Carl Wilkens, humanitarian, is scheduled to speak at Currituck County High School tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. Members of the community are invited to attend.

Donations for the nonprofit organization “World Outside My Shoes” will be accepted.

Carl Wilkens was featured on Frontline and American Radio Works, and has been awarded the Dignitas Human Award from Saint John’s School of Theology Seminary and the 2005 Medal of Valor from the Simon Wiesenthal Center. His book “I’m Not Leaving” tells the story of his decision to stay in Rwanda and help during the time of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

For more information call Ann Rodgers at 453-0014 or email arodgers@currituck.k12.nc.us

Students recognized with Golden Key

Currituck County High School art students, Amelia Bollero and Sarah Parker, were recently presented with awards at Barton College for their winning entries in the Scholastic Art and Writing competition.

Amelia Bollero received a Golden Key Award for her photography portfolio; Sarah Parker received a Golden Key Award and the Juror’s Choice Award for her art portfolio.

In addition, Kayla Messier was recognized for winning Honorable Mention for her art entry. The Golden Key winners will go on to the national competition.

Art teachers Anita Rubino-Thomas and Claire Vinick have worked with these talented students and have encouraged them to complete the entries for this competition.

Biology class works in ‘Build-a-Buoy’ project

Working with John McCord and David Sybert from the Coastal Studies Institute, students in Mrs. Charlotte Martin’s marine biology class are participating in a Build-a-Buoy project.

The building part of the project consisted of splitting up the students into three teams, with each team being assigned a different task.

The first team’s job was to assemble the buoy using PVC pipes. The second group filled the pipes with spray foam that expands within the PVC and works to keep the finished product buoyant, but also helps keep the water out if one of the pipes happens to crack.

Team three put together a sensor that goes on the buoy. The sensor collects water data such as water salinity and currents once the buoy is launched in the Currituck Sound.

Data collected a week at a time, will be uploaded to the Coastal Studies Institute to be analyzed by them and used by the students as part of the class. Five other high schools around the Albemarle area are involved with this project and will be sharing their data through the web program. Currituck County High School is the only school collecting data from the Currituck Sound. The buoy is set to be launched in the next 2 weeks.