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Sn EER V+ SHELBY + SHELBY + SHELBY + SHELBY * SHELBY + SHELBY « SHELBY + SHELBY + SHELBY ge KM students plan canned food drive BY JUSTIN SMITH KMHS Hook-Up Writer The Allied Health Sciences classes have begun their third annual canned food drive. This drive, which is done every year before Thanksgiving and Christmas, supplies needy families with food during the holi- days. These classes make an appeal to the stu- dents and teachers of Kings Mountain High School to bring in canned goods of all types to help support the citizens of Kings Mountain who are in need of food in the winter months. This food drive is a major help to the peo- ple of Kings Mountain and the students look forward to helping others as the time of THanksgiving approaches. Everyone that contributes also feels good that they have helped others in their community. All food that is collected by the health i % 2 4 2 EE SHELBY « SHELBY + SHELBY Py VER i TL e 2 full-time ee BNI | EES BH BAER AH classes will go to the Crisis Ministry of Kings Mountain. Since it is going to this ministry, all of the food collected will remain in the community to help neighbors who are in need. The ministry is in desper- ate need of canned goods for the approach- ing winter months, which are especially hard on the disadvantaged. Mrs. Mary Dilling is the instructor for the Allied Health Sciences classes and has been conducting this food drive for several years now. She is expecting to collect a great deal of cans for the food drive. Dilling says, “Our students participate in the canned food project because we have such a need for assistance in the communi- ty. ” The food drive lasts until Friday, November 15. Interested persons who would like to donate may contact Mrs. Dilling at KMHS, or contribute directly to the Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry. 1 ED (ERO (IEF ES ERT Ed RI Bans The Kings Mountain Herald November 14, 2002 Section A, Page 10 we Witch Buffy Murphey recently visited English students at KMHS. Students, left to right, are Fred Jackson, Tiffany Bowen and Joan Samuel. 4 oxptain chairs, TV, £D, atloys, 12k wiles AS LOW AS j dv, mosnroet, lanthor, alla, p seat, , tilt, qeatse, CD/saravite, mamary® LOW MILES ‘CHRYSLER PT CRUISER Bato, alt, sustom wheels AS LOW AS TTT ITE LE A GG i LORREE, WRITE | 4 A Students prepare for teaching career BY MELISSA G. COOK KMHS Hook-Up Writer Have you ever stopped to think about your teachers? Have you ever thought about the influence and sup- port they have put into your life? A group of students at Kings Mountain High School recognize the impor- tance of teachers and that is why they participate in FTA. FTA stands for Future Teachers of America, and it is a prominent club at KMHS. The members of FTA have decided to put in their time and talent to give back to their community by volunteering and tutoring at the schools within the com- munity. “Tutoring is a won- derful experience,” says KMHS student Summer Trakas. “I loved the smile on the children’s faces when they knew someone was helping them because they cared.” Many students can be found working with chil- dren in the elementary schools, the new intermedi- ate school (KMIS), the mid- dle school and even in their own high school. The presi- Ready, Set, dent of FTA is sénior, Emily Rountree. Emily tutors in KMHS and she said, “Tutoring is not only rewarding but very interest- ing. I have learned a lot by helping others and it is so much fun!” Other students assist teachers in preparing their classrooms or lending a helping hand where it may be needed. There are stu- dents that are available for each day of the week. Surprisingly, there are stu- dents who even make them- selves available on Fridays! Lindsay Horne, who tutors at West Elementary, feels strongly about being active in het community and said, “tutoring is a great experience to help future teachers get acquainted with the classroom.” The love for children and passion for teaching within each of these students gives them the drive to want to help in any way they can in order to make their future as a teacher a positive learning experience for not only the students but for themselves as well. Grow gets grant for supplies BY ABIGAIL WOLFORD Staff Writer Paper, pencils, scissors, and crayons are school sup- plies students have to have, but not everyone can afford to buy them for their chil- dren. The Impact Fund has stepped in to help. The Impact Fund gave a $4,000 grant to the Cleveland County Partnership for Children to provide basic school sup- plies for 400 at-risk children in the Ready, Set, Grow pro- gram. The Ready, Set, Grow pro- gram is designed to bring in four-year-old children, who have never been in any kind of school, for thirty days during the summer before they start kindergarten. “The [Ready, Set, Grow] program is operated by the school systems [in Cleveland County]. We [Partnership for Children] can’t fund the program, but the school systems provide the teachers and the class- room space,” said Cathy Patterson, the Executive Director of the Partnership for Children. The Partnership for Children tries to find enough money to provide each child with an “enrich- ment bag,” which are can- vas bags with a book, writ- ing paper, pencils, crayons, and other basic school sup- plies. “They [Impact Fund lead- ers] were so impressed with the idea [of the enrichment bags] that instead of the $2,500 grant that we asked for, they gave us $4,000,” said Patterson. | The program usually takes place in June, and it is housed in the elementary schools in the Kings Mountain, Shelby and Cleveland County school districts. According to Patterson, last year the pro- gram had 167 children par- ticipate. The year before it had 261. The Impact Fund is part of the Foundation of the Carolinas, a nonprofit organization that encour- ages philanthropy in the community. Applications ready for Summer Ventures Applications for Summer Ventures in Science and ‘Mathematics (SVSM), a statewide program of residential institutes to provide enrichment and research opportunities to academically talented high school students, are now available from high school guidance counselors. The com- pleted application form must be postmarked by January 31. Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics is the nation’s largest research-oriented summer program. Approximately 550 students will participate in 2003.
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