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  • Advanced Placement English: Why students should enroll

    Monday, November 13, 2006 By: Melissa S.

    As one out of 5 students enrolled in this year’s advanced placement English class, it is easy to see the perks of being involved in a higher paced, advanced learning level class. The lessons learned i

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  • Hernandez goes overseas, brings home medals

    Monday, November 13, 2006 By: Brendon Mount

    Danny Hernendez was among the over 7,000 athletes that competed in the 2007 Special Olympics in Shanghai, China. Competing were over thirty different countries performing more than twenty different O

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  • Panic! At The Disco and Jack's Mannequin in Concert

    Tuesday, November 14, 2006 By: Megan K.

    The traffic in Charlotte was hectic and heavy on the night of Friday, November 10th.

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  • Border Wall Only a Bandaid

    Tuesday, November 14, 2006 By: Gaby Tinoco

    Today with the millions of illegal immigrants living in the United States, the government has proposed many reforms. One of those proposals is the U.S.-Mexican border wall.

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  • Seniors get a dose of being authors

    Wednesday, November 15, 2006 By: Lauren Anderegg

    Five hundred pages isn’t too much to write, right?Wrong! Unless, of course, it’s an assignment for English class.This year, in honor of November being National Novel Writing Month, Shores’ Creative Wr

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  • RCHS Student Spends Summer in Asia's Rising Empire

    Wednesday, November 15, 2006 By: Brittney Thornbury

    You'd think his blonde hair, blue eyes, and towering height would be out of place in China.Sophomore Kyle Churchman spent two weeks this past summer touring China with People to People Student Ambassa

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  • Alissa StrubleThe queen of activism at Ames High School

    Thursday, November 16, 2006 By: Supraja Rajagopalan

    “Poverty and hunger are problems that are not being adequately addressed by nations like the United States. The statistics are absolutely shocking, and they’re just getting worse,” senior Alissa Strub

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  • Book Review

    Thursday, November 16, 2006 By: Miranda Liddell

    The story of paranormal events occurring on a nearby ranch may not catch your attention at first. But after reading tales of bullet proof wolves, poltergeists, unidentified flying objects, and skinwa

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  • Welcome to the Twenty-First Century: Technology upgrades bring exciting changes to the district

    Thursday, November 16, 2006 By: Holly S

    Many teachers request that students take notes from the overhead, and it seems that there is always one person who complains about the black movable projector being in their way. Due to a $1.4 millio

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  • Annual catapult contest a success: Physics students launch pumpkins in self-constructed catapults

    Thursday, November 16, 2006 By: Laura F

    Friday, November 3 in the practice football field just north of the high school, pumpkins went flying through the air during the physics class’s annual competition to see which team can fling these or

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Issue Date: Monday, November 20, 2006 Issue: Week of Nov. 20, 2006 Last Update: Monday, January 27, 2003
 
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Some question new programs for regaining lost credits
In an effort to give students a chance at graduating, the school is using two new programs to help students make up credits. Some question if the alternatives provide the same education as the missed
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Buncombe County Schools and surrounding districts administrators attended a meeting to discuss district training for crises and a grant issued for this purpose.
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New technology is changing the way teachers work in our district.
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As a result of the school’s operating levy being defeated on November 7, lunch prices will rise and bus routes and high school electives may be eliminated.
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“Poverty and hunger are problems that are not being adequately addressed by nations like the United States. The statistics are absolutely shocking, and they’re just getting worse,” senior Alissa Strub
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A New Second Language at Herricks
The 2006-2007 school year marks the beginning of a new program offered by the World Languages Department. In addition to the three romance languages (French, Italian, and Spanish) that Herricks alread
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Sophomore Kyle Churchman spent two weeks this past summer touring China with People to People Student Ambassadors Programs.
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Diana Reid Haig, author of the recently released Walks Through Marie Antoinette’s Paris, visited Mrs. Angela Wilson’s English IV honors and journalism class and shared her experiences with writing, pu
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She will be remembered for her postive approach to life, her active role in high school, and her refusal to give in to the lifelong struggle with cystic fibrosis.
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Danny Hernendez was among the over 7,000 athletes that competed in the 2007 Special Olympics in Shanghai, China.
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