Northeastern High School - Aerie Yearbook (Elizabeth City, NC)

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 S,0 U p Success was more than “just hanging 'fr w e’re intrigued with the immense amount of material and knowledge that the Quiz Bowl members had to know to be a member. Every Wednesday night members of the Quiz Bowl along with teachers and community members got to- gether for a contest of wits. This was all done to prepare the members for the competition held in February. The Quiz Bowl under the direction of Julie Bridges held a community TRIVIA contest at Northeastern and met with tremendous success. It was just one more way that the community supported the academic program found at Northeastern. This was Above Clockwise: Buddy Bell displayed the trophy he won at the Knobbs Creek Recreation Center in a break dance compe- tition. The JA Coastal Coat Rack Company was full of overachievers willing to work after school. Members of Mr. Foster’s machine shop class excelled in a Manteo Competition. 26—Student Uft just one of the fund-raising events spon- sored by students. The Junior Class al- ways participates in the annual magazine drive for the Prom held in April. Juniors volunteer their time to beat the streets in an effort to have “the best prom ever”. This year the top seller was Missy Larabee. Some of the fund raising was not even school orientated but heart- orientated as was the case with Milton Walker who hiked further than any other participant in an effort to raise money for St. Jude’s Hospital for Children. This in itself does not seem to be such an out- standing feet except that Milton has an artificial leg. His devotion to helping oth- ers makes him an outstanding student as well as a special person. Other clubs such as HOSA, and Key Club raised money for Cystic Fibrosis and blood for the Bloodmobile. A lot of the clubs raised money for the saving of The Statue of Liberty, the United Way and the tornado victims. Mrs. Luginbuhl’s MiddleEast and Modern Africa classes raised money for the victims of the Ethiopia drought. Stu- dents also participated in the 4-H program. This year Alisa Robinson won the national competition for her demon- Continued on page 28

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( Clockwise from left: Anthony Smith with Alabama football coach and coach Herring. Trey Flowers worked at Golden Corral. Marvin Sutton. George Pledger, Prute McCaffity. and Raymond Brown accepted a full four year scholarship to ECSU. Wendy Wooten at work with the typewriter. Kenneth Evans demonstrated his talent on his bike. Student Lite—25

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Above left: Member of (he JA company “Sniffle Away look up money during a meeting. Above Top: JA involved many night after school and complete dedication to the world of buaine . Middle Left: Member of the JA company Sniffle Away seemed very involved with the world of making a profit. Above: Quiz Bowl involved many Wednesday night practice with teacher a the competi- tion. Most of the time the teacher came away the winner , but that wa not the case in the firat local competition, a Northeastern' team downed all others and came out num- ber one locally. Quiz Bowl member were : (First Team) Phillip Hornlhal. Patton McDowell. Kim F.adie and Tori Morhard. (Second Team) Arthur Walton. Merritt Hooper. David Thompson and Lang Hornthal. Left. Northeastern wa lucky to have four semi-fin li t for the National Merit Scholarship. Theywere: John Glllikin. Angela Gray. Jeremy Bray and Tori Morhard. There wa no doubt that each of these student were not just hanging around, but putting forth all of their effort not only to improve themselves, but also to improve their school Student Life— 27