County Middle
School Highlights
i
t.We have been having real cold
Weather now, but inspite of all the
rain and cold, the students at Per
quimans Middle School are looking
forward to the Easter vacation.
For many students and teachers,
the time is not at all too soon. Re
rdless of the weather, spirits
ve been light and cheery with the
annual California Achievements
Testing behind them. Along with
the ram, the spring, and Easter,
students have joined in with po
etry.
.A sampling of poetry.
?IRain Showers" by Maggie Wil
i liams
Listening, looking to grayish day.
Just a watching, and a catching
? what you have to say.
The puddles are many, very deep
and wide.
. Yet, you play your beat to a steady
drive.
The bubbles run here and the bub
bles run there.
Big ones, little ones just go any
where;
Trying to escape without a fare
- splash, splash,
Jlop, plop
joey make a rhythm quite inter
esting to share.
Watching you slide down the win
dow pane.
I can't help think how long its going
to rain.
Hoping and praying that the sun
will shine.
Yet I'll never forget how much I
love to see the rain.
"Spring" by Cherrie Metcalf
Come up little flower your father is
here to give you his warm love,
along with the trees and the new
born animals.
"Hfe is here to give you a warm blan
? ket and the joy of life because
I Spring only comes once a year, so
? take care of this precious jewel be
cause next year you will be older
\ and everything will change.
?
?
? "Easter" by Fannie Alford
.Easter comes and Easter goes.
?Once a year you see flowers bloom
ling for spring.
^You hear the birds sing, sing, sing.
?.Adults and children get together,
^they are so pretty in the spring.
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Tests taken
This has been a very busy and
productive week for most of the
students during test taking time.
[The Big Test is Back, so writes
; Chemise Overton. On March 17th
! and the 20th, the sixth and eighth
; graders at Perquimans Middle
? School took the North Carolina Sci
! ence and Social Studies Test. How
? hard the students have worked.
From March 21st to 23rd, the
; fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth
pgraders took the California
J Achievement Test. These tests in
? eluded spelling, vocabulary, com
f prehension, and Language Arts.
[Mathematics included both con
cepts and computation.
?
; Some students in Mrs. Need
? ham's class thought that the tests
Jwere a bit interesting but a little
^tiring. Ronda Johnson felt that the
"tests showed just what she did and
?did not know. Annie Elsbury felt
Ithat the tests were the easiest she
?had ever had to take but that she
Ihated to take it. Portia Hunter en
tjoyed the California Achievement
frTest because it was fun. Keri
IDrozdowski felt that the test had its
?good points and its bad points and
personally doesn't like to take it.
JKeri felt that the tests were easy
4>ut puts people under a lot of pres
sure for a week. The days nave
been hectic according to Keri, and
all tests should be taken in one or
two days instead of the entire
week. Students in general felt that
the tests are a fair estimate of how
much one knows and points to the
weaknesses to be worked on.
Special Olympics
Students in Mrs. Spivey's and
Mrs. Modlin's classes are gearing
up for the summer games on the
local, regional, and state levels.
Bad weather has limited practice,
but spirits are still high. Teachers
and aides are busy checking and
double checking permission forms
and medical forms to certify that
all is in order for the big events.
Among the hustle, bustle, and pa
perwork, the fund-raising commit
tee of Perquimans County Special
Olympics (based at PMS) is spon
soring two fund raisers. The first, a
raffle to be held on April 14th. First
prize - 10 pound boneless ribeye.
Second prize - Twenty-five dollars
cash prize. Third prize, a country
ham. For anyone interested in
helping to support the project,
please contact Ms. Linda Logan at
PMS by April 12, 1989.
The second fund raiser - Hard
ee's Benefit Bucks. Benefit Bucks
are $1 each and can be used at any
Hardee's like money. These are
very useful and can be used by any
one until June 30th, 1989. Proceeds
from these drives will be used to
defray the cost of uniforms, sup
plies, food, transportation, and
lodgings (at state level) for the
Olympians.
