Barrows named Teacher of the Year
By: Morgan Stewart
Mr. Barrows, the Perquimans County
High School Band Director, was
chosen by his colleagues as
“Teacher of the Year” for the
2017-2018 school year. Mr. Price presented this prestigious award to Mr. Barrows at the Perquimans County Schools convocation on August 19, 2018. Barrows said, “I feel blessed and honored that the other teachers voted for me to receive this award my first year at the school. I think the cultural changes that I have made within the band are the possible reasons I believe the teachers felt I deserved this award.”
Perry awarded by FFA
By: Selena Shuey
Mrs. Susan Perry, the agricultural teacher at PCHS, received a $3000 grant in September from the National Future Farmers of America organization. Mrs. Perry and students will use the grant to purchase supplies to build a garden on the PCHS campus. The vegetables produced from the garden will go to local food pantries and farmers' markets in the area. So far they have bought wood, cardboard, soil, and plants. Some items have been donated such as soil and fertilizer. Mrs. Perry said, “ This garden project will help kids see the importance of helping the community.” Students do not have to be in the class or FFA to help out with the garden. If you are interested in helping with the garden after school contact Mrs. Susan Perry.
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ALC students attend
the Northeastern Real World
event at Museum of the Albemarle
By: Mrs. Meadows
On September 26, 2018, students in the Accelerated Learning Center program attended The
Northeastern Real World
Realities of Money event
at the Museum of the
Albemarle sponsored
by the Northeastern
Workforce Development
Board NC Works NEXTGEN
(Youth) Program, Southern Bank, Albemarle EMC, Walmart, State Employees' Credit Union, College of The Albemarle, River City YouthBuild and other community organizations. Business representatives provided opportunities for students between the ages of 16-24 to learn about life skills and financial management after high school. This event has been a huge success for many years throughout our state. In extension, students interacted with business representatives to make decisions based on real-world issues. It was a lot of fun for everyone!
Students attend the college fair at John A. Holmes High School
By: Brianna White
On Tuesday, October 23, Juniors and Seniors attended the college fair at John A. Holmes High School in Edenton, North Carolina. Approximately 75 students from Perquimans County High School attended the fair. 40 colleges were represented at the fair. “My hopes are that students explored multiple colleges to broaden their perspective,” said Mr. Manning, who is the career counselor at PCHS.
Seniors take ACT test
By: Taylor Garcia
According to Mr. Price, out of 103 senior students, only 47 have an eligible ACT score for college. Seniors who are missing that 17 or higher ACT score are only missing it by 1-2 points. Mr. Price has split the students into two groups. He gave the first group a second chance to bring their scores up on October 27th. Likewise, the second group will test on December 8th. If these students retake the test and pass it, 77 students will have an eligible ACT score. Mr. Price said, ¨What I want for this senior class when they walk across the stage at graduation is to be able to ask themselves, do I want to go to college not can I go to college.” If you are a senior wanting to boost your ACT test score up a couple of points, please talk to Mr. Price.
Taylor teaches Pirate arrrt
By: Raquelle Allen
Mr. Taylor is the new art teacher here at
Perquimans High School. He has been an artist
for 35 years of his life and started out drawing
PAC Man when he was a young boy. He
participated in this first art show when he was in
middle school. What gave him an incentive to
be an artist was the raw talent he had. There
being only eight other talented art students in
his graduating class led him to be more
competitive. Initially, Mr. Taylor got a scholarship
from Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) but went to finish his graduate work at East Carolina University (ECU). Mr. Alexis Joyner, a professor at ECSU, was and still is one of Mr. Taylor’s inspirations. Mr. Taylor describes his first semester as different with good and bad days, but as he always said, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Students participate in Spirit Week
By: Sean Hardee
The funniest week of the school year is Spirit Week from the 15th to the 19th of October. It is a time of the school year when you can express yourself and show your school spirit. Many students dressed up as a character. Carson Biggs dressed as a character from Stranger Things. Carson was asked, “Why did you choose that costume?” and he said, “I'm just doing it with a friend.” Mr. Hardee interviewed another student named Makaila who dressed up as the cartoon character named Arthur. Makaila was asked what inspired her to dress up as Arthur. She said, “The inspiration came from me having a yellow sweater.”
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Homecoming events and winners
By: Alexis Elmore
In October, PCHS students
celebrated Spirit Week which
ended with a Homecoming
celebration .Our Homecoming
game started at 7:00 p.m. We
played Manteo's football team.
