The Extra Mile Club at Millingport was visited by Todd Parnell, vice-president of the sports division of the Piedmont Boll Weevils. Mr. Parnell spoke of the importance of hard work and determination. He talked about the baseball organization and the many different jobs involved in a minor league team. A Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl was held on February 12 for 5th grade students at East Albemarle, Central and North Albemarle. This bowl is a computer-based competition offered to schools across the state.
Participants compete in a one-day event via computer.
Scores are called in to a central location and each school is ranked according to their overall score and percentile of correct responses. There are 100 questions from areas such as science, history, geography, language arts, sports, leisure, trivia and math. This is the first time that the boys have finished in 1st place, regular season. Reading Renaissance participants may share information and research methods with any school within the system. All the first graders of Mrs. Troutman, Ms. Wilson and Mrs. Clark at Locust Elementary made Valentine cards and took them over to the Locust Community Building during lunch to present them to all the senior citizens.