i^iiFULL MOON
Volume 60, No. 4
ALBEMARLE HIGH NEWSPAPER
311 Park Ridge Road Albemarle NC 28001
982-3711
DECEMBER 1994
/4HS Bcind Rises To Top
by Shannon Homesley
The Albemarle Marching Band completed another successful year with numerous comf>etition
awards. With great leadership from Drum Majors Marcus Ingram and Elsa Lee, all sections of the
band worked extremely hard to make our band a whole team, full of talent and pride. This year's
marching musical was taken from the Broadway play "Sunset Boulevard". The show consisted
of four songs. Lei's Have Lunch, With One Look, This Time Next Year, and Finale with various
soloists players and dancers. Of course, it took the dedication and coordination of the other officers
in the band to pull everything together and rack up all the awards. After competing at Eastern
Randolph»Trinity, Newton-Conover, and Shelby, the band received ratings of excellent and
superior, many first and second place rifle and colorguard awards, second place homline, and
second place drum major. .Our congratulations go out to all the band members for a job well done.
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The 1994-95 Marching Bulldog Band.
Spa-nisFi Excfvange Student Is Ail-lean
by Shannon Homesley
AHS is a school full of great oppwrtunities
and new learning exp>eriences. One of these op>-
portunities is to host an exchange student who
■ wants to reccive an education American style.
Welcome to the U.S.A., Lala!
We Are The World!
by Johnny Caudle
The Christmas season is upon us and caring is
all around. This year’s FCA, which is sponsored
by Mr. Moran, has a number of activities planned
to help those in need.
The Big Brother/Big Sister program is now in
its fourth year. This program was organized to
help those children who may not have a friend.
Forty FCA members have become a Big Brother/
Big Sister for a child from an area elementary
school. A Big Brother/Big Sister takes the child
to ball games and helps them with their school
work, and calls them on the phone. The members
also went shop»ping at Wal-Mart on Saturday,
December 10, for a Christmas present for the
children.
FCA is involved in the Grandparent Program
as well. Theprogram is based on the Big Brother/
Big Sister program. Twenty-five members have
joined the Grandparent Program. These FCA
members visit area nursing homes and brighten
up an elderly person's day. They also help those
senior citizens who are not in a nursing home, but
have trouble doing things for themselves, such as
grocery shopping.
The FCA is also teaming up with Habitat For
Humanity and they will be wrapping Christmas
Kellie spends time with her little brother
Bryant.
Crime and Punishment
by Shannon Homesley
For all of you freshmen and sophomores and
maybe even a few juniors, yourlate nights party
ing or watching movies at your friend's house are
over. As of November 7, an ordinance was
passed that no one under the age of sixteen i
This year, Laia Cabanas Collell has come to
Stanly County from Barcelona, Spain. Laia is
seventeen years old and is a senior here at AHS.
SojAomore Stacy Cosgrove’s family is hosting
Laia in her year of stay in North Carolina. Laia
finds school in the U.S. really different from
Spain. For instance, she says there is less free
dom here but the subjects are easier and you can
take elective subjects like band and drama. In
Spain, you can only take academic subjects.
Also, you can not participate in sports at school
in Spain. Laia says she really likes North Caro
lina because it is a beautiful state, but she finds
Albemarle a little too quiet (although she really
lives in Badin). So far, Laia likes the people she
has met and likes the emotion Americans put into
everything they do. Even though Laia likes it
here, she misses her hometown and her life in
Spain. She misses going out on the weekends,
especially to the disco. Laia is already involved
in lots of American activities, such as basketball
and drama. She hopes to go to a concert and to the
mountains while she is the U.S.A. The students
at AHS are glad that Laia is here and we welcome
here to our AHS family of pride.
Nikki Lilly is warned not to stay out late.
be out after eleven on weeknights and twelve on
Friday and Saturday nights. Anyone who is
caught at a public place or on the streets after
curfew time and has already received a warning
will be fined no more than fifty dollars or will be
imprisoned no more than thirty days. There are
some exceptions, though. 1) If a minor is with
his/her legal guardian or jjarent. 2) If they are
with someone over the age of eighteen who has
a note of permission from the minor’s parent or
guardian. 3) If a minor is traveling home because
of work, church, or a school activity. 4) If the
minor is temporarily in the city because of inter
state traveling. 5) If the minor has a medical
emergency. If someone is found to be a rejjeat
offender, they may be treated as a juvenile delin
quent. Anyone over the age of eighteen who is
with a minor without permission will also receive
punishment. So all of you guys under the age of
sixteen, grab your pacifiers and get in early
before the carriage turns back into a pumpkin.
A.H.S. Has New Guiding Light
by Johnny Caudle
If you have been having problems trying to
see a guidance counsellor, well there is now a
solution to your problem. Mrs. Dot Walck has
come to AHS as our new guidance counsellor.
Mrs. Walck received a Master's Degree from
the University of South Carolima, and she has
also attended Lenoir Rhyne, Palm Beach Junior
College, and UNC-Charlotte. Mrs. Walck has
been counselling for twelve years and has also
been the assistant principal of Landis Elementary
School in Rowan County. She has a son and a
daughter and her husband is pastor of Saint
Martin Lutheran Church in Albemarle.
Mrs. Walck likes the helpfulness of the fac
ulty and the school spirit that the students have
displayed. She is looking forward to working
with every student and helping us plan our future.
Welcome to AHS, Mrs. Walck.