Garinger High School - Snips and Cuts Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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nn- ' John Claffee cornpeTed againsT Two sTudenTs for The posiTion of FBLA DisTricT 6 Vice-presidenT. LasT lvlay, he organized a campaign and proved To be vicTorious. As vice-presidenT, he had To organize The fall leadership conference of DisTricT 6 and oTher FBLA connpeTiTive evenTs. ln 49841 The Junior Class voTed Angela SmiTh To be The recipienT of The DAR award, DaughTers of The Arnerican l?evoluTion. This award signifies a sTudenT ThaT has expressed The aualiTies of good ciTizenship, leadership and paTrioTism. Angela aTTended a luncheon, sponsored oy The BaTTle of CharIoTTe ChapTer, in February in order To rneeT oTher DAR represenTaTives from across The counTry. Terri Blackman was a finalisT in Appala- chian's Chancellor Scholarship cornpeTiTion. Over 120 conTesTanTs applied for This presTigious award, buT only forTy finalisTs were chosen. This scholarship will pay Two-Thousand dollars, renewable for four years, Towards her college educaTion. Terri had To cornpeTe in Three areas: applicaTion, wriTTen essay, and personal inTerview. l-ler academic averages and her school and cornrnuniTy acTiviTies also conTribuTed To her accepTance for This award. I 3 Award Winnersf23

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AWARD WINNERS: A Class of DisTincTion Excellence in characTer, ciTizenship and academics are some of The qualificaTions of award winners. Their hard work has broughT Them To Their uTmosT expecTaTions and has sTrengThened Their self-confidence. To Them, The award lTself does noT creaTe honor, buT The saTisfacTion of achieving iT does. LasT year Deywon AranT compeTed againsT FBLA sTudenTs from all over NorTh Carolina for The posiTion of FBLA STaTe SecreTary. She had To Take a wriTTen TesT and have a personal inTerview wiTh a panel of eighT judges. She Then had To seT up a campaign booTh and speak before approximaTely 2000 people. The following day The deIegaTes voTed and chose Deywon as STaTe SecreTary. Deywon also compeTed in The ExecuTive Women's lnTernaTional Scholarship Program. She placed second aT The disTricT level and received a Two-hundred dollar cash award. Cedric AnThony and AlmeTa Kilgo were chosen To be finalisTs for The NaTional AchievemenT Scholarship. The Scholarship Program exisTs for The promoTion of increasing The college opporTuniTies of promising young black sTudenTs. They were chosen To be semi-finalisTs from over 73,000 high school juniors who Took The PSAUNMSQT in 4983. They Then moved up To The finals and were considered for college-sponsored four-year scholarships. is 1 22fAwcrd Winners

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Brian Prince was awarded wiTh The Carolina Book Award. This award was presenTed To The sTudenT who was The mosT ouTsTanding in social sciences and maTh. The book conTains a picTorial hisTory of The UniversiTy of NorTh Carolina aT Chapel Hill. Above l?ighT: John Claffee was a nominee for The Bob Allen Scholarship. Each school chose one represenTaTive who was To be judged on academics and communiTy acTiviTies. The scholarship is funded To pay all necessary college fees. 2AfAward Winners by i s S b 5 LasT May, ThusiTh DeSilva was awarded wiTh The Sewanee Book Award. IT was given by The UniversiTy of The SouTh in Tennessee for ouTsTanding achieyemenTs ln academics and ciTizenship.