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liSliUrE ektRa! c\'ri2A! cxnaviExiEA! IFIRIEIE EDITION! VOLUME LVIl NUMBER 1 GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO. N.C. 27408 SEPTEMBER 7,1977 EwcuUvft Council PLANS A NEW YEAR Comprised of fifteen students, the Executive Council has a chairman that comes from the Senior Class, a Secretary from the Junior Class, and a Treasurer from the sophomores. Each class elects a president, and one representative for the Pep Board, YRC and Student Affairs. Duties of the Executive Council Chairman include presiding over Council meetings and attending School Board meetings to inform parents about what the Council is doing. Recording minutes for each meeting and sending an agenda to the homeroom presidents are among the duties of the Council Secretary. MVC ^rs Student Views The 1977 Mayor’s Youth Conference which was held August ninth through the Seventh at Elliott University Center, UNC-G gave Greensboro ligh school juniors and seniors •pportunities to express their (pinions and ideas. The participants in MYC were ible to broaden their knowledge if the total city through liscussions. Delegates were exposed to the problems of today through speeches, seminars, debates, films , and . displays. Mayor Jim Melvin, City Council, Greensboro Youth Council and other interested people from the community were able to learn just what the youth thought. The Conference ended with a Banquet at which the Mayor responded to presentation of the 1977 Mayor’s Youth Conference. Attendance Policy Revised The attendance policy for the 1977-78 school year has changed in ways that insure good attendance and help students form habits of acceptable attendance and punctuality. A student absent more than ten days in a given semester will not receive any credit for that class in which the absences occur. Three tardies to a class will be treated as the equivalent of one absence in computing allowable absences. Students will not be counted absent or, tardy when participa ting in school functions. Suspen sions will count as absences from all classes missed during the period of suspension. Six or more tardies may now result in a suspension. Notes are not required when' students are absent, however, students who are on campus are expected to be in class or in study hall. Students leaving the carhpus during the school day must check out in the attendance office. It is the teacher’s responsibility to keep accurate records of student absences and tardies. Ai' absences are reported daily to th- school’s attendance office and the principal’s office. All tardie and absences are recorded on th student’s report card and in th. student’s permanent records. It is the responsibility of th student to apply for a waiver. Th student must present verificatic acceptable to the principal i, regard to illness, religiou holidays and family emergencie Students having eleven or moi absences in any class during th first nine weeks of a semester wi receive a “W” without a grade ■ the student is passing the cours, at the time of withdrawal Otherwise the student will receiv. SixJcnnlkufty The Treasurer is in charge of all funds, and keeps up with what’s spent. Activities done through the homerooms are taken care of by Class Presidents, who also are responsible for the class projects. Reporting to homeroom presi dents is another part of their job. The Junior Class Chairman coordinates the Prom, and the Senior Class President sees that a gift is left to the school and that graduation runs smoothly. Working with other high schools. Student Affairs organ izes Exchange Days. They also have sent cards to Grimsley students who are hurt seriously or sick in the hospital. an “F”. Students having the eleventh absence occur in the second nine weeks will receive an “F” for the course. To inform the parents and students with regard to absences, each teacher will complete a form letter which will be mailed to the parents of each student notifying them of absences on the 25th absence, and the 9th absence. When the student misses a class eleven days a letter of notification will be sent to the parents that the student will not get credit for the course. An effort will be made by each classroom teacher to contact parents by phone upon the 5th and 9th absence of each semester. When a student misses eleven days, the student must (a) continue in the class on an audit basis, or (b) drop the class and enter a study hall. Students under such arrangements will be expected to be on campus. If the student chooses to audit the class, he must maintain acceptable behavior or the student will automatically be placed in a study hall. If a student’s schedule is reduced to fewer than three classes because of an attendance problem he will be dropped from school for the remainder of the semester. Students who report to schoof and cut three times from study hall and/or homeroom may be suspended. Such a suspension may jeopardize course credit when a combination of the days lost for suspension and other absences results in an excess of ten absences. Three tardies to homeroom and/or study hall will be treated as the equivalent of one absence in computing allowable absences. Kathy Manchant The HIGH LIFE staff wishes the new teachers