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Franklin County Schools

SEE HONORS PAGE 6

T hree exemplary students from Franklin County Schools have been se-

lected to participate in the 2010 North Carolina Governor’s School. John Brodish (Franklinton High School), Ben Hamm (Bunn High School) and Erin Davis (Louisburg High School) are among 600 ris-ing high school juniors and seniors statewide se-lected to attend the six-week sum-mer program for academically or intellectually gifted students.

“I am thrilled for our students to have this wonderful opportunity to

attend Governor’s School,” FCS Superintendent Dr. Eddie Ingram said. “This will be a summer ex-perience like no other, one that promises to intellectually challenge and prepare them for many of their

future endeavors.” N.C. Department of Public Instruction Exceptional Children Director Mary Wat-son congratulated the students on their selection.

“Governor’s School provides our gifted students with a unique op-portunity to learn in a setting de-signed to stimulate collaboration and creativity,” Watson said. “We look forward to welcoming stu-

Governor’s School Bound

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Scholarships

Teaching Fellows

Four FCS students earn NC Teaching Fellows Scholarships. Page 3.

All Three FCS High Schools to be Represented at NC Governor’s School

Jonathan Brodish

FHS

Erin Davis

LHS

Ben Hamm

BHS

Megan Crayton (BHS), Joel Hayes (FHS), Kristin Hedrick (FHS) and Richard Keith (LHS) have each been awarded a $1,250 scholarship from Wake Electric.

These 4 students have parents or guardians who are served by Wake Elec-tric, a non-profit electric utility which serves 34,000 customers in parts in Dur-ham, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Nash, Vance, and Wake counties. The scholarships will be paid to whichever college or uni-versity the students enroll in for the Fall 2010.

In total, Wake Electric has awarded 17 college scholarships for 2010 equaling a total of $22,000.

Five Students Receive $1,250

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C rashing into a telephone poll at 55 miles per hour can kill a driver in less

than a second. The pain from that fraction of a second can haunt parents, friends and loved ones for a lifetime.

With high school prom season at its peak, one organization is making sure high school juniors and seniors realize the potential

dangers when driving under the influence of alcohol or with dis-tractions including cell phones.

Vehicle Injury Prevention for a Very Important Person (VIPFORAVIP) was formed 12 years ago by volunteers from law enforcement and other emergency service agencies to create realistic recreations of deadly car accidents involving

teen drivers. The group will de-liver 22 such programs this year.

Bunn High School students witnessed the program first hand on Tuesday, and it’s safe to say a lasting impression was made.

The morning session featured

Even though the above scene was a simulation, it made a big impact on Bunn High School Students.

Students Encouraged to be Safe Behind The Wheel

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Reality Check


Preparing to Teach

Five Franklin County seniors were recently awarded North Carolina Teaching Fellows Scholarships. Stephanie Alford and Alex Berry from Bunn High School received the honor. Also making the field were Gary Wright from Frank-linton High School as well as

Colby Gupton and Christopher Smith of Louisburg High School.

All five earned the highly ac-claimed scholarship for their outstanding performance both in and out of the classroom. Just 500 students earn the award each year. For more

info, visit the NC Teaching Fel-lows webpage (http://www.teachingfellows.org/)

In addition, there are three alternates. This year's alter-nates, all from Franklinton High School, are Brianna Campbell, Jessica Denney and Autumn McCord.

Five FCS Students Earn Teaching Fellows Scholarships

Chris Smith

LHS

Colby Gupton

LHS

Stephanie Alford

BHS

Alex Berry

BHS

Gary Wright

FHS


a one-hour assembly in the BHS auditorium in which parents spoke of the pain of losing a child, and sta-tistics of teenage driving were dis-cussed.

