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"State competency scores released at board meeting
Results of the fall, 1985 admin
n. mistration of the North Carolina
w- Competency Test were released
<v. at the meeting of the State Board
of Education meeting held Feb
h. ruary 5 in Raleigh.
Of the 68,099 juniors who took
ebthe tests for the first time, 94.4
- ..percent passes the reading test.
i. This passing rate was slightly
lower than the passing rate in
1964, but higher than the rates in
1978 through 1983.
?
On mathematics part of the
Competency Test, 91.5 percent of
69,099 North Carolina public
school juniors who took the test
passed. The passing rate for 1985
was higher than the passing rate
for any previous year except
1994.
About M.7 parent of Juniors
with no handicap poind the
reading test sad M.l percent
passed the mathematics teat in
1MB. The passing rate for non
hanHiiiawmj Juniors was higher
in 1MB than in any previous test
administration except 1964. On
the average, eleventh graders
with handicapping conditions
scored lower than Omm with no
handicap.
According to Dr. William
Brown, special assistant for re
search with the Department of
Public Instruction, the most dra
matic improvement on the read
ing and mathematics teats, be
tween 1*71 and now, has
occurred among black students
and American Indian students.
Passing rates for these groups
have inmproved by between 10
and 16 points since 1978.
The North Carolina Compe
tency Tests in reading and math
ematics have been administered
to eleventh grade students in the
public schools, federal schools,
some nonpublic schools and spe
cial schools in this state since
1978. Students who fail the read
ing or mathematics test have ad
ditional opportunities to past the
test before graduation.
A student survey question con
cerning plans after high school
was included on the faU compe
tency teat. Of the almost 06,000
students responding, over 42 per
cent plan to go to a four-year col- /<
lege. This group had the highest \
passing rates on the Competency
Tests in 1M4 and 1965. The next
highest passing rates were for
the group of students who plan to
go to technical or community col
leges. The students who plan to
seek employment, enter the mili
tary or have other plans gener
ally scores lower than the stu
dents who plan to continue their
education or are undecided.
.North Carolina State releases dean's list
~ Chancellor Bruce E. Poul ton has
?- announced that 2,366 undergrad
*" uate students earned Dean's List
honors during the fall semester
just completed at North Carolina
State University.
Students from 94 North Caro
lina counties, 31 state outside
North Ca rains and 23 foreign
countries were among those who
achieved the honor. '
To make the Dean'* List, stu
dents must earn an academic av
erage of 3.25 or better if they are
carrying 15 or more hours of
coursework, or of 3.5 or better if
they are carrying 12 to 14 hours.
Poulton also noted that 481 un
dergraduates achieved a perfect
4.0 or "A" average for the semes
ter. Of these, 405 were from
North Carolina.
The following are the Dean's
List students from Perquimans
County, their fields of study, par
ents and addressee:
Perfect "A" Record
Cheryl F. Stallings, psychol
ogy, Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Stallings,
Rt. 1, Belvidere.
"B plus" Average or Better
David P. Trueblood, industrial
arts education, Mr. and Mrs. G.
D. Trueblood, Jr., Route 1, Hot
ford.
East Carolina plans science camp
GREENVILLE? A summer
science activities camp for chil
dren aged 10-12 years will be of
fered by East Carolina Universi
ty's Science-Mathematics
Education Center June 22? July
- 4.
" The camp, the eighth annual
e~J
program sponsored by ECU for
students in grades ECU for stu
dents in grades 4-6, will be bdd in
two one-week sessions at Camp
Caroline, near Arapahoe in Pam
lico County. Children may enroll
for one or two weeks of camp ses
sions. Cost is 1200 per week.
Emphasis of the camp will be
on high interest science activities
(Vaignrri to increase an aware
ness and knowledge of the envi
ronment. Specific activities Will
include Ashing, swimming, sail
boating, canoeing, quiz bowl, a
talent show, campfires and sto
rytelling. Certified teachers will
lead all science activities.
Futher information about the
camp program is available from
Dr. Floyd E. Ilattbeis, camp di
rector, at the ECU Science-Math
Education Center, Erwin Hall,
East Carolina University, Green
ville, N.C. 27834.
^Special Olympics set for early April
~ The Perquimans County Spe
cial Olympics will be held on Fri
day, April 11, 1966 from 9:30 a.m.
.until 1:00 p.m. at Perquimans
I Central School.
; Each athlete can participate in
T up to three events. The events in
clude standing long jump, run
ning long jump, distance running
of 30m, 100M, 200M and 400M, re
lays, race walking softball
throw, shot put and friabee
throw.
