Volume 86 No. 8
If an actual
fire occurred
on second
floor of
the Main^ h
the alarm would ring, and
students would begin
exiting, but what if the
primary exits were
blocked off? How would
students coming from the
third floor know about the
blocked-off exit?
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News
Middle East turmoil
continues as more
countries revolt and the
US encourages help
from around the globe.
page 2
Fire drills help students
prepare in case a fire
occurs on campus, but
are they truly effective?
page 4
Girl and Boy Scouts
earn their Gold and
Eagle Awards before
they turn 18 in a long
and arduous process.
page 12
; Sports A?
Lacrosse teams strive
toward excellence by
practicing diligently
to enhance teamwork
and improve scoring,
scoring. page 16
Index
News
2-3
Opinion
4-6
Spread
8-9
Features
7-13
Sports
14-16
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« Spring Safety
* Spring Break is fun for
partying,
l|p>\but danger often lurks
without warning.
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Grimsley High School
801 Westover Terrace
Greensboro, NC 27408
April 27, 2011
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Guilford County Schools honored Science Olympiad, along with the Robotics Team from the Early College
at Guilford and a group from an elementary school, in the media center on Wednesday March 23.
Superintendent “Mo” Green was scheduled to appear as well but could not attend. Elliott photo.
Teachers enjoy day off campus to attend
staff development on brain-based learning
BY ANNA BRADY
Guest Writer
On March 29, teachers and
staff from Grimsley High
School invited other educators
within the county to engage
with them in a presentation on
"Brain-Based Learning" from
international presenter Dr.
Marcia Tate. Grimsley High
School and its PTSA co-spon-
sored the training at the Revo
lution Mills Event Center. Over
170 participants attended the
event including staff members
from Brooks Global Studies,
Jesse Wharton, Lindley, and
Peck Elementary Schools, Kiser
and Northwest Middle Schools,
and Andrews High School,
UNC-Greensboro, and GCS
Curriculum, Instruction, and
Central Region School Support.
In her workshop entitled
"Worksheets Don't Grow Den
drites," Dr. Marcia Tate taught
and modeled 20 instructional
strategies teachers can use in
their lesson plans to connect
with students regardless of
their achievement level. Teach
ers and support staff left the
workshop both energized and
equipped to incorporate these
strategies in their daily plans.
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Dr. Marcia Tate energizes teachers with her 20
“brain-compatible” instructional strategies for classroom
use. She modeled many of the techniques that included
movement, music, and repetition. Brady photo
Whirlie community unites for school benefit
as volunteers help in yard sale, spring clean up
BYVINNIEIRRIG
Staff Reporter
On Saturday March 19,
the annual PTSA/Athletic
Spring Clean Up took place,
where hundreds of helping
hands beautified the campus.
Numerous students, teachers,
coaches, and parents were in
volved with various activities
that included painting picnic
tables, pulling weeds, and
spreading mulch, among other
tasks. Athletic teams made
improvements to their fields
and other facilities greatly in
need of sprucing up.
Simultaneously, the football
team and the Exceptional
Children's Education Depart
ment hosted a yard sale in
the stadium parking lot and
storm shelter.
"Teaming up with the Ex
ceptional Children's Depart
ment provided a win-win
situation for the football
and OCS programs here at
Grimsley," said football coach
Damon Corio, who worked
closely with athletic director
Lewis Newman and Excep
tional Children Department
teacher Robert Stanley.
Merchandise included fur
niture, clothing, kitchen items,
children's toys and books. All
items remaining were taken to
Goodwill. In this way students
not only helped to improve the
school's campus, they also
aided other less fortunate
people throughout the city of
Greensboro to improve their
lives materialistically.
"It was a great way for the
football team to raise money
and be an active part of the
Grimsley community," said
sophomore Jake Semon.
These events provided
an opportunity for students
to learn useful skills for
later in life, such as inter
personal skills and math
skills for dealing with cus
tomers and pricing and car
pentry skills in order to
make building repairs prop
erly. Success of the event re
sulted in plans for another
yard sale and clean up in the
near future.