Kellam High School - Challenger Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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. by although he d d not teach at Kellam the frrst x ear 1t opened ID the slxteen xears s1nce then Roy -'xmmons has been a mayor cog tn the Kellam wheel Hardly any aspect of he sc hool s actrx IIIBS haxe escaped the posrttxe lnfluence of th1s srncere hard worklng 1nd1 xtdual 'vir Ammons fxrst galned recognltron as a coach at Kel lam coachrng yunror varslty football cross country track lndoor track and outdoor track Durmg h1s coachlng career he won d1str1ct t1tleS ln cross country and track and earned a reputatlon as one of the truly outstandtng coaches 1n the Tldewater area Not only drd h1s teams w1n honors rn com petxtlon but h1s devotlon to h1S players resulted rn several of his athletes recelvrng full scholarshrps to further the1r educatlons at the college level Noteworthy among hlS d1SCl ples are Carl Summerell a former professlonal quarter back for the New York Glants and Ronald Forman an out standrng college trackman at North Carollna State Unlversl Rampagm Roy ty The frequent v1s1ts by these young men and thelr obvrous love for thelr coach IS a true testament of h1s dedlcatlon and hrgh moral character In recent years the pos1t1ons of Athletrc Drrector and Stu dent ACIIVIIICS Coordrnator have been held by Mr Am mons Hrs present posrtxon as Student Actlvrtxes Coordlnator rs a compllcated and rntrxcate 1ob ln wh1ch he must balance all prolects and actxvltres con cernlng Kellam 1ts clubs teams government and adrmn rstratlon sett1ng up a calendar of actlvrtres for each month to ellmlnate confhcts 1n tlme and schedulmg In these capacltles 1n wh1ch he has served he has 8Xh1bltBd an untmng devotron to Kellarn and 1ts students Hrs t1me has always been glven freely wrth httle or no expectatron of re ward Thrs qulet dedlcatron has long endeared h1m to hundreds of past and present Kellam stu dents Desprte the long hours re qulred by h1s present posltron Mr. Ammons has somehow found time to co sponsor a newly formed club at Kellam the Fellowshrp of Chr1st1an Athletes Th1s orgamzatron has Chrlstlan fellowshlp as 1ts pur pose and espouses the pr1nc1 ples to Wh1Ch he has personally dedrcated h1s 11fe These prm C1pl8S of honesty lntegrlty and falr play may be rapldly d1Sap perear1ng from our modern so clety but they are always ID evldence ln the actlons and at trtudes of Mr Ammons Durmg the past srxteen years there have been hundreds of 1nd1v1duals who have experl enced a great deal of pos1t1ve personal growth because of thelr lnteractlon wlth Roy Ammons In many lnstances the rmportance of th1s mterac t1on has not been reahzed untll many years later and the thank yous wh1ch should have been sard were therefore 1mposs1 ble It IS for th1s reason that now the txme and space IS bemg taken to express the deep ap preclatron of Kellam students and faculty members for the ef forts of one very speclal 1nd1 vrdual Roy Ammons l '9- X Lunch Ammons shows llcmclx Hailey has '70 lllslrlct smllu-flulv '

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Student Activities tloordinutor Roy Ammons rluvclups tlic Lailseiirlur ul events for sporting, laiclilty, uml oextru' curriculnr revfrnts. Mr. Ammons posses with um: nl tha: da:- curations at thc SCA llllI'lSlIIliIS rluncac which he said was Om: of thc nicest dances he's evur seen. Y , vim' ' ' Mrs. Ellen Soyars and Mr, Richard Perceful discuss a scheduling conflict with Mr. Ammons. Part of Mr. Ammons' job is handling the money collected at all school func tions.