Elementary Choral Festival
On April the 18th, Lyn Winslow
and Jane Parr along with sixty stu
dents will take part in the Elemen
tary Choral Festival held each
year through the College of The Al
bemarle. Sixty students from
grades four to six have been se
lected to perform during this time.
The students who have been se
lected from PMS are as follows:
Amanda Shuesy, Kathryn Warren,
Odell Brown, Webster Bryant, Eu
gene Burke, Jessica Hones, Aaron
Phelps, Mark Clinkscales, David
Berryhill, Kristie Roberson, Oiana
Mason, Carlo Frierson, Joy McMil
lan, Stephanie Hammer, Alison
Boone, Christy Layden, Christie
Lamb, Donneshia Crittendon, Amy
Whitehurst, Brock Nixon, Guy
Webb, Micole Vaughn, Anna Long,
Melton Knight, Chemise Overton,
Hope Jennings, Mandi Small,
Christopher Gregory, Carisa Har
rell, Hope Stallings, Shannon How
ell, Eric Jones, Daniel Fowler, J.
J. Weise, Chennelle Moore, Audra
Page, Jamie Hudson, Tatisha Spr
uill, and Troy Higgins. We wish
them the very best.
Students of the Week
Mrs. Leete AG- Heather Leices
ter and Jonathan Nixon; Mrs. Wil
liams - Faron Sawyer; Ms. Paster
nak - David Swiney and Tanya
Mallory; Mrs. Wolverton - Curtis
Whitehurst; Mr. Simmons - Ricky
Hunter; Mrs. Skinner - Anna Long;
Mrs. Needham - Holly Russell;
Mrs. Parker - Kristi Carter; Mrs.
Meads - Gwanette Askew; Ms. P.
Boyce - Cheryl Westbrook; Ms. A.
Boyce - Lee Lambertson; Mrs. Du
rant - Jeremy Riddick; Mrs.
Turner - Justin Winslow; Mrs.
Reid - Missy Umphlett; Mr. Eley -
Kenesha White; Mrs. Colson - Yo
landa Overton.
Quail egg donation
Mr. Knight's class of 75 science
students would like to thank Mr.
Floyd Morgan for his donation of
100 quail eggs for their class pro
ject.
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Displaying winning entry "A
new generation" is Christopher
Gregory. Gregory was a finalist
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Students build
blue bird boxes
By: Ginger O'Neal
The Prevocational Industrial
Arts I^ab, under the leadership of
Ronald Sutton, has once again vol
unteered to construct blue bird
boxes for the Perquimans Soil &
Water Conservation Committee.
Mr. Sutton's class has just fin
ished with the construction of 50
boxes with another 75 already un
derway. This brings the total num
ber of boxes constructed by the stu
dents to 340.
"The majority of boxes con
structed are done during the stu
dents' lunch break giving all the
sixth through eighth that are inter
ested a chance to participate in this
project," stated Sutton.
1987 was the first year the lab
students participated in this pro
ject. Floyd Mathews, Chairman of
the Perquimans Committee and
the board of supervisors, would
like to express his thanks to all of
the students that helped with this
project. "It is obvious by the con
struction quality of the boxes that
the students have taken pride in
this project", stated Mathews The
supervisors feel safe to say that
each bird box sold houses a very
"thankful" blue bird!
Anyone interested in purchasing
a bird box may contact the Perqui
mans Conservation office at 120
5545. The office is located in the
rear entrance of the county exten
sion building. The boxes are sold at
a cost of $2.50 each, with the mon
ies going to support the Prevocatio
nal Lab and vafio'is educational
projects through the Perquimans
Conservation Committee.
School
Pictured with Ronald Sutton, In
dustrial \rts Tcatltjs, are inieof
the students tlu>t helped to (.'tin
struct bird boxes tor th? I 'or qui
mans Conservation Committee:
I^eft to right th<\ are: Hen ilil Sut
ton. Jeremy Swain, Toris Johnson.
Larry Kredey, Shawn ? miner,
Marvin Moore. Jeiniibi'- C'oston,
Horatio I.e and Kendri ! arm
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