Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 11, 1992 TAG: 9203120463
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Our principal, Phil Douglas, decided every girl at AHS was special, and he and his two assistant principals, Gary Moore and Tom Bierne, presented each girl with a long-stemmed red carnation in celebration of Valentine's Day. The boys were not left out; they were given heart cakes at lunch.
Mr. Douglas and his assistant principals paid for these gifts themselves and provided a lesson to all of us: that he cares about his students and believes that the school does have a role in the "Love connection" in showing that every student is special and deserves recognition.
(I am the parent of a very appreciative 16-year-old girl at AHS.) KATHLEEN CAUTHORN COVINGTON
***CORRECTION***
Published correction ran on March 12, 1992.
Valentine's Day gifts to students at Alleghany High School in Covington were financed by profits on sales from soft-drink vending machines at the school. The gifts were not paid for by the principal and his assistants as stated in a letter on this page March 11.
Memo: CORRECTION