the best of luck in their teaching endeavors here and hopes they will be with us for some time. There are six new teachers at Grimsley. Mrs. Suzanne Devinant is the new French I and II teacher who has come from Belgium. Mrs. Garcia is teaching Housing and Home Furnishings, Clothing and Tex tiles and assisting with the kindergarten program. Mrs. Garcia is a graduate of UNC-G and has a B.S. in Home Economics. Mrs. Garcia trans ferred from Dudley and finds Grimsley’s campus beautiful with friendly and conscientious tea chers. She hopes to have a good year with devoted Grimsley students. Ms. Kathy Blanchard is another new teacher to Grimsley who teaches Spanish half a day. Mrs. Jean Artley has orchestra with Mr. Collin Scott assisting with orchestra. Ronnie Mikels Ronnie Mikels, who is the new JV Basketball coach and Varsity Basketball Assistant, also teaching ecology. Fresh out of Guilford College where he attended on a basketbal scholarship and majored in P.E. he is “happy to be at Grimsley.” Summer Stock Successful For some, the summer was not spent basking away in the sun or splashing around in the pool, but was a time of practicing, rehearsing, and finally perfor ming. The students in summer stock, which was headed by Grimsley’s Mr. Parrish, spent most of their time working on three plays which were given throughout the summer. The three shows were “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”, “A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream”, and “The Curious Savage”. Summer stock was not limited to just Grimsley students, but combined the efforts of pupils throughout the city. 'These dedicated individuals met every day for five and one half weeks to be able to perform the three shows and received one semes ter’s elective credit for their work. According to Mary Nichols, one of the students in summer stock, the best play presented was “A Mid-summer Night’s Dream”, which was held outside. She also added that their hard work paid off with the good turnouts and reactions to the performances. NEWS BRIEFS HIGH LIFE representatives, will be coming to homerooms selling subscriptions at $2.00 per year and $1.50 per semester. Eating in school halls will no longer be tolerated since member of the faculty was injured due to careless littering of the halls. Anyone wishing to participate in Student Council may join one of the committees under Student Affairs, YRC and Pep Board. GYC, Greensboro Youth Coun cil, is open to all Greensboro and Guilford County youth who are senior high school age. To get involved, simply call the GYC office. Congratulations to the O Henry Juniors who won first place in International Affairs. Congratulations to Ms. Metz ger who is now Mrs. Shockley. Exam Policy Adopted Carefully prepared examina tions or other evaluative type activities have definite academic benefits. They enable a student to demonstrate skills acquired over a period of time; they provide a means for realizing relationships in a body of knowledge that has been studied; and they provide experience in test-taking situa tions that the student will continue to encounter after high school. Therefore, each senior high school student is to take a semester examination in each scheduled subject with one exception. Seniors are required to take only tw;o semester examina tions in the semester in which . they will graduate. Seniors will select the two examinations which will be most advantageous to them. Mew High Life Editorial Potiq/ HIGH LIFE exists primarily as a monthly publication for Grimsley High School with intentions of informing the student populace of the many events taking place in the school in as informative, interesting, and accurate a manner as possible. This newspaper also hopes to provide an equal voice to all students through the public forum for the exchange of ideas and opinions in the editorial sections. We, the HIGH LIFE staff members, reserve as our privilege to decide what' is newsworthy and fit to print, using our judgment in concatenation with that which we have learned of newsworthy material in our study and application of journa lism. Material printed should be relevant to the school’s interest patterns, important, and not displayed in a libelous manner, verbally attacking any one person, group, event, or idea. But, the underlying and most significant goal that HIGH LIFE strives for and hopes to achieve is to provide a working atmosphere for those students desiring to pursue careers in all phases of journalism after graduation from this institution. Hank Howard Editor, HIGH LIFE Club Review The fourteenth annual jambo ree of the Sub-Junior Clubs of North Carolina was held in Boone, July 23 , and 24. Representatives from various clubs were able to share ideas and see what other clubs were doing. There were over one hundred youths that attended the jamboree, including four students from Grimsley. Melissa Stephens and Jennifer Wrenn represented Charioteers and Genie Doar and Karen Gorden represented O Henry Juniors. The Junior Jamboree of North Carolina has been held every year since 1%3 in order to strengthen service clubs with new ideas. The representatives share projects they have done and see what other clubs have done.
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