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Priscilla Mauney, Gay Henderson, John O. Plonk and his father, John Plonk, left to right, select black
and gold fabrics the new Renaissance Club will use for special events planned in connection with a new in-
centive program for Kings Mountain High School students.
Incentives promote excellence
A new, incentive program called Renaissance will
be kicked off in February at Kings Mountain High
School in cooperation with two local industries, Faust
Textiles and First Union National Bank.
Friday KMHS Media Specialist Gaye Henderson
and former board of education member Priscilla
Mauney kicked off the program by selecting black and
gold fabrics from Foust to be used in connection with
special events for the program.
"Today we hear only negative news concerning high
school students but Kings Mountain High is initiating
a program which will recognize the positive side," said
Henderson.
Henderson chairs the faculty committee which has
designed the program similar to Josten's Renaissance
program which rewards not only academic excellence
but also academic improvement. Like Josten's,
Renaissance will pair the efforts of the school with
business and industry backing. First Union and Foust
and students for in-school rewards. The Card Club
will consist of members holding Gold Cards, Silver
Cards and Bronze Cards. A Gold Card holder must
have a 4.0 average and less than eight absences per
term. Silver Card holders are required to have an aver-
age between 3.5 and 3.99 and less than eight absences.
To earn a bronze card the student must have improved
his or her GPA by .5 and have the same good atten-
dance records as Gold and Silver Card holders. Some
of the perks of the Card Club include a free T-shirt
with a club logo, early lunch dismissals and exam ex-
emptions. Other rewards are the the works for each
card level.
The program is slated to begin with the new term
and a special kickoff celebration is being planned for
the first event that only cardholders may attend. In ad-
dition, the Card Club, formally known as the
Renaissance Club, will be recognized for parents and
community at the annual Academic Awards banquet in
Dr. I. Wonder presents
Science Circus at KMMS
Dr. I. Wonder's Science Circus
was a big hit at Kings Mountain
Middle School Friday and students
and adults came away with more
knowledge while having the time
of their lives.
Using innovative circus tricks
while standing on stilts high above
the crowd, Michael Frith of
Sewanee, Tn., was a one-man trav-
eling theatre capturing his audience
with his antics while teaching such
scientific principles as air resis-
tance, center of gravity, hand-eye
coordination and optical illusion.
He enlisted the help of several
students and Coach David Heffner
to bring his points home.
"The brain is the ringmaster of
your personal circus," he told the
crowd as he asked his audience to
participate in various exercises us-
ing their arms and hands.
"Your brain is the thing that
makes your body grow and has
millions of cells which could prob-
ably fill a big truck and your eyes
are a camera that never runs out of
film," he said.
The act of juggling, which he
did to the delight of the crowd, in-
volves coordination of movement
by the eyes, hands, arms and shoul-
ders. :
At one time during the show he
added a bright scarf to his head and
mimicked his Grandma Elsie, 93, a :
Southern Belle, and illustrated how
heavy and light objects float, an
example of resistance.
Creating vibrations from small
instruments, he also spun a series
of tubes which illustrated a "cool"
sound and showed the audience
how they could play with voice
and motion drums that resembled
those sounds in Africa.
Perched atop stilts that put him
10 feet above the stage floor, he
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balanced a wheelbarrow, then a 32
pound ladder, on his chin. He bal-
anced his stilted body on the apex
Michael Frith of Tennessee, also known as Dr. I. Wonder, had some a
tricks up his sleeve for Kings Mountain Middle School students
Friday, using innovative circus techniques to teach valuable lessons
about Science.
the spring.
"We are very excited about the program and invite
more community involvement from area businesses,"
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effort.
The committee, dubbed the Card Club by committee
member Tim Echols, has been polling both teachers
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