Argyle School District Distinguished Alumni Awards

Distinguished Alumni Award Nomination Form

Program Overview

Purpose

The distinguished alumni awards would be given annually to select alumni of the Argyle School District who have achieved a high level of success in their career or area of interest, who have overcome major obstacles in their lives, or who have made major contributions or impacts to society or their communities, locally to worldwide.

The two major goals for this program are: (1) to recognize and honor distinguished alumni and (2) to provide current students of the District with role models and examples of what can be accomplished upon graduation from high school. This program would closely align with the District’s mission of producing confident, well-rounded students who can realize their aspirations as creative, contributing citizens.*

Award Levels

Outstanding Young Alumni Award - Granted to graduates of Argyle School District who have achieved a high level of success in their chosen career or area of interest, or made significant contributions to their community by the age of 40. Individual nominees must be 40 years of age or younger at the time of nomination.  

Distinguished Alumni Award - Granted to graduates of the Argyle School District who have achieved significant success in their careers or area of interest, overcome major obstacles in their lives, or made significant contributions to their communities. This can be awarded posthumously. 

Administration

Model administration of the awards program off of the current Athletic Hall of Fame award program and other area schools that currently have a distinguished alumni award program, i.e., Dodgeville.

Establish a Distinguished Awards Selection Committee, consisting of the school Principal (or designee), President of the Booster Club (or designee), President of the current senior class, and two at-large community members who are graduates of Argyle High School. Preferred future committee members would be alumni award recipients. Select recipients each year by no later than April 15. Nomination must be received by March 31.  

Select up to three awardees for the Distinguished Alumni Award and one for the Outstanding Young Alumni Award, except for the inaugural event, where more than three Distinguished Alumni Awards may be selected.  

Present the awards in the spring, preferably in conjunction with another awards/scholarship event or other school event.  

*Argyle School District’s Mission:  Provide a safe, stimulating, and supportive learning environment to inspire students and encourage personal growth while challenging abilities and accommodating individual learning rights. Provide resources and learning opportunities to achieve and maintain high academic standards. Graduate confident, well-rounded students who can realize their aspirations as creative, contributing citizens.