Akron East High School Alumni Association

DAY AT THE RACES IS COMING 11/06/09 POSTING INFO 10/08/09

 

CANCUN RAFFLE

                   SCHOOL NEEDS ARE AS FOLLOWS

1. FOOTBALL HELMETS AND UNIFORMS

2. LIBRARY BOOK SELECTIONS

3. TICKETS FOR THE CANCUN RAFFLE COST  5.00 EA. OR 5-TICKETS FOR $20.00

4. WE THOUGHT THAT HAVING THIS RAFFLE WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH RAISING THIS DEARLY NEEDED MONEY.  OF COURSE DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME, BUT WHY NOT HAVE A CHANCE AT A REALLY GREAT PRIZE?  GET YOUR TICKETS SOON.

GRAND PRIZE INCLUDES:

1-WEEK STAY AT THE WESTIN CLUB REGINA

ONE BEDROOM SUITE W/ JACCUZI ON  BALCONY

AIRFARE INCLUDED FOR TWO ROUND TRIP. ALL TRANSFERS ARE INCLUDED AS WELL.

DRAWING TO BE HELD AT EAST HIGH NITE AT THE RACES NOVEMBER 6TH 

CONTACTS FOR TICKETS OR QUESTIONS: 

NEIL MCNEIL--330-618-6693

GEORGE TONIES--330-815-2001

JOHN STANLEY--330-571-2981 

GOLF OUTING TO BE AUGUST 1ST 2009

 THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT AND IS ALLWAYS HELD ON THE 1ST SAT. IN

AUGUST. PAUL CUNNINGHAM CLASS OF '65 AND HIS MUCH YOUNGER WIFE CONI CLASS OF '74 HEAD THIS EVENT UP EACH YEAR. IT IS A LOT OF WORK AND OUR HATS ARE OFF TO THEM FOR HEADING UP THIS WONDERFUL GET TOGETHER EACH YEAR.

YOU NEED TO BE SIGNED UP PROBABLY NO LATER THE THE MIDDLE OF JUNE TO ASSURE YOU ARE ABLE TO GET YOUR 4-SOME IN THE GAME.

LOTS OF DRINK AND FOOD FOR ALL. EVEN A GOOD SKIN GAME IS ALLWAYS IN THE WORKS 

2007 East High School Alumni Scholarships

In May, at the annual Senior's Awards Assembly at East High, the following seniors were presented scholarships in recognition of their achievements during their high school careers.  These scholarships are provided by the finest people in the world today:  East High Alumni!!!  Find out how to get involved in this noble cause, contact Clarence Berry@  330 634 0418.

Scholarship Recipient                                Scholarship Provider

Danielle R. Chambers                                  Clarence McNair DDS '55 Family Scholarship

Jessica Cunningham                                    Sombrio Memorial Scholarship

Adam Alexander Kraus                                 Berry Family Memorial Scholarship

Jalisha Lancaster                                         Bond Memorial Scholarship

Bryan Gary Lawson                                     McLain Memorial Scholarship

Shayna P. Miles                                           Gloria Rookard Nursing Scholarship

Sara Elizabeth Porter                                  Frank Meadows Memorial Scholarship

Chantelle A. Richards                                   Harley Smith II '45 Memorial Scholarship

Jonathan M. Schertz                               Class of 1951 Memorial Scholarship

Ernestine Annette Stallinger                   Ensworth Memorial Scholarship

Lara R. Turner                                        Holloman Memorial Scholarship

 

2007 HALL OF FAME INDUCTION

On March 18th at Tangier's Restaurant here in Akron the newest class of inductees were welcomed into the East High School Hall of Fame.  With much fanfare and tribute the following Alumni joined the ranks of East High's finest:

    Inductee          Class of       Now lives in      Recognized for    Company

William "Bill" Dahlgren           1951                Palos Verde, CA.         Science                Airtech Intnl.

Jack Leighty                         1944                 Huntington MD,       Veterinary Med.         Public Health

Clarence McNair                    1955                 Tampa FL.                 Dentistry                 Public Health

Art Minson                            1934                 Posthumous          Mr.  East Akron       Community Services

Frank Meadows                      1947                Posthumous          Realtor            Founded Meadows Realty

Daniel Steen                          1963                Stow Ohio             Environmental Sciences    First Energy

Robert "Bob" Wise                  1951                Posthumous          Invented the Space Suit for Astronauts

Congratulations to all these fine Alumni!

Sports Teams get a Boost @ EHS

Team Sports Get Alumni Help

    This past school year, the Alumni Assoc. has extended its help to team sports at East.  The following is a list of teams that the Alumni Association helped this year.

