Aurora Central High School - Borealis Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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Student Congress has been at Au- rora Central for twenty-tvvo years and is presently sponsored by lVlrs. Joan Hultin. its purpose is to let stue dents have a day to speak out on national, state, or local issues and ex- perience hovv a democratic government system vvorks. This years Speaker ofthe House was Tim Lord, David Weidenbach was Speaker Pro-Tem, and Henry Rosales vvas Student Parlia- mentarian. The Reading Clerks vvere Twyla Surritte and Ann lVlarie Taylor, and Recording Clerks were Alicia Ag- nevv and Janice Graham. lVlr. Richard lVloosmann vvas the Faculty Parlia- mentarian, and lVlrs. Joan Hultin was Faculty Advisor. The seven bills vvere: eliminating compulsory education from Colorado State Lavvs, requirements for attaining marriage license, elimination of the draft, the establishment of a four day school week in the Aurora public school system, modification of electoral vote system, decrease in national debt, and unity of polls. Avvards were presented to Susan Beason, Best Overall Speaker, Curtis Bradley, Best Senior Speaker, Ilse Bryant, Best Junior Speaker, Karen Turker, Best Sophomore Speaker and Tom Scott as Best Freshman Speaker. lVlrs. Hultin vvas awarded for being Faculty Advisor. Student Congress has been kept alive by the student involvement, and although other schools have tried to imitate Aurora Central's Student Congress, they have never been as successful. 1. The Student! Faculty Breakfast held on De- cember 11, 1980 at Burns Methodist Church, brought a lot of participation from all of Cen- tral. 2. Chefs lVlr. Larry Stebbins and lVlr. Dae vid Nykerk is busy preparing food for the hun- gry students and faculties. 3. lVlr. Richard lVloos- mann and Henry Rosales have the main job of ruling the procedures of Congress. 4. Aurora Central held its 22nd annual Student Congress on December 12, 1980. Student Congress 27

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Student Faeult X Breakfast IS Grade AA The fourth consecutive student! faculty breakfast, sponsored by Stu- dent Government, vvas held Thurs- day, December 11, 1980 at Burns Methodist Church. Approximately 375 people attended, making it the biggest turnout yet. Under the super- vision of vice-principal, Dr. Jim Reitz, lVlr. Russ Corrigan, lVlr. Tim Scheibe- ler, and lVlr. Glenn Freelove served scrambled eggs, pancakes, danishes, juice, coffee, and milk to not only students and staff, but also the board of education, superintendent of schools, director of high schools and director of public relations. uThe purpose of this kind of activity is to help improve school climate by allow- ing students and faculty to come to- gether lnformally and get to know each other better personally, com- mented vice-principal, lVlrs. Pat Thorpe. This year's breakfast cer- tainly provided that chance. 26 Student!Faculty Breakfast

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On January 20, 1981, Midyear Graduation was held at Gateway High School at 8:00 P.M. The program started with the traditional proces- sional uPomp and Circumstancef' Elizabeth Janes recited the in- vocation, and Sandra Malone gave the benediction. John Stuart, Super- intendent ofthe Aurora Public Schools, accepted the class while Dr. Edward Lord, Vice President of the Board of Education presented sut- dents with their diplomas. The fifteen students who graduated midyear from Central were Kathleen Am- brose, Judy Bromstetter, Tom Cran- dall, Loren Diller, Elizabeth Janes, Eugenia Latoski, Mark Larson, and Sandra Malone. Others were Heidi Meyer, Wendy Munoz, Suong Thi Mong Nguyen, Jill Ridenhour, Shelly Schroeder, Eileen Schroeter, and June Steiner. Although there was not a salutatorian or a valedictorian, rec- ognition was given to students who held a 3.5 grade average throughout all four years of high school. Wearing a gold band symbolizing this was Elizabeth Janes. According to vice-principal Mrs. Patricia Thorpe, lVlidyear Graduation is very traditional, she listed many reasons for graduating midyear. These include students wanting to begin new jobs, or start college early, or because they were not able to graduate the year before. It is also a very colorful ceremony, each school dressed in its school colors, so many various shades of favorite colors were present. Most schools mail their graduates diplomas, but the Aurora School System believes in tradition, this gives it more meaning to the graduates. Thus, students who de- cide to graduate early should not be afraid that they will miss having a proper graduation. 28 Midyear .--. : -M N ,7 'l- iw , i ., E, M M, AV