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GRIMSLEY fflGH LIFE
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‘The voiee of the Whirlies ”
~-da.V' January 27, 1984
I*hoU> l>\ C'hris Pirkerel
Remains of Coach Weaver's office
Depot opens with success
by Amy Cass
The numbers waiting in line to
gain entrance tell a story of success
for the Depot, the new teen center.
Despite freezing rain and slick
roads, 260 senior high students
made it to the Depot December 21,
for opening night and 311 youths
arrived at the new center Thurs
day, December 22, the first night
for junior high students. The next
night, for senior highs, 962 teens
filled the new night spot to dance,
play video games, watch a movie,
and to meet people.
The doors opened Tuesday night,
December 26, for both junior and
senior high teenagers. The atten
dance soon climbed past the 1,000
capacity and filled the old train sta
tion with teen chatter. Each night
the attendance increases causing
some teens to wait in the long line,
approximately 45 minutes, just to
get through the doors.
Attendance is higher on senior
high night than on junior high due
to the fact that junior high
students have difficulty with
transportation.
Fire destroys guidance office
by Carrie Milgrim and Larry Reeec
The smell of the charcoaled
guidance office is already to fimiliar
to Grimsley students. The fire was
discovered shortly after midnight
on January 6 by residents of
Westover Terrace,
Fifty-eight thousand dollars
worth of structural damage was
caused. An estimate of material
damage is not accountable at this
time.
Presently counseling in room
100, Coach Weaver says. “We're
fine: we have everything we need.”
He added that the students'
records are printed on microfilm
and it will just take time to
reproduce them. Weaver think does
not believe was the fire set in his of
fice to spite him, but instead to
spite Grimsley. Nevertheless
Weaver lost more than six hundred
dollars worth of photographs, and
dozens of irreplacable memories.
Randal Wilson Long, 16, has
been charged with arson of a
schoolhouse, a felony Long, a
GPS juniors passing Competency Test
Many hours have already been
spent cleaning and preparing the
Depot. Additional changes and im
provements are being planned;
changing the atmosphere to bar-
baer shop style; opening the
upstairs with ping-pong tables; and
offering karate and aerobic classes.
The biggest attraction is the
2,000 square foot, computerized
dance flpor with 800 floor lights
and 200 celling lights. The Depot
also offers 62 stand-up video
games; two billard tables; 300 seat
movie amphitheater; and 100 seat
parlor.
Admission is $2.50. If a teen
leaves, he/she must pay an addi
tional $2.50 to re-enter. To help in
sure safety, policemen patrol inside
and outside, and in the parking
areas.
Now that the holidays are over,
the Depot will be opened on Friday
nights for junior high students
from 7 to 11 p.m. and Saturday
nights for senior high students
from 7 to 1 a.m.
former Grimsley student, was
suspended twice last year, and
presently attends the Optional
School.
According to Dr. Bonny Baur,
Long broke a window, jumped in
side, and poured kerosene
everywhere. He then jumped out,
threw in a lighted rag, and fled. The
blaze was so hot, it melted Mr.
Ballance's personal VCR in the
room above.
Baur says that the irony of it all
was that Long came back to see the
damage done.
Juniors score ■
by Richard Jones ■
Grimsley juniors achieved a-
higher passing rate on the N.C.;
Competency test given in October,;
than all other juniors in the city's;
public high schools. On the reading!
portion, 92.1 percent of Grimsley-
juniors passed. Page juniors follow-;
ed with 91.5 percent, Dudley with;
90.8 percent, and Smith with 87.81
percent. On the math portion, 91.51!
percent of Grimsley juniors passed.-
Again, Page was next with 86.5-
percent. Smith outdueled Dudley;
amassing an 86 percent passing;
rate compared with an 85 percent;
passing rate. ■ -
Mr. Crowell attributes much of-
Grimsley's success to the teachers.;
“It has a lot to do with (the);
teachers care, concern, (and) in-!
terest in a student," Crowell said.I
Crowell added that “Not;
everything comes from a;
textbook,” emphasizing teachers;
don't always use a textbook. I
Do Grimsley students eheat?
bv Alice Ncwnam and Leslie Estes
Melody Holder, Andy McEachern, and Janet Linnane jam
at the Depot (Photo by Chris Pickerel)
“Usually it is just for that one
answer I do not know. I know it is
wrong, but sometimes I look for
that one answer I do not know.”
This statement was taken from a
recent survey on cheating.
In this survey, one hundred and
twelve students were polled. Out of
this number, one hundred admitted
to cheating while the remaining
twelve said they never had. Of the
students surveyed only three rely
on cheating to achieve the grades
they want.
In this survey, a greater percen
tage cheated in foreign languages
classes than any other class.
Foreign language was followed hy
social studies and math classes as
those where students are likely to
cheat.
When interviewed, Mrs. Anne
Oakley, head of the foreign
language department, said she was
not surprised that students cheat
more in foreign language. “This is
due to the amount of memorization
students must undertake while
learning a foreign language,” said
Mrs. Oakley. She feels that it is
“very, very sad that someone
would sacrifice their integrity over
something as artificial as a grade.”
She also added, “The true value of
learning is how what you learn
helps you grow as a person.”
Along with these comments
Mrs. Oakley added that many
teachers en courage students to
cheat by being occupied with
other things while
When asked about the method
used to cheat, those surveyed said
they look on a fellow classmates
paper. Because classrooms are very
crowded, it is easy to simply glance
over the aisle or over someone’s
Moulder. Also this is a common
form of cheating because it is the
hardest to prove. A cheater may be
caught with a “cheat sheet” or
writing on his/her desk.
Cheating can affect a student’s
future. As Mrs. Oakley said, “I
would hate to be operated on by a
doctor who cheated his way
through med school.”