Wednesday, March 26, 2014
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A group of East School 1st graders enjoy lemonade and cookies as part of a Lemonade for
Life fundraiser that raised money for the May 9 Relay for Life in Kings Mountain.
East Elementary fourth
graders recently had the op-
portunity to experience first-
hand the principles of
economics studied in social
studies lessons. Students
created their own business,
and distribution. Students
began by creating a business
plan detailing the sale of
lemonade and cookies as a
fundraiser for East School’s
Relay for Life team. Stu-
dents submitted names for
Establishing the products to
sell based on the startup cost
sparked much debate, and
students decided to charge
fifty cents for two cookies
and a cup of lemonade. An
advertising campaign in-
From left to right (front row), 4th graders Brittney Sanders, Ja'Nice Brown, Kelsey Goode,
Emily Stone and Marah Cook; David King and McKenzie Smith are seen on the hack row.
Lemonade sale nets $145 for Relay for Life
ters to the teachers asking
them to promote the event.
Prior to event day, students
worked on job descriptions
and divided the labor. Event
day was exciting with the
actual setup on the front
purchases and received a
cancer prevention flyer to
inform them of healthy be-
haviors. At the conclusion,
the profits netted our Relay
for Life team $145.60. Stu-
dents took the time to send
hardships of being business
owners. Overall, students
were thrilled with the sup-
port of their school friends.
Kings Mountain is holding
its Relay for Life on Satur-
day, May 9 at the walking
Lemonade for Life, in order
to better understand supply
and demand, production,
their business and voted to
choose a name that repre-
sented their business well.
cluded
signs, flyers sent home in
homework folders and let-
student-created
lawn of the school. The stu-
dent body visited the three
food stations to make their
ated the successes
thank you notes to partici-
pating customers and evalu-
and
track on York Rd.
Grace Christian Academy honor roll
The third nine weeks honor roll
has been announced at Grace
Christian Academy, Kings Moun-
tain.
A Honor Roll
Kindergarten: Jacob Adams,
Drew Anderson, Lily Brown, Ava
Holiday, Tippy Johnsonbaugh,
Gracie Webster.
First Grade: Hunter Demers,
Aiden Holiday, Hannah Nenonen,
Jordan Patterson, Shep Webster.
Second Grade: Kayleigh Ham-
rick.
Third Grade: Adrianna De-
mers, Briana Dover, Alex Franklin,
Mikaylah Griffin, Emma
Huntsinger.
Fourth Grade: Laney Johnson-
baugh, Julian McCallum, Noah
McMurray.
Fifth Grade: Raegan Coop,
Abbi Heafner, Sailor Shriner,
Samantha Whetstine.
Sixth Grade: Kaitlyn Canipe,
Titus Clark, Sarah Keener, Cassie
Summers.
Seventh Grade: Mandy Break-
field, Mackenzie Coop, Chad
Gunter, Aliyah Ledford.
Eighth Grade: Rachel, Holi-
day, Jacob Keener.
Ninth Grade: Desiree White.
Tenth Grade: Cody Lavender,
Canaan Sullens, Natalie Wagner.
Twelfth Grade: Jessica Terry.
A/B Honor Roll
Kindergarten: Amber Dawkins,
Braden Nenonen.
First Grade: Layla Benton,
Alex Browning, Abby Canipe,,
Robert Reever.
Second Grade: Elijah Adams,
Jensyn Gunnon.
Third Grade: Rebecca Melvin,
Payton Sparrow, Jacob Whetstine.
Fourth Grade: Savannah
Beach, Kyndal Conrad, Wesley Et-
ings Mountain. I =
Community.
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Fifth Grade: Adam Kramer,
Rachel Morgan, Zack Price, Justin
Wheeler.
Sixth Grade: Owen Patterson,
Kaleb Peterson.
Seventh Grade: Alisha Rhom,
Chandler Summers.
Eighth Grade: Colton Franklin,
Moriah Nuhrah, Hayden Whets-
tine.