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Volume 83 No. 4 ^
Grimsley High School
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
801 Westover Terrace
Greensboro, NC 27408
New DECA chapter wins recognition
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BY AMANDA DONNELLY
Vice-President
of Grimsley DECA
Tuesday, Dec. 5
proved to be exhilarat
ing for Grimsley's
DECA chapter as they
competed in the
District 5 Marketing
Competitive Events
Conference (MCEC) at
Oak Hollow Mall in
High Point. District 5 is
comprised of DECA
chapfers from Cuilford,
Forsyfh, Sfokes,
Randolph and
Davidson counfies.
The purpose of fhe
MCEC is fo assess sfu-
denf knowledge of
marketing skills, iden
tified fhrough fesfing
and studenf role
playing, and also fo
recognize sfudenf
achievement.
Prior to the event, all
students were required
to take a standardized
test to assess their
knowledge before com
peting. Students spent
the entire day focusing
on marketing skills and
professional techniques
before competing in
four series events: Ap
parel & Accessories
Marketing; Food Mar
keting (Associate
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Bethea photo
Third row:
First row, left to right: William Winfield, Logan Waddell. Second row: Mary Kathryn Vincent, Amanda Donnelly,
Mary Kathryn Bruning, Erin Vernon, Oroscia Lowe, Lauren Porter, Tiffany Simpson, Rhonda Moore, Clint Moore. Fourth row
Jessica Donnelly, Tiffany Johnson, Adam Bennett, Mary Margaret Tourtellot, Kandace Watkins, John Winslow.
Level); Quick Serve
Restaurant Manage
ment; and Retail
Merchandising.
In only its second
year, Crimsley's DECA
chapter built a competi
tive marketing pro
gram that dominated
over schools with
DECA chapters already
in existence for ten to 15
years. This particular
event hosted over
300 participants.
Eighteen students
received Proficiency
Awards. Of the eigh
teen, six students re
ceived the Highest Test
Score Award: Kandace
Watkins, Erin Vernon,
Mary K. Vincent,
Lauren Porter, John
Winslow, and Clint
Moore. Five students
received the Highest
Role Play Award: Mary
K. Vincent, Lauren Por
ter, Clint Moore,
Amanda Donnelly, and
Logan Waddell. Five
students were Event Fi
nalists, including Erin
Vernon, Lauren Porter,
Kandace Watkins, Qint
Moore and Mary K.
Vincent. District
Champions were Mary
K. Vincent and Lauren
Porter. Other award
winners included Eric
Blake, Corey Curran,
Amanda and Jessica
Donnelly, Tiffany
Johnson, Oroscia Lowe,
Rhonda Moore, Tiffany
Simpson, Mary M.
Tourtellot, William
Winfield, Adam
Bennett, and John
Winslow.
All students did not
receive individual rec
ognition, but the chap
ter stood united. DECA
members hope to con
tinue their success in
March when they at
tend the State Career
Development Confer
ence where they will
compete against over
2500 students from all
over North Carolina.
IB students organize AIDS fundraiser
BY HALEY PHILLIPS
News Editor
Students in the IB
program will be hold
ing a dinner benefit in
tended to raise money
and awareness for
AIDS af Magnolia
Manor on Safurday,
March 23. Senior Col
leen McNamara and IB
coordinafor Bud
Harrelson spearheaded
fhe event, called Dine
Red. Tickets to the
event will cost $40 and
will be sold throughout
February and March.
Proceeds will be do
nated to the Triad
Health Project, an orga
nization which raises
money for fhe preven
tion and treatment
of AIDS.
The reason fhaf we
decided fo raise money
for fhe AIDS crisis is
fhaf it is an issue that
connects the students to
an international prob
lem, but it's also some
thing that affects
people locally, which is
why we're giving our
money to the Triad
Health Project,"
said McNamara.
The dinner will fea
ture a speaker on the
AIDS pandemic and is
expected to accommo
date 120 people. All at
tendees are required to
wear at least one piece
of red clofhing fo sym
bolize awareness of
fhe disease.
Sfudenfs decided fo
hold a benefif both to
emphasize the interna
tionalism of the IB pro
gram and to provide a
way for students to
earn community ser
vice hours.
"We're trying to fo
cus on fhe infernafional
aspecf of fhe AIDS
problem because infer
nafional awareness is
an imporfant parf of fhe
IB program fhat
Crimsley doesn'f neces-
sarily emphasize. Be
cause of fhat, we're go
ing to do different
multicultural things at
the event. All the tables
are going to be named
after different countries
that are affected by
AIDS and there will be
information about that
specific counfry at the
table," said Harrelson.
Along with the assis
tance of Mr. Harrelson,
fhe IB sfudents are in
charge of organizing
mosf aspecfs of fhe
event. According to
event leaders, the
dinner's semiformal
dress code is intended
to attract parents and
teachers, who are con
sidered more likely
than students to pay
$40 for dinner.
"The fact that it's
semiformal is because
we want to make it a
sophisticated event that
will appeal to people in
the Crimsley commu
nity. Hopefully sfu
denfs will come and
maybe their parents
will pay. Teachers and
parents who don't have
kids at Crimsley also
hopefully will come,"
said McNamara.