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Official Gainesville High School
Alumni Association
800 South Morris, Gainesville, Texas 76240
Office: 940-668-3625 Email: nichols@gainesvilleisd.org Alumni Board Members
President, Tom Kennedy - Class of 1964 1950s Rep. Cliff Gibbs - Class of 1956
Vice President, Peggy Holt - Class of 1956 1960s Rep. Joybell Schalk - Class of 1963
Secretary, Carol Ann Hess - Class of 1965 1970s Rep. Debbie Fleitman - Class of 1972
Treasurer, Shelia Colwell - Class of 1988 1980s Rep. Susan Beall - Class of 1984
1930s - 1940s Rep. Travis Budlong - Class of 1939 1990s Rep. Penni Nichols - Class of 1990
1930s - 1940s Rep. Joe Leonard Jr. - Class of 1937 2000s Rep. Michael Ramos - Class of 2001
The Alumni Association Luncheon will beheld on Friday, September 10th. The room will be full of GHS graduates, some dating back to 1937. A small bio will be given on each honoree and then they will be presented with a plaque. The Alumni Association began giving out a scholarship this year. The recipients were Christina Wiese and Madyson Bond. One of their parents was a GHS graduate. Below is the list of past Distinguished Alumni and Educators.
Education Hall of Fame Honorees 2009
Anita Homer Wilson
Anneta Earle
Margaret Duncan
Joy Die
Alumni Hall of Fame Honorees 2009
Dr. John W. Priest - Class of 1968
Dr. Patricia Levell Robertson - Class of 1969
Lt. Col. Thadd Blanton - Class of 1936
Jim Bass - Class of 1937
GHS Alumni Hall of Fame Honorees
2004
Lou Allen - Class of 1942
Caroline Cunningham - Class of 1940
Joe Leonard Sr. - Class of 1917
Joe Leonard Jr. - Class of 1937
Joe Leonard III - Class of 1962
2005
Travis Budlong - Class of 1939
Frank Morris - Class of 1966
James Allen "Red" O'Neal Class of 1938
Sue Simpson Schwartz - Class of 1964
2006
Spencer Hays - Class of 1956
Joyce Estes Malinowsky - Class of 1942
Jo Ann Webb Powell - Class of 1941
William Wright Stevens - Class of 1939
2007
James Lindsey Embrey - Class of 1942
Rear Admiral William C. Francis, USN - Class of 1956
Michael J. Henry - Class of 1973
Karen Budlong Simpson - Class of 1964
2008
Sue Cartwright - Class of 1973
Dr. Clinton McPherson - Class of 1936
Wally Cullum - Class of 1955
Dave Tanner - Class of 1967
GISD Education Hall of Fame Honorees
2005
Marcus Austin, Band Director
Naomi Austin, Home Economics Teacher
Guy Beasley, Math Teacher/Computer Science
Clyde Yeatts, Math Teacher
2006
Robert "Bob" Claxton, School Board Member
Joybell Die Schalk, Math Teacher
A.W. "Pop" Wells, Math Teacher
Roy P. Wilson, GISD Superintendent
2007
Ray E. Die, High School Principal
Wilburn O. Echols, GISD Superintendent
Sally Echols, Sixth Grade Teacher
Juanita Hardy, Chemistry Teacher
Glenn D. Wilson, Choir Director
2008
Bertie Lee Gibbs - Coach & Principal
Jo Kennedy - Fourth & Sixth Grade Teacher
Horace McCain - Coach and Shop Teacher
Patsy Wilson - GHS Librarian GISD Alumni Century Club Members
The President's Message - 2009
By Tom Kennedy Alumni Board President There are two cliches that have developed over the past few decades that seem to crop up every day. They both pertain to our touchiest element.
And they are:
"Follow the Money."
"Show me the money."
The six year old GISD Alumni Association has set up some innovative procedures designed to make membership fun and easy. For the first time, it also has set up an Alumni scholarship program designed to help a deserving 2010 senior.
Annual dues are only $15.00 and the first inclination you might have is: Follow the money. The money defrays the cost of the annual luncheon honoring distinguished Alumni and Gainesville Educators - the people who have demonstrated excellence and high achievement.
All you have to do is mail a $15.00 check to the Alumni treasurer, Shelia Colwell, GISD Alumni Assoc. P.O. Box 1738 Gainesville, TX 76241. A form to be completed can be downloaded from this webpage. Please include your name, address, class year, and YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
Alumni board members (non-paid volunteers) each expressed weariness over phone and regular mail solicitors when they discussed the best way to remind fellow Alums that their dues are assessed annually. The board decided that reminders will be emailed several weeks prior to the July 1 fiscal year.
Show me the money. Please. It's a reasonable amount in today's economic world and goes toward supporting something dear to our hearts - growing up in Gainesville and graduating from Gainesville High School, where we solidified lifelong friendships worth more than any amount of money anywhere.
We already have hundreds of Alumni email addresses, making communications quick and easy for reunions or just for your information and needs.
You will receive our email newsletter published throughout the year to include special news updates from your hometown alma mater.
The first Alumni scholarship will be awarded at the 2010 graduation. The amount will depend heavily on Alumni support. An Alumni committee will choose the recipient next spring.
We urge all Alumni to go a step further by becoming a member of the Century Club. This is a $100.00 donation with $15.00 going to the Alumni and $85.00 going to the GISD Education Foundation. Each year the Foundation awards grants to teachers across the district. They also host a gala to honor the top 10% of the Senior class. Each honoree invites a teacher who they feel supported them as they strived for academic success.
This fall the induction of eight additional members to the GISD Hall of Fame will bring the number of honorees to 25 Alumni and 21 Educators. You're bound to know many of them and shopuld nominate your own worthy candidates next year!
Tom Kennedy, Alumni Association President
Class of 1964
Go Leopards!!
Tom Kennedy lives in Houston. His e-mail address is tomkennedy@houston.rr.com
Would you like to remember, honor or memorialize a special person? Now you can! The GISD Education Foundation is selling bricks to be placed at either the new GHS or at the old GHS, soon to be the GJHS. Go to the GISD Foundation homepage and download the form. This is a terrific way to honor someone and at the same time assist the Education Foundation as it continues to support the students and teachers of GISD.
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