HIGH POINT — Immaculate Heart of Mary School’s Environmental Club, the “Eco-Eagles,” recently adopted a stream, located at the corner of Deep River Road and Hickswood Road, in north High Point, which feeds into the Deep River.
After Kelsey Burgess, High Point’s storm water specialist, came to an Environmental Club meeting to discuss storm water run-off and water pollution, students voted to adopt the stream through the Keep High Point Beautiful Organization.
Storm water drains empty into streams, rivers and lakes and the Eco-Eagles want to help the environment by keeping pollution out of their community’s waterways.
The City of High Point provides the supplies for the clean-ups and students are responsible for cleaning litter and debris from the stream and nearby roadway at least twice a year for at least two years. Since October, the Eco-Eagles have cleaned this area three times – finding tires, wooden cable spools, buckets, a basketball and more, filling a total of 18 bags of trash and recyclables during the clean-ups.
— Carrie Vest
CHARLOTTE — Fourteen members of the junior class at Charlotte Catholic High School will receive recognition this fall in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program.
The 14 juniors are Jacob Daniel, Austin Franks, Sarah Gilles, Ariel Hobbs, Charles Nenichka, Mary Polking, John Powell, John Roselli, Connor Ruff, Lauren Schmidt, Nicholas Scibelli, Andrew Shooman, Matthew Weber, and David Williams.
Each year, more than 1.5 million students take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT).
Nationwide, the 50,000 highest-scoring students are recognized as showing outstanding academic potential. From the 50,000 high-scorers, approximately 16,000 will be named National Merit Program Semifinalists, who then will have an opportunity to continue in a competition for approximately 7,400 Merit Scholarship awards.
— Carolyn Kramer Tillman