October 2, 2011
HIGH POINT — Chris Pulliam II tapped away on an iPad, quickly navigating the game Grammar Gorillas. The second-grader correctly identified words as verbs, action words and nouns, collecting bananas. “See,” he said. “All 10 ba...
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September 25, 2011
HIGH POINT — New community and school gardens are springing up in the city. A grant will pay for a garden at Oakview Recreation Center, and a nonprofit organization fighting childhood obesity has organized the construction of one at Fairview Element...
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September 16, 2011
Cameron Gould figured that what he learned in drafting classes at Southwest High School would pay off someday — but not before he graduated high school. During the spring and summer he built a deck over a weedy, unusable area at Johnson Street Glob...
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September 12, 2011
The students at Penn-Griffin School for the Arts aren’t the only ones who have summer adventures to recount. Their teachers spent their breaks exploring the Amazonian jungles, hauling a harp into a cave in Scotland and watching, along with students...
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GREENSBORO — Like many Americans on Sunday, Serena Holmes and Brian Robinson had the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks on their minds, as well as American troops overseas and first responders.But they didn’t just spend the day thinking. In the a...
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September 2, 2011
When students step into Oak View Elementary School, they face a tree mural listing seven habits and walk across a huge rug with a lighthouse reminding them to be beacons of light. Throughout the school, there are reminders of the advice in the self-help b...
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August 19, 2011
HIGH POINT— At a September festival, the Friends of John Coltrane will give away four instruments to students who have a love of music but not the money to buy a saxophone, clarinet or trumpet. Musicians in middle or high school may submit an essay...
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August 12, 2011
Boone’s Cave Park may be best known as a spot where a folk hero once spent time, but it’s still a bit of a secret in terms of the activities and diverse plant and animal life it offers. Davidson County has transformed the park, named for...
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August 3, 2011
WHITSETT — The people who weed, feed the chickens and pigs, pick produce and volunteer in other ways at Peacehaven Farm are a dedicated group.“The people who support us really feel a sense of ownership and connection to the farm,” said V...
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August 1, 2011
GREENSBORO — Madeline Kirby told her parents not to come with her to the “Cool to Be Smart” event Sunday.She and more than 400 other 2011 Guilford County Schools graduates earned invitations to the event at the Greensboro Coliseum Pavill...
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July 22, 2011
Before a family donated a van to Friedens Lutheran Church in 2002, the congregation had only an old school bus with no air conditioning.
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July 15, 2011
On a recent morning, my 7-year-old nephew panicked when he spotted a bumblebee foraging for nectar on a nearby bush. He gave a little shriek and stepped back. “Watch out! They’ll sting you,” he said, pulling his toddler brother a few ste...
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July 5, 2011
Ashton Pemberton of High Point is not only the first in his family to go to college; he was offered full-ride scholarships from three universities. “(My parents) definitely always had high standards for me, and I probably had even higher standards...
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June 27, 2011
GIBSONVILLE — Kaelyn Zynda’s struggle with leukemia has burdened her family financially, even though they have good health insurance.The Greensboro family has spent more than $15,000 for co-pays and out-of-pocket expenses since 2005. They know...
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GIBSONVILLE — When April Murray, owner of Just Pizza, sees a car parked for more than 15 minutes in front of her store, she calls the police.But her vigilance about the two parking spaces with 15-minute limits is a problem, the police and fellow dow...
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June 12, 2011
SEDALIA — Judy Hyman zooms through the hallways of Sedalia Elementary School. “Mrs. Hyman, you’re going too fast,” even young teachers tell the 76-year-old counselor.
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June 6, 2011
BURLINGTON — The Alamance-Burlington School System and Elon University are moving forward with an idea to create an early college.A committee is planning how to begin the program by fall 2012.
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GREENSBORO — Melissa Vogelsinger underwent her final breast cancer treatment more than two years ago, but she chooses to keep the disease in her day-to-day life.
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May 31, 2011
ELON — Many schools tend a small vegetable or flower patch, but Elon Elementary School students have taken that activity a few steps further.
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WHITSETT — The Town Council will hold a public hearing June 14 on next year’s proposed budget. The budget includes drawing $24,000 from the fund balance to cover town expenses. The balanced budget would be $103,000, which is 3 percent larger t...
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May 22, 2011
GIBSONVILLE — Town aldermen discussed Monday whether the property management company overseeing the Azalea Circle apartments is saving too much money. Pat Somers with Partnership Property Management, which manages the town-owned ap...
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GIBSONVILLE — Young soccer players will have the chance to practice their dribbling, passing and throw-in skills with help from British soccer coaches this summer. Challenger Sports will host a weeklong British Soccer Camp from June 27 to July 1 at...
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May 8, 2011
GIBSONVILLE — A four-footed officer has joined the town’s police force.Rik, a Dutch shepherd, began duty with the Gibsonville Police Department late last month with Officer Daniel Emery.
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April 24, 2011
JAMESTOWN — Jamestown residents have new rules to follow when it comes to shooting firearms.
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GIBSONVILLE — The town of Elon wants to renew discussions with the Board of Aldermen to try to agree on an annexation line between the towns. The board talked about the request at its agenda meeting Monday. Some aldermen said they want to know why E...
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