You mean you were in the band and got a letter? That's cool. Way back in the dark ages they were just for the jocks. I like the idea of expanding eligibility.
Same...I don't care how old a thread is if it's still pertinent! Hahavery old thread but I will answer anyway- I have not seen one of those around here in many years- I thought they were more a 1950-1980 thing, didn't even realize some places still had them.
Interesting choice to revive a 10 year old thread for your first post.
I'm not sure if they've fallen in popularity, as class rings have, or if it's just a factor of global warming and our mostly warm location that explains why I've rarely seen them worn in recent years.
Students here earn their first letter and are then given an opportunity to buy the jacket. Letters for other sports, or activities, are added to the same jacket as they are earned.
DD21 pulled out DH's late 70's jacket and wore it some in high school and took it to college with her. She gets lots of compliments on her vintage jacket when she wears it.
I never thought of this until this very thread, lol. And the answer is, no, you don't see very many of them at all.
Part of the issue is that this is a small, poor school, and the focus is much more on academics than sports. The only sports are basketball, baseball, and track (and volleyball, basketball, and track for the girls). No football, soccer, swimming, or anything else.
The other issue is that the most popular sport around here is hunting, which, you know, doesn't really make sense in a public school, for reasons that anyone who has heard the word "Columbine" will immediately understand.*
*I'm told that, in the 50's and decades before and after, it wasn't uncommon for schools to have sharpshooting teams. Not so much any more.
I would think soccer, given how inexpensive it is to equip students for it, would be a natural fit for your school.