Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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National Honor Society National Honor Society, a club of a different sort. A club not intended for everyone. Only those that meet require- ments can participate in the club. lt's a club, as the title says, full of honor. To even be considered for the club, one must have at least a 3.5 grade point average. Once this requirement is met, one must fill out an application on ser- vice, which is evaluated on a scale of 1 to 4, with 1 as the lowest and 4 the highest. While the service application is being evaluated, the teachers evaluate those that apply on leadership and character. Using the same scale on service. the aver- age score of these are then added to the grader point average and the service score. These four scores must add up to a 12.5 to be accepted into the club. Getting accepted into the club is just the beginning. Members are expected to attend all the meetings and participate in 2X3 of the functions. The meetings are held two times a month, every second and fourth wednesday. The meetings commence at 7:00 a.m. in room 4G. The officers and f or the sponsor run the meet- ings. This year's officers are as follows: President - Jeff Reeser, Vice President - Ricky Gray, Secretary - Lisa Os- borne, Treasurer - Karen Boos and Sponsor - Mrs. Couture. Since the ciub is a service organization the functions of the club deal with com- munity service. Some of this year's func- tions include, adopting nursing homes and families, working at the Jeffco Action Center, and helping with Special Olym- pics and Adopted Aquatic's. Participating in these functions, the members of NHS go an extra step. They uphold the honor given to them and carry it, each to their own limits and beyond. Mrs. Couture, sponsor of National Honor Society. Jeff Reeser, president, leads the meeting. Michelle Wewel and Thonda Strepman listen intently. Ricky Gray, vice-president, and Lisa . Osborne, secretary, ponder remarks at the meeting. N.H.S. Members Pat Armstrong, Karen Boos, Mark Bradford, Diane Deibert, Tim Fisher, Katie Gleason, Diana Glose, Ricky Gray, Guy Gunther, Shelly Hassen, Traci Heinz, Suzanne Higinbothan, Lori Holliday, Christine Hollop, Christos Ismailids, Carrie Jensen, Kari Kolleth, Cassandra Kuypers, Kathy Lynch, Jenny Malone, Leslie Mathis Korin McDowell, Jim McKown, Kristin Miller, Lisa Osborne, Marcia Pederson, J Summers, Amy Tirre, Michelle Wewel, Cheri Wright. I National Honor Society 117

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Who Will Run Government in the hand of the stu- dents, is it a good idea? At Green Moun- tain it proves to be a very good idea. Mrs. Gunther and Mr. Perault were the sponsers of the club this year. Chris Hol- lop, president, Andy Kerr, V. Pres., Heike Scholz as secretary and Amy Tirre as treasurer. There were twenty-two stu- dents in the club. With the Presidential election they were especially busy help- ing with the precinct reporting for chan- nel 4. When asked what the purpose of gov- ernment club was, Mrs. Gunther replied, To get the students aware of state and international issues. Also to promote community awareness of politics to the people. They have special events this year other then the precinct reporting for channel 4 in the presidential election, many events just for students throughout Jefferson county. Youth in government The Country? runs from Dec. 12 through Dec. 14 spon- sered by the Y.M.C. A. at the state capi- tal. This is where the kids get a chance to pass bills of their own in their own legisla- ture. Next they have a mock trial which is a youth in law program. In a mock trial students simulate an actual trial. Lastly they have the mock United Nations Gen- eral Assembly. Each student gets to re- present a different country and discuss the topic picked for that year. This was Government Club's 5th year at Green Mountain. Each year it seems to get more popular. The meetings were held every Thursday morning at 7 a.m. before classes started. Each member en- joyed Government Club this year. There was a mutual feeling between each mem- ber that there was something to be gained from the club. I think we can rest easy knowing that people like these may one day, be part of our government. Molly Vickrey prepares to argue a bill. Amy Tirre and Heike Scholtz playing around before the meeting begins. Chris Hollop conducts the meeting. Government Club listens to the bills being presented. 116 Government Club

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