During halftime, the homecoming winners were announced: The senior winners were Tony Cook and Daisha James; The junior winners were Landon Brown and Selena Shuey;Trevor Smith and Natalie Corprew represented the Sophomores; Hayden Cox and Bell Pierce represented the Freshmen class. After the game, PCHS hosted a homecoming dance in the courtyard that lasted until 11:00 p.m. At the dance, there were glow sticks, music, and food. The dance did not require you to dress formal, people could dress casually. The dance was a huge success and PCHS hopes everyone had a great time and enjoyed homecoming!
PCHS students produce Our Town
By: Karmyn MacDonald
We welcome Perquimans County High School
to Our Town. This play takes place in three
different time periods. They are 1901, 1904,
and 1913. The setting is in a small town in
Grover's Corner, New Hampshire. The main
characters are the Stage Manager
(Mason Rhodes), George Gibbs (Tony Cook),
and Emily Webbs (Makayla Williams). The play is meant to teach you not to take life for granted. Tony Cook said, "The moral of the play is to value life." Please come out to see the play on November 8th and 9th at 7:30-9:30 in PCHS auditorium. The admission is $5 for students and $10 for adults.
Spotlight on PCHS custodians
By: Cortez Night
Custodians are very important people who work at Perquimans County High School. They keep the school clean and maintained inside and out. Their jobs are often taken for granted. Two of our prominent custodians are Mr. Brickhouse, custodian supervisor, who has been working here for the past eight years, and Ms. Joyce Hunter, one of our female custodians. Ms. Hunter recently completed her first year at the high school. Mr. Brickhouse and Ms. Joyce both enjoy their jobs as they said, “We love putting smiles on students and staff faces.” In addition, Ms. Hunter said, “I love cleaning up things and interacting with people!”
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Baker hosts Fields of Faith
By: Dahlia Williams
Mrs. Lynette Baker and her Fellowship of Christian Athlete (FCA) group usually host our annual
Fields of Faith event on the second Wednesday of
October. This school year, the Fields of Faith event
was held on October 11, 2018, on the football field
behind the high school. Mrs. Baker along with
members of the FCA group was able to inform others
about the Fields of Faith by making school-wide announcements, posters, voice calls, and social media. ¨The purpose of this group is to promote Jesus and to be a positive influence throughout the school,” Baker said. She emphasized, “Fields of Faith is not only for athletes but for everyone around who would like to join.¨
Mathis supports PBIS
By: Jaylese Metts
Mrs. Tina Mathis, an English
teacher at Perquimans County
High School, is the Positive
Behavior Intervention Support
(PBIS) committee chairperson.
She creates fun PBIS activities
for those who earn it. Mrs. Mathis
said, “PBIS is all about teaching students how to stick with the expectations and to stay on task.” PBIS celebrations are hosted monthly, giving students an opportunity to celebrate their academic and behavior successes together. To encourage and motivate students to behave better in school and classes, she has in invited a guest speaker to talk to this select group of students. Hopefully, they will learn the importance of displaying good behavior everyday in school.
New PCHS health science teacher
By: Jayda White
Mr. Casey Kirberger is our new health science
teacher. He started teaching at Perquimans
County High School this school year. Mr.
Kirberger was asked what inspired
him to become a teacher? Mr. Kirberger said,
“I kinda grew up in a teacher environment.”
Prior to becoming a teacher, Mr. Kirberger
worked as a nurse, joined the military, and
taught combat lifesaving skills to Marines.
Mr. Kirberger was asked, why did you accept a job in Perquimans County? Mr. Kirberger replied, “Because they were hiring. I know some people and some of the kids down here. Students in my class have been very busy this semester.”
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Trek Brinkley and Justin Johnson are learning survival signs by playing survival sign bingo.
Nyriah Blanchard pets a goat at the North Carolina State Fair.
Spotlight on Mrs. Whidbee's independent living
By: Mrs. Meadows
New Coaches Hired
By: Keshawn Long
Perquimans County High School has hired two new head football coaches this year.
Jon Nixon is the new Junior Varsity (JV) head football
coach and the strength training teacher. He was
influenced by Wes Mitter to become a football
coach. The reason he wanted to become a
football coach was that he wanted to take young
boys and turn them into men. In 2011, he got his first
coaching job at John A. Holmes High school in
Edenton, North Carolina. Mr. Nixon’s famous football
quote: "Hit it! And Get it!"
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Randy Awrey joined our “Pirate Family” this school
year as our new Varsity head football coach.
Mr. Awrey’s college football career began in 1974, at
Northern Michigan University (NMU). As a football player,
he played middle linebacker and running back . The
following year after he left the NMU, in 1977, he
went to play football in Canada. Unfortunately, he
suffered a bad injury that prevented him from being
inducted into the National Football League (NFL).
He is carrying on his dream by joining the Pirate
Family.
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