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o Volume 7 FULL MOON ALBEMARLE SENIOR HIGH NEWSPAPER 311 Palestine Road Albemarle, N.C. 28001 982-3711 What makes you green with envy? Find Out Inside March 1983 Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day Celebrated on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day is the feast of St. Patrick, who was a Christian missionary to Ireland in the fifth century A.D. St. Patrick was born in Britain and was taken to Ireland as a slave in the early 400’s. After six years of slavery, he escaped and went to France where he studied and became a priest. In 432, he returned to Ire land as a Christian missionary, and the Irish people enthusias tically accepted Christianity. To honor him the Irish came to regard Patrick as their guardian saint. St. Patrick is also important as the founder of many churches and schools. He is credited for in troducing the Roman alphabet and Latin literature into Ireland. After his death in 461, Irish mona- teries flourished as centers of learning. St. Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s na tional holiday, is celebrated by Irishmen and their descendants all over the world. Green is the color of the day, and the sham rock is worn to commemorate St. Patrick’s use of it as a symbol of the Trinity. New York City and Savannah hold the largest, most elaborate St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the United States. Schools close throughout the cities, and the fes tivities begin. Colorful parades are highlights of the day’s activi ties. Because green is a major symbol of St. Patrick’s Day, food in the cities’ restaurants is colored green. In Savannah, even the Savannah River is dyed bright green. If a woman is not wearing green, it is acceptable for a man to pinch her. These and other customs are a part of the fun and festivities of St. Patrick’s Day. Workshop held at UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, NC - One- week camp programs to guide young people for careers in busi ness, law, and computers will be held here next summer. Intended for rising high school juniors and seniors (and spring graduates), the Sunday through Friday sessions are being offered by Tar Heel Career Camps, Inc., which staged a successful com puter career camp in Chapel Hill for the first time last summer. The 1983 program is being ex panded to include camps in busi ness, law, and a second one in computers. Approximately 20 hours of class and laboratory-type in struction will be given by profes sional faculties. Most afternoons and evenings will be occupied with planned recreation and se lected tours of professional career interest under counselor and faculty supervision. The five-day camps are plan ned as academic counterparts of Club Corner FBLA Club Students attending the 1983 FBLA State Leadership Con ference are Johnny Treece, Business Math II; Bruce Myers, Business Math I; Missy Apperwhite, Business Communica tions; and Evette Little, Extemporaneous Speaking. The confer ence will be held in Winston-Salem on March 18-20. Congratulations to Evette Little for placing third in the Public Speaking event at the District Leadership Conference held at East Gaston High School, Mt. Holly. Spanish Club The Spanish Club met on Thursday, February 10 at 3:00 to discuss plans for the annual Mexican meal to be prepared by club members this spring. All club members interested in organizing this activity should see Mrs. Ellis about joining a committee. The Spanish II, III, and IV students will travel to Winston- Salem on Monday, March 28 to view a bilingual performance of “The Three Cornered Hat” by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon. This colorful Spanish folktale will be presented by The National Theater of the Performing Arts at the Salem College School of Music. the popular summer sports camps, according to Donald G. McLeod, THCC president and himself a semi-retired sales executive. Participants will be housed in the Granville Towers air-conditioned private residence hall near the University of North Carolina campus. “We believe these programs will be very beneficial for parents and their pre-college children in promoting their career interests,” said McLeod. The faculty chairman of the two separate but identical com puter camps, June 19-24 and July 24-29, is John B. Hampton, Durham, who was principal in structor for this program last summer. The business careers camp, June 26-July 1, will be under the faculty chairmanship of UNC- Chapel Hill Assoc. Prof. of Busi ness Administration Douglas A. Elvers. History Club Attends “High-Q” Bowl Recently students attended a “High-Q” Bowl at Central Pied mont Community College in Charlotte. Those attending were: Mike Adams, captain; David Grigg; Mark McCoy; Chris Brown; Jill Burgess, assistant; Lee Ann Sides, assistant; Todd Dominik, alternate; and Cory Smith, scorekeeper. Several other students from the History Club will be attending the Youth Legislative Assembly in Raleigh, March 11-13. It is still unknown who exactly will be go ing, but these four students have applied: George Smart, spon sored by the Stanly County Com mission; Sissy Jenkins, spon sored by the Stanly County Rotary; Rodney Harwood; and Sherry Richards. In May, four History Club stu dents will attend the North Caro lina Closeup on Tarheel Govern ment. The History Club is open to new members right away in the Tues day and Wednesday groups for Dungeons and Dragons. The law careers camp, sched uled July 17-22, will have Raleigh attorney A. P. Carlton, Jr. as fac ulty chairman, and C. Gordon Brown, Chapel Hill, Steven L. Evans, Raleigh, and Joseph C. Delk, HI, Lenoiii also lawyers, as associates. Information is available from Tar Heel Career Camps, Inc., P. 0. Box 2328, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (919/967-6996). Moonbeams The Student Lion for March is Allison Smith. The Student Rotarian is Kathy Love. The Student Optimist is Yvette Harwood. The McDonald’s Student of the Month for March is Joseph Dockery. The date for the prom has been set on April 29. Annuals were sold in home rooms March 8 and March 11. Youth Breakfast was held March 14-19. Graduation date is Tuesday, June 7. West Albemarle To Be Closed The 1982-1983 school year will be the final one for West Albe marle Elementary School. The West Albemarle building will be come the office headquarters for the Albemarle Board of Educa tion and the central staff. The ap proximately 150 students pres ently attending West Albemarle will be assigned to other elemen tary schools in the city district. School officials estimate the change will mean a savings of ap proximately $200,000 to $225,000, part being actual savings and part intangible due to increased efficiency. The recommendation to close West Albemarle was pre sented by Superintendent Dr. William L. Brown who noted it was based on the state recom mendation. The moving of the of fices to the West Albemarle facil ity is envisioned to take place in July or August. The house now being used for the central office will likely become surplus as the school officials have no plans for utilizing it.
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