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B.A.T. stands for Basic Aid Training, a program created by the American Red Cross. In 1976, this program was made offical and would be used to introduce children to safety information and first aid procedures for a variety of situations. The BAT program was used for children the ages 8-10 to help teach them and keep them prepared for certain situations. 

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While multiple and widely divergent theories abound as to the origin of the now mostly archaic phrase "23-skidoo!", none has proven definitive. It is attested in the press that the expression arose around the turn of the 20th century and originally meant to leave suddenly, make haste, or more colloquially to "take a hike!" The "skidoo" element is generally seen as a variant of the word "skedaddle," itself related to scatter or scuttle. The association with the number twenty-three is as old as the skidoo element itself, but the exact connection is obscure.

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The Verndale Pirates is the football team affiliated with the Verndale School, a public secondary school in Verndale, MN. The team has won two state championships, under coach Mike Mahlen.​ Attendees and staff in the school are also referred to as "Verndale pirates."

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"The State University of Iowa" is the legal name of the University of Iowa (or UI, a name approved for everdy usage in 1964 by its Board of Regents). UI was founded in Iowa City, Iowa on February 25, 1847, just 59 days after Iowa was admitted to the Union, and was the oldest university in Iowa. 

The building featured on the button was the Old Capital Building, built in 1840 as the main government building for the state of Iowa. The building became the University’s first permanent building in 1857 when the state legislature moved to Des Moines, and it has since stood as the most prominent landmark at the center of the campus. Besides its National Historic Landmark status for its Greek Revival style, the building was also historically intriguing for that President Abraham Lincoln was eulogized on its steps on April 19, 1865.

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Saint Joseph’s Notre Dame is a private, Catholic high school located in Alameda, California. The school was originally the two separate entities of Saint Joseph’s, originally a Marianist missionary that founded a boy’s high school in 1935, and Notre Dame, a girl’s school founded in the late 19^th century. In 1960 Notre Dame High School was opened as a parochial school, which became consolidated into a single co-ed facility in 1985. The high school is one of the few in the world to have a basilica, given in 1972 by Pope Paul VI.

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Lane Technical College Prep High School located in Chicago, Illinois, was founded in 1908. Lane Tech is one of nine selective enrollment schools, requiring all applicants to pass entrance exams before attending the school. The campus has an enrollment of just over 4,000 students, grades 7-12. Lane Tech's colors are green and gold, and their mascot is the Indians (which has been much debated in recent years, but still remains unchanged).

Shoot for the Stars is most likely a reference to a statue located on Lane Tech’s campus. The statue, “Shooting the Stars”, is of the school’s mascot pointing a bow and arrow upward toward the sky. The statue was created to honor Lane Tech students who died fighting in World War II. It is also most likely referring to the school’s many honor and awards in both academics and athletics, encouraging students to “shoot for the stars”.