and health occupations. In
November, the officers of VICA
club will attend the District 6
Workshop and Training Session.
Each officer will attend sessions
with other VICA club officers of
the district. In March, they will
attend the District 6 Skill and
Leadership Contest at Central
Piedmont Comnrtinity College. In
the spring, they will also partici-
North Carolina State
VICA Skill and Leadership Con
test in Winston Salem. Their last
meeting will be the Em
ployer/Employee Banquet which
is in conjunction with the DECA
Banquet.
FBLA
The Future Business Leaders
of America or FBLA members
met September 16 for the first
time. Mrs. Mildred Carter, who
sponsors the club, said 15 or 20
people appeared to fill applica
tions and plan activities.
Albemarle’s FBLA chapter will
host the District 6 Fall Meeting
on October 15 from 1:00 to 5:00.
Possible workshop topics in
clude: People Building, Dress for
Success, Parliamentary Proce
dure, Fund Raising, Activities
Reporting and Free Enterprise.
FBLA members will be assisted
in the presentation by members
of Stanly Technical Institute, Phi
Beta Lambda, the college divi
sion of FBLA, and by local busi
ness persons. Aretha Sellers, who
was chosen Chairman of District
6, will preside at the meeting. She
will be responsible for organizing
and presiding at competitive
events in February. Because
Aretha was elected District
Chairman, Mrs. Carter was elect
ed District Advisor by the teach
ers of the district. She will hold a
3-year term on the Board of Di
rectors of FBLA.
The Local Chapter, which is re
sponsible for the vending ma
chines, will meet further to plan
more service projects and elect
officers.
Each year students are chosen
to attend SPEC and Governor’s
School in the summer. Here are
two accounts from one SPEC stu
dent and one Governor’s School
attendant:
“I really enjoyed attending
SPEC at Wingate College this
past summer. During my two
weeks stay, I studied psychology,
history, economics, and
sociology. The program consisted
of Symposiums that related to
our courses. After classes, dis
cussions were held at our profes
sor’s house,
Being chosen to attend this
event was a real honor and ex
perience. Everyone should have
the opportunity to go because it is
educational and a lot of fun.”
Nancy Honeycutt
“The excitement of bemg away
from home for six weeks with 400
talented, interesting people to
meet made my summer at
Governor’s School a good one.
Classes at Governor’s School
were taught by professors from
eminent universities like Har
vard, MIT, and Wake Forest. I
took classes in philosophy,
phsychology, andEn^ish.
Governor’s School was a real
honor for me and a valuable ex
perience.’ ’ Chris Freeman
Many attended SPEC and Governor’s School