Summer vacation is in full force, and as the barbecues heat up and the pools fill up, the staff of myGPN has decided to take the summer off. We’ll be back in August, when we will introduce a brand new element to the site — student blogging! So from the staff of myGPN, enjoy your summer and stay cool!
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The seniors listed below will be off to college like most of their peers next fall. However, these talented athletes will be doing more than the average college student. This select group of seniors have already committed to their respective schools and will proudly represent their alma mater at the collegiate level.
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The snake was five feet long. “We were hiking on a trail and we were coming up to what looked to be almost like a creek bed that was dry. It had rained previously, and it was probably really wet then, but over the past week you know it was really dry,” physics teacher Don Pata said. “The trail actually went around, but I was just gonna cut through. It got halfway between me and what I thought was just a giant crack in the creek bed.”
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Business classes attend Career Day at Comerica Park, Quiz Bowl team places in nation’s top 50, North Pointe editors earn $3,000 prize, and Jazz band to perform in Village this week
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Senior still optimistic after falling short in science competition
Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by webmaster1.
Thursday May 27, Laree Gardener stayed at home waiting for a call that would tell her if she would spend her summer half-way around the world or not. The phone rang, and once she picked it up she discovered that she had not received the award. She was the runner up.
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Athletes are held to a higher standard than our president – our class president, that is. This is all because of the athletic code of conduct. The Michigan High School Athletic Association requires all participants in athletic activities for their high school to sign an athletic code of conduct. The athletic code of conduct includes attendance procedures, identifies behavior expectations and disciplinary consequences for all high school student athletes. It says that any student who makes the decision to act in an unacceptable manner is disciplined by the school system as set forth in this code of conduct and is offered rehabilitation as indicated.
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Standing in the gym, he directs rowdy students to the door. With a smile and laugh, he guides them out with a gentle hand upon their shoulder.
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A nice chunk of cash, $500 per person to be exact and an asteroid named in their honor. For senior Laree Gardner and junior Stephen Morrison, as well as South High School senior Genevieve Wang, these are the perks that come with receiving second place at the International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, California in the astronomy team’s category.
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Formspring.me, the new Internet phenomenon, allows users to ask and respond to questions posed by others. These can be posted anonymously or with a user name attached to it. The intent of the site is for questions such as “What is your favorite color?” and “Why did you name your gerbil ‘Minty’?” but recently, many people have begun to take advantage of the mask of anonymity to harass users.
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Neutral, agree, disagree, neutral, neutral, neutral. We all know the survey that students were required to take Thursday, June 3. “The survey was planned and organized by the district’s central administration at the direction of the Board of Education,” Assistant Principal Matt Outlaw said. “This data will be used to develop district goals, to determine fiscal priorities and to identify areas of need.” But don’t you think it may be a wee bit difficult to identify “areas of need” when no specific areas are actually identified?
