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Holidays
Grimsley Senior High School
Greensboro, N.C. 27408
Volume LVIV, Number 4 Thursday, December 13
1970’s
Get Set Hosts Burke
Today at 10:00 a.m., Mrs.
Yvonne Burke, a former
congresswoman from Cali
fornia, will be the speaker
for the second GET SET
convocation of the 1979-80
school year. Ms, Burke will
speak in Aycock Auditorium
on the UNC-G campus.
Ms. Burke was elected to
the House of Representa
tives from the thrirty-
seventh Congressional Dis
trict in Los Angeles, Califor
nia, in 1972. She was the
first woman to be elected to
Congress form California in
twenty years and was the
first black woman elected to
the House from California.
She served as vice-chairman
of the 1972 Deomocratic
National Covention in Miami
Beach, Florida.
GET SET stands for Great
er Enrichment Through
Scholarly and Entertaining
Talks. It offer high school
students in the Greensboro
Public Schools an opportun
ity to hear challenging, infor
mative speakers discuss a
variety of important issues
emd events. The program is
funded initially by Burling
ton Industries, Ciba-Geigy,
and Lorillard.
Students Find Help
With Careers
Ms. Yvonne Burke will speak
on December 13, at 10:00
a.m.
Career Day was held at the
Greensboro Coliseum Exhi
bition Hall December 4 from
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Exclu
sively for juniors. Carreer
Day was designed to help
students learn about the
careeers to which they would
be most suited according to
Student Council Works
The Student Council is
working on two Christmas
projects this year. Every
Saturday of December,
members of the Council will
work two-hour shifts on re
pairing donated toys for
needy children. The project
is sponsored by the Greens
boro Youth Cotmcil. Toys are
still being accepted for re
pairs.
The other project is a trip
the children’s ward at
to
Wesley
Student
Long Hospital by
Affairs members.
They will sing Christmas
carols and give out candy. In
the past, two members
dressed up as either Semta
Claus or an elf.
On Saturday, December 8,
members of the Student
Council went to the Ronald
McDonald House in Dur
ham. They were accompa
nied by several Page stu
dents in accordance with
McDonald’s request after
the Page-Grimsley food
fight. The students worked
on such chores as washing
windows, raking leaves, and
picking up trash at the
Ronald McDonal’s House, a
place provided for children
unable to go home from the
hospital because of the treat
ment they need.
the interest inventory.
A ceureer interest inventory
was given by the career
couselors on October 26. The
inventory was scored by
computers and returned with
data about what careers the
students should look into. All
registered juniors were
assigned to one of three
two-hour sessions at the
coliseum.
On Career Day, stuents
checked in at their assigned
times and received an ex
planation of their scored
Interest Inventory. Adults
representing over one him-
dred careers were on hand to
answer any questions stu
dents had.
Cheerleaders Winning
In Competitions
On Saturday, December 1, Colston, Tonya Peoples,
“Great Things” Happening
The Grimsley High School
String Orchestra is going to
accomplish ‘ ‘ great things
this year, according to con
ductress, Jean Artley.
Mrs. Artley, a former
wind player with the orches
tra, is tremendously impes-
sed with teh caliber, ability,
enthusiasm, and hard work
of the orchestra members.
She is particularly happy
with her Grimsley students
because they are willing to
work to make music. This
willingness allows the or
chestra and the conductress
to concentrate on details in
their music, thus bettering
the finished product.
Although technical abili
ties vary among the musici
ans, according to Mrs. Art-
ley, “Everybody is willing to
work at something.’’ This
was exemplifies, she says.
Cellists Eric Singer, Barbi Prillaman, Glen Cashion, and
Paul Smith are trying to prove that practice makes perfect.
during the last week in
October. Somehow, Prepara
tions for the orchestra’s
booth at the GYCHalloween
Flea Market coincided with
the preparations for North
Carolina All State Orchestra
auditions. Mrs. Artley was
duly impressed by the coop
eration among the students:
those who did not audition
for All State worked dili
gently to get ready for the
Flea Market.
Mrs. Artley is also proud
of the technical abilities of
her students. Seven mem
bers of the string orchestra,
Emil Bums, Lois Gramley,
Peter Hildebrandt, Chris
Lenz, Marc Moskovitz,
Diane Phoenix, and Paul
Smith were accepted for All
State Orchestra. Gramley,
Gwen Blount, Barbi Prilla
man, and Eric Singer have
been nominated for the 1980
North Carolina Governor’s
School to study music.
Gramley, Hildebrandt, Lenz,
Phoenix, Prillaman, Singer,
and Smith are also members
of the Greensboro Symphony
Youth Orchestra. Mrs. Art-
ley feels she is working with
a talented group of students.
the Grimsley junior varsity
cheerleaders traveled to
South Caldwell High School
in Hudson, North Carolina,
where they won the Most
Spirited award and also re
ceived two outstanding
achievements ribbons. Ms.
Judith Hall, the cheerlead
ing advisor, said the junior
variety squad, “I’m really
proud of them, they are
working hard.’’
The assistant cheerleading
advisor is Mrs. Beamer. The
girls who make up the cheer
leading squad are: Becky
SiUmon, Marlyn Haines,
Eileen Maylett, Tonya
Jeaime Harkins, Reba
Phillips, Patty Silkwork, and
Bonita James.
The junior varsity squad
won a first place rating on
November 17 at a Raleigh
Enloe competition. The var
sity cheeleading squad re
ceived second place in their
division. The varsity cheer
leaders are: Any Frazier,
Catherine Evans, Mary
Feihy, Elizabeth Abe, Angela
Foster, Mary Hankins, Rob
in Benton, Carolyn Gratale,
Mereth McCreddy, Beverly
Cephus, Belle Raines, and
stimtmen Devon Harrington
and Billy Witherspoon.
Jeanne Harkins, Tonya Peoples, Benita James, Patty
Silkworth, and Eileen Mylett, practice on form at one of the
cheerleading squad’s seventh period practice sessions.