Fairview Knight of Excellence Awards

• Knowledge Bowl

Knowledge Bowl is a team competition which requires participants to travel to tournaments throughout Colorado to test their trivia knowledge on a variety of subjects. Fairview has a history of "neck-and-neck" competitions for the top sports in the state.

• Lance Yearbook

The Lance Awards are given in recognition of the dedication to professionalism by yearbook editors and for the long hours invested to create a stellar yearbook. The Lance Achievement of Excellence Award acknowledges the yearbook staff member who volunteers to work on multiple projects and always completes assigned duties by achieving beyond the expected standards.

• Knight Crew

Students who have been a significant part of the lives of Fairview Freshmen as Knight Crew Leaders are recognized for their considerable contributions.

• Royal Banner Newspaper

Awards are given both for exceptional performance of duties in publishing the school newspaper, as well as for state competitions such as CSU Journalism Day, Colorado High School Press Association State Awards, Capitol Hill Press Conference News Writing Contest, Hemingway Young Journalists Contests, American Scholastic Press Association Awards and the Denver Post Prep Sports Writing Contest.

• School Climate and Equity

Awards are given to students who have worked to make Fairview a safe environment for all students. Their leadership and service to the goal of equity, school safety and awareness has left a positive impact on our school community.

• Speech and Debate

♦Outstanding Speech and Debate Student: This student is recognized each year for outstanding commitment to the Speech and Debate team as demonstrated through leadership and mentoring, willingness to try new things, and demonstration of outstanding character and effort.

♦Academic All-America: Students who have received the Academic All American award through the National Forensic League are also recognized. For this award, students must meet SAT/ACT and GPA standards, receive personal recommendations from the Principle and coaches, and have received over 750 points with the National Forensics League.

• Business and Computers

These awards are given to outstanding students in business and management.

• Counseling

♦The Jeanne Nauenberg Award

♦The Red Star Award

• Family and Consumer Science

This award is given to a senior who has been in the program for several years and has excelled in their classes.

• Fine Arts

The Fine Arts Department confers awards to students in visual arts, concerts and jazz band, choir, orchestra and theatre (actors and crew). Each area selects outstanding students who have contributed leadership and extra effort and who demonstrate attributes of developing artists, musicians and actors.

• Language Arts

Awards conferred to outstanding Language Arts students include the Printed Page Award, the Barbara Carlson Award, and the Woolf-Faulkner Award.

• Mathematics

These awards are given to the outstandic mathematics students in each grade level and to the Outstanding Math Student of the Year.

• Physical Education & Health

Each year these awards go to the students who have excelled in a variety of classes in the Physical Education and Health Departments and have demonstrated a commitment to pursuing a healthy lifestyle. Senior Awards are also given.

• Career and Technical Education

The Boulder CTEC Post-SEcondary Scholarship AWard is awarded to a promising high school senior enrolled in a CTEC program, who intends to pursue post-secondary educational opportunities.

• Science

The Science Department recognizes outstanding students in each grade level as well as students who excelled in various science fairs and Science Bowl. Other awards conferred include:

♦Intel Science Award

♦Albert A. Bartlett Award

♦Chemistry Award

♦Sigma Xi Award

♦Robotics Award

♦Science Department Award

• Social Studies

Awards are given for outstanding social studies student(s) and the Career Achievement Award.

• World Language

Each World Language Department honors outstanding students in each grade level: Chinese, German, French, Spanish, Latin.

• CHSAA Scholar Athlete

Awarded to Fairview's male and female athletes who achieve not only outstanding performance in their chosen field of athletics, but in academics as well.

• Outstanding Scholar

This award is given to the top 20 students by cumulative GPA for all semesters of high school, with the exception of the last semester in senior year.

• National Merit Finalists

This award is given to students who have been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program. Both the finalists and those chosen to receive the $2500 scholarship are recognized.

• Knights of the Round Table

Robert Carlson, a retired Fairview High School science teacher, conceived the idea for this award in 1979. The purpose is to honor the truly outstanding seniors. In addition to scholastic achievement, the recipients exhibit the following characteristics: positive attitude, service to school and community, leadership qualities, responsibility, concern for others and the desire to make a difference.