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BETH SUBER The Kings Mountain Herald May 31, 2007 i Beth Suber Gaston County Teacher of the Year Beth Suber was named Gaston - County Schools Teach@r of the Year at an awards presentation dinner at Cramer Mountain Country Club on May 10. The Outstanding Educator Awards are sponsored by the Wachovia Corporation in con- junction with the McKenney Family Dealerships and Gaston County Schools. Teachers of the Year and their spouses and prin- cipals from the 53 schools in Gaston County were invited in addition to Gaston County Schools Administration and Board of Education. : Beth is on the faculty of the Science and Academy at Grier Middle School in Gastonia, teaching 7th grade science and social studies. She will be one of 20 recipients of the 2007 Time Warner Cable National Teacher Award in Washington, D.C., in June. . Prior to going to Gaston County Schools two years ago, Beth was a teacher at Leesville Road Middle School in Wake County, where she was a Kenan Fellow, a program which facili- tates conversations between its fellows and State Superintendent Technology Howard Lee, state legislators, ~ and First Lady Mary Easley. Her Kenan project, "Expanding Our Horizons: Understanding Science Through Career Explorations," which enabled her students to learn about careers of interest to them, involved the participation of many profes- sional men and women, includ- ing Kings Mountain dentist, Dr. G. K. Howard, Jr., and his staff. She was also the November 2003 Featured Teacher for Sea World of Orlando, FL, and a finalist for the 2004 Wake County PTSA Outstanding Teacher Award. She has been a presenter at the North Carolina Middle School Association Conference and the National Science Teachers Association Regional Conference and has written and received grants in Wake County and Gaston County Schools. As GCS Teacher of the Year, Beth received the Wachovia Corporation Educator Apple, a hand-worked crystal apple with signature silver veils by North Carolina artist, Gilbert Johnson, a new car of her choice from the McKenney Family Dealerships for one year; and a cash award for professional advancement. She will represent Gaston County Schools during the 2007- 2008 school year through speak- ing engagements, committees, and competition in the fall for Southwest Region of NC Teacher of the Year. Beth and her husband, Lindsay, reside in Gastonia and are members of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Kings Mountain. She is the daughter of Rutherford County Schools edu- cators, Clarence and Cindy Campbell. Jessica Yarbro wins National Merit Scholarship . EMILY WEAVER Lr eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com Senior Jessica Yarbro recently won a National Merit Scholarship, the first to be awarded to a student at KMHS in many years, said Guidance Counselor Donna Tucker. She took the Preliminary SAT in the Fall of her junior year in high school. She aced it (no pun intended to her volleyball victo- ries at KMHS). The National Merit Scholarship Corporation sent her and KMHS a letter declaring her success. It said that she has won a corporate-based Merit Scholarship award, a PPG Industries Foundation Community Scholarship, in the amount of $6,000. “Every little bit helps,” she said. Several other scholarships will also help her finance her education. “I hope that I'll have a pretty big chunk taken out of what I'll have to pay,” she added, especially since she plans to attend dental school after four years at UNC-Chapel Hill. The typical National Merit scholarships are worth $2,500 each. But since Yarbro was select- ed by PPG, she is receiving over twice as much financial aid to go to college this Fall. She said that for her undergraduate degree she may major in Chemistry. She got the letter bearing the good news of her national schol- ar success in April. “I actually didn’t see the letter first, because I had a softball game that day. My grandmother was home before we were because we went to eat afterwards,” she said. Her grandmother opened it thinking it would be a letter stat- ing NMSC would let them know soon, since it was in a normal envelope. “I called my mom on the way home and she told me. I was really excited,” Yarbro said. “I feel honored to have gotten this.” When asked if she makes mostly A’s and B’s in school, she smiled modestly and said, “I make straight A’s.” She has never made a B or at least not in high school and is graduating at or near the top of her class with a GPA around 4.8. Yarbro, the daughter of John and Regina Yarbro, plans to be as active in college as she was in high school, but maybe not so much in sports (outside of intra- murals). At KMHS, she is a mem- ber of the volleyball and softball Left to right, Eddle Holbrook, Dean of Community Relations & Development; Dr. Steve Thomburg, President; Hoyt Q. Balley, Chairman, CCC Board of Trustees; Mike lezzl, Eaton Plant Manager; Mark Early, HR Manager. Super Discount Grocery & Merchandise 421 N. Mountain St, Cherryville ¢ 704-445-1400 Shop here first and you will find it—and pay less for it! Peppercorn Pork Loin 2# $2.00 ¢ Refried Beans 10¢ Hot Wings 5# Bag $5.99 ¢ Gatorade 2-20 oz. $1.00 Bologna 8# Rolls $6.99 ¢ Garlic Bologna 4# $3.99/roll Taco Dinners 50¢ ¢ Taco Shells 10¢ Gatorade 3 gts. 32 oz. - Many Items Reduced This Week! $2.00 CE Left, left to right, Tiffany Six (stu- dent), B.J. Zamora, President of Hearts and Hooves; Mark Early, HR Manager of Eaton Comp.; Monquavis Surrat, student; Mike lezzl, Plant Manger, Eaton Corporation; Connie Elmore, Board member, hearts and Hooves; and Nellle Aspel, Principal, North Shelby School. teams, band, National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Beta Club, Science Club and Ambassador's Club. She has played the clarinet since 7th grade and plans to be in the marching and pep bands at UNC-CH. According to nationalmerit.org, “High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the PSAT /National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test-a test which serves as an initial screen of approximately 1.4 mil- lion entrants each year-and by meeting published® program entry /participation require- ments.” If a student answers questions on the PSAT to the sat- isfaction of NMSC and fulfills the program requirements, then - they are eligible for the NMS program. Only 50,000 candidates receiv- ing the highest PSAT selection index scores make it through to the next round. About 34,000 of the 50,000 students are given commendations. The remaining 16,000 make it to the semi-finalist ring, each vying for a finalist title, given to about 15,000 stu- dents nationwide. Of those 15,000, only about 8,000 receive national merit scholarships. According to NMSC, selectors evaluate “the Finalist's academic record, information about the school's curricula and grading system, two sets of test scores, school official's written recom- mendation, information about the student's activities and lead- ership, and the Finalist's own essay” to make their final deci- sions. JESSICA YARBRO Eaton donates money to CCC Foundation and Cleveland County Hearts and Hooves Diversified industrial manu- ‘facttiter' "Eaton ~Corpdration announced today it hds'dohated $15,000 to the Cleveland Community College Foundation (CCCF) and $15,000 to Cleveland County Hearts and Hooves. Funds donated to CCCF will be used to support a capital cam- paign for the construction of a continuing education and con- ference center. Local industry and the community will have the opportunity to use the facility for meetings and events. As part of its hiring process, Eaton works with the continuing education department at Cleveland Community College by having eligible applicants complete the manufacturing certification pro- gram at the school. Approximately 150 graduates of the certification program have been hired by Eaton. Cleveland County Hearts and Hooves provides therapeutic horseback riding services to chil- dren and young adults with dis- abilities to improve their com- munication, social, academic, behavior and motor skills. 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