The Bowling Team got bowling shirts and help on their banquet to the tune of ($250.00)

Boys basketball got the opportunity to play in a summer league because of the generosity of the EHS Alumni. ($685.00)

Cross Country got new uniforms. ($300.00)

We helped to sponsor DECA students in their regional competition. ($250.00)

EHS Alumni sponsored a coach's clinic to showcase talented football players to college scouts.  ($70.00)

Girls' Basketball will participate in a summer league because of your generous support.  ($469.00)

Girls' Volleyball got a save in the form of new equipment for the team. ($288.00)

Girls' Track got where they were going because the Alumni Association sponsored their transportation.($200.00)

All of these activities take money and you, the loyal EHS Alumni, have kept coming through for your Alma Matter.  Thanks Alumni.

EHS Alumni Offers Help to East High Teachers

EHS Alumni Offer East Teachers Help   

This past fall, on a teacher in service day, Alumni officers presented a proposal to the East High Faculty.  What was proposed was for the teachers to come up with ideas that would enhance their lessons to East High students.  Basically, the EHS Alumni said come up with new or innovative ways to present your lessons or perhaps to enhance and enrich your lessons and the Alumni Assoc. will pick up the bill!  The faculty came up with some terrific ideas and the race was on.  Would they run out of ideas before we ran out of money?   Here are some of the things that your Alumni Assoc. did:

The counselors wanted to run a "Student of the Week" program and award prizes for the students selected each week.  The Alumni put up the money and East has a new winner every week. ($300.00)

The library needed a new laminating machine the kids could use for their projects.  Thanks to the Alumni for "covering" their need. ($684.00)

The English department put together three field trips: Cleveland Museum of Art,  Monet in Normandy, The Maltz Holocaust Museum, and the Western Reserve Historical Society's Princess Di exhibit.  Thanks to the Alumni again, the kids got to see and experience different cultures and learn to understand their significance. ($800.00)

The computer in the music department went down and couldn't be fixed.  Alumni to the rescue, new computer purchased for the music department in February. ($760.00)

National Honor Society got a boost from the Alumni to fund their activities as well as continuing the Three Point O Club. ($600.00)

One of the computers in the reading program went dead but the Alumni Assoc. was able to give them a charge by supplying them with a new power system for their computer. ($183.00)

Thousands of dollars were funneled through the Alumni Association to benefit the JR. ROTC program under George Anger, '65 EHS Alumni.  ($2879.00)

Student Council got some help on their canned food drive. ($100.00)

"The Minaret" received some help with their publication too.  ($100.00)

Thanks Alumni for your support and sponsorship of all of these fine activities.

Las Vegas Trip for 2 for $5.00

That's right, for only $5.00 you and your gambling buddy could be on your way to Vegas.  The trip includes your flight, hotel stay, transfers and taxes for 4 days and three nights at the MGM Grand, Treasure Island, or Mirage Hotel for two people.  I say could be because this is the first prize in a raffle to be held at the East High Alumni Golf Outing being held August 5th 2006 at Mogadore Country Club.  However if you win and choose not to go to Vegas, you may use the value of the Vegas trip toward the purchase of any other travel you would prefer.  Tickets are $5.00 each or 5 for $20.00.  "So You gotta ask yourself, are you feeling lucky?"

This is another fund raiser that the Association has run for the past four years to get money to help the kids at East.  Buy bunches, if you win it's a great trip, if you don't, you still did something good for Dear Old East High.

Membership Lapel Pins to be mailed

At long last the Official Akron East High
School Alumni Association lapel pins will be mailed to members of record.  After much negotiation and revision the lapel pins are now in and waiting to be mailed to the Alumni Association members.  Look for these beautiful pins to arrive soon in the mail.

East High Alumni Scholarships

This year, as a result of your generosity, the Alumni Association has been able to award seven scholarships to graduating seniors.  The scholarship recipients and their scholarships are: 

The Gloria Shuler Rookard Memorial Scholarship     Shamara Walker

The Bond Memorial Scholarship                             Jessica Starks

The Ensworth Memorial Scholarship                       Megan Gallagher

The Tom McLain Art Scholarship                            Hae Nim Cho

The Berry Family Memorial Scholarship                  Stephen Slawter

The John Holloman Memorial Scholarship               Stacey Maroney

The Frank W. Meadows Memorial Scholarship          Kathleen Garrett

These scholarships were awarded to the students on Friday May 19th at the senior awards assembly at East High School in front of their peers and teachers.  It was a very impressive assembly and certainly brought out the best of the senior class.  Congratulations to all of the scholarship winners and of course thank you Alumni.

As the Alumni Association has been chartered as a 501 C 3 or charitable organization, we have been able to facilitate Alumni gifts going to East High School or individual programs, students etc. and provide a tax write off for those gifts to their donors.  This has been a win/ win situation for the kids at East High and the Alumni donors.