School news
Students urged to apply
for financial aid
Students in need of supplemental
financial aid for college were urged
today to write for a free copy of "How
to Play Grantsmanship," distributed
by The Scholarship Bank. Additio
nally, each booklet will be accompa
nied by an application for a five hun
dred dollar scholarship.
According to the director of this na
tionwide non-profit foundation, over
half a billion dollars is available to
high school and college students, and
in many cases can cover up to
twenty-five percent of a students'
academic year expenses. These
funds are contributed by corpora
tions, trade, civic and non-profit
foundations and are normally
awared on non-traditional basis such
as academic merit, anticipated col
lege major, geographic preferences,
and even on the student's ability to
consider a special research project
or entering a contest. Parental fac
tors, such as union, employer or part
military experience are also consid
ered by some donors.
The Scholarship Bank works with
financial aids offices in high schools
and colleges around the country to
distribute information on the over
5,000 different programs in its com
puter bank. Each student receives a
personalized print-out based on his or
her individual needs. Each schol
arship has a value of at least one
thousand dollars, and many are rene
wable yearly. According to the direc
tor, graduate level grants with
awards in excess of $25,000 are also
available. All applicants receive up
to 65 different aid sources.
High School and college students
should send a stamped, business
sized self addressed envelope to: The
Scholarship Bank, 4626N. Grand,
Covina, CA 91724.
School lunch menus
The following is a list of menus for
the Perquimans County schools for
the week of March 2-6, 1987.
Monday, breakfast? pop tart or ce
real, fruit or juice, milk.
Lunch, pizza or foot long roll, po
tato wedges, green beans, succotash
fruit, milk.
Tuesday, breakfast? cheese toast
or cereal, fruit or juice, milk.
Lunch, chicken pattie-bun or steak
& cheese biscuit, tater tots, lettuce &
tomato, corn, fruit, milk.
Wednesday, breakfast? sausage
biscuit or cereal, fruit or juice, milk.
Lunch, steakum-bun or spaghetti,
toast, hash browns, broccoli, baked
beans, pears, milk.
Thursday, breakfast? cinnamon
bun or cereal, fruit or juice, milk.
Lunch grill cheese or assorted
sandwiches, French fries, vegetable
soup, congealed salad, fresh fruit,
milk.
Friday, breakfast? apple turnover
or cereal, fruit or juice, milk.
Lunch, sausage dog or rib sand
wich, showstring fries, green peas,
corn nuggets, fruit, milk.
Lady tigers place
third in conference
The Lady Tigers basketball team
of Union School ended up their season
with a win over Gates Co. This put
them in third place in the Coastal
Conference with Knapp taking first
and Manteo second place.
Leading scorer in the game against
Gates was Shareka Privott with 10
pts., followed by Darlene Walton with
6pts., Yolanda James with 5 pts., Ka
ren Wilson with 4 pts. and Jackie Dail
with 2 pts. The team used fullcourt
man-to-man pressure in the 27-18 de
feat. The Tigers end their season 4^4
in conference and &-6 overall.
After weeks of hard work, the girls
enjoyed going to Norfolk, with Coach
Sherri Wilkinson and watching Old
Dominion's team compete.
Dental health survey
expanded in schools
RALEIGH-- Human Resources
Secretary Phillip J. Kirk, Jr., today
announced that a special dental sur
vey of public school children in the
piedmont area last fall has now been
expanded to counties in eastern and
western North Carolina. The survey
results will be analyzed to help deter
mine the effectiveness of the state's
current dental health program and to
plan for the future.
"We want to see how effective our
program has been in reducing cavi
ties and helping to prevent tooth and
gum problems among our school chil
dren," Kirk explained. "The survey
wil| help us develop better preventive
dental care to meet the needs of our
school children and other North Car
olinians. This valuable date will help
us plan for North Carolina' dental
health needs into the 21st century."
