Northwood High School - Imprints Yearbook (Pittsboro, NC)

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Girls’ State Tonya Wilson and Mary Faye Dark attended Girls’ State this summer. They spent a week at the U niversity of North Carolina at Greensboro. They studied about various aspects of govern- ment and learned parliamentary procedure, which they used during a mock senate session. Tonya said she really enjoyed meeting new peo- ple. She also liked being in a college atmosphere and being on her own. Mary Faye agreed that Girls State was a helpful and fun wax to get a taste of college life on campus. Boys’ State Kenneth Holder attended Boys State at Wake Forest University oxer the summer. Kenneth studied mostly about the workings of state gov- ernment. After attending Boys’ State he said, I feel I better understand the structure of our state government”. At Boys’ State a mock government is set up and students assume xarious positions. Kenneth serx'ed as clerk of courts, an appointed position. 22 Honors