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GCS Service Learning

Green Hill Cemetery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green Hill Cemetery is Greensboro's oldest cemetery, it officially opened in 1887.  It encompasses 51 acres and is recognized as a place of respect and respite.  Greensboro's former leaders including mayors, newspaper editors, life insurance and railroad magnates, educators, and those for whom many Greensboro streets are named, were laid to rest in this “open air museum”.


Many of the cemeteries gravestones show their age and have toppled and disintegrated.  According to Greensboro, grave sites are private property, so Greensboro can not step in to repair the gravestones.  The Friends of Green Hill Cemetery work hard to maintain the grounds and offer tours to help raise money for their mission.  

The Jefferson Standard Building

 

The Jefferson Standard Building is a 233 ft skyscraper in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was completed in 1923 as the headquarters for Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. (now known as Lincoln Financial Group) and has 18 floors. Until it was superseded by the Nissen Building in Winston-Salem in 1927, it was the tallest building in North Carolina (succeeding the Independence Building in Charlotte) and the tallest building between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Around Downtown Greensboro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lyndon Street Artworks

 

 

From Lyndon Street Artworks Facebook page:
Lyndon St. Artworks is a collaboration of artists using art to build a creative community in Greensboro, NC. Lyndon St. Artworks occupies 18,000 sq. ft. in a building that dates back to 1927. Formerly Crutchfield Plumbing, Lyndon St. Artworks houses over 25 working art studios with over 40 resident artists in over 15 mediums and 1 gallery. Our goal is to emphasize the creative process of making art and to make the artist as relevant as the art.

My goal in life... is to be the person my dog thinks I am

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More photos from the 2011 Polar Plunge in Greensboro, NC
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GCS Magnet Fair

 

 

 

 

As a fairly new resident to the Greensboro area, I had no idea what to expect from this annual event that provides Guilford County students access to all magnet schools at one time. Parents also have the opportunity to submit their child's applications to their requested school. This place was PACKED and a half hour before the fair opened its doors, the line was wrapped around the building. For someone who has severe anxiety, (ME!), it wasn't a pleasant experience. But it did surprise me to see so many parents devoted to obtaining the best possible education for their child. What suprised me even further, was that Guilford County Schools Superintendent, Maurice "Mo" Green, could be found just wandering the fair trying to get the perspective of the parents attending.

Thankfully, this SHOULD be our last HURRAH when it comes to the magnet fair, Adam is entering high school in the fall and as long as he gets into HIS requested high school, we won't need to return.

Flower Pot Lady

 

While out running errands the other day, I spotted this flower pot lady located outside a strip mall in Mcleansville. Pretty ingenious, if you ask me!

Bev Perdue's State of the State Address

Team Ra-Ras

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Dance like no one is watching.
Sing like no one is listening.
Love like you've never been hurt and
live like it's heaven on Earth." — Mark Twain

Birdhouse @ Reedy Fork Ele.

 

Reedy Fork Elementary School has these little birdhouses hanging from the trees at their front entrance.

I recently visited Reedy Fork Elementary School to volunteer, it was my first time there and I was pleasantly surprised. What I found was a great school, with great staff, nestled in the middle of the Reedy Fork neighborhood. Based on the articles that were hanging on the wall, Reedy Fork is a school that does some wonderful things for our children and our environment.

Reedy Fork has 85,856 square feet and includes classrooms for 725 students plus dining, multi-purpose room, science, art, music, computer, media center and administration facilities. The school uses a rainwater harvesting system to reduce water consumption throughout the school. Rainwater is collected from the roof area of the school and stored in a 45,000-gallon underground storage tank. The rainwater is then pumped from the tank to the school, filtered, chlorinated, dyed light blue and used for flushing each toilet in the school. By using rainwater for toilet flushing, the school is able to save over 767,000 gallons of water that would otherwise be purchased from the City of Greensboro, representing 94% of the water used for toilet flushing each year.

An article from the News-Record can be found here:

A farm on Mcleansville Rd

 

 

Pilot Mountain