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Grads From Three Schools Take Center Stage Saturday
Pomp and circumstance, impatient rustlings
and sentimental tears, well-wishers bear
ing cameras and armfuls of fresh flowers.
All play a role in that traditional rile of passage,
high school commencement, a new beginning
tor the 500 or so Brunswick County
who don caps and gowns Saturday to march
* iih mixed emotions into an uncertain future.
C ommencement exercises for West, South
md North Brunswick high schools will be held
Saturday, June 11, at diffieaent limes. Each will
he held in the school football stadium (gymnasi
um in the event of rain), with student leaders as
the featured speakers. Superintendent of Schools
Kalph Johnston or his dciignrr will also sddress
each senior class. .
West's commencement in M.H. Rourk
Madium at 6:30 p.m. will feature pcrfufnaancG
hy the school band and cfcoraa, CUUUI^
from class officers. President Dan Martm wul
deliver the farewell add?eas;_ Vice
Wayne Branch, reflectiaas; Treasurer ^Lamar
Hardy, the welcome; and Secretary Monekia
( ?ause, the class poem. .
rhe class valedictorian and salutatonan, to be
announced after final grades are tallied, will oe
recognized ^ip11^ conHneBceaaeott aod the vale
lictorian will present the senior dare gift * new
trophy case for West's front hall. .
f alling after the last day of school, graAatoon
will be different for the Clan or 1994. Gnu
wont have the option of dropping by the next
day for oae last dm with fellers,- students
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That's the very last time they will be together
aa a grathntion," said Annie Frink,
North Brunswick's commencement will be
held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Partic
ipating in the program will be President Andrea
Dauphnais; Vice President Mark Mitchell;
Secretary Stephanie Craft; and lYeasurer Andrea
Powell. After graduation many seniors from
West Brunswick and North Brunswick high
schools putt |C Cmiliiiiif their education; data
wasn't available from South Brunswick.
Graduation at South Brunswick begins at 6
p.m. Class officers Misty LeCkrc, president;
Justin Rohde, vice president; Taseda Eagles, sec
retary; and Jennifer Davis, treasurer.
At West, at least 50 seniors will go on to a
four-year college or university. Another 65 plan
lo attend a community college and eight, a voca
tional school. Eight are opting for military ser
vice. Fifty more students expect to go directly
into the workforce, while 15 students are unde
cided, according to statistics compiled by Wendy
MiliigSS, tMttnr outdance
While a number of North Brunswick seniors
haven't solidified their plana, a majority of those
who have plan to go on to a community college,
46, said senior guidanrr counselor Penny
Blackburn. Another 32 will attend a four-year
public or private college or university and three
will enter private two-year colleges. Six plan to
enter the military, five will go to trade school,
and 24 expect to enter the workforce. Two said
they are undecided
West Seniors
Win $370,000
In Scholarship
Offers, Grants
By late May West Brunswick
High School seniors had attracted
$370,000 in scholarship offers and
awards from colleges and universi
ties, civic and professional organi
zations, and the figure was still
climbing, according to senior Gui
dance Counselor Wendy Milligan.
Students have gained recognition
for their academic and athletic
prowess as well as service and
leadership. Some of the awards and
scholarships were formally present
ed at the school's Senior Awards
Dav Tuesday. June 7.
Nicole Norris will attend Pfciffer
College in Misenheimer on a a full
academic scholarship valued at
$50,000 over Sour years. She also
received s $1^500 athletic scholar
ship for volleyball.
Receiving $50,000 athletic
scholarships for football are Phillip
Johnson, Western Carolina Univer
sity at Cullowhee, and Steve
Brooks, also $50,000, N.C A&T
University in Greensboro.
Mooekia Gause will receive a
full academic scholarship valued at
$40,000 over four yean to N.C
Central University in Durham.
Other scholarship awards are as
follows:
Mary Rachel Pearoe, $1,200,
Willard L. Causey Jr. and Vickie
Lee Henin, $500 each, South
Brunswick Isles Civitans/Dr. Ken
dall H. Suh ^VinTfliipt; Jennifer
Johnson, $20,000 tuition scholar
ship, UNC- Wilmington; Melissa
Robinson, $20,000 N.C Teaching
Fellowship, UNC- Wilmington;
Jennifer Smith, Chris Carlisle and
Ellen Wemyss, $13,000 each, Cam
pbell University Ellis/Scott Schol
arship, Dan Martin, $10,000 James
ILL: WKfc Scholarship for Political
Science, UNC- Wilmington; Dawn
Lewis, $10,000 Mount Olive
r^llfgr i Scholarship;
Jessica Benton, $4,000, Western
Carolina University Academic
Scholarship, $1350 Shallotte Jun
ior Woman's Club Beverly Smith
Norris Scholarship, $1,000 Cala
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scholarship. $300, Bricklanding
Women's Club Community Service
Scholarship, Jared Smith, $1,500
CSidlciE from
Gearhart, $250 Pastor's Certificate
Scholarship and $4,800 Incentive
Scholarship, Methodist College;
Douglas Anderson, $1,500 Greatest
Gift Scholarship from Alan Hol
den, $3,000 Incentive Scholarship,
$250 Pastor's Certificate Scholar
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