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Grimsley High Schcx)l
801 Westover Terrace
Greensboro, NC 27408
Thursday, April 13,2000
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By Emma Burgin
Reporter
Mrs. Pegram’s life is now back to
normal. No more worrying about spilt
blood on the gym floor, mass
hysteria, nauseous teenagers
regurgitating their lunches, or an
outbreak of some fatal disease. The
blood drive has come and gone.
The American Red Cross
Bloodmobile sponsored the drive
held in Grimsley’s auxiliary gym on
Friday, March 17,2000.
Approximately 56 Grimsley
students, enrolled in the Medical
Careers Program, coordinated the
drive. In the beginning the medical
students met with a representative
from the American Red Cross for an
orientation and expectations.
Students made a schedule of
volunteers including duties for each
area. The Medical Careers I student
volunteers had to be members of the
Health Occupational Students of
America (HOSA) club and helped
escort donors back to class and give
out food. The entire Medical
Careers 11 class participated in the
drive, helping draw the blood. Each
student had to be trained to handle
the duties of his or her station.
Mrs. Pegram knew the great
diligence her students would need
to produce a successful blood drive.
She had the students make posters
and post them on campus at various
places to advertise the Bloodmobile.
The Medical Careers II students
also prepared a presentation for each
senior homeroom to recmit donors,
who had to be at least 17.
“One of the most time consuming
jobs was to actually set the gym up,”
says Mrs. Pegram. She made
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Senior Erin Cashwell, a Medical Careers student, takes time out of
her shift to donate some of her own blood. Grimsley collected 77
units of usable blood for the American Red Cross.
arrangements to use the auxiliary
gym for the tables and chairs.
Each student who wanted to
donate blood had to complete a
registration form and turn it into the
main office by noon the Wednesday
before the Bloodmobile. The office
made appointments for the students
who registered. Letters and
reminders were created for faculty.
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Science students suffer in shuffle
By Lauren Marker
Reporter
Imagine being a fieshman and finally
getting settled with new schedules
and teachers, only to be uprooted to
the next available teacher who can
accommodate a changing schedule.
Now imagine this happening three
times.
For some fi-eshmen this year, this
very situation happened. Itall involves
a lack of teachers to teach Physical
Science classes. The problem began
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early in the year when Mr. Griffin had
to drop a Physical Science class so he
could take on another Physics class.
The students were handed off to a
substitute teacher named Mr.Dydyna,
whom they had for about two or three
weeks. After a few weeks, Mr.Dydyna
left, and the students were given to
Ms. Harrison. Ms. Harrison started
teaching these students about a week
before midterms and stopped just two
or three weeks ago.
Those students were then split up.
While half went to Mr. Feeney, half
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joined Ms. PofFs standard class where
they will do honors level work and
receive the appropriate honors credit.
Mr. Feeney said, “When the new
students happened to come in, they
were halfway through a unit I met with
them separately and went over
worksheets so it was like a class
within a class for a few days.”
A few students even helped the new
students learn some new material,
which Mr. Feeney called peer
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From nutrition to sleep
patterns, teenagers of today
are not taking care of their
bodies for tomorrow.
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Exam schedule
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By Regina Sechter
Staff Writer
Could exam week be any more
stressful? To make stress levels
skyrocket, this year early
dismissals are literally being
dismissed.
The State Department of Public
Instruction and state board of
education have increased the
length of this year’s math End of
Course test to 138 minutes.
Because of this change, the entire
exam schedule had to be re-written.
Now, underclassmen will take one
exam per day. Testing will begin
either June 5 or 6, depending on
whether or not a student takes a
zero period, and will extend until
June 13. For four out of the seven
test days, students do not go home
early.
The math EOC was extended
for two purposes. The first was to
make sure that students are
learning the material, and
secondly, this year’s exam will
have “field test” questions
embedded in it. Field test
questions are ones that do not
count against the student and are
implemented for the purpose of
determining good future test
questions.
Zero period testing begins on
June 5. After that date, students
will complete one exam for each
class period over a period of six
more days. After each exam,
students will be released to their
next class, and the rest of the
afternoon will operate on a regular
schedule. Between June 5 and
June 8, there will be no early
dismissal. Students who leave
school will receive an absence.
Beginning on June 9, the school
Underclassman
Exam Schedule
June 5- Zero period exam
June 6- First period exam
June 7- Second period exam
June 8- Third period exam
June 9- Fourth period exam
June 12- Fifth period exam
June 13- Sixth period exam
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sports enhancement drugs.
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day will be shorter. This is because
as students progress through their
different exams, they eliminate
classes they need to attend. The
last test day, June 13, will be the
shortest of all because students
will take their sixth period exam
and will then be released.
The exam schedule for seniors
is entirely different. Seniors will
lake two exams per day with no
early dismissal. Their exams will
begin on either June 5 or 6, again
depending on zero period, and
only last until June 8. All senior
exams will be administered in the
media center. On Friday June 9,
those seniors who failed an exam
they needed to pass to graduate
may retake their exam.
With the new change there is
concern over the impact this will
have on the students, especially
freshmen. Anita Kelkar, a
freshman said, “If we test all
morning and then sit in class all
afternoon, we won’t have any time
to study for other exams. It will be
like a chain reaction where we are
not having enough time to study,
and therefore getting bad grades.
It will do more harm than good.”
Mrs. Teague said, “The success
of the extra preparation time will de
pend on the type of activities go
ing on in the classroom."
Mrs. Oakley, a freshman En
glish teacher, is worried about the
time students would be losing to
study on their own. Mrs. Oakley
said, "I would probably use the
time as a review session. However,
I am not sure what we would ac
complish after testing for two
hours and then meeting in other
classes. Everyone is going to be
drained."
Senior Exam Schedule
June 5- Zero period exam
June 6- First and Second
period exams
June 7- Third and fourth
period exams
June 8- Fifth and Sixth
period exams
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