I FULL MOON
Volume 52 No. 3
ALBEMARLE SENIOR HIGH NEWSPAPER
•^11 Park Ridge Road Albemarle, N.C. 28001 982-3711
November 1986
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
By LAMAR CHANCE
What’s that music? Is that Bing Cros^ v^llIiarW a month'a^^ Stanly County will
IS not too far, and even though Christmas Day Y ^ I98e Stanly County
begin the celebration of the holiday season with a f^e afternoon.
Christmas Parade will be held on Monday, Dec . variety of floats. With the floats
The main attraction of the parade every year s he^vanety^m
J^ade by a manufacturing company, the me , ggch float is fifty dollars.
County will buy a spot on the one of f ^^e Montgomery County Marching Band,
Other entries in the parade are drill team , pouole of the channel’s news per-
junior high cheerleaders, and even Chopper N weather permits him to leave
tonalities. Climaxing the parade w« be Santa
the North Pole. There will be several entries eacn
Stanly, and Albemarle. . ,. Q„ly five entries and a float. The en-
The parade officials have limited each coming queens, Tera Taylor and
tries from Albemarle High School a and Ms. FHA, and Mr. and Ms.
Ennn Tyson, Mr. and Ms. DECA, Mr and Ms Vic , _ officials interested in
PBLA. With no plans for the float, Mrs. . schools, the varsity and junior varsi-
nding on the float to contact her. ^'i^e the co y g the parade,
ty cheerleaders and the Bulldog Marching ® . VMCA and will move south along First
The parade will originate at ‘Je Stanly County VM^ extravaganza will then turn in
Street toward Home Savings and Loan. The cn
tront of the bank and travel north on Second bireeu
Similar to years past, the parade wi p . matter what the weather may
tions. The parade however, is set and will g ^fellowship.
be. But regardless of the conditions. It will be a great time o j y
Scenes
from last year’s parade.
Hello Ms. Harvey, Goodbye Ms. Talbert
By DAVID BAUCOM
Linda Harvey has replaced Mrs. Ellis
the new Spanish teacher f
^SHS. She began teaching a week ait
^rs. Ellis left to care for her newborn
child in October. Ms. Harvey now
teaches Spanish classes 1-4 and is tn
sponsor for the Spanish Club and tne
Spanish Honor Society. .
Though Ms. Harvey has lived in btan-
‘y County for four years, she is a native
California and Arizona. She f tended
the University of California and Miami
University. Her current interests are
^fading, cartooning, and various foms
art. She also has an elk hound nam
Buffy.
Ms. Harvey says that she likes our
school a lot. “The student body is very
triendly and you have a good faculty,
she says. “I hope to be with the school
^or a long time and see the clubs grow.
IT
In Memory
When I Must Leave You
When I must leave you
for a little while,
Please do not grieve
and shed wild tears.
And hug your sorrow to you
through the years.
But start out bravely
with a gallant smile;
And for my sake
live on and do
Feeding not on loneliness
or empty days
But reaching out
in comfort.
Mrs Gina Talbert, teacher in the Albe
marle City Schools for nine years said
?ood-bye to ASHS on Friday, November 7,
and moved her compasses,
and rulers to East Rowan High School.
Stace Mrs. Talbert only lives two miles
Fast Rowan High School, her new job
from ion2 drive each day and
Smfwllh her family. At
EKHS Talbert will teach trigo-
^rnPtrv geometry, and business math.
"°Mri^Tffbert has been an active sup-
tlr nf all programs at ASHS. Dunng
at sSi- High, she has, at vari
es CescoThed la’rsity basketball
ffhai? and tennis, as well as serving as
softball, a_nd tenn,or
yeSfhls sLved as senior class spon-
^^rommenting on her stay in Albemarle,
Mrs Sert noted, “Albemarle Senior
T• u v,nc an pxcellent reputation in aca-
High has an activities. I hope
demics, athl^ics, and ail
wfS^her much tiaPPiness and success
Thernew job. Keep in touch. Mrs.T!
Does the Future
Hold Saturday
ISS?
By RICH SCRIMGEOUR
A major dilemma has struck at ASHS.
The problem of constant tardies is in
creasing “sentences” to the barn.
Although these days spent in the barn
are a punishment for lateness, the time
missed from class is extremely
detrimental to the learning experience.
Notes copied from someone else are
never as complete as hearing class
discussion and lecture.
When sent to the barn, a person stays
all day. He does his daily assignments,
is not allowed to talk, and is placed in a
type of study carrol. When the student
goes to lunch, he sits by himself and
faces the wall. Because of increasing
numbers of students in ISS, this obvious
ly is not the solution. Why not some
other form of punishment? For exam
ple, when a person has accumulated
five or more tardies, instead of the barn,
why not a Saturday morning detention?
The person would be required to report
to the school from 8:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.
He would have to clean up the school
area performing such tasks as picking
up trash, emptying trash cans, cleaning
desks or boards, or other helpful ac
tivities.
A Saturday morning spent at the
school would make students think twice
about lounging in the halls and would
certainly be a more appropriate
sentence than one day in the barn dur
ing instructional time.
Ms. Harvey guides Spanish III stu
dents through verb conjugations.
Ms. Talbert instructs Geometry
students.
Moonbeams
By TERRI PENNINGTON
November 26, 27 — Thanksgiving
Holidays
December 1 — Stanly County
Christmas Parade
December 6 — Achievement test for
Seniors to be given at Concord
High
December 17 — Seniors will be going
to Eastgate Cinemas to see the
film presentation of “Macbeth.”
SARAH JANE THOMAS
11-12-67/11-5-86
JENNIFER DIANE NEY
11-10-67/11-9-86
Meet the
Office Aides
By BETH NEEL
This month it’s time to meet the office
aides. These seven young men and women
are valuable assets to the operation of our
school office. You may have seen them sit
ting at their little desk or maybe knocking
on classroom doors getting students for
Mr. Morgan and Ms. Lippard.
During first period Julie Harwood helps
the office secretaries get the day going.
Second period Jim Cummings makes his
rounds around the school delivering the
absentee sheets. Lisa Morgan steps in for
third period to sort the mail. Lunch brings
in Jimmy Hays and Linsie Lambert to up
date our schoolfront sign and do whatever
else is needed. Fifth and sixth periods, the
afternoon office aides, Tonya Springer and
David Hunt, help wind things down for the
day’s end.
Whether you’ve seen them or not,
they’re there helping keep office proce
dures running smoothly.
Julie Harwood makes copies of
absentee list.