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. Last week students at Perquimans Central Grammar School celebrated grandparents week by inviting their grandparents to have lunch with them. The program was very special, and over '150 very proud grandparents dined at school. Perquimans Central School chatter The welcome of laughter and happiness greeted the old and new ?faces as bells rang again upon opening. > For the 1988-89 school year, we welcome the following new person nel: "? Mrs. Jane Parr, Music teacher, lives in Sunbury, N. C. with her husband Ron Parr and her 4 month old son, Patrick. She has already excited the students with some very peppy rhythmic tunes and ac tivities. . Ms. Nancy Alexander, School ' Counselor, lives in Windsor, N. C. . with her 11 year old daughter, Ja mie. She has been very busy intro ducing the students to her very spe cial friend "Chi-Chi". Ms. Alexander is currently working on her M.A. in guidance from East Carolina University. Mrs. Frances LaMorte is our speech and language specialist from Baltimore, Maryland. She and her husband live in Elizabeth City with their two children, Jere miah, age five and Sarah who is one. She has her certificate of ad vanced study in Reading and Learning Disabilities from Loyola. Miss Karen Booker, P.E. teacher - is from St. Louis, Missouri. She re cently moved to Tyner, N. C. She received her M.S. from Central Missouri State University. Miss Booker's energetic P.E. games and exercises are echoed across the playground. Mrs. Betty Morris is our new fourth grade teacher. She lives with her husband, Hunter and two sons, Wade, age 16, and Hunter, Jr., age 21 in Elizabeth City. She received her B.S. from Elizabeth City State University. Betty has brought many exciting ideas to her classroom as a first year teacher. Mrs. Diane White, Kindergarten teacher assistant, lives in Hertford with her husband, Welly. She is the mother of two children, Wally, who is presently in flight school in Flor ida and Kelly, who is attending N.C. State University. Mrs. White's encouraging words have brought many hugs from her new little friends. Helping to serve nutritious meals to our "central" family, we have smiling Mrs. Virginia Chappell, a new face in our lunchroom. Mrs. Chappell resides with her husband, Harvey, in Belvidere. She has four grown children and grandchildren. Mrs. Faye Elliott is another pleasant addition to our lunchroom staff. She resides with her hus band, Carlton in Woodville. She has three grown children. The staff at Central is pleased to have each of these ladies join our family this year. Dr. Mary Jo Martin, Perqui mans County Superintendent of Schools, was honored at a tea ear lier this year. Sweet delights and punch were enjoyed along with some informal get acquainted chats. The teachers and students in our school are really going to be in top notch shape because of our "Walk Jog for Fun Contest". Each stu dent and faculty member is in volved in walking or jogging laps daily. Every lap is counted and to talled at the end of the week and put on a poster in school. At the end of the month, the scores are total led and the winning class gets a trophy for their room. The contest will continue until Christmas break with ribbons being rewarded to stu dents and staff. Mrs. Owens class is the leader in the contest right now, but watch out, the competi tion is growing fast! During the week of September 12-16, our students honored their grandparents by inviting them to come join them for lunch during Grandparents Week. We had a to tal of 162 proud grandparents. We think this was quite an enjoyable time for everyone. It turned out to be a super * iccess and we look for ward to this occasion again next year. To celebrate Indian Heritage Week, our students were treated with some very special visitors. Brenda Ward, a descendent from the Macah Indian tribe along the coastal plains in Washington State gave an interesting presentation about her Indian heritage to grades K-2. Indian feast, ceremonies, cloth ing and children's games were a few topics enjoyed by the students. Mrs. Eure from the Museum of the Albemarle presented colorful and informative Indian Touch Talk on the Algonkian Indians to grades 3 and 4. The children learned the Al gonkian Indians were native to our area. This presentation included maps, pictures, books and several hands-on-objects emphasizing areas of her touch-talk. Our first PTA meeting of the year was a big success with many parents attending. An interesting program was presented by Sheriff Lothian on narcotics as he intro duced Kirby, the Narcotic dog. Our new PTA officers installed were Diane Owens, President; Suzanne Downar, Vice-President; Pat Boyce, Secretary and Rita Jen nings as Treasurer. Plans for the upcoming Fall Festival, to be held October 15 from 10 to 3 were dis cussed by Pat Boyce, Festival Chairman. Mark your calendars to attend this event. The room trophy for having the most parents present was pre sented to Nancy Harrell's 4th grade, substitute teacher for Elsie Thomas. Following the meeting, class rooms were open for visitation and refreshments were served. Perquimans Middle School highlights The Perquimans Middle School's football team won their first game of the 1988 season Wednesday as they defeated Gates Junior High 14-12 in a home game. Gates opened the scoring with a 38 yard touchdown pass. The extra point run failed. The Tigers of Perqui mans Middle came back with com bination of runs by Clint Winslow and Ronnie Hunter. Ronnie Hunter carried over for the 3 to even the score. Gates took the led again in the third quarter on a one yard run, but the Tigers bounced back when Ronnie Hunter scored on a 20 yard run to tie the score. Clint Winslow carried for the extra points to put the Tigers in the led for good. The 1988 Tigers offensive team got good blocking for Cal Bright, William Armstrong and Jason Smith, along with good passing from Jeremy Riddick to Torris Johnson. The de fensive team was led by Derrick Banks, Terry Holley and Clint Winslow. The Tigers, now 1-0 in their con ference play 3 road dates in a row before venturing home, October 19. The Tigers would like to wel come Coach Roger Morgan to this staff this year. We have added decorative shrubs and plants around the front of the school. Particular attention was given the area of the flag pole located inside the traffic circle. The planning and planting was done by Leary's Plant Farm of Edenton. When these new plants reach full size, they will add signif icantly to the attractiveness of our campus. A birthday party was given on * September 20th in the cafeteria. ? The event was to celebrate the t birthdays of students, during July - and August. Refreshments of ice { cream and cake were served. The - students were given pencils for fa t vors The students returned to ? their classrooms anxious for an % other birthday to "hurry up and ? come", evidence of an enjoyable ?*The students in Mrs. Meads fifth 3 grade have been studying birds in JOE'S PLACE DAILY LUNCH BUFFETS ?3.73 Grwbb St. Extd., Hertford Reading, and the introductory les sons of Science. They have been able to record, predict, classify and most important, observe the many birds in our area. Bird feed ers were made, and will be placed outside when the weather turns cooler, and many of the seeds available are gone. Pictures were drawn by each student displaying their favorite birds. The poem, "Something Told the Wild Geese," by Rachel Field, was recited by each student. The teachers lounge at Middle School is going to have a "new look". Plans are beginning to fi nalize. We are hoping to have a "new look" and a teachers res troom. Mr. David Ziemba has 80 new band students this year in grade six. They have chosen a variety of instruments - clarinet, flute, saxo phone, trumpet, trombone and drum. Mr. Ziemba is impressed with the class! Make our school swell with pride boys and girls! Progress reports were sent to all parents on Friday, September 23, 1988. see middle pg. 11 THESE HAVE TO LAST A ' LIFETIME /TK ? Ingrown of deformed toenail ? HmI Poln ? Plonlor wort* ? CalluiM beneath the loot ? High arch?d or low orched painful feet ? Injuria* of the foot ? Froctures ? Diabetic foot car* acuta and preven tive * All foot disorders treated in adults and children ? Corn*, Bunions or othor dis orders o( the groot too |ofnt ? Skin conditions of the foot ? Foot coro of tho oldorly ? 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