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Students Pinpoint Representation Of ^'eoncf I prfeM*^ The Full Moon Vol. 37, No. 7 Albemarle Sr. High School Albemarle, N. C. Feb. 4, 1972 Six Receive Honor Nominees for the up-coming Education Is Assured Selections are very limited, high degree of talent in one of the session of Governor’s School are Only 400 students from the state arts. Sandra Pollard and Susan Wyatt attend. Selections are based on Nominees will be notified in the academic field. intelligence ratings and superior around April 1 as to whether or In performing arts Cathy ability in an academic field or a not they are accepted. Sinclair was nominated for choral music. Orchestral nominees are David Gore, saxophone; John Baugh, violin; and Irelou Easley, flute. The Governor’s School of North Carolina, held on the campus of Salem College in Winston-Salem, is planned for June 18 through August 5. The School is an eight week residential program for 400 intellectually gifted North Carolina high school students. The School is operated by a Board of Governors under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Education. During the summer session the school provides a variety of unique and distinctive educational experiences for the selected students. The curriculum emphasizes Twentieth Century theory and imaginative. This attempt is made to give the students ideas of the latest accomplishments, problems, and theories in the various fields of the arts and sciences. Students are nominated in either academics or performing arts. When a student is nominated in the academic field he chooses the area of study himself. He can choose from English, French, mathematics, natural sciences, or social sciences. A student nominated in per forming arts can choose from choral music, orchestral music, drama, art, or dance. Students leam from reading and attending lectures, small discussion groups, concerts, dramatic productions, exhibits, forums, and a program of films. Work at Governor’s School is a supplement to the general high school curriculum. Students receive no credits or grades. The Student Council is in for a change next year. A precinct form of representation will take the place of the old homeroom style. The Council has completed the first step in the change by setting up the precincts. One purpose in this change is to provide a more equal representation throughout the city for the students. There will be approximately eight districts with around 75 students in each district. Three representatives, one for each class, will come out of each district. Another purpose in this system is to bring the problems of the students in a district out into the open easier. The Student Council officers along with Mrs. Almond and Mr. Hawkins have been working on this change for about a year. At each of the Student Council conventions the officers collected information on the precinct Many Courses Made Minier A Senior Class vote of 175 to 1 to have Mini Courses was discussed at Senior Council meeting, January 19. Mini Courses, 1972, are ten tatively set for May 22-26. Ac cording to the adrninistration, only seniors will be eligible for Mini Courses this year. Mrs. Gamewell’s Advanced English IV class will coordinate Mini Courses. Danny Ross and Susan Blalock are co-chairmen. Ginny Deese and Freda Hahn will serve as secretaries and Ellen Mabry is in charge of publicity. All seniors will participate in planning and implementing the project. Mrs. Jeneece Smith, Guidance Counselor, has announced two plans for flnancial aid for future teachers. They are PACE-I.N.C. (Plan Assuring College Education In North Carolina) and North Carolina Prospective Teachers Scholarship Loan Fund. PACE-I.N.C. is a plan developed by the North Carolina State Department of Public Welfare to assist students to take advantage of the opportunities available under work-study provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965. PACE provides the administration involved in securing summer employment opportunities for students who have the scholastic aptitude but lack the financial means to begin or continue their higher education. The student, in order to be eligible, must (1) have been approved and accepted by one of the participating colleges for entrance in the fall and (2) need financial assistance to begin or continue his higher education. Each student, as the first step towards participation in PACE- I.N.C., must apply for PACE- I.N.C. at the college he will be attending in the fall. This ap plication must be filed with the college financial aid officer. Once method. Since many other schools have had success with the method, the Council decided to go ahead with plans for carrying it out. The first part of the plan has been completed. It involved a map for determining population distribution. The students placed pins in the map showing their residence. Using this map, the Council set up the precincts. The next step will be election of precinct representatives. Honor Society Throws Tea The Honor Roll Tea, sponsored by the National Honor Society, is set for Friday, February 11, as decided in a meeting of the Society, Thursday, January 13. Students with grades ranking the Honor Roll will receive special written invitations to the gathering in the school cafeteria. The theme centers on Valentines Day, and red hearts will add to the decorations. The Invitations Committee consists of Teresa Mauldin, Chairman, Jackie Lowder, Mike Palmer, Mike Bunting, Jeff Gaskin, and Phillip Whitehead. Members of the decorations committee are Cindy Ross, Chairman, Lynn Chivington, Marie Coggins, and Sally McLester. Making favors for guests are Beth Smith, Committee Chair man, Jimmy Boyd, Teresa Phillips, and Tim Fesperman. Refreshment committee members are Susan Blalock, Chairman, Ellen Mabry, Lorraine TTiompson, and Susan Andrew. The music committee is Ginny Deese and Perry Eury. he is declared eligible, the student competes on the basis of his needs with other eligible students. After he is accepted, the student may work at local welfare departments, health agencies, libraries or any other non-profit organization. Ap plications may be obtained from Mrs. Smith. The North Carolina Prospective Teachers Scholarship Loan is available to any North Carolina resident who is interested in teaching in state public schools. Approximately 600 scholarship loans at $600 each are awarded each year. 1 MOONBEAMS February Honors Student Lion for February is Jimmy Boyd. Student Rotarian is Harold Overcash. Music Strung Up Twenty-six stringed in struments arrived in the music department Friday, January 14. “Half of the instruments are to go to Junior High to begin in struction”, stat^ Mr. G. T. Hauss, music director. Musical Banquet The Varsity Singers sang at the Optimist Club Father-Son Banquet Tuesday, February 1. ASHS Recognizes New Faces Second semester has brought a new student to Senior High. Her name is Irelou Easley. Irelou, a junior, is 16 years old. She is the daughter of Reverend and Mrs. Charles W. Easley and lives at 601 East Street. Rev. Easley is pastor at the First Lutheran Qiurch in Albemarle. Irelou enjoys swimming and diving and is an avid flute and piccolo player. She currently holds the first flute position in the All-State Band. Being a musical person, she also plays the piano. Irelou is taking Band, Ad vanced English III, U. S. History, French II and Algebra II. New arrivals, Irelou and Pam, alarm school. Pam Hatley, a junior, has transferred to ASHS for the second semester of her junior year. She attended Mt. Pisgah Academy in Asheville, N. C. for her first semester. Formerly, she attended NSHS her freshman and sophomore years. Pam is enrolled in Typing I, English III, Chorus, American History, Study Hall, and Home Economics III. Pam has always lived in Albemarle. An only child, she resides with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hatley on City Lake Drive in Albemarle. Among other hobbies, Pam enjoys horseback riding and skating.
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