SWHS All-Class Picnic July 8, 2017
By
Barbara Ward Thompson ‘43
The
19th Annual All-Class Picnic at Riverfront Park is again scheduled
for the second Saturday in July, which makes it July 8 this year. Mark your
calendars!
Gates
open at noon. Picnic lunch is catered
and will be served at 1:00 p.m. You
choose chicken or pulled pork sandwich when you make your reservation. Cost remains $15 per plate. Early advance reservations go a long way
toward increasing accuracy and reducing errors and confusion.
Peggy Suryan and her crew of
youthful helpers will be available to assist those who need help with meal
service.
Golf
carts will again be available for those who’d like some assistance negotiating
the hill to and from the picnic site.
Classes
who are thinking about putting up their own individual tents should contact Barbara Ward Thompson at 360-855-0293 by July 1 to ensure that
you have a spot in the layout.
We
are grateful to the Sims family for
continuing their dad, Vern’s,
tradition of providing two 10’ x 20’ tents for shelter from the elements. We appreciate their long commitment!
We
look forward to seeing you at this fun, annual event!
We usually have about 500 Cubs and friends in attendance at
the All-Class Picnic!
As always, you can make reservations for
the picnic and pay your dues using the form inserted. Please pay by check and be sure to include
your class year.
The All-Class Picnic is our biggest event of
the year – a great time to reconnect with your favorite Cubs and a fundraiser
for the scholarship and classroom grant programs that make us so proud every
year. Please make sure you have a paid
reservation and bring a few extra dollars to participate in the fun raffles we
have for you.
2017 FOUNDATION
MEMBERSHIP DUES!
Calendar
year 2017 dues are due now! Please use
the inserted form and be sure to give us your e’mail address.
Dues
are $10 per year for annual memberships and $100 for the popular lifetime
membership option.
Thank you to all who faithfully
support our organization through memberships and donations to the scholarship
programs and classroom grants.
Brock Stiles, ’78, served as the
master of ceremonies
at the 2016 All-Class
Picnic.
Barbara
Thompson,
’43, is the
most organized picnic
chair ever!
Coming Class Events
Class of 1959
Lunch
gatherings for class of ‘59 friends; please call Bonna Harrison Beitler
360-855-0030 for dates and times.
Class of 1971
Coffee
hour on the last Tuesday of every month, where we visit and catch up on the
latest news. At the Woolley Market.
SWHS Alumni and Schools
Foundation Communications!
Our
newsletter is published twice a year, but updated information is always found
on our Facebook page.
Class
representatives are encouraged to send information about reunions and
gatherings so we can share it with CUBS all over the world!
Deadline
for next issue: April 10, 2017.
SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
By Lola
Ellestad ‘42, Scholarships co-chair
The Class of
1971 and the Sedro-Woolley Alumni students have claimed their 2016 scholarships
and are hard at work with classes that will help them for a lifetime. I am proud of all the kids that are getting
off to a good start towards their careers.
This is the fun time of our year when we actually request the
scholarship check from the treasurer, mail the check to the college and watch
our Sedro-Woolley High School seniors make us PROUD!
This year we
had three students from the Class of 1971 and seven students from the Alumni
that won scholarships. This totaled $25,500. The Foundation also provided scholarships
from their donors.
We have
distributed the 2017 applications to the counselor's office for students to
apply for scholarships. Applications were
due January 31, 2017. Thanks to the
scholarship committee for their work in reviewing applications and selecting
recipients. We look forward to meeting
the awardees at the June Senior Class events.
2016 Foundation
scholarships:
Lewis & Millie Gruver Scholarships awarded to Emily Moran (Western Washington University) and James D. Barney (Air Force Academy) .
Heather Schols Memorial Scholarships awarded to Kaycee Richardson (University of
Washington) and Abby Dimock (Eastern
Washington University).
Harrison Family Scholarship awarded to Meghan McCloud
(Washington State University).
Mollie Young Memorial Scholarship awarded to Ernestina Castellanos (Skagit Valley
College).
2016 Class of 71 Scholarships:
Noah Annett – 2016 grad,
$2500
Katherine Daley – 2016 grad,
$2500
Timothy Moser – 2014 grad, attending
WSU, $2500
It gives us
great pleasure to help these fine CUBS further their educations!
WHY DO I VOLUNTEER FOR THE SW ALUMNI AND
SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
MEMBERS SPEAK OUT:
Joe Jones, ‘98
I
enjoy being Vice President of the Alumni and Schools Foundation because it
allows me to give back to the community I live in and the school I graduated
from. Being on a lot of our committees
allows me to give out school grants, scholarships to students and help manage
our money to spend it where it is needed most.
Darrel Jones, ‘48
I
enjoy being a member of the Finance Committee because:
My
wife Mary and I, both being grads of 1948, when at such time there were very
few sources of support for financing a college education, we seldom even
thought about attending college or even a trade school.
A
number of years ago, I felt privileged to have been invited to be a member of
the Finance Committee for the Alumni Association, my participation led to an appreciation of the past success of my
predecessors who had accumulated a nice amount of funds that were invested to
provide capital gain to fund scholarships for grads of the two S-W schools.