A coffin on the stage next to the speaking parents helped set the tone as nearly 400 BHS juniors and seniors were silent and many were

in tears. “This is a very powerful program,”

BHS Principal Robin Faulkner said. “There wasn’t a dry eye. When the students left the auditorium, they didn’t make a sound. The program was delivered well. It wasn’t preachy; it just makes it clear that there are choices and conse-quences. I really like that it wasn’t just about drinking and driving. It also expressed the dangers of tex-ting and using a cell phone while driving.”

Students received part two of the program in the afternoon. The 30-minute session was a live reenact-ment of crash in which a student slams into a telephone poll and passes away. As witnesses, parents and emergency vehicles arrive, the victim’s thoughts can be heard via a narrator through a PA system.

Much like the morning session, this too proved to be heavy hitting for the students.

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While the program wasn’t real, it certainly had a real impact on BHS students.

“It was very real, depressing and sad,” Bunn High School senior Robert Saltzman said.

Morgan Pearce, also a senior said that she realizes now that tragedies really can happen.

“This is not a joke,” Pearce said. “Things like this happen in real life. The statistics don’t lie at all.”

Senior Stormi Barham shared similar feelings.

“This really makes me think twice. It puts things in proper perspective.” Barham added that if she’s running late to get home before her curfew in the future, she will not hurry and simply deal with the consequences because it isn’t worth the risk.

Franklin County resident and North Carolina State Highway Patrol Trooper Larry McKeithan was happy to be a part of the program and hopes that it helps students make better choices when driving.

“The hardest part of this job is tell a parent or loved one that someone has passed away,” McKeithan said. “It changes lives and creates shock and disbelief.”

McKeithan has been a trooper since 2008 and in law enforcement since 1992.

The VIP organization helps make the event seem even more real by using local authorities in the reen-actments. It also serves as a prac-tice exercise for local authorities. The Bunn Fire Department, Bunn Police Department, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, State Highway Patrol and County EMS all participated. Bunn High students Derek Eason and Aileen Hernandez took part in a mock memorial during the afternoon

session. BHS Teacher Randy Whitley participated and played the role of the first person to arrive to the scene of the accident and made the call to authorities. Matthew Hurst of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Cadet Explorer Program played the role of the driver who lost his life.

“We put a lot of effort into this program,” Larry Grooms of VIP said. “We want to make it seem as real as possible and see how many of these we can stop in real life.”

Grooms encourages parents and guardians to frequently talk with their children about the dangers of driving and to be sure their kids feel like they can call home when in a bad situation.

“We all need to understand that kids make mistakes and that part of our job as parents is to help them get out of bad situations.”

The Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) organization partners with VIP to help with the education proc-ess.

“This is a great program,” MADD

State Development Officer Lori Brown said. “We simply do not have the resources to have a program with this much impact. Sometimes it takes more than saying don’t drink and drive. You have to pull out all the stops to make really get the at-tention of students.”

For more information on how to help out with MADD, call 919-787-6599. You may also email Brown at [email protected].

You can learn more about the VIP program online at www.vipforavip.com.

School Principal Robin Faulkner praised the program organizers and those involved with making it a suc-cess.

“This program is a 10,” Faulkner said. “I hope that every time stu-dents get behind the wheel they are careful.”

- Nathan Moreschi


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Firefighters reenact pulling the driver from crashed car.

dents to the 2010 Session and cannot wait to watch them contrib-ute to the distinguished legacy this program has built over the past 47 years.”

All three students were first nominated by Superintendent In-gram. Each school system was allotted a certain number of nomi-nations based on its 10th and 11th grade populations. Students were nominated in 1 of 10 curriculum areas, and Brodish was selected for Natural Science, Hamm was

selected for Instrumental Music, and Davis was selected for Mathematics. The curriculum fo-cuses on the exploration of the most recent ideas and concepts in each discipline and does not in-volve credit, tests or grades. The 2010 session runs from June 13 - July 24.

The Governor’s School of North Carolina, founded in 1963 by for-mer Gov. Terry Sanford, is the oldest statewide summer residen-tial program for academically or intellectually gifted high school students in the nation. It also is the model on which other states’ programs have been fashioned.

