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Activities
Two events were hosted by Penn–Griffin School for the Arts social worker Michelle Phillips and CIS coordinator Georgia McLean to increase parental involvement. Doughnuts for Dads and Muffins for Moms were held Jan. 10 and 17 respectively to give students and their parent and/or mentor an opportunity to share breakfast on those mornings.
In other news, the band and orchestra students of Penn–Griffin showcased their talents at their Jan. 11 winter concert. Adopt–A– Street/Campus Cleanup was held on the morning of Jan. 20. Forty– four Penn–Griffin students, parents, and staff met at the school to collect trash on the school campus and along Washington Drive. Fifteen bags of trash were collected through the effort.
Donations collected by the PGSA family for Eastern Guilford High School were delivered Jan. 19 by piano teacher Evelyn Fair . These items will be used by Eastern and shared with other schools in need of educational items for students.
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Through various service projects, the Greensboro Day School Middle School donated more then $6,000 to area charities this fall.
Seventh–grader Gena Medoff and her sisters, Carmi, ’10 and Mica, ’07, sold candy canes during December. Their efforts raised $3,950 for KidsPath in honor of their schoolmate Jessica Cole, who died in 2004; students participating in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk raised $900 for the organization; an eighth–grade pumpkin carving contest raised $425 for the Make–a–Wish Foundation; $300 worth of bake sale earnings was donated to the Winter Walk for AIDS; through the sale of handmade bracelets and home cooked goodies, seventh–graders raised $525 for their sister school, Bigodi School in Uganda.
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Northwest Guilford High students Sarah Schach and Andy Bernard have been selected to represent the U.S. in Beijing, China, at the Beijing Youth Science Creation Competition in March. During the past school year, Schach and Bernard have completed hours of independent research in their choice of science, technology, engineering or mathematics, which they presented Jan. 20.
They will join students from around the world to visit sites including the Forbidden City, Tombs of the Ming Emperors and The Great Wall.
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Four winners were named in the Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest sponsored by the Ministers Conference of High Point and Vicinity. First place went to Amber Hayes from High Point Central High; second place went to McNair Dixon from Andrews High; third place went to Jacobe Bates from Andrews, and fourth place went to Cecilia Woke from Ragsdale High. Students were required to write a five– to eight–page essay on a predetermined topic. First place was awarded $2,500.
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After nearly five hours of judging and 120 science projects, guest judges from Syngenta and Degussa selected winners at the Millis Road science fair. The students each created a project to present, with first– through fifth–grade students participating.
The first–place winners included: Temi Omitoogun in first grade; Tyler Baggett in second grade; Kirsten O’Neill in third grade; Erica Hamilton in fourth grade, and Skyler Richerzhagan and Thomas Slate in fifth grade.
The first–place winners from third–, fourth– and fifth– grades will represent Millis Road at the GCS Science Fair held Friday at Oak Hollow Mall in High Point.
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Krissy Dull, the daughter of Jill and Chris Dull and a student at Bishop McGuinness High School, and Caroline Hampton, the daughter of Ron and Becky Hampton and a student at Page High School, participated in “Picture Yourself Making A Difference,” a leadership conference for high school women, held at Meredith College Jan. 20. Seventy–five students participated in the event, which is open to high school juniors.
The conference featured break–out sessions, a keynote address, team–building opportunities and a session on women’s history.
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Students in the Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Education class at N.C. A&T are tutoring third– through fifth– graders at Washington Elementary School.
The S.M.A.R.T. tutorial program began Jan. 22 and will end April 27.
The literacy program will serve as a component of the students’ field experience. In addition, the A&T students will participate in four service learning seminars taught by Elizabeth Barber during the course of the semester to help them learn how to incorporate service learning as a teaching strategy in their classrooms when they become practicing teachers.
Graduates
Dwight Davidson of Greensboro graduated from the College of Charleston during the December commencement.
Honors
These local students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2006 quarter at the University of Cincinnati: Bryan Hall of Kernersville, Shay Alexander of Whitsett and Sheila Williamson of Greensboro.
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James B. Coble of Climax and Collin P. McColskey–Leary were named to the president’s list for the fall 2006 semester at Coastal Carolina University.
Jason M. Keever of Trinity and Lindsay P. Smith of Greensboro were named to the dean’s list.
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Anthony P. Curnes of Greensboro has been inducted into Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. A junior majoring in computer science and engineering, Curnes is the son of Cheryl Viglione and John Curnes of Greensboro. He is a 2004 graduate of Grimsley High School.
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Thomas Clay Crouch, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl T. Crouch of Greensboro, has earned honor roll status for the recently ended fall term at Washington and Lee University in Virginia.
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These students were named to the chancellor’s list for the fall 2006 semester at UNC–Asheville: Anna Elizabeth Barnes, Katherine Anne Saintsing and Rachel Elaine Schaal–Wilson, all of Greensboro, and Roy Legaard Jr. of Stokesdale.
These students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2006 semester at UNC–Asheville: Colfax, Thomas Aubrey Peters; Gibsonville, Laura Beth Payne; Greensboro, Anna Catherine Bartlett, Olivia Rose Fisher, Georgia Kate Frierson, Lauren Anne Jeffries, Eleanor Bernice Johnston, Erin Elizabeth Jones, Alexandra Dean Leonard, Rachel Leigh Marsom, Rachel Ann Shyloski, Leah Kathleen Smith, Bryan Keith Witcher; Jamestown, Jessica Lee Short; Kernersville, Margaret Cathleen Hatling, Sarah Beth Spinder; Whitsett, Daniel Catlin Fox.
Scholarships
A new academic scholarship has been established at Catawba College by a Greensboro couple who are graduates of the institution. The Kelly–Cline Family Endowed Scholarship was funded with a gift from Ned and Linda Kelly Cline of Greensboro, members of the Class of 1964.
Preference for the scholarship will be given to North Carolina students majoring in the humanities, with additional preference given to political science, English and history majors who demonstrate financial need.
The scholarship is given in memory of Linda’s parents, Max and Jessie Kelly of Salisbury.
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Thomas B. Stauffer has received a three–year Army ROTC scholarship to attend Virginia Military Institute, Lexington. The cadet will study military science, management development, and experience adventure training while pursuing a bachelor’s degree.
The scholarship will pay the tuition, on–campus educational fees, a $300 to $500 monthly subsistence allowance, and $450 per semester for textbooks, supplies and equipment.
After graduation, the cadet will be required to serve in the military for eight years. The obligation can be fulfilled by serving either on active duty and/or in the Army National Guard or Reserve.
Stauffer is the son of Mark and Elizabeth Stauffer of Greensboro. In 2005, he graduated from Grimsley High School.
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The Piedmont Chapter of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants and Dixon Hughes have awarded three Evening Degree Program students with the Horton Godwin Scholarship. Benjamin Abood, Scott Andrews and Timothy Isom were this year’s recipients.
This year’s scholars were selected based on their application, grade–point average and a strong recommendation from the chair of the accounting department, Frankie Gurganus.
The Horton Godwin Scholarship was established in 2005 by the Piedmont Chapter of NCACPA, Dixon Hughes LLP and others in memory of Horton Godwin, a CPA who retired from Dixon Hughes.
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