Arista – National Honor Society

An Arista lapel pin for New Utrecht High School

Arista was the New York City public high school and middle school variant name for the National Honor Society (NHS) chapters. ARISTA originated in the very early years of the 20th century and remained independent and active thru the 1980s when nearly all schools converted into NHS chapters as it caused confusion on college applications.

The Constitution of the NHS chapter reads, "Article I - Title: This organization shall hereby be known as the National Honor Society, not to be referred to [by] the New York title of 'Arista'", demonstrating the early use of the variant name.

The common insignia of the NYC 'Arista' chapters was an oval lapel pin, worn vertically (approx. 1/2 inch tall and 1/4 inch wide) and divided diagonally into the colors of the particular high school. However, it was not only limited to high schools. It can also be for an intermediate school as well as on a rare occurrence, elementary school.

References

For further information, see the Wikipedia article on National Honor Society.
http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/clive_davis/index.shtml (site accessed 12 July 2007)
"In 1974, he [Davis] founded Arista Records, naming it after his secondary school honor society."

External links

Richard Feynman explains his views on the Arista
http://www.btnhs.org/index.php?action=constitution (site accessed 12 July 2007)
http://www.barnes24.org/site_view_calendar.aspx?id=242491c6-1e89-44ee-8d8a-cf1a3d818c62&date=5%2f30%2f2014&dt=D (Myra S Barnes ARISTA ceremony)

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