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1st Semester Retrospective

1st Semester Graduation Project Night a Big Success ​January 8, 2013 spelled A-N-X-I-E-T-Y and then R-E-L-I-E-F for eighty-one first semester seniors.  The Media Center filled to capacity with community volunteer judges, teachers, staff, and seniors. This fall's projects ranged from cooking to dental hygiene to wooden toys.  Thanks to all who participated to make the evening a memorable one! Click here for more pictures.

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Last Year's Seniors Tell It Like It Is In a panel discussion called "The College Experience: What they didn't tell me in high school," eight of last year's graduates answered questions about their first semester in college.  The forum took place on December 20th and was attended by current juniors and seniors who will soon be following the same path. Click here for more pictures of the event.

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	Drama Club Wows Audience ​A December 13th performance of "It's Not You, It's Me," a comedy written by Don Zolidis left audience members awed by the outstanding talent hidden in THS's fledgling Drama Club.  Under the direction of Ms. Garkusha, the group elicited many cheers and laughs as they portrayed home-hitting relationship topics. Cast and crew members are: Tiffany Alvarez-Jaramillo, Trevia Black-Thomas, WesleyBrown, Ana Karen Butanda-Martinez, Isaac Caraway, Sibu Dlangalala, AngelaFoley, Morning Green, Tileaha Henry, Kayla Hunter, Luandre Kirkland, XenaLawson, Brandon McCoy, Joselyn Levia Morales, Jean Paul Oliver, Zac Petitt,Lauryn Phillips, Jaylen Ray, Desirea Riley, Ariel Reamous, and Nyesha Taylor. Click here to see more pictures.

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JROTC Banquet ​On the evening of December 13, the JROTC held its annual academic banquet.   Click here to see pictures.

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NHS Inducts New Members In an all-school assembly on December 4th, sixteen new members were inducted into the National Honor Society.  The ceremony consisted of candle lighting and readings about the four pillars of NHS -- Scholarship, Service, Leadership, and Character -- followed by new members signing the roll book and reciting the NHS pledge. Afterwards, refreshments were served in the Media Center for members and their families. Click here for more pictures.

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Programs Recognized ​The "Good News" portion of December's School Board meeting recognized two programs from THS -- the JROTC and Early Childhood Development classes.  Click here for more pictures.

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Morehead PLANETS Program Comes to THS Ms. Addie Jo Schonewolf from UNC-Chapel Hill's Morehead Planetarium and Science Center brought the PLANETS Program portable planetarium to THS on November 13th. The inflatable dome was set up in the gym and shows were scheduled to accommodate 25 students each from the Earth Sciences classes of Mr. Staton and Ms. David. Within the air-inflated dome, students sat on stadium cushions on the floor while the show was projected, like a movie around them on the inside surface of the dome.   The 45-minute presentation taught students about how the Earth, the stars, the sun and the 8 planets move in space. Students also learned about the Milky Way and the surrounding galaxies nearby as well as many constellations which are visible from Earth such as winter constellations in the northern hemisphere like Pegasus, Andromeda, Taurus and Orion. There was also some “time traveling” involved as Ms. Schonewolf showed what the stars in the night sky looked like several hundred years ago when Thuban and not Polaris was our North Star. Earth Science students next semester will have their chance to experience the sky show in March when the Morehead PLANETS program returns for a second visit.  Click here for more pictures.

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Graduation Project Information Graduation Project handbook, forms, and other information have now been posted.  Look for the icon on the left down lower on this page under "Quick Links." Files have also been posted in Angel under the THS Public Content group.

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Think Nobody Knows About Us? Think Again! From February 2012 through March 2013 we have had over 55,500 hits on our THS homepage. That's almost 140 hits per day!  These visits have come from the United States, including Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, as well as over 30 different countries around the world.  People from the following countries have "visited us" online: Australia, China, Canada, Bahamas, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Nigeria, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Serbia, Belgium, Ireland, Finland, Egypt, Jordan, Palestinian Territory, Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Georgia, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Nigeria, Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Click on the earth icon to the right to see real-time monitoring of visits from our global neighbors.