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Volume 74 No. 5 Grimsley High bcnooi 801 Westover Terrace Greensboro, NC 27408 March 10,1998 Margaret Jeffreys, a Grimsley senior, won the Park Scholarship to attend North Caro lina State University. This award is a full tuition scholarship only given to 60 appli cants nation-wide. Two Grimsley students recently competed in the Quad Speed Roller Skating Junior Olympics and USAC Nationals competi tion. At the Quad Junior Olympics, Christy Johnson, a sophomore, won the 500 meter and 1000 meter races and won a gold medal in the two-person mixed relay. She also set a new national record. Junior Dana Merrit placed fourth in the USAC Nationals two- woman relay. Junior Ben Burnside won the second place award in the 11th grade O. Henry Festival competition. Burnside will be honored at a special awards ceremony in April and his story will be published in a booklet of stu dent writing. The Greensboro Youth Council and the Knights of Columbus Council 939 will present Talent Expo '98 the Carolina The atre. Show date is March 21 at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a Fine Arts Cabaret held on March 28 at 7:00 p.m. at the Greens boro Cultural Center. Local Belk department stores are holding a prom dress contest this spring for area high schools. Any girl who tries on a prom dress from now until March 29 receives a point for her school. At the end of the competi tion, the school with the most points will receive $1000 for their prom fimd. Art students win Gold Key Awards By Meredith Lemon Reporter Grimsley students recently swept the competition off its feet by walk ing away with 13 Gold Keys awarded to them in the 1998 Scholastic Art Awards. There are only 150 Gold Key winners which are chosen from roughly 2500 to 3500 works cre ated by North Carolina students. Entries are submitted from schools scattered all over the state, from Boone to Chapel Hill. Of the 150 Gold Keys awarded, Grimsley students brought home 13. “This is a very impressive number. We b rought home more Gold Keys than any other school, including the School of the Arts,” said Mrs. Brown, an art teacher at Grimsley. Tlie students’ works were sub mitted after January under cat egories such as painting, draw ing, ceramics, photography, and computer art. No matter what the category, students put many long hour into their work. “Eve spent and work at home go into pieces that are sub mitted for a contest of this caliber. “Some people just don’t realize that art is difficult. It is hard to turn out a good project,” said Mrs. Brown. — Ml Artwork by Grimsley senior John Gamble is one of many works that won awards in the Scholastic Art Awards competition. more time on art this year than I have on Bi ology, World History, and Spanish com bined,” said Jillian Gibson, sophomore. Art teachers Mr. Joyner and Mrs. Brown both agree that at least 3 weeks of class work Though not all art teachers require that then- students submit a piece, some pupils choose to enter their work for the experience and personal satisfaction. “It is nice to know that your art is some of the best in the state and that encourages you to produce more good work,” said Gibson. Gibson was awarded 3 Gold Keys in the contest, which was more than any other Grimsley artist. Other Grimsley stu dents who won Gold Keys are: Molly Seel, a senior; Jim Doggett, Justin Miller, Tracy Spencer, and Katie Thompson, all juniors; and freshmen Jesse Adams- Doolittle, who won two Gold Keys, Kamron Leonard, Andrew Parsons, and Ian White. The small, gold key shaped pins that are awarded to the 150 win ners may not seem like much reimbursement when considering the amount of time put into the pieces, but winning one does mean that the stu dents’ work will go on to I be judged at the national competition. Colleges also I know what a prestigious :c award this is and what weight it carries. But, whether the students submit their work for recognition or for fun, they are all inspired in their own way. “We get our ideas from other kids in class, which is great. Ideas also come from our feelings, or things we observe,” said Justin Miller, junior. SECME plaimmg annual college tnur By Mary Kristen Kelly Staff Writer On March 10th, students from all grades will take strides towards success in the future as they depart for the annual college tour. SECME, which stands for Southeast ern Consortium for Minority Engineers, is a program that helps high school stu dents, primarily minority students, suc ceed in high school and get into college. From past experiences, SECME found that one successful way to do this is by taking an annual college tour entitled the Spring East Coast College Tour. “The tour and SECME itself give me an op portunity to stay focused on my future,” said Calandria Glover, a sophomore member of SECME. There are 37 SECME colleges on the East coast. Each year SECME partici pants alternate visiting northern colleges and southern colleges. This year they will travel south to schools such as Clemson University, Spellman College, Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse Col lege, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and Tuskegee University. During the tour, students become ac quainted with the campus of each school, the daily life of students who are enrolled there, the dorm facilities, and the types of courses that each school has to offer. “By being aware of all these things, stu dents can be better prepared to make up coming college decisions,” said Mrs. Lynn, one of the club's advisors. please see SECME, page 2 n iJ Indoor track team dominates competition page 10 Presidency, politics, and personal views page 3
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