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Chalkdust: Reorganization Plans
Last week, readers were
informed of plans for
merging parent and student
groups from Chowan and
Holmes as far as parent
organizations, the band,
cheerleaders, sports ac
tivities, student clubs and
activities are concerned.
This week Chalk’s dust
will touch on the Courses of
Study which have been
established for 9 through 12
students next fall.
For present Chowan High
School students, the
curriculum offering will
look, possibly, like that from
a junior college. Whereas in
the past they have had
approximately forty-seven
courses from which to
choose, they will now have
one-huddred twenty.
Because it is a larger school
to begin with, the present
Holmes students won’t see
that much change in courses
from which to choose.
However there will be ap
proximately ten new
courses that have not been
included in the past
curriculum.
The expansion of
curriculum is one of the big
advantages of consolidation.
With an increase in the
number of students comes
an increase in the number of
teachers. This has made
oorsible courses that go
beyond 'he minimum
required by the State.
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Whereas in the past, for
example, two teachers were
teaching the same English
course (one at Chowan and
one at Holmes), a teacher is
free to teach another course.
That’s probably as clear as
colored chalk dust. In
essence, through con
solidation, the duplication of
courses being taught and
teacher instruction time will
be erased.
Courses offered to high
school students at Holmes
next year will give excellent
preparation for a variety of
careers -for students who
are planning to go on to
college, become farmers,
interested in construction
or secretarial work and in
several other vocational
areas. Courses will be of
fered at various academic
levels - advanced, basic,
practical and remedial.
The level of placement will
depend upon a student’s
capability and interest.
To help students with their
selection of courses and to
start them out on the right
foot for whatever their
after-graduation plans may
be, parents, teachers and
guidance counselors will be
heavily involved. Prior to
registration, there will be a
trial, pre-registration.
Students have been given
a copy of the complete
course offering to go over
with parents for selection of
courses and levels. When
this phase is completed, six
of the students’ teachers
must sign their approval to
the course and levels sel
ected before final place
ment of the student will
be made. The teachers’
recommendations will be
based on their knowledge of
the students’ past per
formance ability, in
formation in the students’
permanent school records
and teachers counseling
with students. This measure
is taken to assure that a
student does not select
courses which will not be
beneficial in reference to
future plans and to guard
against a student taking
courses at a level too easy or
too difficult.
Prior to the trial pre
registration, which is being
conducted at Chowan and
Holmes this week, as well as
at D.F. Walker School for
rising freshmen, school staff
and home room teachers
planned to go over the
course descriptions and
offerings with students to
guide them in the right
direction.
Soon, actual registration
will take place, over an
approximate two week
period, as each individual
child has his schedule
checked and discussed with
a school counselor.
As explained in last
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THE CHOWAN HERAT.n
week’s talk, information in
this series is based on
. decisions established and
'jjlppreved by various
Committees for Con
solidation and
Reorganization and the
Board of Education.
For those of you who may
or may not remember, the
Cohesiveness Committee
had its recommendations
approved by the School
Board that the names of
consolidating schools,
school colors and mascots
remain the same for next
year. This committee is
heavily weighted with
students. It was their
decision to keep school
identities the same, rather
than come up with totally
new names. This group’s
feeling was that even though
the names might be chang
ed, the innermost loyalties
of students would not im
mediately change. The
consensus of feeling was
that once the merger takes
[dace, and in due time,
students will acquire a
sense of common identity.
Student committee
members have displayed
mature and unselfish at
titudes which are gratifying,
considering that this
committee is composed of
elementary and junior
high, as well as high
school students - with
adult guidance naturally.
The first big joint iden
tification step has already
been taken at high school
with the decision of a new
design for the class of 1981’s
ring.
Consolidation and
reorganization for Chowan
County’s students is a
positive step in the right
direction for better
education for students.
Sure, there will be times
when everyone’s emotions
will be strained. That’s
when adults will be called
upon to exercise their
mature judgement and work
to help students over the
rough spots.
