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GRIMSLEY fflGH LIFE
Volume LIII Number 3
“Tfie voice of the Whirlies
99
October 21, 1983
Valvano motivates students
Activities planned for Education Week
By Pamela Ramsbotham
by Jackie Quinet
Jim Valvano, now in his fourth
season as head basketball coach at
North Carolina State University
was the speaker for the Get Set
Convocation held Monday in
Aycock Auditorium on the campus
of UNCG. Throughout his remarks
to the 800 students present from
the four Greensboro high schools,
the vivacious leader of the
Cinderella Wolfpack club ap
propriately encouraged the au
dience to be dreamers.
A native of Queens, New York
City, Valvano loves living in the tar
heel state and has no plans to leave
to coach professional basketball.
This was'evidenced by the ten year
contract he signed with the
Wolfpack team last spring. Before
coming to Raleigh, Valvano had
been head basketball coach at Iona
College, at Bucknell University,
and at Johns Hopkins University.
The vivacious speaker admonish
ed those present to_ believe in
themselves. “Today’s society is
negative. Everyday an average per
son accomplished an extraordinary
thing. There is a relationship bet-
During the week of November
14th thru the 18th, students, facul
ty and administrators alike will
make an extra effort to signify the
joint quest for education. Many ac
tivities have been planned for the
celebration of American Education
Week.
To start off the week, a
student/faculty Talent Show will
take place on Monday, November
14th. Auditions for the Talent
Show were held Monday,
September 26th.
On Wednesday, November 16th,
a student/faculty basketball, game
is scheduled. Only non-basketball
players, men and women, and non
cheerleaders wiU be able to par
ticipate as basketball players and
cheerleaders. There will be an ad
mission charge, and the proceeds
will be used to purchase an Apple
Computer for the student body to
use in the media center.
Continuing with this celebration,
an all-day Education Fair wiU take
place at the Weaver Education
Center on Thursday, November
14th. This fair will provide an op
portunity to share the center with
the public.
SSBAG participates in fall retreat
Jim Valvano displays his school spirit and winning per
sonality. (photo courtesy the Greensboro News Company)
ween work and success. If you
don’t work you can’t be successful;
if you do, you have improved your
opportunities.”
Valvano gave the audience a look
at his popular humor by recalHng
various experiences during and
after he led his team to the national
championship.
By Alise Weinstein
The Student School Board Ac
tion Group (SSBAG) has its first
meeting of the year at Camp
Wenasa Boy Scout Camp on
Wednesday, September 28, Ap
proximately ten students from
each of the four city high schools
and the optional school met for a
full day of group planning and ac
tivities.
News In Brief
Merit Scholars
The following seniors have been
selected by the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation (NMSC)
as the 1983 Semi-finalists: John
Alspaugh, Phillip Block, Necca
Dennis (a former Grimsley student,
now attending the School of Math
& Science), Carol Hartsog, Allen
Leonard, David Lindabury, (also a
former Grimsley student who is
now living in Atlanta) Millyn
Kelley, Geoffrey Neal, Dianne
Timblin, and Tim Wood.
These Merit Program par
ticipants were selected on the basis
of their performance on the
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude
Tests (PSAT’s) scores taken in
their junior year.
Each semi-finalist will be notified
in February as to whether or not
they qualified as finalists.
Honors Chorus
Two hundred and fifty high
school students from all over North
Carolina came to Grimsley for
North Carolina Honors Chorus
auditions. These auditions, held on
September 23, were to “honor the
best singers in our state by giving
them the opportunity to perform at
the highest possible level of
achievement.
Judging began at 8:30 a.m. Each
performer had only seven minutes
to express his or her talents.
Students were required to sing
their designated part and display
' their ability at sightreading.
Five Grimsley students were
selected for Honors Chrous. They
were: Steve Howard, Jennifer
Williams, Pam Dent, Karla Scott,
and Karen Covington. Only one
hundred fifty of the two hundred
fifty auditioned were selected.
The choral concert will be held
November 20, 1983. 4:30 p.m. at
Stevens Performing Arts Center,
Winston-salem, N.C. Dr. Ronald
Shirey of Texas Christian Universi
ty will be conducting.
Any student interested in audi
tioning for next years Honors
Chorus should contact Ms. Force
immediatley.
Whirligig
This year’s Whirligig staff kicked
off their fall campaign with a new
approach to sell the yearbook. An
assembly was held October 11, by
the Delmar Publishing Company.
Even though the campaign wUl last
only two weeks, students may want
to buy their books at the first sales
because prices will go up with each
offering. Yearbooks are being sold
in the main office before and after
school and during lunch. The price
is $13.00, includes a clear plastic
protective cover. The staff also of
fers an installment plan of three
$5.00 payments so that students
do not need to pay all at once.
Editor Amy Russell comments,
“Our dedicated staff has put a lot
of time and thought toward the
yearbook to produce the best book
Grimsley’s ever had.”
(continued on pg. 8(
Tirella will lead sophomores
By Patrick Chilton
The sophomore class held an
assembly and elected officers for
the year on September 28, 1983.
The assembly was full of excite
ment and enthusiasm as the class
of ’86 heard speeches from can
didates and filled out ballots. The
four offices on the ballot were those
of President, Secretary/Treasurer,
Youth Recreational Council
Chairperson and chairperson of the
Pep Board,
Running for President were Amy
Cass, John Haines, ^ Kathleen
Stewart and Stacy Tirella. All gave
impressive speeches but the one
who came out on top was Stacy
Tirella, who is now the President of
the class of ’86.
Those who ran for
Secretary/Treasurer were Lisa
Marie Adams, Courtney Haber,
Jennifer Savage, and Lisa Zaleon ,
Jennifer Savage won the crowd
over and now holds the position.
Despite still competition from
Tina Baer and (Cindy* Banning,
Lisa Warner was elected chairper
son of the YRC. Carrie Stout, who
ran against Cindy Gay, won the
post of chairperson of the Pep
Board.
Although there are only four win
ners, all nominees tried hard, and
congratulations are in order.
One of the main topics of the
meeting was the discussion of the
Little Four Basketball Tourna
ment. Some ideas that were
brought about for the promotion of
the tournament were the sale of
painter caps, t-shirts, and sweat
shirts; a free-throw shooting con
test and also a door decoration con
test.
Another topic of discussion was
the evaluation of teachers by
students.The evaluation process
would take place at the end of the
first semester during the exam
period if the course is a semester
course. For year long courses, the
evaluation would take place at the
end of the year. An evaluation
would be given at the end of the
year also for second semester
courses.
Along with the planning, there
were also many outdoor activities
for those attending this initial
meeting. These activities-balancing
on a swinging log, climbing over a
high wall and moving wood on bar
rels were to help organize the group
and get the members thinking.
(continued on pg. 8)
Three nominated for Morehead
By Carrie Milgrim
Allen Leonard, Tim Wood, and
Michelle Wulfhorst have been
nominated for the coveted
Morehead Scholarship. These
scholarships to the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill are
worth over $30,000 each.
The scholarships were establish
ed by John Motley Morehead to
assure the University of always
having a nucleus of the nation’s
finest young people. Because Mr.
Morehead wanted excellence in all
areas, students receiving the honor
of nomination must excel equally in
the areas of academics, character,
athletic ability, and leadership.
Students cannot be deficient in any
of the four areas.
Because of what the Morehead
Scholarship offers, it is an honor to
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Allen Leonard, Michelle Wulfhorst, and Tim Wood are the
three Morehead Scholarship Nominees. (Scott Rivenbark
photo)