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Leadership quality
By Dan Higgins Another incentive, the Presidential
The Brain. The Jock. No two groups have Academic Fitness Award, according to for
been more different Well, not necessarily. mer Secretary of Education, T.H. Bell, is
More and more, the brain and the jock are “...a challange to our youth to achieve high
the same person. academic standards.”
The stereotype of the brain is no longer The award is generally given to students
that of a small, bookish person whose pants which meet the following minimum criteria:
don’t fit and that of the jock is no longer just at least a B+ average, (equivalent to a 3.3 on
a big, stupid captain of the football team. a 4 point scale) receive a score in the 80th
According to Sophomore Keith Krzemien, percentile on the SAT or ACT and complete
the star athlete may also be an honor student. at least 12 course level units of the “New
Still the honor student goes unrecognized. Basics.”
Harold Blatt, guidance counselor and Na There is a lot of hard work involved in
NHS Member Steven Vahl Is joined by fellow com
tional Honor Society sponsor, says that the being an honor student, Krzemien said. They puter team members James Foxall, Jason Reiff and
honor student does not get the kind of atten may spend four or more hours a night on Mark Wheeler. They won first place at the Nebraska
State Fair Computer Contest.
tion that he deserves. To help change this, an homework. Also a lot more is expected of
academic trophy case has been set up in the the honor student than of an average student, The academic trophy case in the guidance office
counseling center to recognize the efforts of he added. houses distinctive academic awards.
outstanding academic achievements.
Ralston does have some outstanding
scholars to recognize. Darren Swett, Jerry
Winemiller, and Steven Vahl qualified as
semifinalists for the National Merit Scholar
ship by finishing in the top 2 percent na
tionally on the PSAT Test. Other awards of
recognition for the honor student are Na
tional Honor Society and the Presidential
Academic Fitness Award.
According to Blatt, membership in NHS is
based on four things: scholarship, leadership,
service and character. The student must have
at least at 3.4 grade point average. NHS,
which taps its new members at the beginning
of secound semester, may have some chan
ges in its future. Blatt said NHS now taps
only juniors and seniors, but in order to give
younger students the incentive to try harder,
they may begin to choose sophomores for
membership.
Dave Shawn Bridgette Liesl Steven Pam Debbie Nick Susan
McFarland McWilliams Meissner Miller Mitchell Moninger Mowry Mulder Nelson
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Vicki Michelle Stephnie Amy James Julie Matthew Oayle Mark
Nelson Nigro Novak Nuss O'Connor Osborn Palensky Pankratz Perina
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