Save the Date!!!!

Purgolders United:
Annual Alumni Scholarship Social
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Registration and Cash Bar 11 a.m. Lunch and Program begins at Noon

Wisconsin Club – Country Club
(Formerly Brynwood Country Club)
6200 W. Good Hope Road, Milwaukee, WI  53223

Classmates:  Over the years starting with the planning of the WHS 100th Anniversary celebration, many of you have indicated your interest in volunteering.  Here's your chance.

WE NEED YOU - help us plan this excellent social event (which includes lunch).  The flyer which you can download by clicking on this sentence explains our "ask" with more detail.  We ceertainly hope you can find time to volunteer for this event or for some future event.

WHS Scholarship Applications For 2014 Now Available

Current Seniors:  The WHS Alumni Scholarship Foundation Scholarship Application is now available for downloading.  Please click here or click the third link from the top on the left (WHS Scholarship Appl - 2014) for more information and a link to download the form.  

A link to the 2013 scholarship winners is just below on the left side.  Soon we'll have a complete list of all scholarship winners since 1961 (well over 500 scholarships) on this site.

R E S C H E D U L E D !

Game starts at 7:15pm in the Gym
Alumni festivities start at 6:45pm
Tickets: $4 must be reserved; call 414-875-5933

Click this link for more details

New Class Reunion Information (updated 2/5/2014)

Classes of 1964 (as of 2/5/2014)

Classes of 1986-1992 (as of 2/2/2014)

Info on Reunion Planning:   1954

Tom Laughlin, Class of 1949

Actor-writer-director Tom Laughlin, whose production and marketing of "Billy Jack" set a standard for breaking the rules on and off screen, has died.  His obituary is at http://bit.ly/tom-laughlin

Thank you Class of January, 1963 and Class of 1968

In the past months, each of these classes held energetic and fun reunions.  As a result of their classmates coming together, each of these classes made a good-sized donation to the WHS Alumni Scholarship Foundation Fund.

As you know this helps us to continue and even expand the scholarship opportunities for graduates of WHS.  The announcement of the 2013 awardees is a result of the continuous support of our Foundation.  Go Purgolders! 

2014 Purgolders United Social
Saturday April 26, 2014

Over the years starting with the planning of the WHS 100th Anniversary celebration, many of you have indicated your interest in volunteering.  Here's your chance.

WE NEED YOU - help us plan this excellent social event (which includes lunch).  The flyer which you can download by clicking on this sentence explains our "ask" with more detail.  We ceertainly hope you can find time to volunteer for this event or for some future event.

WHS Alumni Scholarship Foundation

Announces the 2013 Scholarship Awardees

The Foundation Scholarship Committee worked this spring both to cultivate many candidates for our scholarship and recently awarded $1000 scholarships to 24 deserving 2013 WHS graduates.

Scholarship awardees, please click here for several reminders
All alumni:  please click here to see the list of winners.

Thank you Class of 1967

Recently, the Class of 1967 donated $700 to the Washington HS Alumni Scholarship Foundation.  Mr. Richard and Lois Best presented this generous check to Principal Adair.  We thank Mr. and Mrs. Best along with their 1967 classmates for their generosity.

Alumni Night...a Success!

Over 30 alums came to the Alumni Night basketball game last Friday, February 8, 2013.  They witnessed the Mighty Purgolders beat Milwaukee South Division in a comeback win 74-71.  They retain a share of the City Conference Basketball title.  

Jody Sussman Steren '66 write this note to us:

I did go to the game on Friday night with my husband (June '69) and a friend (June '65) and her husband who drove in from Reedsburg Wisconsin. We parked on Sherman Blvd. right in front of the steps of the main door. Principal Adair held the tickets for us at the box office and she was manning the ticket office when we arrived. We were given purgolder lanyards and a pom pom. Michele Price was there and made sure my husband had a front row seat because he couldn't climb the stands easily. At halftime the alums were called to center court to be introduced by decade. We were the oldest and the only ones prior to the 70's. It was parents night for the players so there was cake and punch served. We were treated really well and they seemed pleased we were there. The game was good and WHS came from behind to win. Too bad more grads didn't make the effort to come. They'd have seen a gym that had stands. There were no varsity games at the school when we were there in the old gym, just gymnastic competitions or wrestling matches or swimming in the little pool inside the school and track and cross country outdoors. I'd go again.

Mira Marquel Hamilton '91 inducted into the

University of Whitewater Athletic Hall of Fame
October 20, 2012

Mira was one of many fine students at Washington HS and a member of the Computer Specialty Program.  On matriculating to UW-Whitewater and joining the Track and Field Team, Mira qualified for every national chanpionship during his career, four indoor and four outdoor.  He held UWW school records in the 55 meters indoors, and the 100 and 200 meters outdoors when he graduated.  Mira won the 55 meters indoors and 100 outdoors at the WIAC Championship and qualified for both national meets again, racing to a third place in the 55 meters indoors at the NCAA Division III championship and winning the 100 meter dash at the '94 NCAA Division III outdoor meet.  He earned All-America status three times during his career.

Since graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 1995 with a Bachelor's degree from the Management Computer Systems (MCS) program he has worked for several Information Technology concerns and most recently has taken a position as Service Monitoring Project Manager for the Washington DC Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.  He has many accomplishments and even speaking engagements as a result of his work for WMATA.

During the time he worked in the Milwaukee area he served for several years on the WHS Advisory Board for the Computer Information Technology Academy as a valued member and resource.  We congratulate Mira on his induction into the UWW Athletic Hall of Fame, thank him very much for his service back to Washington HS and wish him well in his future endeavors.

Another successful WHS Alumni! we are proud of!

A VERY Proud Day for Washington High School

and the Washington HS Alumni Scholarship Foundation

On Friday, August 24, the WHS Alumni Scholarship Foundation presented schoalarship checks to 29 seniors from the Class of 2012.  This is a record number.  

Fox6 was there for the entire event and in the end put together a very nice on-air presentation which was aired both on Friday evening and Saturday morning.

Please take time to click on the link just below and be proud of your school and these new alumni.

http://fox6now.com/2012/08/24/29-scholarships-awarded-from-mps-washington-high-school/

Here is the MPS Press Release for this same event

http://bit.ly/whsalumni-pressrelease

BE PROUD, PURGOLDERS!

The WHS Alumni Foundation Annual Scholarship Luncheon 
was held on May 19, 2012 at the Wisconsin Club - Country Club.  The guest speaker was Tonya C. Adair, Principal of WHS.  She spoke for about 30 minutes about the challenges and successes at WHS this past year, her first as principal.

You can see and hear her speak by going to this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BosJbmdu3FE

Click here for a recent article about Principal Adair

WE HAVE MOVED (sort of)

Our NEW PO Box number is:  PO Box 170321, Milwaukee, WI  53217

(mail sent to the old PO Box number will be forwarded for about 1 year).

Spring isn't far away
"The lilacs will bloom in May...tra la"

...that is, at least for those of us living in the northern half of the US!

The WHS Alumni Scholarship Foundation board continues to work toward developing various initiatives.  We hope to begin announcing some of these in the coming months.

Please consider a donation to the WHS Alumni Scholarship Foundation.  In June, 2012 your Foundation provided scholar ships to 29 deserving WHS Grads to support their efforts at post-secondary institutions.  Any donation you provide will be very much appreciated.

Please send your fully tax-deductible donation to

WHS Alumni Scholarship Foundation

PO Box 170321 <this is our new PO Box number>

Milwaukee, WI  53217 <and our new zipcode>

Thank you very much!

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