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COALPORT -- At the April 26 meeting of the Glendale Education Foundation, vice president William Morrison brought up the possibility of the forming an "official" Glendale High School Alumni Association.
Morrison, along with two former Glendale graduates (Kelsey Troxell and Ansley Stahlman Lash), attended an online presentation from the National Association of Education Foundations on the topic of "strengthening ties with school alumni"-- a very important collaboration for any education foundation.
Forming a Glendale Alumni Association with assistance from the Glendale School District Education Foundation would centralizes all former Glendale High School classes under one umbrella organization and assist the foundation with outreach to all former graduates -- which is actually one of the four goals of the GEF.
Troxell developed an online alumni directory that will soon be linked on the foundation's web page, www.GSDFoundation.org. All former GHS graduates are encouraged to check the website soon, as well as their Facebook page, to register their name, graduating class and current mailing address.
Executive director Richard W. Snyder II talked about how successful the GEF Golf Tournament fundraiser project is progressing.
The board pulled the name of the winning senior to receive the $500 Glendale Educational-Community Scholarship.
The board purchased mugs for every Class of 2021 senior as part of the "adopt-a-senior" program the school is repeating again this year.
It also learned that 26 high honor students in grades nine through 12 have won "Academic Letters" so far this year (after the third nine weeks grading period), while 47 students will be awarded gold pins -- as repeat winners over their high school career. Another 18 students have a chance to win at the end of the school year.
The board is examining information on utilizing a variety of payment apps on the foundation's website to acquire online contributions -- making it easier for donors to give to its nonprofit charity.
The next meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Sept. 27 at Josie's Family Restaurant.