|»^ I FULL MOON
Volume 53, No. 1
ALBEMARLE SENIOR HIGH NEWSPAPER
311 Park Ridge Road Albemarle, N.C. 28001 982-3711
September 1987
New Faces At ASHS
By ADRIENNE SOYER
Besides the smiling, shining faces of
freshmen (not to mention our enthused
upperclassmen), ASHS welcomes many
new faculty members as well. Among
them are our new vice principal, world
history, physical science, and home
economics teachers.
As we say good-bye to Mrs. Lippard, who
is now the Supervisor of Cultural Arts,
drugs education, and Chapter One Read
ing, we in return say hello to Mr. Taylor,
our new vice principal. Mr. Taylor is not
unknown to the Stanly County area. Before
his administration job, Mr. Taylor was a
math, science, and reading teacher at Al-
bemarle Middle School. Mr. Taylor is very
pleased with his job here at Senior High,
where he appreciates the strong unity
among ASHS students. He comments, “My
job is cut out for me. Everything comes
through these doors. ”
Mr. Taylor and his wife share the same
field of work, for Mrs. Taylor is the pre-vo
cations teacher at the middle school. Mr.
and Mrs. Taylor have one daughter,
Tabitha, who is eight, and twin boys,
Derek and David, who are six. Mr. Taylor
enjoys bicycling, running, and photogra
phy.
New faculty members at ASHS include
Bruce Marshall, Tommy Taylor, Jane
O’Dell, and Susan Carrickhoff.
Our new face in the history department
is Mrs. Jane O’Dell. For the past year,
Mrs. O’Dell has worked on and received
her masters degree. She says that the stu
dents at Albemarle are a fine group of
young people. Her favorite hobbies are
bicycling and swimming.
Mr. Marshall is from Athens County,
Ohio, where he was a substitute science
teacher. He graduated from Ohio Univer
Junior Sheri Allen and senior Cara Pot
ter made the change to ASHS this year.
sity and his position at Senior High is his
first permanent teaching job. Mr. Mar
shall’s favorite activities are basketball
and golf, and he admires our community’s
friendliness.
If Home Economics is on your schedule,
Mrs. Carrickhoff niight just be the instruc
tor, of the class. Mrs. Carrickhoff last
taught at Central Davidson in Lexington.
Coming with her to Stanly County are Mr.
Carrickhoff, who is a highway patrolman,
and her son and daughter, Michael and
Michelle, who both attend East Albemarle.
Mrs. Carrickhoff enjoys cross-stitching
and cooking. She comments that “I love
the helpfulness and friendliness of the
faculty and students at ASHS.”
Along with several new faculty mem
bers, ASHS welcomes many students from
schools in our area or from other states.
Sheri Allein (South Stanly) — “Even
though switching to a Rebel Rival is diffi
cult, I don’t have any regrets so far.”
Cara Potter (King’s Christian High
School) — “Albemarle is a lot smaller than
New Jersey, but the slower pace and
friendliness of everyone makes it bear
able.”
Mike Furr (Albemarle Middle) — “The
work is a lot harder, but high school is
much more fun.”
Alicia Kennedy (Goldsboro High School)
— “It’s smaller than Goldsboro, but that
makes it easier to meet people. The stu
dents and teachers are really friendly,
which helps a newcomer tremendously.”
Meonne Blalock (Albemarle Middle) —
“I think ASHS is a fun and interesting
school and the people are great! ”
Juniors And Seniors
Lead The Way
Student Council plans many projects this year.
Student Council Breaking
In A New Year
By MELYNEE MORGAN
School dances. Homecoming, service projects for the community, bulletin boards, and
much decision making are just some of the many things that the Student Council does for
Albemarle Senior High School. This year the Student Council officers are Cameron
Speight-president, Greg Harwood-vice president, Mary Kay Page-secretary, and Mariel
Baucom-treasurer.
Our president, Cameron Speight, is a member of many clubs such as Jr. Civitans,
Spanish Club, and VICA, where he also serves as president. These fall days, Cameron is
usually found at football practice after he completes his bus route. He is looking forward to
many accomplishments this year.
Greg Harwood has been active in athletics — playing basketball and running track his
freshman and sophomore years. He is an active member of the First Baptist Church Youth
Council. This summer he attended Western Carolina University for a leadership con
ference.
Our secretary, Mary Kay Page, has been a cheerleader for three years and a member
of the girls’ track team for two years. She was also the Vice President of her sophomore
class.
Mariel Baucom attended Governor’s School-West this past summer. She is vice pres
ident of the Youth Council at First Baptist Church. She has contributed a great deal to,Al
bemarle athletics through her four years of cheerleading and three years of running track.
Again this year, the Student Council will be sponsoring the Red Cross Blood Drive as
well as the return of the 82nd Airborne. Many new things are yet to be planned and all
members of the Student Council welcome your input and look forward to a great year.
By BETH NEEL
It is a new year and with the new school
year there are eight new class officers for
the junior and senior classes.
The senior class president is Shannon
Smith. Shannon participates in many
school sports such as golf and varsity foot
ball, where he serves as a captain.
Melynee Morgan is the senior class vice
president. She is very active in many
school clubs, such as FTA and Jr. Civitans.
Melynee is also the number one seed on the
girls’ tennis team for the second straight
year. Angela Cook, secretary, is an editor
for the FULL MOON and a two-year varsi
ty cheerleader. Treasurer Cindy Brewer
stays busy by cheering as a co-chief on the
varsity cheerleading squad and editing the
Entertainment page on the FULL MOON.
Samy Lamp is the junior class president.
He too will be a cheerleader, as well as
play footl)all and baseball. The junior class
vice president is Blair Johnson, who is ac
tive in the school as a cheerleader, softball
player, and journalist for the newspaper,
cresta Newton is secretary for the juniors.
Cheerleading is one of Cresta’s school ac-
KHoS; juniors is
Kricket Morton, who is involved in many
extracurricular activities, including ten-
^ journalism
These eight students will lead their re
spective classes in such major activities as
graduation, Powder Puff, and the Junior-
Senior prom.
Junior class president Samy Lamp and
senior class president Shannon Smith
and their lady associates will lead the
junior and senior classes.
ON THE INSIDE:
Lifeguarding... a dream job? p. 3
All about “The Beginning of School Blues” p. 7
Why Athletes go through the aches and pains
of football p.4