The program, which is open to rising seniors only, with excep-tions made for rising juniors in se-lected performing/visual arts ar-eas, is located on two campuses: Governor’s School West at Salem College in Winston-Salem and Governor’s School East at Mere-dith College in Raleigh. Hamm and Davis will attend West, while Brodish will participate in East.

The complete list of Governor’s School East and West participants is available on the North Carolina Department of Public Instructions’ website at http://www.ncgovschool.org/nomination/.


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Cedar Creek Middle School eighth grader Greg Purvine (right) outlasted a group of tal-ented spellers last week to earn the Franklin County Schools annual Spelling Bee champi-onship. Long Mill fourth grader Jake Nelson finished second. Nelson and Purvine each won their grade level event as well. Other grade-level winners were Cady Bailey (5th grade, Youngsville Elementary), Madison Kel-ley (6th grade, Bunn Middle) and Quint Hester (7th grade, Terrell Lane Middle). At left, Purvine displays his hardware for winning.

County Spelling Champ Cedar Creek’s Purvine takes top spot, LOMES’ Nelson Second


Pied Piper on Trial

Long Mill Elementary students got an

up and personal view of the play The Pied Piper. Franklinton High School

drama students performed a version

of the classic play prior to performing

with the Franklinton Area Community

Theater twice in April. The collabora-

tion between the schools was created

to serve as practice for FHS students

and a review of the study of The Pied Piper (main ideas and inferences) for

Long Mill students.


Bunn High School students converse with Franklin County School Board Attorney Boyd Sturges (left) and

Franklin County Schools Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Lynn Henderson (left) about po-

tential career paths. Students had the chance to ask questions about many different careers during the

school’s career day held in April as 34 different careers were represented by the following vendors:

Barbizon Brodie Construction Bunn Family Dentistry Bunn Police Department Comprehensive Dental Center CT Wilson Construction Custom Cap & Fireplaces Attorney Boyd Sturges FCS Nurse – BHS FCS Finance Dept. FCS Human Resources Dept. FCS Guidance & Social Work

FCS Public Information Officer FCS Technology First Citizens Bank Harris Barber College Heartwood Animal Hospital K.A.M. Tool and Die Living Arts College Louisburg Chiropractor MBJA Architecture Medical Examiner Miller-Motte Technical College Olde Heritage Builders

Pete Smith Automotive Richland Creek Community Church Rose Garden Florist US Air Force US Army US Marines US National Guard US Navy Weather Master Heating & Air WYRN Radio

Career Opportunities


FHS’ Deran Coe helps light the Olympic Torch with Athletes Samantha Munson and Joshua Rodgers.

BES Field Day

Students at Bunn Elemen-tary School enjoyed the day before spring break partici-pating in Field Day activi-ties. Games included vol-leyball, relay races, sack races and water races. The weather was perfect for all of the events, and the chil-dren had a great time be-fore their spring vacation.


Artists are invited to submit their works for the 44th annual Kerr Lake Art Show, which will be open to the public May 24 - June 11. The event, co-sponsored by Vance-Granville Community Col-lege and the Kerr Lake Art Society, will be held on the second floor of Building 7 on VGCC’s Main Cam-pus in Vance County, N.C.

This arts competition is open to both amateurs and professionals, working in media including photog-raphy, drawings, prints and col-lages.

Works must be original, have been completed in the past 12 months, and not previously exhib-ited in a Kerr Lake Art Society show, according to Lelia Brigham, the society’s president and a part-time VGCC art instructor who co-ordinates the event.

Cash prizes will be awarded for the best original works, as chosen by the judge, in three categories: Professional, Amateur, and Pho-tography.

