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Volume 52 No. 7
ALBEMARLE SENIOR HIGH NEWSPAPER
311 Park Ridge Road Albemarle, N.C. 28001 982-3711
March 1987
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Mrs. Smith explains the N.C. Scholars program to several students.
Cheering For The Top
On March 14, twelve Albemarle High
cheerleaders will travel to Fayetteville
Methodist College to compete in their first
state competition.
There are ten young ladies and two
distinguished men on this squad. They are
Tera Taylor, Mariel Baucom, Cindy
Brewer, Sonya Starnes, Leslie Swanner,
Blair Johnson, Mary Kay Page, Polly Ann
Russell, Stephanie Beard, Suzie Britt,
Mike McGowen, and Jamie “Shimdog”
Kimrey.
Like the sports teams the cheerleading
squads will be separated into lA, 2A, 3A,
and 4A divisions. The competition will also
be separated into co-ed and all-female
cheerleading teams. After all the squads
perform, a panel of judges will then place
them in a top ten ranking.
The Albemarle High School student body
would like to wish these hard-working
students the best of luck, and that no mat
ter where they place, they are still number
one to us!
Greg Harwood and Keith Byrum enlist
in Mrs. Hathcock’s journalistic army.
Need A Dress?
Girls, have you been wondering what
you are going to wear to the prom this
year. Are you wondering what to do or
how to modernize last year’s dress?
Boomerangs of Albemarle may have the
answer for you. If you bring in last year’s
dress. Boomerangs will sell it for you. In
return you will receive fifty percent of the
selling price which will go towards a new
dress. Only high quality, freshly cleaned
in-style dresses will be accepted. The staff
of Boomerangs, Mary Coyle or Laurie
Cochran, will be glad to help you in any
way possible and invite you to come and
just browse around.
Mike McGowen, Jamie Kimrey, and
Mary K. Page show off one of the many
spectacular stunts.
The cheerleaders are all smiles for the
upcoming competition.
Seniors Make Final Preparations
After many months of ordering,
voting, and waiting on decisions the
senior class has finally made a few
choices towards their graduation.
Many seniors remember the excite
ment of that October day when they
finally got to order their own caps
and gowns, along with their gradua
tion announcements. These mate
rials should be returning by mid-
March. Towards the end of March,
seniors will have their class picture
made in their cap and gown. Seniors
also voted on their class song which
is “Maybe Someday We’ll Meet
Again.” Class T-shirts will also be
ordered towards the end of Febru
ary. The names of the entire senior
class will be printed on the front of
each shirt.
With all this commotion and confu
sion how do these seniors keep their
mind on school? Could it be that ap
proaching long awaited day of June?
Heather Brooks, Michael Snyder,
Ben Jolly, and Mary Susan Frick
decide on the appropriate shirt for
the seniors.
Are you planning to sign up for either the
annual or journalism staff? Well if you
staff, it will be the same process as last
year, but the new rising seniors and
juniors will go through a tougher selective
process. New requirements have been set
up al owing these two integral staffs of the
school to receive the best students possi-
For both staffs, the requirements are the
same. A student must have at least a B
average and an English teacher’s recom
mendation, needed by both rising junior
and seniors. The difference for next year’s
newcomers, however, is that they must
write a paragraph stating the reasons for
wanting to be on either staff. This short
essay will be judged not only for the stu-
ability ^is writing
Mrs. Susan Hathcock is the journalism
advisor, and Mariel Baucom will be next
year s editor-in-chief. With only five retur
ning juniors, Mrs. Hathcock expects a
number of new recruits to help the
newspaper next year. Mrs. Kay Dennis
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statf. With the new requirements, Mrs
Dennis stated, “We are looking for depen-
dable and reliable students to be on our
staffs and Mrs. Hathcock and I believe
that the standards will help us find these
types of students.”
Moonbeams
March 10
Bill Gouge, artist-in-residence at
Stanly Technical College, will
play some piano tunes in an
assembly program.
March 16
Deadline for Summer Ventures
March 20 & 21
All-County Band practice will be
held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p m
at either North Stanly or
Albemarle High.
March 22
The All-County Band concert will
be at 3:00 in the Albemarle
auditorium. There will be no ad
mission charged.
March 27
Deadline for registering for SAT
on May 22
March 30 — April 2
The California Achievement Test
(CAT) will be given to ninth
graders.
Welcome Addition
Our school has shown us much improve
ment from years past and much of the
credit is to our school system. New win
dows grace the outside while new ceiling
fans cool the inside. And finishing touches
are now being made by the Student Coun
cil. Its contribution to our ever changing
school is new floor mats for the main en
trance to our building. These mats will
replace the old safari brown ones that have
taken the moisture from countless feet.
The committee assigned to obtain the
mats is headed by our Student Council
president, Charles Grigg. He will decide
whether to decorate the mats with our
school seal or to add the traditional bull
dog. Whatever the choice, surely it can on
ly add more beauty to the greatest school
in all Stanly County: Albemarle Senior
High.