ROCKY MOUNT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
GRYPHON
Rocky Mount Senior High School, Rocky Mount, N.C. 27803
September 29, 1989
Office area receives facelift
BRIEFLY
SADD plans
fundraiser
SADD members met to elect offi
cers and to plan a future fundraiser.
The officers elected are president,
Samedia Bryant; vice-president. Tif
fany Andrews; secretary, Zach Grey;
and treasurer, Renee Richardson.
The date set for the fundraiser is Oct.
28. It is a family-oriented show with
some help from the Rocky Mountain
Express.
Appliction process
The process for applying to a col
lege and requesting a transcript is as
follows:
1. To request a transcript, please
come by the main office and fill out a
transcript request reform and give it
to Mrs. Herrington.
2. Please bring application forms
(filled out) to Mrs. Baysden in the
Guidance Office.
System loses Batts
One of the most dedicated and
respected man in this school system
past away recently of an unknown
illness. Roscoe Batts Jr. past away
after serving the school system with
over 40 years of his life.
Batts, who began as a teacher in
the system in 1949, was assistant
superintendent for personnel before
his retirement last December.
MARK HOLLOMAN
Sports Editor
The main lobby is being
spruced up this month by the art
club. Members of the club are
painting multicolored trees on
the plexiglass between each of
the two sets of main entrance
doors.
The trees, which resemble a
stained glass window, were the
brainchild of Mrs. Karen Th
ompson, art teacher and art club
advisor. Thompson is genuinely
excited about the endeavor, be
cause she can now show off the
talents of students as well as
beautify the school.
Thompson said that the
stained glass approach came
about as much by necessity as
anything else. Thompson cites
the large amount of glass in the
lobby for her choice; “We knew
that we had to deal with exces
sive amounts of glass, limiting
what we could do.” The stained
glass technique seemed like a
"TBSq
Photo by Brad Barnes
Future Picassos
Karen Thompson, the art club advisor, instructs club members before painting the lobby
windows.
“natural choice.”
According to Thompson,
many teachers have wanted to do
something about the lobby for a
long time. With her ardstic back
ground, Thompson was the obvi
ous choice for the job.
Teachers around campus
seem to generally agree that the
“stained glass trees” do indeed
give the lobby a better appear
ance. English teacher Faith
Lehman said that the art work
“enhances the lobby.” Aletha
Hudson, English teacher and
SADD advisor likes the trees
too, saying they make the lobby
look better.
Turnage,students combine forces
LISA TANT
Assistant Editor
An America's Pride workshop
will be held on Oct. 7 in the gym.
This nation-wide program en-
What's Inside
What's new in
school ... p. 6
SAT tips and
results ... p. 2
Exchange students come
from different parts of the
globe ... p. 3
Gryphon gridders com
bine athletics with aca
demics p. 10
courages students to choose a
healthy lifestyle and to say no to
alochol and other drugs.
The event is sponsored by the
Mayor’s Commitee on Alcohol
and Drug Abuse Prevention and
four area school systems: Nash
County, Edgecombc-County,
Tarboro City, and Rocky Mount
City.
The Rocky Mount workshop
will last from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m
and will end in a performance for
friends and family at 4:30.
Twenty students from each of the
six area high schools will partici
pate in the workshop facilitated
by America's Pride of Wilson.
The purpose of the local
workshop, which includes sing
ing, dancing, meetings, and skits,
is to organize a support system
for students who choose to be
drug and alcohol free.
The goals of the America's
Pride program is to give students
self-worth, acknowledgement,
education about drugs, and to
open lines of communication
between parents and teens.
After the area workshop, the
20 RMSH students will practice
hard to create a workshop for
interested students. "If this suc-
cceds, there will be other work
shops planned at Edwards Junior
High and Parker Middle
Schools," said Margie Brantley,
student assistance program coor
dinator.
America's Pride is a youth
program produced by the Na
tional Parents' Resource Institute
for Drug Education, Inc.,
(PRIDE). This Atlanta, Georgia
based organization serves par
ents and teens who are concerned
about the growing problem of
teen drug abuse. Since Wilson
County began the program in
1985, membership has grown
from only six to over 100. Mayor
Fred Turnage stated, "I am
pleased that area students are
participating in the America's
Pride workshop. This concept
has proven sucessful to prevent
drug usage among young people.
I believe it can be equally suc
cessful in our area."
I Singing and dancing are
: planned for the workshop. The
Wilson students will provide en
tertainment that is meant to point
out the consequences of drug
abuse. There will also be a skit
production on alcohol and drug
use at 4:30 p.m. after the work
shop.