Arvada High School - Redskin Yearbook (Arvada, CO)

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R-1 ACADEMIC A CHIE VEME T A WARD A total of sixty-two Redskins received the R-l Academic Award this year. In order to qualify for this honor, a student must be in the upper five per cent of his class schol- astically, according to the grades earned for the two semesters preceding the award. A bronze pin is awarded to those selected for the first year, a silver pin for the second year, and a gold pin for the third year. At the awards assembly, thirty-one bronze pins twenty-two silver pins, and nine gold pins were given to hard -working Redskins . 29

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NATIO AL HO OR SUCIETT Scholarship, character, service, and leadership are the qualities necessary for membership in the National Honor Society. In addition to these qualities, a prospective member must be in the upper ten per cent of his class if he is a junior or the upper twenty-five per cent if he is a senior. Each year approximately five per cent of the jun- ior class and ten per cent of the senior class are selected for Honor Society member- ship. Thirty-seven seniors, nineteen juniors, and tvventy-one seniors elected as juniors composed the society this year. These Seventy-Seven Redskins were honored at the awards assembly. .28

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A CLUB This year the AHS lettermens club was under the direction of its president, Steve Bell. Assisting this year were Roger May, vice -president, jim Spears, secretary- treasurer, and Sponsors Mr. jim Dalthorp and Mr. Irv Brown. To be eligible to be- come a member of A Club, the boy must have lettered in any one sport and partici- pated in the initiation. The Club sponsored the annual Homecoming activi- ties Which included the bonfire, the dance, and the nominees for queen. The A Club also sponsors A Night and the annual banquet. '