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Our congratulations to our 2011 Alumni Scholarship Recipients. This year eleven graduates received a $1000 scholarship check from your Alumni Association Scholarship Funds. All who contributed to this fund can be proud that you have helped these students in pursuing their college dreams. |
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2011
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Sid & Pat Smart
Memorial Science Scholarship (named after former West teacher Sid
Smart and former West nurse Pat Cozad Smart ’47) - Henal Patel
Kassandra Taylor received the William 'Bill' Thrush '50 Athletic Scholarship. Alumni Scholarship Recipients: front row - Analiz Garibay-Solis, Caryl Sue-Ann Volk, Kaitlyn Kerns back row - Henal Patel, Anthony Jordan, Kassandra Taylor, Joshua Thacker, Dariel Bustos Chaves not pictured - Rosella Franklin, Jeremiah Link, Joshua Thacker |
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Using your
Kroger Plus Card can benefit the West Alumni Scholarship Program.
Join the KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM If you shop at a Kroger store, you can have purchase credits designated as going to our Alumni Scholarship Program. It is a free program that will benefit our Scholarship Program. You just need to register your Kroger Plus card to have your purchases attached to the West High Scholarship program. The West High Alumni Association recently received confirmation that we comply with the regulations necessary for us to participate in the Kroger program. The Kroger program has committed to giving to charitable organizations through this program. At this time, the program is only valid in Ohio and Michigan. However, some cities in both states do not participate - Lambertville, MI and Cincinnati, Dayton, Springfield, OH in addition to Wheeling and Weirton, WV that are in an Ohio Kroger district. All Kroger shoppers have a Kroger Plus Card or Kroger Credit Card that is scanned every time you go through the checkout line. If you live in an area that is participating in the Kroger Community Rewards Program, we hope you will help us with this project and register your Kroger Card. It will just take a few minutes to designate the West Alumni Association as your charity of choice and have a percentage of your purchase earmarked to be sent to the West Scholarship Program. Internet users may register at: www.krogercommunityrewards.com. It is somewhat of a detailed process, but if you follow the directions, you should be able to register your Plus Card on-line. When it asks for our organization number, it is 84464. If by chance you have changed your name, address, or phone number since you obtained your Kroger Plus Card, you can call 1-877-576-7587 to update your information to assure we will receive all of your purchase credits. Your purchases will not count until you have registered your card. We will keep you informed in the Alumni Occident of our progress receiving funds from the program and Happy Krogering! ***FOLLOW-UP: You must re-register your Kroger Card each June to have your sales receipts count toward the Alumni Scholarship Fund. Please do this for our kids. |
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2010
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Row
1 - Susan Kelley, James Marshall, Kirsten Edwards, Jaclyn Dozer
Row 2 - Hailey Cramblitt, Riley Butcher, Samantha Little, Quinton Graham Missing from the picture - Crystal Sangsanoy and Eric Stewart |
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2009
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Alesha Howze, Shana Ballard, Chelsie W. Fuller, Sarah Harper, Khirssy
Pena, Thermion Rose, Katie Snell, Caddice South, Dustin Thomas (all of the recipients were not avaliable for the picture and they are not standing in the order of the names listed) |
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September
2009 - Hello from the Hartranft Siblings:
It has been a while since we graduated from West High School (1957 and 1960) but we still have fond memories of the days we spent walking the halls of that grand building. During the past five years, we have become involved in the Alumni Association Scholarship program and want to share a few of our thoughts with you, our former classmates, friends and fellow alumni. West High School has remained the same in a lot of ways and has also changed in significant ways. One of the changes is in the diversity of the students. "Welcome to West High School" is printed in several languages as you enter through the lobby. The library is now on the first floor and the courtyard is no more. The building is a bit "weary" but the desire of the teachers to instill valuable information in the hearts and minds of their students remains strong. One thing that has remained the same is the desire of the students to reach goals following graduation. We had those dreams and goals and have been blessed to be able to have