According to Dr. George Dudney,
Chief of the Dental Health Section for
the NC Department of Human Re
sources' Division of Health Services,
a total of over 7,000 students in more
than 300 public schools in 80 counties
are taking part in the survey. The
survey has now been completed in
the piedmont area of the state. The
participating counties were selected
at random based on the number of
classrooms in a particular county. (A
list of eastern and western counties
currently participating in the survey
is attached.)
The survey, which is funded by a
grant from the Kate B. Reynolds
Health Care Trust, is being ton
ducted by DHR's Dental Health Sec
tion in cooperation with the NC De
partment of Public Instruction and
;the University of North Carolina
School of Public Health in Chapel
rHill.
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"The Department of Public In
struction has given us tremendous
support in establishing the survey at
both the state and local level," Dud
ney said. "We appreciate the hard
work and cooperation of local super
intendents, principals and teachers
to make this survey possible."
He added that consent forms will
be sent to parents or guardians re
questing permission for their child to
participate in the survey. Each child
approved will be examined for tooth
decay and gum disease. The survey
examinations will take place at the
schools and will be supervised by a
licensed dentist. The results of the
examination will b coded so that the
information is confidential.
"North Carolina's public dental
health program has relied on surveys
in the part to help us evaluate the
dental needs of North Carolinians,"
Dudney stressed. "The initial study
was conducted in 1960. In fact, it was
the nation's first comprehensive oral
health examination. A second study
was completed in 1976."
He pointed out that the program
uses a variety of disease prevention
methods to reach citizens through
tout the state. These methods include
community water fluoridation; rural
school water fluoridation; clinical
prevention services such as dental
screening and dental sealants' flou
ride mouthrinse programs in elemen
tary schools in communities without
floridated water' and in classroom
education for children and teachers.
For more information about local
schools currently participating in the
surey, contact the coordinator for the
dental survey on the attached listing.
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Pictured left to right: Zaneta Vaughn- Job Interview; Mich
elle Lane and Betty Barr-Business Graphics.
FBLA students win events
On Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1987, five
(FBLA) students traveled to Beau
fort County Community College,
Washington, N.C. to take part in the
annual competitive events.
Events the students entered were:
Business Graphics-Betty Barr and
Michelle Lane; Job Interview-Za
netta Vaughn; Business English
Donald Mcclain; and (Jlerk Typist I
Patricia Gaither.
Local students were winners in two
of the events. Business Graphics
which is a team event, Betty Barr
and Betty Barr and Michelle Lane
placed third; and Zanetta Vaughn
placed first in Job Interview.
COA offers examination
for electrical contractors
College of The Albemarle is getting
"wired-up" to teach residents who
are interested in preparing to take
the state electrical licensing exami
nation the latest code revisions,
safety measures, and standard wir
ing practices for all types of struc
tures.
The college's Continuing Educa
tion Division will offer a 12-week
study course, National Electrical
Code, beginning on Monday, Mar. 2.
Classes will be held each Monday and
Wednesday nights from 7 until 10
p.m. through May 20 in Room C-207
on the main campus.
Jack Ward, maintenance director
for the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank
County Schools, will teach the prepa
ratory course. During their studies,
students will be given practice exam
inations.
The registration fee is $15. Students
may enroll during the first two class
meetings. Those who desire more in
formation can call the Continuing
Education office at 335-0821, Exten
sion 233.
Agriculture and FFA news
Perquimans High Agriculture
class and FFA organization have had
a very buy year. There are 106
members in the FFA organization
with 80 being new members. So far
this year, the organization has par
ticipated in the Christmas parade,
two field trips, NC State Open House,
the State Fair, and the Farm-Save
event held in Elizabeth City. Farm
Save was organized as an effort to
help farmers learn new ways to deal
with the present agriculture difficul
ties. During Farm -Save the FFA
members answered phones and
helped with preparation of the event.
