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Volume 83 No. 3
Grimsiey High School
Thursday, November 30, 2006
801 Westover Terrace
Greensboro, NC 27408
Medical
Careers
gives aid
BYADAMLONG
Staff Writer
Students in Karen Cobb's
Medical Careers II class prac-
tice dressing in scrubs and
putting on gloves, masks,
and hair covers in prepara
tion for clinicals they will be
participating in at local hos
pitals. The students are learn
ing the essentials of nursing,
including faking vital signs,
moving patients between
wheelchairs and beds, and
giving baths to patients con
fined fo fheir beds. Medical
Careers II is a fwo-period
class, so fhe sfudents will nof
miss other classes due to
their participation in
clinicals. After completing
the course, these students
will be certified Nursing As-
sisfants, employable for af
leasf $9 per hour.
Millican photo
In Medical Careers II, seniors Nicole Hughes, Takuya Lang, and Kristina Quinones practice sterile techniques for operating
rooms, such as go wning and gloving. These students learn techniques to prepare for jobs in the medical field after graduation.
Grimsiey community looks towards future
Rob Gasparello
stepped down as
acting princical on
October 25, 2006.
John Eldridge,
Instructional
Improvement
Ojficer, will lead
the school until
Guilford County
selects a new
administrator.
BYKATEMALEKOFF
Features Editor
Members of the
Grimsiey community
were stunned Wednes
day, October 25, when
Principal Robert
Gasparello informed
them that, after four
and a quarter years at
Grimsiey, he had been
chosen to administer
the opening of fwo el
ementary schools,
Reedy Fork Elementary
and the new northern
elementary school. In
structional Improve
ment Officer John
Eldridge is filling in as
Acting Principal until
an interim or new prin
cipal is hired. Assistant
Principals Bob Chris
tina, Heather Hill, and
Beverly McCarthy are
also assuming extra re
sponsibilities in the
transition period.
"The assistant prin
cipals have been invalu
able to me. They are the
ones who know the
day-to-day workings of
Grimsiey — which
teachers are in which
buildings, and with
which students I need
to become better ac
quainted. I would be
lost without them,"
said Eldridge.
Eldridge began his
career in education as a
teacher at Siler City El
ementary School in
Siler City, North Caro
lina. He was promoted
to assistant principal
after transferring to
Bonlee Elementary. Af
ter working at Bonlee,
Eldridge moved to
Chatham Central High
School, where he was
named Chatham Prin
cipal of the Year in
2004-2005. He moved
to Greensboro in 2005
to become Guilford
County's Instructional
Improvement Officer
for various Guilford
County high schools.
"I have no idea
when a new or interim
principal will be an
nounced. It could be
next week, or it could
be the end of fhis year,"
said Eldridge. Choos
ing a new principal will
be a lengthy process.
Teachers met Monday
October 30 in the media
center to discuss what
characteristics they
would like to see in a
new principal. French
teacher and Leadership
Team Chair Dibrelle
Tourret conducted the
meeting.
"I would like
Grimsley's next princi
pal to be able to seek,
listen, and consider in
put from all staff and
students but will also
be willing to make de
cisions and communi
cate those effectively to
everyone. I want our
future principal to par
ticipate more in col
laborative leadership,"
said Civics and Eco
nomics teacher Kevin
Conaway.
Eldridge met with
departments during
their lunch shifts to lis
ten to their concerns
about changes they
want to see happen at
Grimsiey and worries
they have about the
transition period.
"As both a parent
and teacher, I want to
make sure the incom
ing principal will have
a high standard for in
struction and disci
pline. Grimsiey has a
very diverse student
body, and I want to
make sure all students
and staff will be held
accountable by our
leader. Policies should
be consistently en
forced. Also, I would
look for a new principal
who exhibits a strong
sense of direction, a
willingness to listen to
others, and a tolerance
for new ideas and phi
losophies," said AP and
Honors English teacher
Charli Kelly.
Eldridge has al
ready announced a new
policy designed to re
duce and eventually
eliminate tardies.
"I think the enforce
ment of no tardies is a
good idea; however, I
am not sure if holding
students so they miss
more class time is a
good idea," said sopho
more Daly Brower.
Eldridge has in
structed teachers to
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