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Volume 71 No. 5
Grimsley HigffScJioof
801 Westover Terrace
Greensboro, NC 27408
March 21, 1995
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Cadet Leaders from Grimsley High School
Army Junior ROTC “Whirlie” Battalion
showed honor and respect for black veterans
in a Gsit to the Maplewood Cemetary,
Greensboro. More than 1,154 black veterans
who served in all branches of the militaiy
services during World War I, World War II,
Korea, and Vietnam are intened in the
cemetary. Cadets displayed thier respect by
the observence of a moment’s silence and
saluting these honorable men and women
who served their countjy. “Lest we forget.”
The Spanish Club members offered their
help in a peer tutoring program for Spanish
students on Thiasdays after school. The
group also provided service by arranging
collections for the Empty Stocking Fund this
past winter, donating over $350. Some of the
Spanish Club’s past activities included
dinners at Mexico Restaurant and a
fundraising raffle which gave the prize of a
CD player to Jody Moore, a junior. The club
also organized a holiday party where the
members made authentic Hispanic foods.
Their upcoming plans involve a bowling
game with the French Club, an activity for
May 5, Mexico’s day of independence, and a
service project helping the migrant w'orkers in
the community.
S ome Grimsley students received Honor
able Mentions from the Art Gold Key
Awards. The “showing” awards were given
to Ben Messmer and Michael Duehring who
received two awards, and Shane O’Brien and
Adam Shumaker. Honorable Mention “not
showing” awards were given to Brook
Bower, Adam Brown, Anne Beatty, James
Burah, Joseph Schlosser, JuUe Derfel, Julie
Samet, Laura McKinney, Lauren Josephson,
Marci Flynt (three awards), Rachel Niles,
Scott Smouse, Stephen Stanley, and Ted
Chen.
Tie Grimsley High I.Q. Team placed third
in the state-wide tournament on Saturday,
March 4,1995. Congratulations to April
Jeffers, Jason Moff, Joseph Murphy,
Lindsay Schecter, and Diana Shull.
Kaplan to participate in recitation contest
By Sarah Pendergraft
Reporter
“Wherefore? Why, doth not every earthly
creature...”
“The bad king in Hamlet...”
“Oh, that I had done a thousand more..”
Every year a few brave Grimsley students
take the stage and recite Shakespeare. On
February 7, senior Jason Moff took the top
honors for the second year in a row. Second
and third places went to juniors Stjsan Kirby-
Smith and Maia Kaplan, respectively.
The first place winner of the Shakespeare
Recitation Contest at Grimsley is invited to
compete at the county competition, held this
year on March 4 at Finch Chapel. Moff
couldn’t attend the county competition
because he was competing in the High I.Q.
championship. Kirby-Smith also had con
flicting plans. Kaplan, reciting a piece from
Titus Artdronicus, found herself represent
ing Grimsley.
The Shakespeare Recitation Contest is
sponsored by
the English-
Speaking
Union. The
student who
places first at
the county
competetion
receives a
$100 cash
prize and a
trip to New
York to com
pete at the
national level.
The
County Com
petition is run
by Trudy
Atkins.
(see
SHAKESPEARE
page 2)
Third place Maia Kapian and first place Jason Moff
prepare for the competition. (Second place Susan
Kirby-Smith not pictured.)
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Students, teachers debate over policy changes
By Anna West
Reporter
Two new policy changes - one concerning the
Old Science building during lunch and theotha-,
tardies- have been the subject of debate among
many students and the feculty of Grimsl^
during February'.
"I think it is very
unfairfor people who
don't want to be here
to be tardy. They're
making it harder on
those of us who do."
- Matt Schwarz
The most con
troversial of die
two changes w'as
prohibiting stu
dents to enter Old
Science. Since
January, the ad
ministration has
taken many steps
to inform students of the policy, including
making announcements and posting signs.
Administrators stood at the door to Old Science
for a couple of days giving students warnings
before they gave them three days of after school
detention on Thursday, February 9.
The decision was made after teadhers in Old
Science complained about the noise created by
students going to their lockers during late lunch.
Before strictly enforcing the pohcy, Mr. Penland
obtained written statements from these teachers
stating that they needed quiet halls in order to
teach their classes.
Students whose locko's are in Old Science
complain that the administration is unjust in
prohibiting them from going to their lockers.
Tiliany Bowies, a sojfriomcsre, says, “I think
studmts should be able to go to their lockers
whenever they want since they paid for them.”
Pe^ Bums, a sophomore, sttys, “I’ve been
in classes in Old Science taking tests and there
has been just as much noise from other classes
as lockers make. I don’t think the noise level is a
good reason”
However, Mr. Penland says, “Even though
students have a right to go to their lockers, a
student has a greater right to an education.”
Bowles thinks students should be given
seme time, if not the vshole ptoiod, to go to their
lockersbeforelunch. ‘They(theadministratiffli)
should allow us six minutes in between class
and lunch to go to our lockers like they do
between other classes. Then the teachers in Old
Science would only have to deal with the noise
during that time and the students would have
the opportunity to go to their lockers.”
Since that Thursday, Old Science and other
buildings with classes have hear locked during
lunch periods. Ifa student has a legitimate need
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to go in, can go to the main office and an
administratorwill unlock frie door.
Grimsley also adopted a new tardy policy on
February 14. A student’s first tardy results in a
warning, the second in one day of after-school
detention, the fliird in one day of Saturday
detention, the fourth in two daysofOSS. FcM-the
fifth tardy, a student receives OSS and a parent
and administrator conference.
The major reason for diange was that
teachers had to take too much class time to deal
with tardy students. With the new pwlity, ftie
teacher will simply assign the student deteaition
on the assigned day and can then resume class.
Mr. Pailand s^s, “The procedure was
changed so we can have immediate response
when a student is tardy. We are just frying to
have a px)licy tfiat we could cany out and keep
up with administratively.”
Some smdents agree with the installation of
the new policy. Matt Schwarz, a sophomore,
says, “I think it is veiy urtfeir for people who
don’t want to be here anyway to he tarcfy.
They’re just making it harder on those of us who
do.”
The new policy has fighter punishments and
the tardies are counted by class rather than
accumulatively as they were before. However,
many students disagree with it PhiUip Jackson,
a sophomore, says, “I think that the tardy p)oficy
is stupid People aren’t tardy because they
don’twanttobeinclass. Ifthey don’t want to be
in class, they will just skip. They are tardy
because they have to go to their locker or the
bathroom or talk to a teacher. So I think giving
them detention is sti^id”
Others disagree with the change, not the
policy itseff. Anne Beatty, a junior, says, "The
administration is so inconsistent The policy
always changes and half of the people here
don’tevenknowwtotitis. I think the policy has
changed about ten times since I came here.”