Next week, Chalkdust will
try to fill in some of the
informational crevices
pertaining to other areas
of consolidation.
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during their class study of the sun.
Daylight Saving Time
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When Daylight Saving Time
comes into effect April 27, at
2 A.M., a group of Carolina
Telephone employees will
be working diligently late
into the night to ensure that
its customers know the
proper time on Sunday
morning.
When the country makes
its time change, the com
pany has to make ad
justments in its time an
nouncement service and in
its computerized timing and
rating of long distance calls.
The number for the correct
time is 338-0121.
An employee at each
switching office is assigned
to turn forward the time
recording so that it reflects
the change from Eastern
Standard Time to Daylight
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vice-president of the Student
Government Association
and president of the Chowan
High School Student
Council. She was selected as
DAR Good Citizen in
her junior year, is a
State and National
Close-Up Club participant,
and served as a counselor at
the Student-Faculty Retreat
in 1979. Gail has been a
cheerleader for three years, __
and heads the group this
year. She was escorted to
the Rotary function by
Principal John Guard.
Herbert has been a mem
ber of both the marching
band and stage band during
all four of his high school
years. He has been a
member of the track team
for three years. As a
member of the Modern
Music Masters, Herbert
originated and chaired a
committee that sponsored
the popular lunch period
performancesduring “Music
in Our Schools” week. He
was accompanied to the
Rotary meeting by Mrs.
Shelby Strother, choral
instructor at Holmes High
School.
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Saving Time. A special time
recording, synchronized
with the U. S. Bureau of
Standards, is called to set
the local recording to the
correct time.
“The change to and from
Daylight Saving Time
results in the year’s busiest
volume of calls to the time
announcement service,”
said Terry F. Daniels,
Carolina Telephone’s
district commercial and
marketing manager here.
Daniels also pointed out
that to keep the billing
process in line with rate
schedules, Carolina
Telephone has to enter the
time change into its com
puter system. Here, too,
employees are assigned to
make the switch early
Sunday morning so that long
distance calls may be timed
and billed properly.
Baseball Funds
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The American Legion
Baseball season is less than
six weeks away and E. C.
Toppin, program manager,
said Tuesday the baseball
committee is trying to raise
funds to support a program
suffering all the pains of
inflation.
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GHS To Hold Reunion
Persons who attended
Chowan High School
anytime from 1922 to 1980
are invited to attend the
Alumni Weekend activities,
beginning Friday and
continuing through Sunday.
An alumni talent show and
basketball games are
scheduled to kick-off the
weekend’s activities,
starting at 7:30 Friday night
in the Chowan High gym. A
25-cent donation is being
asked.
Alumni softball games
will begin Saturday at 11
AJVI. followed with baseball
games at 1 P.M.
Class reunions will be held
from 3 to 5 P.M. at various
designated areas on the
Extension Club News
Center Hill Extension
Club met at the Center Hill
Community Building on
Tuesday night April 15, 1980
with Mrs. H. T. Hollowell
hostess. Mrs. Hollowell,
president, called the
meeting to order. The
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Thursday, April 24, 1980
school grounds.
The gymnasium, from 9
P.M- until 12 A.M., will
host an Alumni Disco
Dance. Admission will be-$3
per couple, $2 single.
From 9 P.M. until I,A.M.
the American Legion
Building will host an Alumni
Dance featuring music from
the 50’s and 60’s. Admission
will be $lO per couple.
Social hour will begin at 8
P.M.
Finally, on Sunday from 3
to 5 P.M., speakers from
different years will be
featured at the school’s
closing ceremonies. Past
teachers and administrators
will be recognized during
the event.
“The Open Window” written
by Mrs. Helen Parker. Mrs.
J. C. Boyce led in prayer.
Mrs. Joe Wiggins, Foods
and Nutrition leader
presented the lesson on
“Lable It, Nutrition.” She
handed out lesson sheets