Riverdale High School - Lance and Shield Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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Girls' State 1985-1986 Volunteer Girl's State is a learning ex- perience in government sponsored by the American Legion. During the spring of their junior year, the girls are selected to attend a camp at M.T.S.U. held the last week of May. The girls learned about all levels of government, including city, county, and state. The girls competed in their own Olympics, skits, and sing- alongs. The participants were as follows: Row one: Liz Crawford, Miriam Dren- nan. Row two: Leah Hulan, Anne Don- nelly, Cathy Christiansen. Summer Challenge And Governor s School 54 f Honors For the past three years, Vanderbilt University has con- ducted a summer study program for forty outstanding ju- niors in Tennessee. Last summer, James Scales participat- ed in this program. Students attending Summer Challenge studied such topics as philosophy, physics, Southern litera- ture, and the arts. The forty students who attended the month-long program came from every region of the state and represented a variety of backgrounds and interests. As part of the Education Reform Act, three Governor's Schools, were established for outstanding students. One hundred students were chosen from Tennessee for each of the schools, which offered enrichment courses. The schools were Math and Science at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Music and Art at M.T.S.U., and Humanities at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Three Riverdale students who participated in the Governor's Schools Pro- gram last summer and the schools they attended were Samantha Messier, Humanities, Margery Norcom, Sci- encesg and Carol Fisher, Arts. Margery Norcom, James Scales, and Samantha Messier

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Sheri Smith Tracie Kauffman Valencia Martin Parri Sikes Mark Duggin Ashley Wynne Hono

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National Merit Semi-Finalists The National Merit Scholarship is an honors program for high school seniors. Students who become Merit finalists may receive scholarships ranging from one thousand dol- lars to full tuition. Students are chosen as semi-finalists by scoring high on the PSAT, the Preliminary Scholastic Apti- tude test. This means they scored in the top one percent nationwide. They then fill out a finalist application and take the Scholastic Aptitude Test to be considered for a finalist position. Students who score in the top five percent receive a Letter of Commendation. This year, Kate Yates and James Scales were the Merit Semi-Finalists. Bruce O'Neal received a Letter of Commendationf James Scales and Kate Yates. Boys State 1985-1986 Boy's State was held in Cookville at Tennessee Tech. They were selected in the spring of their junior year. The stu- dents participated in all levels of govern- ment. They actually held their own elec- tions and enacted a mock-state legisla- ture, complete with other state officials such as governor, Supreme Court jus- tices, and cabinet members. The students who attended were James Scales, John Zavisa, and Clay Michaels. Not pictured: Robert Verge.