In high school, we started with 15 points and an allowance of .40 cents a week. (double that amount went into a savings) This covered our behavior in cottage, school and work. Now for every 250 points we accumulated, we rec'd a dime raise!!! Anytime we got in trouble, points were taken away. So depending on how bad you were, it took you longer to accumulate 250 points. After you reached 1500 points (for those who were lucky) your raises were in 20 cent increments!
By the end of Senior year, I was making $1.80 a "week" (oh boy!) and about $240.00 in my account.
Wow, I was rich! But it was enough for a deposit on an apartment and some groceries to start off with!
Front page of the H.S. Pass Book 
Allowance
Updated: March 23, 2015
Example of H.S. Allowances
Our allowances were based on 3 categories:
Cottage - School - ShopDATE
COT
TA
GE
S
C
H
L
S
H
O
P
AVG
TOTAL
PTS
ALLOW
ANCE
O.T.
TOTAL
WITH
DRAW
DEP
TO
ACCT
TOTAL
ACCT
DATE
COTT
AGE
SCHL
SHP
AVG
TOTAL
PTS
ALLOW
ANCE
O.T.
WITH
DRAW
TOTAL
DEP
TOTAL
ACCT
Start - June 1963 --------- End - May 1967
NAME
ACCOUNT NO
PASS BOOK NO
Jane Doe
123456
x x x
4-19-09