In the Professional category, the

first-place award is worth $200, the second-place award $100, and the third-place award $50. Artists who consistently win honors, instruct, work through an agent or gallery, or make a portion of their income from art are eligible to submit works in the Professional category. Amateur artists and photographers may take home awards of $100 (first), $50 (second), and $25 (third). Honorable mentions may also be awarded at the judge’s dis-cretion. Artists who have won first-place prizes at two consecutive shows will be recognized for their work and asked not to accept a prize but will be eligible for sales and purchase awards. All work entered in the Professional cate-gory must be for sale. Commercial and private patrons will select pieces they wish to purchase prior to the opening of the show. The Kerr Lake Art Society will retain a 20-percent commission on work sold.

Works may not exceed 36 inches per side, image size. All

entries must be framed, and sawtooth hangers are not allowed. Non-traditional works may be en-tered without a frame, but they must not exceed 36 inches in any direction and must be equipped for hanging.

Entries must be hand-delivered to VGCC between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on May 21 or May 22. Judg-ing is scheduled for May 23. VGCC is located at Exit 209 off I-85 between Henderson and Ox-ford, N.C. Artists may enter a maximum of three pieces for an entry fee of $15 for Kerr Lake Art Society members or $25 for non-members. Checks should be made payable to the Kerr Lake Art Soci-ety.

The show will be open for public viewing from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. from May 24 through June 11. Entries should be picked up by artists on June 12 between noon and 2 p.m. For more information, call Lelia Brigham at (252) 492-5281 or Donna Dodson at (252) 738-3316.

VGCC Art Show Seeks Entries Community College Art Show to Have Cash Prizes


Both the boys and girls MAC-9 middle school track and field titles will stay in Franklin County. The Terrell Lane girls team defended their crown by holding off Cedar Creek 103-90 this past Saturday at Bunn High School. As for the boy’s teams, Cedar Creek contin-ued their dominance in the confer-ence winning their third title in a row in convincing fashion. They tallied 140.5 points, while second place Northern Granville had 96.

Cedar Creek’s Rondez Taylor led the way for the boys with three gold medals, winning the high jump, 100 meter hurdles and tying for first in the 200 meter dash. In girl’s action, TLMS’ Jamie Durham set two new school records in the 100 and 200 meter dashes cruis-ing her way to victory. Both Taylor and Durham are seventh graders and will be back running for their schools next year.

Other conference winners from

Franklin County include TLMS’ Paulo Sanchez in the discus, Bunn’s Royce Alston tying in the 200, and CCMS’ Travon Judkins in the 100 and 200, Luis Guillen in the 1600 and Michael Waverly 400. Girls winners include BMS’

Terica Perry in the discus, CCMS’ Jazmine Dent in the hurdles, Char-ity Snelling in the 1600 and Taylor Crudup in the 400, and TLMS’ Vanisha Wilshire in the high jump and Meagan Woodard in the 800.

Middle School Track Stars

TLMS Girls—2010 Mac 9 Track and Field Champions

CCMS Boys—2010 Mac 9

Track and Field Champions


Perfect Season

The Bunn Middle Softball team is proud after posting a perfect season which included the conference championship.

The Bulldogs captured the MAC 9 Conference title after edging Hawley 9-8 in the season finale. The squad compiled an

11-0 record.

Memorable Visit Recently, students at Bunn Elementary School cele-brated the National Week of the Young Child. Students enjoyed a visit from a special guest - Ronald McDon-ald. Ronald's hilarious antics had all of our students laughing. He also took time to tell the kids to catch the reading bug. Other events for this week have been a visit from the Bunn High School football team, a visit from Bunn High School Spanish students, and a stress-relief day sponsored by PTA. Students also re-ceived a visit from Muddy Mudcat.


Relay for Life 2010

The annual Franklin County Relay for Life took place April 30 and May 1st at Bunn High School. Multiple agencies, 14 FCS schools and central office took part in the annual event which raises money for cancer research. This year’s event has raised more than $143,000 with a few weeks left in the campaign. If you wish to donate, visit www.relayforlife.org/franklinco.


Relay for Life 2010

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