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North Buncombe Local schools need supplies
By Marilyn Payne Tough North Buncombe stu-
dents saw their last school year ex- tend into mid-June, it does not ex- empt them from picking the books up again in mid-August. School starts back Aug. 17, and
there are a variety of items schools could use in order to hit the ground running. Standard items needed by all lev-
els of schools include No. 2 pencils, loose leaf paper, copy paper, dry erase markers, Kleenex and hand sanitizer. Middle and high schools need high- lighters, sticky notes, index cards and colored pencils. Elementary schools need zip-lock baggies, baby wipes, glue sticks and crayons. Woodfin Elementary School is
specifically in need of book bags, five-section notebook dividers and packages of construction paper. Weaverville Primary School requests copy paper as the overall top need for the school and also asks for a few non-rolling book bags. North Buncombe Middle School
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needs a new class set of TI-83 Plus (or TI-84) graphing calculators. Te calculators are expensive and a dona- tion of any number of calculators or amount of money is welcomed. Te middle school also needs AAA bat- teries and asks that donators wish- ing to purchase copy paper call the school at 645-7944. A school repre-
2010 schedule for NBYAA football Here is this fall’s schedule for the
2010 North Buncombe Youth Ath- letic Association football teams. Aug. 14 Jamboree at Asheville Aug. 21 vs. Bethel - 1 pm Aug. 28 vs. Asheville - 1 pm Sept. 4 vs. Lake Junalaska (Homecoming) - 1 pm
Sept. 11 vs. Erwin - 2 pm Sept. 18 at Canton - 4 pm Sept. 25 at Madison - 10 am Oct. 2 at Haywood - 10 am Oct. 9
at Enka - 4 pm
Oct. 16 Open Pups games start first. In other North Buncombe Youth
Athletic Association news, the group is accepting signups through Aug. 19. Also, the NBYAA is ask- ing the community for donations to sponsor a child for the upcom- ing season. Each child’s participa- tion is $95, and all donations are tax-deductible. Anyone interesting may contact
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sentative noted certain brands of pa- per cause machines to jam. North Buncombe High School’s
art department is in need of any craft-related donations. Te high school will also be taking monetary donations to help cover student club fees for the coming years. Mentors will be needed for the coming school year, once it starts, to help with students who need role models or specified help in different academic areas. Anyone interested can con- tact the school at 645-4221 or Jina Biggs, Parent Connections leader, at 301-6745. In addition to standard supplies, Barnardsville Elementary School is in need of volunteers for tutoring, beautifying the school
grounds or working with the school’s fall festival. Tis weekend is North Carolina’s
tax-free holiday. Te tax exemption applies to clothing, footwear and school supplies under $100, sports and recreation equipment under $50, computers under $3,500 and computer equipment under $250, making it an opportunistic time to help out local teachers and children in need. Specific class school supply lists
can be found on the Web sites of respective schools by going through the Buncombe County Schools Web site and scrolling through the list in the upper left hand side of the screen.
August school events The following is a list of events
at schools in the North Bun- combe district for the month of August.
Aug. 10 North Buncombe High - Stu-
dent schedule pickup, 8 pm - 11:30 am and 1 pm - 4 pm;
Aug. 11 North Buncombe High - North
Buncombe District bus driver training, Noon - 3 pm;
Aug. 12 North Buncombe High - Fresh-
men orientation, 11 am - 1 pm; North Buncombe Middle -
Student schedule pickup, 1 pm - 3 pm; Woodfin Elementary - “Meet the Teacher,” 5 pm;
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Aug. 16 Barnardsville Elementary - “Meet
the Teacher,” 1 pm - 3 pm; Weaverville Primary - “Meet the
Teacher” 10:00 am - Noon; Woodfin Elementary - Staff group picture, 9 am;
Aug. 17 First day of school .
Aug. 27 Weaverville Primary - July & August birthday books lunch;
Aug. 30 Barnardsville Elementary - Fall Festival kickoff, 1 pm - 2 pm;
Aug. 31 Woodfin Elementary - Open
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