Stuart Rayburn participated in the
FFA Creed Contest held at North
eastern. Stuart took 2nd place out of
the five schools represented.
FFA officers and members began
FFA week Feb. 22-28 by participating
in the church service at Hertford
United Methodist Church. A different
community church will be chosen
each year for this annual event.
Other events are planned for the
week with one being a PCHS teacher
and administrator day to thank them
for their help with the organization.
The agriculture classes have been
busy with their woodworking pro
jects and new greenhouse. Agricul
ture I has built Potato and Onion
boxes and picnic tables for their pro
jects this year The Potato & Onion ^
boxes are (or sale for 925 and the pic
nic tables for 960. This money is used
to buy wood for future projects.
Agriculture III has been working
on a community project. They built
furniture and cabinets for the Agri
culture Extension Office.
Welding projects for the year are
barbeque cookers and a small utility
trailer. These will also be for sale.
Hie new greenhouse is now in full
bloom with donations of flowering {
plants and hanging baskets by local
commercial greenhouses and agri
culture supporters. The students are
now learning to transplant these
plants. A special thank you to tho6e
people that have made donations:
Paradise Gardens Greenhouse,
Eden ton; Leary Plant Farm, Eden
ton; Dr. Jack Boone, Hertford; and
Mr. Pat Harrell, Hertford
FFA ALUMNI TO MEET |
The Perquimans High FFA Alumni
will have a meeting on Monday,
March 2, at 7:30 in the Perquimans
High Library. This meeting is open to
all former FFA members, parents of
FFA in members and interested sup
porters of the FFA. The Alumni orga
nization helps the FFA in an advisory
and supportive role. Please come and
support this important organization.
New drug test targets
youth's self esteem
A new public service advertising
campaign which appeals to youths'
self-esteem and personal identify as
reasons to avoid or stop using drugs
has been launched by the National
School Safety Center.
The positive focus on the integrity
of one's identify, as opposed to rely
ing on scare tactics to keep kids
awasy from drugs, reflects the latest
findings of drug abuse prevention
studies. "The need to belong, to be
accepted, often seems to be the de
terming factor in how we behave, es
pecially for youth," says NSSC Exec
utive Director Ronald D. Stephens.
"Taking drugs at school and else
where is part of this 'belonging' myth
that we hope the PSAs will dispel,"
says Stephens.
A current UCLA survey of Califor
nia junior and senior high school stu
dents validates the Center's positive
approach. It reports fear is not an ef
fective deterrent to teen drug use
and, and in fact, kids who turn down
drugs most often base their choice on
self-image, not drug abuse programs
or education. The survey's authors
concluded, "Teens don't use drugs if
it conflicts with a personal sense of
identity. To be effective, programs
have to delve into the area of values
and identity."
Titled "Facades," the PSA cam
paign combines dramatic visual
imaginery with short, introspective
messages from youthful drug abus
ers. In "Mask," a 20-second spot,
viewers are surprised as the camera
pans around the face painted with
mime-like makeup. "I first started
using drugs because of may frierids
at school," says the girl in a voice- {
over narration. "It wasn't whai I
wanted.. .It wasn't me... I don't know
who it was." The other two PSAs,
"Paper Dolls" and "Puppet," use
creative visual metaphors to commu
nicate their messages.
The drug-free schools campaign
was developed for NSSC by Bonne
ville Media Communications in Salt
Alake City and released for airing
earlier this month. |
The advertising campaign is a pri
mary component of NSSC's compre
hensive effort to make schools safer
and free of drug traffic and abuse.
Other Center activities include pro
viding technical assistance, pub
lishing practitioner and public infor
mation literature, legal and
legislative advocacy, and serving as
a national clearinghouse on school
safety issues.
The National School Safety Center "
is funded by the Office of Juvenile
Justice in partnership with the U.S.
Department of Education and Pep
perdine University. It is headquar
tered at 16830 Ventura Blvd., Suite
200, Encino, California 91436.
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