The Special Olympic Commit
tee is presently seeking financial
_ support from local business and
any interested persons. If you
would like to assist financially or
volunteer your services in any
way; please call Kathy Ansink at
Perquimans County High School
at 4J6-577S, Debbie Roberts at
Union School at 42S-73S6 or Alma
Banks at Central School at 06
5332.
Donations to support Special
Olympics may be mailed to:
Alma Banks, P.O. Box 128, Cen
tral School, Winfall, NC 27965.
Your donations will be greatly
appreciated!
jElizabeth City State fall honor lists
?
; The following students have
?.achieved academic honor recog
nition out at Elizabeth City State
? University during the fall semes
ter.
HONOR ROLL LIST
(3.00 to 3.49)
Margaret Ann Foreman, of
Hertford, Bethany Ann Godfrey,
of Hertford, Janice Boyce, Hert
ford and Pamela N. Jennings
Owens, Hertford.
VICE CHANCBLOR'8 LIST
(3.M U 3.74)
Carolyn Denice Thomas, Hert
ford, Sandra Dandle Gregory,
Hertford, Jacquelyn Thomas
BarneU, Winfall and Beverley A.
Carter, Hertford.
CHANCELLOR'S LIST
(3.7S or Above)
Louise Ivey Knight, Hertford,
Sally Ann Morgan, Hertford,
Benjamin C. Durant, III, Hat
ford and Ester Gminder Smith,
Belvidere.
Elaine T. Copeland, Hertford,
Deborah Ann Rauschenbach,
Hertford, Dwayne Keith Stal
ling!, Hertford, and Willie Lowe,
III. Hertford.
School lunch menus
A pencil equipped with an water ,
the firat of ita kind, waa patented
by Hymen L. Upman of Philadelphia
in ISM.
The following is a list of school
lunch menus for the Perquimans
County schools for the week of
March 3?7.
Monday-NO SCHOOL FOR
STUDENTS.
Tuesday? breakfast, pop tart
?* or cereal, fruit or juice, milk.
J Lunch, pizza or foot long, hash
Z brown, tossed salad, baked
beans, fruit, milk.
Wednesday? breakfast, sau
sage biscuit or cereal, fruit, juke
or milk.
Lunch, chicken pattie on bun or
steakum, tater tots, corn, green
beans, fruit, milk.
Thursday? breakfast, cinna
mon bun or cereal, fruit or juice,
milk.
Lunch, grill cheese or peanut
butter k jelly sandwich, french
fries, vegetable soup, congealed
salad, fresh fruit, milk.
Friday? breakfast, danish or
cereal, fruit or Juice, milk.
Lunch, hamburger or rib sand
wich, shoestring fries, fried okra,
tosied salad, fruit, milk.
Cadet earns medal
at East Carolina
J GREENVILLEI Ten cadets in
; the East Carolina University Air
J Force ROTC detachment have
* received medals for having
j achieved superior academic
> grade point averages.
? The awards signified the ca
ll dets' leadership in their respec
2 tive Air force ROTC classes, cu
S mulatively or by semester.
? Awards were also given to cadets
who compiled the "most Im
proved" academic records.
From Perquimans County, Te
resa Schallock, cadet staff ser
geant, sophomore geography
major and graduate of Perqui
mans County High School? re
ceived the highest cumulative
grade point average of her Air
Force ROTC class.
The Great Dismal Swampr
an Historic Legacy
A Humanities Lecture Series
Tuesday, March 4 OK. TOM PARRAMORE
Department of History, Meredith College
Topic: History of the Canal
Tuesda v. March 11 DR. LINDLEY BUTLER
Historian-in-Residence, Rockingham Community
College
Topic: The Disnpl Swamp Canal: An economic link
to river nlvigation of the Roanoke system
Tuesday. March If DR. GERALD LEVY
Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion
University
Topic: Folklore Associated with the Swamp
Tuesday, March 25
Panel Discussion including: Karl Kuhtmann.
Recreation Resource Specialist, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers; Mary Keith Garrett, Biologist, Dismal Swamp
National Wildlife Refuge; Barry Jacobs, newspaper
reporter, fslorth Carolina Independent; Yates Barber,
local historian
Each lecture wiH begin a t 7:30 pm in the lecture auditorium,
room B-202, College of The Albemarle.
Spwworadby:
College of The Albemarle Museum of the Albemarle
c North Carolina Humanities Committee
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