HIGH LIFE
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Volume LV, No. 1
Campus Improved
By Renovations,
New Building
“It’s got everything the old
science building doesn’t
have,’’, says Mr. Gwynn,
commenting on the new
science building. The new
facility, located beside the old
one, was completed last
summer at a cost of $850,000.
The teachers have been
wanting a new one for 15 years
because the old structure was
below standards and was not
safe for many scientific
procedures. Plans for the
building began in 1972 and
construction was started in
1974.
The air-conditioned, carpet
ed building has eight open
classrooms. “These open
classrooms really make the
students feel freer,” com
mented Mrs. Brown, head of
the Science Department.
The new building has many
features the old one doesn’t
have. Mrs. Brown calls it “a
whole different atmosphere
for science education.”
Additional improvements
have been paving the parking
lot across from the tennis
courts and the driveway inside
the fence near the field house.
Other visible renovations
include the installation of new
lockers and the painting of
classrooms and breezeways,
which will be changed to
concrete and metal.
The school is still trying to
locate a parking lot sweeper at
a good price. As of now, there
is not enough money to buy
one.
Other new plans for GHS
include an indoor Olympic size
pool with eight lanes to be
located between the boys’ and
girls’ gyms. It will hopefully
be completed next year and
will be available to the
Physical Education classes.
Grimsley High Sduiol, Gieensbmo, N.C. 27408
News Briefs
On Monday, October 13,
and Tuesday, October 14,
“Post Secondary Opportunity
Sessions” or “College Days”
will be held at the Greensboro
Coliseum Exhibition Hall.
A parking fee will be charged
from 5:15 until 8:00.
Congratulations to Mr.
Richard Smith and to Mr. Dan
Garner for their recent
marriages to the former Jani
Craven on June 14 and to
Cheryl DeJong on July 27
respectively.
Congratulations to the
following Grimsley students
who were chosen as National
Merit Scholarship Semi
finalists: Jo Ann Bradner,
Susan Carter, Lars Erickson,
Bryan Fields, Nancy Hagner,
Susan Hauser, Philip Kaldon,
and Ralph Kirschner.
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Grhnsley’s new $850,000 Science Building
Council to be Elected
Commencing its second
year of operation under a new
plan, the slightly revamped
1975 student council has
begun to conduct the business
of the school, under the
auspices of The Interim
Committee.
The Interim Committee,
whose duty it is to amend the
constitution and to carry on
the business of the student
council, was chosen on
GCS Launches
Second Year
Of Operation
Grimsley’s Communica
tions’ System got off to a start
on September 4 and Septem
ber 16 with meetings, which
were devoted to getting the
members of the group better
acquainted and discussing the
school constitution. Having a
year of experience with the
GCS program behind them,
the faculty and administration
have high hopes for the
upcoming year.
The main goal of GCS
remains the same as it was
last year, though there have
been some changes in the
structure and format of the
program. That goal, according
to Mr. Glenn, is to make
students more responsible for
their own education. “Our
slogan is: What are yon doing
to make it work?” he adds.
The main planning and
organizational group of GCS is
the Hub - a group of 16
student representatives and
approximately 23 faculty and
administration representa
tives. This year, the Hub has
the aid of a Steering
Committee composed of three
students and three faculty
members to do some schedul
ing of the agenda in advance.
The faculty is divided into 12
teams, each team having two
representatives to the Hub.
The student leaders, who
each received 12 hours of
training this summer in
preparation for this school
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September 7. Student res
ponse was so great that not all
students could be used on the
Interim Committee. As a
result, a lottery was held; and
five students from each class,
plus an additional nine
students, were appointed to
the committee, raising the
total to 24. Since its inception,
the committee has made one
important change in the
constitution. The revision
occurs in Section 2, Article 3,
which deals with how each of
the five class positions will be
filled.
Once the Executive Council
has been elected, the Interim
Committee will be dissolved.
Elections will be held during
the first week in October, and
any student may run for the
five positions to be filled in
each respective class. In order
to run for Executive Council, a
student must have passed two
academic subjects and one
elective subject from the
preceding semester. The
Executive Council will consist
of 15 students, with each class
having five representatives.
Positions to be filled . by
Seniors include Chairman of
the Executive Council and
Senior Class President. Jun
iors will fill the positions of
Junior Chairman of the
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September 26, 1975
Dramatists
Plans Season
Of Activities
Grimsley’s Drama Depart
ment this year has a variety of
activities set up for anyone
who wishes to participate.
A play has already been
presented, “Pure As the
Driven Snow,” and another
one has already been planned
for November 20-23. This
play, “Once Upon a Mat
tress” was aired on television.
Mr. Parrish, calls it “the
funniest musical” of which he
knew.
The Department is also
forming a Puppet Troupe, who
they hope will be able to put
on a show every two weeks.
A series of “Short Sub
jects,” one act plays, will be
presented once every three
weeks in the studio theater.
Also the department has
joined the International Thes
pian Society, a 'world-wide
dramatic society. On October
4 the Playmasters will be
hosting a statewide confe
rence with drama groups from
all over the state coming here
for the one-day workshop.
Mr. Parrish encourages
anyone who would like to
participate in any of these
activities in any capacity to see
him or just attend one of the
Playmaster meetings.
New Teachers Mark 1975-76
This year seven new people
highlight Grimsley’s faculty.
Mrs. Cornet, Ms. Hall, Mrs.
Lutz, Mr. Nicholson, Mrs.
Seaberry, Mr. Seawell, and
Mrs. Siler are the new
teachers.
Ms. Hall thinks Grimsley,
its faculty, and student body
are all quite nice.
Among her interests is the
theatre and she hopes to help
Mr. Parrish this year.
Mrs. Seaberry, a chemistry
teacher, thinks Grimsley is “a
well organized .school, like a
college campus ” with “friend
ly, helpful” people. Before
coming to Grimsley, Mrs.
Seaberry, a Bennett College
graduate, taught in Sanford,
North Carolina.
“I like it,” said Mrs. Lutz,
the new band teacher, of
Grimsley. “They’re (the
students) a nice bunch of
people.” !She graduated from
the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro and
did her student teaching at
Grimsley before going on to
teach in Charlotte.
New teachers are [bade row, l-r]t Mr. Nklidstm, Mrs. Seaberry,
Mrs. Comet; [front row, I-r]: Mm. Slier, Ms. Hall [Not pictnred
are Mrs. Lntz and Mr. SesweU.l
“Having windows put in
room 712” is the future plan of
Mr. Nicholson, the new
German teacher. He shared
his impressions of Grimsley
for High Life. “I like the
students and faculty members
I’ve worked with so far. The
relaxed atmosphere at Grim
sley is especially pleasant to
work in.”
Mr. Nicholson received his
A.B. at William and Mary and
his Masters at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
Mrs. Siler, a biology teacher
who has taught at Grimsley
previously, plans “to enjoy
teaching in the beautiful new
science building.”
Mrs. Siler graduated from
Elon College, received a
Science Fellowship, and did
summer work at the Uni\^r-
sity of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
Mrs. Comet, the new
teacher in the Math Depart
ment, has been at Grimsley
since the spring term. She has
found her fellow teachers to be
cooperative and the students
to be nice.
After graduating from High
Point College, Mrs. Comet
went on to get her Masters at
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