Kelly Grier’'s Advanced Honors Chemistry class enjoyed their lab exercises on the Destiny traveling
science bus Tuesday afternoon. Pictured: Grier, Kassia Walker, Townsend Haynes, Chris
Haraszkiewicz, Jeff Robinson, and other students from the last class period of the day take off their
protective eye wear and gloves inside the Destiny bus.
KM students meet Destiny
EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
Some Kings Mountain High
School students recently met
their destiny on a bus.
The Destiny bus, UNC-Chapel
Hill’s Traveling Science Learning
program, visited Kings
Mountain High School last
week. Biology students from
Mercedes Humphries’ and Lori
Wilbanks’ classes boarded the
science bus, parked outside of
their classrooms, Tuesday morn-
ing for a lab exercise called
“Mystery of the Crooked Cell.”
Destiny officials said this
study lets students “discover the
- molecular basis of sickle cell dis-
! ease by using gel electrophoresis -
as a diagnostic tool to differenti-
ate normal hemoglobin from
hemoglobin found in individu-
als with sickle cell disease.”
Students from Kelly Grier’s
chemistry classes boarded the
bus later in the afternoon to con-
duct a lab exercise called “The
Crucial Concentration.” In this
exercise, students assumed the
“role of laboratory investigators
for a court case to determine the
amount of protein found in three
sports drinks.
Using the general concept of
the Lowry Assay and micro-
analysis skills, students learned
how to use a spectrophotometer,
measure absorbencies, collect
quantitative data, and produce a
standard curve to find the pro-
tein content in each sample,”
Destiny said in a press release.
Grier’s Advanced Honors
Chemistry class were the last
ones to climb on the bus before
the end of the school day and
before Destiny left for its next
destination.
“I think it was very fun,” said
Taylor Rippy after the exercise.
“It wasn’t too hard and I enjoyed
it.”
This was her first time on the
bus, which she thinks is a good
way to keep people interested in
science. Rippy plans to find
work in the science field one day
in either medicine or :research.
She plans to-attend Wake:-Fozest
or East Carolina University after
she graduates from KMHS in
2008.
“We got to use the good, fancy
equipment,” said Jeff Robinson.
“We had fun and it’s neat to
see what the high-tech labs use,”
said Townsend Haynes.
Chris Haraszkiewicz said that
he plans to pursue a somewhat
scientific career in Psychology.
Robinson wants to become a bio-
chemist and Townsend an anes-
thesiologist. Tuesday was their
first time on the traveling science
bus as well and they said they
wouldn't mind climbing aboard
again.
“This is a great opportunity for
our students and they seem to
have a good time with it,” Grier
said.
Science teachers who wish to
bring the Destiny bus to their
schools are required to attend
summer workshops. Humphries
has attended many workshops
for the traveling science program
and was quoted in the press
release saying, “I really want to
continue to incorporate them
(the exercises) into my class,
especially with the new biology
standards, that encourage
inquiry and investigation. These
activities can only. inspire and
motivate my young scientists!”
According to, Destiny officials,
“The Destiny traveling science--
learning program is | the
Morehead Planetarium and
Science Center's formal science
education initiative serving pre-
college teachers and students
across North Carolina. The pro-
gram develops and delivers a
standards-based, hands-on cur-
riculum and teacher professional
development with a team of edu-
- cators and a fleet of vehicles that
travel throughout the state.
“Destiny and Discovery, two
custom-built, 40-foot, 33,000-
pound buses, bring the latest sci-
ence and technology equipment
to students who otherwise may
not see a high-tech laboratory or
what a career in science can offer.
CCS in top ten in technology
Cleveland County Schools was
recently recognized in a list of
top 10 school districts through-
out the nation, with 15,000 or
more students, for their use of
technology.
The school system received
this ranking after completing a
Digital School Boards Survey.
According to a recent Cleveland
County Schools news release,
“The! ‘Center. for ' Digital
Education and National School
Boards Association recently
announced the 2006 Digital
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~ EMILY WEAVER
i eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
Bruce Boyles is coming home
after 31 years of being away to
lead the schools that he grew up
in. He received a unanimous
vote from Cleveland County
School Board members on
Thursday to become the dis-
trict’s next superintendent.
Boyles was reared in Kings
Mountain, a place that he will
always refer to as “home.” Many
of his relatives, including his
mother Melba Boyles, still reside
in Kings Mountain.
He said that he is not sure yet
where his family will reside but
he and his wife, Laura, plan to
start their house hunt within the
next few weeks.
“I'm starting work (as superin-
tendent for CCS) after the first of
the year. But my wife is going to
stay behind with our children so
they can finish up the rest of the
school year,” he said. “This is a
big transition for us. My kids
have always known Mooresville
as home.”
