West Valley High School - Aurora Yearbook (Fairbanks, AK)

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SPECIAL PEOPLE CAPTURING UNIQUE HONORS DETERMINED WEST'S GENUINE EXCELLENCE As pointed out by NEA, Gene Dewild truly directing theater productions such as earned his Teacher of the Year Award by CarnivaI . instructing drama classes with expertise, and ine highest honor attainable by any high school journalist is to become a member of Quill and Scroll. To achieve membership in this organization, one must exhibit high quality journalistic talent while working on the West Aurora, Mind's Eye or Blizzard. New members of Quill and Scroll are inducted each spring following careful consideration by journalism teachers. Membership is announced at the Scholastic and Fine Arts Awards banquet. Since Quill and Scroll is an international organization, its members receive bulletins that keep them up to date on high school journalism. QUILL AND SCROLL MEMBERS? FRONT ROW Russ Talvi, Jennifer Fate, Bernice Burns, Tom Van Hoomissen, BACK ROW: Shannon West, Lory Barsdate, Carla Warren, Lenita Syeridan Ellen Bell, Kristen Lloyd, Marcia Fenton, and Marcie Hassebroek The Faculty member of the Year Award is bestowed upon a pleased Mrs. Sally Allison at the supplement assembly. The award, sponsored by the Aurora Yearbook, was voted upon by students and faculty who based their decisions upon teacher involvement, sincerity and spirit.

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' game During breakfast, inductees plan for a NHS picnic. Q Q5 i Sits? . 25 , fre, ..,. They came at about 10:00 on Wednesday night, May 2. Old NHS members made their rounds with squirt guns and masks, picking up the suprised initiates and taking them blindfolded to the school. There the new members were put to work cleaning the school and straightening library books. After the work was done, everyone proceeded to the gym for badminton and basketball, after which everyone bedded down in sleeping bags in the gym, supposedly to get some sleep. Awakened again to the sound of a trumpet at 4:45 A.lVl., the new members were informed of the duties of NHS and treated to a breakfast cooked by the old members. Following formal induction ceremonies several days later, the inductees became full fledged members to carry on the NHS tradition. ' Along with other new members, initiate Susan Jones has to wear her pin throughout the day. 221