Following
the merger with the S-W Foundation I became of member of the merged Alumni
Foundation Finance Committee and have
continued my dedication to the legacy to provide annually as many dollars as we
can for the Scholarship Committee to award scholarships to deserving students.
Kellie Cargile ‘79
I
enjoy volunteering for the board because of seeing first-hand how the funds we
raise help our students each and every day. From much needed college scholarships to
supporting credit retrieval costs to providing Camp Orkila scholarships, the
impact for our students is great and spread across the district. The classroom grant program has supplied much
needed technology and program support for our teachers. The materials and items purchased are used
daily to help our children receive a quality education. As an all-volunteer board, it feels good to
know that the funds raised go directly back to our students.
Judy Johnson, ‘71
I
enjoy producing the newsletters, social media content, and tracking memberships
for the Foundation because it keeps me in touch with alums all over the world
and reminds me that we are a community of grads who want the very best
education for our up and coming CUBS!
CLEAR LAKE BECOMES “SCHOOL OF
DISTINCTION”
Clear Lake Elementary School
is celebrating a School of Distinction award they received in September 2016
for sustained improvement in English language arts and math over a five-year
period. Clear Lake Elementary School is
one of 94 schools so honored by the Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE)
and their partner organizations that have recognized schools all over Washington
state for continuous and substantive improvement.
Clear Lake is the only school
in Skagit County to receive the award this year.
Principal Dina Fox explains
that there are many reasons for the success of their students. Most importantly, every staff member is
dedicated with helping every student achieve their learning goals. She cites their progress monitoring system as
one of the many reasons why students are successful at Clear Lake. Principal Fox stated, “When you check in and
find out what each student is learning, no one is falling through the cracks. We are frequently and consistently assessing
students in literacy and math. We are
keeping our fingers on the pulse of their progress and doing triage when
needed. No student is an invisible
learner. All are successful.”
Recognition for Clear Lake
Elementary staff, families, and students is going to be held on January 9, 2017
at the School Board Meeting that will be held at the Support Services Building,
317 Yellow Lane, SW. The community is
invited to attend the celebration and awarding of the School of Distinction
banner to the school.
Sedro-Woolley Cam
Sedro-Woolley
has a live downtown cam! Check out the
happenings any time of the day or night at the City’s web site:
Look
for Hammer Heritage Square web cam! It’s
on the clock tower!
ALL-CLASS PICNIC APPRECIATES
SORESTAD SPONSORSHIP
THANKS
to Keith Sorestad, ’71 for sponsoring our golf cart assistance at the All-Class
Picnic! Helps our alums who need a quick
ride from the parking lot to the picnic entry point.
Pictured: Lola Ellestad, ’42 and driver,
Christy Larson, ’72.
S-W Alumni and Schools Foundation
2017 Board of Directors and Officers
Brock Stiles, President
Joe Jones, Vice President #1
Robin Taylor, Vice President #2
Kellie Cargile, Secretary
Katherine Olson, Assistant Secretary
Pam Baird, Treasurer
Bonna Beitler, Assistant Treasurer
Directors:
Gene Ashe Darrel
Jones
Phil Brockman Lola
Ellestad
Cindy Brune Steve
Lidgard
Judy Johnson Danielle Russell
Arlene Eastman Peggy
Suryan
Brett Greenwood Barbara
Thompson
Pat Hyatt Lynn
Torset
Irene Johnson Reidar
Ytgard
Directors
serve staggered three-year terms.
FALL FUNDRAISER NEWS PENDING
In
our next issue, watch for news about the biannual fall fundraiser – there are
surprises in store!
S-W ALUMNI AND SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
REMAINING MEETING DATES FOR 2017
All meetings are held at the
Sedro-Woolley School District building on Trail Road at 11:00 a.m. These are the meetings to plan the All-Class
picnic, the plant sale, biannual auction, pancake breakfast, and other
activities.
All meetings are set for the
third Friday of the odd-numbered months.
January 20, 2017 July
14, 2017
March 17, 2017 September 15, 2017
May 19, 2017 November
17, 2017
MEMBERSHIP DUES
Our
membership year is the calendar year.
“Annual”
memberships are $10 per year.
Life
Memberships are currently $100.
The
membership form is an insert in this newsletter and the form can also be used
to make donations to our scholarship fund and to reserve your ticket for the
2017 All-Class Picnic. So easy!
CONTACT US FOR INFORMATION ANY TIME!
We have a new e’mail address!!
[Note: There are no spaces in the address, the spaces were added to keep web bots from harvesting the address.]
For more information about the
current Sedro-Woolley Schools Foundation, visit the web page at:
Facebook:
We love to hear from
you!
S-W Alumni and Schools
Foundation
COMING EVENT DATES
May 6, 2017 – Annual
Geranium and Plant Sale!
Bingham Park in
Sedro-Woolley!
July 4, 2017 – Pancake
Breakfast
at Sedro-Woolley
Community Center!
July 8, 2017 – Annual
All-Class Picnic
at Riverfront Park!
We invite YOU to
volunteer
to help at these
events!