Boyles said that he is humbled
by the Board’s decision to hire
him. “This is a wonderful school
Cleveland County Schools due
$2.5 million in NC lottery money
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EMILY WEAVER
i: eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
Cleveland County Schools has
an estimated $2.591 million
available for special projects or
school system needs; from the
NC Education’ Lottery, ' said
Finance Director David Lee. But
the money will not be sent to the
schools until they ask for it.
“The funds aren’t sent in one
big allotment to the schools,” he
said. Instead of getting one big
check for $2.5 million, the
amount is put into a vault, closed
by a door that has Cleveland
County Schools’ name written
on it; the door is chained by
North Carolina Department of
Public Instruction (NCDPI) and
then locked by the North
Carolina Education Lottery,
metaphorically speaking.
For instance, if a school needs
improvement to its cafeteria and
the estimated cost for the addi-
tions is $200,000, then Cleveland
County Schools would submit
the details of that specified proj-
ect to the NCDPI for that amount
to be taken out of their “vault.”
“It’s similar to the state bond
money from 1998 and 1999,” Lee
said. “We would just have to
submit those projects against
those dollars.” He said that once
the request is made and granted
the money is sent to Cleveland
County and then CCS would get
their money from the county.
Even with all of the red tape he
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system. They have made great
progress since merger and I look
forward to becoming part of that
progress,” he said.
In his youth, Boyles attended
Bethware Elementary, Kings
Mountain Junior High and Kings
Mountain High school. After he
graduated KMHS in 1976, he
attended Mars Hill College
where he earned a Bachelor's of
Music degree. Future studies led
him to obtaining his Master of
Education and Certificate of
Advanced Study from the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte and a Doctor of
Education from the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
Through the years of his schol-
arly progressions, he has served
as director of bands, arts and
technology coordinator, princi-
pal, director of personnel, and
assistant superintendent for
instruction and human
resources, while he has served in
Mooresville Graded Schools. He
has been the superintendent for
Mooresville Graded Schools
since 2000.
“Mooresville had an opening
for a high school band director in
the 80s and so I went there,
thinking, ‘O.k. I'll do this here
said that getting the money
“shouldn’t be a difficult process
because the funds are there, it’s
just a matter of asking for them.”
Lee said that lottery funds are
a good thing, “from a planning
Fstandpoint. If youknew thattwor:
years down the road you were
going to need to do a $5 million
project, then you would know
that the project can be completed
in two years from the lottery
funds.”
CCS’s projected revenue or
education lottery allotment is
higher than they had previously
anticipated. Lee said that was
‘increase. The estimated projec-
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move on to bigger and better
things somewhere else,” he said.
But that, like many of life's plans
are susceptible to change. He
met Laura and fell in love. The
were married and together they
built a life and family hn
Mooresville.
With Laura by his side, Boyles
will return to Cleveland County
with their 10-year-old son Will,
and 7-year-old daughter
Gretchen. “I'm excited about
coming home,” he said.
He said he never really pur-
sued open positions in other dis-
tricts, but this one caught his
eye. “There were several people
in town that encouraged me to
apply and so I thought I'd give it
a try. After all this was my homg.
It feels like a fit for me,” he md
adding that he is very excite¢
about coming home to lead he
community in education.
Boyles will be reviewing facts
and figures when he joi
Cleveland County Schools aft:
January 1, 2007. Studying up o
the school system will give him
clearer perspective on the areas
that are successful and the areas
that need improvement, he said.
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because of the legislature. He
said that the county re-did their
tax rates and the change in supt-
plemental taxes made the pro-
ceeds from the lottery for
Cleveland County! Schools
tion was set at $2.3 million, but
thanks to the legislature, he said,
CCS is projected to receive close
to an extra $291,000.
“It's not my place to say
whether the lottery is good o;
bad for the schools,” he said.
“But this is a new reven
stream that we've not h
before.”
Grading begins for Auto Zon
“We'll have a lot of places to help you fix your car,” says Kin,
Mountain Mayor Rick Murphrey.
Auto Zone will be building and opening up a new shop by
first of next year. R & E General Contracting recently purchase
commercial grading permit from the city to begin work on land
East King Street behind Eckerd’s. The company is hoping to open!
the beginning of 2007.
A rock house on King Street was burned last weekend near
new location of Auto Zone. The Kings Mountain Fire Department
conducted a practice burn on the house due to requests from the Cify
and previous owner. The land will soon be cleared to make way for
a new office building. The new building will house Prescription’ s
Plus Pharmacy and Baker Family Dentistry. Other office suites in the
building will be available for other businesses.
-Emily Weaver
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