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i^lFULL MOON Happy Birthday Mr, Morgan i Volume 2, No. 1 ALBEMARLE SENIOR HIGH NEWSPAPER 311 Palestine Road Albemarle, N.C. 28001 982-3711 September-October 1985 Never Fear! Mr. Morgan Is Here! Mr. w. K. Morgan, Albemarle Senior High School’s new principal, is one of, if the most, controversial figures in the school. He is a leader and, like all good leaders, has a way of doing things that are ‘Or the benefit of his students. ^orn in Lumberton, N. C., Mr. Morgan jyas brought up having to work for every thing he got. He first worked as a carrier Grit newspapers and later for The ^arlotte Observer. He was the only one of ihree children in his family to finish high school. After high school he attended Pembroke ^tate University on a four-year basketball Scholarship and majored in education. In “IS senior year at Pembroke, Mr. Morgan the leading scorer in North and South Carolina small colleges. . After college, Mr. Morgan went straight *^to teaching. He chose education because of athletics. A peer had said, “He had a J'ack for young people.” In addition to teaching, Mr. Morgan has also coached for Several years. Sports he has coached in clude varsity and JV football, basketball, and varsity track and baseball. He has oeen in school administration since 1969.. Mr. Morgan moved here from Red prings, N.C., where he stayed for four ^ars. Along with him he brought his son ^ark, his daughter Melynee, and his wife oetty. Mr. Morgan likes Albemarle be cause of the clean and the tidy surround- of the town. He also appreciates its ^ery respectable park and recreation sys- He heard of the job opening for principal **om a friend, and applied for it the last py it was to be sent in. After a series of in- erviews by a committee, Mr. Morgan was ^osen for the job. He was hesitant about •Moving at first because of moving itself ^*id moving expenses. He hopes this is the ^st time he will have to move, and he will *7 everything he can to make the year ^^ccessful. Construction Almost Completed number of projects were undertaken his year at Albemarle Senior High School. -.®^haps one of the biggest projects was hat of replacing the windows. There are many reasons for the replace- |||ent of the windows. One being to help cut he cost of fuel used to heat the school, 'nee fuel is so expensive this will save the ehool a great deal of money, up to 18,000 ^ollars per year. Another reason for the ^e\v windows at Senior High is to make the ehool more attractive and to provide a etter learning and teaching atmosphere ^^students and staff. .The window selected for ASHS is the IJ^arvin Window, a double glass window to down on heat loss. Added to the Marvin ^indow is a plexiglas storm window. *nese windows will cut heat loss 65%. Four hd a half inches of insulation has been ^^ded between the stucco exterior and the ^heet rock interior wall. Again this will IJelp prevent heat loss along with the two- window system. Venetian blinds will be ad- to the windows by the middle of Oc tober. Total cost of the construction is ^245,024.85. Albemarle Student Body Welcomes W. K. Morgan Being a new principal to the school, Mr. Morgan stated he has made no great changes in the school. He looked at the rules from the Board of Education Handbook and went back to the 1975 stu dent handbook. He looked at what h^ad ex isted and then “tried to get it in its basic perspective.” He also looked to see what could be improved. The only changes that were made were in the dress code. Mr. Morgan, along with Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Lippard, and Mrs. Hatley, worked for two and a half weeks on the matter at hand. “My philosophy of educa tion is that you need a school that is con ducive to learning, and I can’t, it’s beyond my comprehensioff to, imagine a school that allows skin to be hanging out all over the place; and it wouldn’t be a good place for learning to take place. It just can’t be that way.” Mr. Morgan’s first major goal for the school is to reduce the drop-out rate and unnecessary checking out of school. Along with this, he plans for a ninety-five percent attendance rate within the next two years, which means no more than four hundred to five hundred students absent over a twen ty-day period. His ihimedlate goal, how ever, is to get “a better grip on the lunch situation” and the noise in the hallways during lunch. The thing that impressed Mr. Morgan the most about the school was the student body. He has not heard one negative thing about the students at ASHS. He believes in a good attitude and would “like for every student in ASHS to just do the very best he can everyday he lives. Whether you suc ceed or not, you can be a successful person in just striving to do the very best that you can. If you can do that, you’ll be more suc cessful than not trying at all. Always look for the positive things and never look in the past.” More New Faces! ? I New faces are appearing once again this year as school begins to get into full gear. In addition to the usual crowd of ninth graders, there are three newcomers on our faculty. Mr. James Tuzenew, a former teacher at Junior High School, makes his way onto our Social Studies staff. He teaches Government. In his spare time he enjoys gardening, reading, and playing with his children. When Mr. Tuzenew was asked how he liked it here at ASHS, he said, “I really like it and I plan to be here until 2010.” Another new face this year is that of Mrs. Martha Cowan, who is teaching chorus. She was a member of our staff for four years and left for two so she could spend time with her family. As a result of her leaving she said she really missed her students and she hopes to get some of them from Junior High again. Finally, we want to welcome Mrs. Wan da Brooks, who is new on our Home Economics staff. This ebullient new teach er is really getting on the good side of her students. As Becky Coley quoted, “She’s definitely one of the best teachers I have and she really seems to know what she’s Mrs. Wanda Brooks — Home Economics. Not present, Martha Cowan and Mr. Tuzenew. talking about.” And another student, Roy Mabry, said, “She is a very good teacher.” Mrs. Brooks, who taught at North Stanly High School in the past, was asked to com pare the difference between students here now to the students there in the past. She said that it’s been awhile since then but students do seem alot more responsible now. On behalf of the entire student body and faculty we want to welcome you and hope you have a great year!
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