HIGH LIFE Volume LVIV, Number 1 Grimsley Senior High School Thursday, September 27, 1979 Student Elections Juniors and Sophs to Fill Council Election Posters promoting candidates for the sophomore and junior elections decorate the school. [Denise Long Photo] ^ftedrandj[dbnte|^ English Studies Expanded By Barbi Prillaman The 1979-80 school year marks the beginning of a new sophomore English course in the Greensboro Public School System. Hiis course is a continua tion of the junior high schools’ Gifted and Talented program, which began last year. Known formally as “Literature and Composition I,” the course is being taught on a trial basis at Grimsley and at Smith. Approximately sixty stu dents are involved in the program at Grimsley. The classes are taught by Mrs. Yourse, Mrs. Manahan, and Mrs. Hoffler. The course is designed to prepare quali fied sophomores for Ad vanced Placement English and for college courses. Al though it is an accelerated course, “Literature and Composition I” uses the standard grading system in stead of honors grading. The course of study for the year consists of literal^ units on reading and analyzing different types of literature. These include the short story, drama, novels, essays, and poetry. Composition units will focus primarily on expository writing. By Jennifer Enright The students who make up this year’s student council hope for a very productive year. Grimsley has a history of an active student govern ment program. The executive coimcil for this year is not yet complete. While there is a senior executive coimcil, the juniors and sophomores have yet to elect'an executive council for their respective classes. [High life went to press before the September 21 elections. Winners will be listed in the October issue.) Because of the new school zones, junior and sophomore elections were postponed un til this fall. This year’s senior executive council, elected last spring, consists of Ken SSBAG Starts Season By Jennifer Enright SSBAG, the Student School Board Action Group, is again sponsoring its Get Set Program. Get Set is a program offered to high school students who are interested in current affairs. Major speakers are imported for the lectures and semi nars. The first lecture of the 1979-80 school year will be on October 2 at 10:00 a.m. The topic for this first pro gram is “The Human Race vs the Arms Race,’’ with speakers Charles Robbins and Pauline Frederick. Approximately 1000 stu dents from the four city high schools will be selected to attend. Sign-up sheets are available to Grimsley stu dents in the guidance office. Carol Essa, Ken Ander son, Carl Winfield, and Kel ly Ferrell are working on this project. Grimsley Students Appreciate Weaver Education Center By Bryan Smith The Weaver Education Center opened for its second year on August 28, 1979. The Center offers students a chance to “expand your horizons’’ in vocations and academic courses. WEC of fers students flexible sche dules, beginning at 7:30 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m. Bus service is also provided to and from each city high school and to each student’s neighborhood in the even ing. The number of high school students attending the Edu cation Center has greatly increased over last year. Enrollment for the 1979-80 school year at WEC is ap proximately 1000, compared to last year’s 500 for the first semester. The number of Grimsley students attending the Center has also in creased , but total enrollment figures are not available yet. WEC offers a wide variety of courses which include technical drafting, wood and metal construction, food pre paration, calculus, data pro cessing, modem dance, theater workshop, and for eign languages such as Ger man and Russian. Mr. Braxton, Assistant Principal at WEC, stated that one definite problem was the number of students who had pre-registered for courses at the Center was over 1100. He did not under stand why approximately 100 students had dropped the courses originally selected. Anderson, Student Body President; Carl Winfield, Se nior Class President; Jo Ann Engle, Pep Board Chairman; Lee Coyle, YRC Chairman; and Lydia Harris, Student cil will accomplish much as they constantly think of new and better ways to run their projects. For example, Engle is running the Pep Board differently this year. “I have Affairs Chairman. Ander - broken the group into five son, Harris, and Engle are different committees, each returning to the executive council. Pep Board Chairman En gle believes this year’s coun- with a special job. This way the responsibility is spread out, instead of dumped on one person.” GHS Hosts Choirs By Lee Patterson Grimsley will host several choral activities this year. These events are important in the state for those involved in high school choirs. The first activity to be held at Grimsley will be the Honors Chorus Auditions. Students and teachers from all over the state will gather at Grimsley on September 28 for this event. Last year 700 singers auditioned for 150 positions in this highly re spected choir. According to Grimsley choral director, Ms. Marta Force, “this mas sive attendance exemplifies the importance of this event.” The nominees are re quired to prepare a song in a foreign language and sight read fi'om a music score. The nominees from Grimsley are Jamie Achey, Stephanie Bar- tis, Lisa McGlamery, Amy Michaels, Tracy Wester- gaard, and Donney Kinney. To help prepare for this audition, Grimsley was the site of the first sight-singing clinic on Saturday, Septem ber 22. High school choral music students fi-om Guil ford County participated in this clinic with Dr. Clinton Parker, Assistant Dean of Fine and Applied Arts at Appalachian State Univer sity. The day was spent learning sight-singing tech niques. After the audition and the selections are made, these outstanding singers will re hearse with Dr. Alice Parker at the Hyatt House in Win ston-Salem. This is to pre pare for a concert at the State Convention of Music Educators in November. ‘ ‘It is quite an honor to be See Music, page 5 Marissa Barker [left] follows instructor, Ms. Angela Watson in the Modern Dance class at Weaver Education Center. The Center has opened many doors to Grimsley Students this year with its wide variety of specialized courses. [Tony Johnson Photo]

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