reached some of them – the goal of running the world remains elusive, however! Many of the students whom we have interviewed as applicants for our West Alumni Association Scholarships will be the first in their family to attend college, many come from one parent homes and many attend school while working part-time or even full-time jobs to help their family. When the Alumni Association "reactivated" in 1992, a main focus was to support programs that would give back to West High School – the school that gave so much to all of us. The Alumni Scholarship Program was put into effect when the By-Laws were drawn. The first scholarships were awarded in 1993 and have been presented to 116 students. This year, nine students received one time awards of $1000 each. That money won't support a student for a year of school but it may buy books, pay lab fees and help offset the tuition costs for a semester or a quarter. There were 22 applicants for these awards, and we wish we had the funds to help each and every one of them. So……the purpose of this letter is to ask for your help….each alumni who walked across the stage and had a diploma placed in his or her hand. There are several ways to help – first, donations to the scholarship fund (mailed to the treasurer) go directly into the fund and are used yearly for the awards. Second, we are setting a goal of establishing an endowment fund – with a starting base of $100,000, the WHSAA could use the interest generated on that money for awards and guarantee that deserving students will be assisted. Did we mention that the WHSAA is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization so ALL of your donations are tax deductible. With our handy dandy little calculator, we figured that if every one of our members gave $4.17 a month (that's $50 per year), we would generate approximately $75,000 each year…..wow, what a goal. Please think about it! We also have fund raisers each year – the golf tournament, the silent auction at the Christmas luncheon and other functions that are in the development stages. If your interest is peaked, there are opportunities to assist with fund raising, review applications, interview candidates, mentor students, assist with the selection process and on and on and on. Interested yet? We hope so – we need you…… Kathy (Hartranft) McWilliams, Class of June 1957 Tom Hartranft, M.D., Class of June 1960 |
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2008
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front
- Brittney Crabtree, Jennifer Graham, Maria Gonzalez, Josh Dearing, Aisha
Collins back - La'Keesha Porter, Jessica Little, Tina Grafton, Joshua Edwards, Trachele Parker |
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2007
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2006
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Michael
Blevins Nona Blankenship Justin Fields Charity Buckley Erik Gott - Sid Smart Scholarship Chase Newcome Rachel Livengood (single picture) Missing is Chlawna Conway |
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2005 |
Tracy Brigner II |
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2004 |
Front:
Dani Jo Stanton Juli Grafton Allen Oney Jeannette Ozoria Danaysa Caceres Back: Drew Carter Lane Newcome Caleb Martin Devon Holliday |
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2003
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Front: Natalie Berndsen |
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2002
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Valerie
Bachus Kevin Hardy Nicole Grafton Amanda Seagraves Rebecca Highbargin Roger Naus, Jr. Sarah Jackson Courtney Watters Mrs. Marie Stafford (Sr. Counselor) David Davis (not pictured) |
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2001 |
Meredith Coakley |
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2000 |
Danielle
Abshire Nicole Jean Clay Janet Cunningham Megan Driscoll Heather Gray Amanda Lynch |
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1999 |
Timothy
Miller Ian Powell Keith Rawls Sarah Stumpp |
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1998 |
Denise
Frabott Sarah Fritchen Megan Jackson Roger Miller Crystal Oliver Amy Pendell Jennifer Rembert Kristy Searless Melissa Taylor Boonlat Thanasack Jonathan Verity |
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1997 |
Stephanie
Bennett Latisha Bright Katrina Busick Jason McCormack Valerie Spears |
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1996 |
Nate
Bible Jennifer Breniser Preston Holloway Holly Pendell Jennifer Thornton |
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1995 |
Joe
Fox Melanie McLoughlin Jennifer Reynolds James Saunders |
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1994 |
Ryan
Dobbins Mickey Gourley Kelly Rivers Scot Swisher |
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1993 |
Brian
Beavers Missy Breniser DeAnna Tucker Jennifer Wilson |
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