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a> FULL MOON Volume 58, No. 5 ALBEMARLE fflGH NEWSPAPER 311 Park Ridge Road Albemarle NC 28001 982-3711 FEBRUARY 1993 Nine Juniors Nominated to Governor's School By Natasha Byrd Governor’s School nominees have been selected for 1992-1993. The nine junior class nominees are Hannah Oettinger, Amanda Pelt, Emily Stonestreet, Jason Phibbs, Ami Whitmore, Trent Furr, Jamie Measmer, Daniel Brown, and Ella Lee. In the academic program, Emily Stonestreet and Hannah Oettinger have been nominated in the area of natural science. Amanda Pelt has been nominated to study social science. Students were also nominated in the performing arts area. Jason Phibbs and Anu Whitmore were nominated for art. Trent Furr, Daniel Brown, Ella Lee, and Janue Measmer have been nominated in the area of instrumental music. As the oldest statewide summer residential program for gifted and talented high school students in the nation, the Governor’s Schools of North Carolina offer a iwn-credit curriculum for eight hundred students. The program is located on two campuses. Governor’s School West is at Salem College in Winston-Salem and Governor’s School East at St. Andrews Presbyterian CoUege in Uurinburg. Eleven different areas of study are involved in this summer enrichment program. Mathematics, English, natural science, social science, Spanish, French, drama, choral music, art, dance, and instrumental music are the different courses of study. Good luck to this year’s nominees!! Wendy SmoaJc Named Teaching Fellow Finalist By Leslie Morgan Congratulations to Wendy Smoak for advanc ing to the final round of the Teaching Fellows competition. Eighteen hundred applicants have now been grouped into a final 680. Of this 680, 400 will be awarded this prestigious scholarship. On February 13 Wendy will go to UNC-Char- lotte for a final interview. She should be notified by early April about the award. Wendy wants to attend Carolina or N.C. State tobe a secondary high school mathematics teacher. Recipents of this award will teach four years in North Carolina to offset the cost of the program. If Wendy receives this scholarship she will get 5,000 dollars a year for four years. One day wc may see Wendy in Mrs. Morgan's classroom teaching trig or calculus. Good Luck Wendy!!! Harriet Tubman: A Famous Black Leader By Courtney Rogeir The month of February has traditionally been Ben- cstsablished as Black History Month. Harriet chiWnm. ^ Until she was 12 Tubman is one of the most famous black leaders ^ed as a maid and a child Jiurse.Whcnshereachedthcageofl2,sheseived as afield hand. Shemarried John Tubman, a free black, in 1844. Tubman possessed a tremendous amount of wUl power which infhienced her escape to the North. Herhusbanddidnotaccompanyherwhen she escaped to the North in 1849. Once fre^ Tubmanbectmeaconductorontheundergiouond raiboid, which was a secret orgamzaticm ^ed at helping slaves escape to the North. Tubman escorted over two hundred slaves to safety and gained the nicknames “Moses” and "General Tubman." , ... Tubman served as anurse, scout, and spy wiA Ae Union Army in South Carolina. She recaved Ml official commendation for her efforts. After *e war. she fought for the rights of Wack w^m ^ helped 10 found the N«ional Associat^ of Colored Women in 1896. She died a proud and famous woman on March 10,1913. Teaching Fellows Finalist, Wendy Smoalc Harriet Tubman Aboiftfonist I H. Oettinger, E. Stonestreet, J. Phibbs, T. Furr, D. Brown, J. Measmer, E Lee Contest! Get the Answers! Win a Prize! By Mr. Taylor, AHS Principal Who were these famous Black Americans? Write their last names in order on a fiiU sheet of notebook pq)er and give it to Mrs. Almond in the main office. The owners of the first ten correct papers will receive a coupon for an ke cream in the cafeteria. (Be sure to put your name on the pq)er.) 1. He was the first Black American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He helped make the Allied invasion of North Africa a success. He was a chief mediator for the United Nations who achieved an armistice between the Arabs and Israelis. 2. He was the first Black American general. He served as a first lieutenant in the Spanish- American War. He was a Brigadier General during World War II. He played a major role in carrying out racial integration in the armed forces. 3. He believed that the Constitution was for the poor as well as the rich. He was the chief lawyer for the NAACP’s Legal Defense and Education Fund. With others, he won thirty-two of thirty-five cases they took to the Supreme Court He has been called the greatest lawyer of the twentieth century. His most important victory was the case of Browii vs. Board of Topeka, Kansas (1934) which made segregation of public schools unconstitutional. 4. She was the first Black Woman elected to the US Congress. She was the first woman to attempt to run for President She said, “Perhaps some Black or Spanish speaking child already dreams of running for the Presidency some day, because a Black woman has dared to . That child’s dream would be more than enough for me to have accomplished, would it not” Increase Vour Knowledge! By Natasha Byrd and Christy Hendrick Derek Knight and Kevin Lambert show off the new books at AHS. February is designated as Black History Month. Albemarle High School’s media center offers many oppurtunides to learn more about the history of African-Americans. Several new books have arrived in the library. -My Folks Don^t Want To Talk About Slavery. This book written Belinda Hurmence dis cusses the lives of former slaves during the Great Depression. -Twentieth Century and the Harlem Renaissance. Stuart Kallen reveals the history and the rediscovery of Harlem. -Marching Toward Freedom. A historic ac count by James M. McPherson of how black patriots found other ways of contributing to the cause of ending slavery. -Frederick Douglass and the Fight For Free dom. This bookby Douglas T.Millerdepictsthe story of a proud young black male determined to shape his own destiny. Be sure to check the library for more informa tion on African-American literature.
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