Friday, December 11,1992
GRIMSLEY HIGH LIFE
Number 4, Volume LXIX
Grimsley Jazz Band
makes it swing
By Susan Barham
Munden listens to the wind section.
Feulner photo
Drums booming, trumpets blaring, and saxophones
swinging are all a part of this musical extravaganza. It’s
the Grimsley Jazz Band.
This class, containing hand-picked musicians that
play everything that has anything to do with jazz. Ty
Osborne, a third year member of Grimsley’s Jazz Band
says, "It’s totally different from any class I’ve taken. It's
challenging, fun, and very interesting. Will Medford, a
second year member of Jazz Band says,”It opens
everyone’s mind to a kind of music that isn’t as popular
as it should be. Jazz is an art form that isn ’ t given the credit
it deserves.’’
Forest Munden, the band director, states that the class
is more demanding than other bands and everyone is
recuired to be a leader and carry their own weight along
with a great deal of nomenclature of jazz. Munden, who
did his graduate work in Music Education at UNCG, is
very sensitive about how music is played. He looks for
hard work, dicipline, and daily practice, and likes for his
students to take private lessons if possible. Mr. Munden,
who is considered by many to be a hard worker, feels that
it is not important to be named teacher of the year. Instead
of recognition, he prefers to establish a teacher - student
bond.
Grimsley’s Jazz Band has a small number of girls.
Kelly Barham, a first timer, states, “ The fact that I’m one
of only a few girls in the class really doesn’t come into
play. This class separates itself from my other classes
because of its different style and curriculum.’’
A group formed within Jazz Band is called the Combo.
Its members are Brandon Sharp, Ty Osborne, Alex
McKinney, DanielMalino, and Will Medford. Ty Osborne
refers to the Combo as, “a group of guy s that are interested
in jazz and have formed a group in Jazz Band that travel
around town and play for different functions.” Jazz Band
as a whole also plays for various functions such as Rotary
Club and Nabisco.
Mr. Munden feels Jazz Band should give honors credit
and has sent a written proposal to the school system. He
says that this class makes more demands than other
classes, dealing both with academics and performance. If
the admininstration permits a concert assembly in the
near future , students will be able to hear this musiacal
extravaganza for themselves.
I.D. tags imposed on faculty
By Brent Bulla
As of December 1,1992, all teach
ers, administrators, warehouse and
maintenance employees, bus drivers,
and custodians of Greensboro Public
Schools have been required to wear
identification tags.
The ID tags come in an assortment
of colors, pertaining to the job of the
employee, with a picture of the person
on the front. Central office staff wear
yellow tags, school employees wear
white tags, warehouse and maintenance
employees wear red or pink tags, bus
drivers wear blue tags, and custodians
wear green tags.
These tags have been issued to and
paid for by the Greensboro Public
School System, but many other school
systems throughout North Carolina and
the rest of the nation already have
idenification tags, or will get them soon,
according to Dr. Crowell.
The faculty have been required to
wear these ID tags because of the con
cern over the shooting at the Smith
game. The people on the scene could
not tell who was trying to help and who
was there to watch or cause trouble.
The ID tags are supposed to clear up
any confusion for the students, teach
ers, and adminstrators of Grimsley about
who is in authority and who is not.
Also, there is a general concern at
Grimsley about protection from outsid
ers who trespass on campus. These
tags enable those who wear the ID tags
to inunediately know who is authorized
to be on campus and who is not. As Dr.
Crowell pointed out, ‘These tags will
protect the students and faculty of
Grimsley from the idiots and fools that
come on campus; we’re not talking
rocket scientists here. These tags are a
security factor, and we have to be more
and more security conscious.”
Grimsley beats national SAT scores
By Shani Levine
Taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
on a Saturday morning is not a favorite pastime
for most students. But for the ones who want to
go to college, the “dreaded” three-hour test is a
requirement.
Doing well (mi the SAT has always been
emphasized. And the 1991-1992 average for
North Carolina has climbed eleven points, rank
ing the state 48th in the nation. Although an
improvement from last place three years ago.
North Carolina’s average of 855, out of a pos
sible score of 16(X), is still below the national
average of899. Incidentally, the national aver
age improved frran the previous year’s national
SAT average by one point in the verbal section
and by two points in the math section. Nonethe
less, the Greensboro City School System average
dropped eleven points from last year’s score of
854.
In spite of the drop in scores for the Greens
boro City School System, 1991-1992 Grimsley
Senior SAT takers averaged out to a score of 937,
which is above the national score of 899. The top
quarter of the senior class averaged a score of
1100. It should also be noted that during the 1991 -
1992 school year, male students scored higher
than female students at Grimsley on both the
verbal and math portions of the test, according to
Fbil Weaver.
Although SAT scores of North Carolina and
Grimsley students increased in 1992, students
continue to take advantage of locally-offered SAT
preparatory classes in hopes of improving then-
test performance.
What’s inside
Malcolm X editorial
p. 5
Winter sports preview
pp. 6-8
Dear Shelby
p. 10
Aladdin reviewed
p. 11
The Bolt
p. 12