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Don't worry about "NOT SECURE" messages that may show up in the future when you open our Waggener63 web pages. Our hosting service (Class Creator) has requested we pay an additional $35/year in order to have them install a Secure Certificate for the Class Creator website to eliminate this message. We don't believe this extra expense is warranted at this time.
Virtual Mentoring Opportunity
Alumni friends, we have been given a wonderful opportunity to mentor students virtually. A group of very motivated sophomores are taking advantage of our College Now program. They are taking a history class through Western Kentucky University for college credit, all while doing their regular high school classes at home. We are still looking for 10 more mentors to encourage and support these incredible students. This can be done via zoom or the phone and one hour a week is the expectation. The great part about this opportunity is it can be done from anywhere! Please email or call me if you would like to participate or if you would like more information. The class started in January and will continue through May.
Thank you,
Lori Cooper Brown '90
Alumni Association President
Loricbrown@bellsouth.net
502-379-1335
http://www.waggeneralumni.com/
Next Rust Rende-Zoom video meeting will be February 10, 2021 at 7 pm ET
Contact classmates Jeanne Hathaway or Heather Hurley for more details and to be invitied.
Photo from Rust Rende-Zoom video meeting 1/13/21:
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Waggener Chit Chat Newsletter, Message from Lisa Marcellino Houser '76:
Hello WHS Alums!
This is the first issue of our newsletter and we're glad to have you on our list! We hope to make the Wildcat Chit Chat our main communication link with WHS graduates, young and old. This issue includes a letter from the Alumni President, Info from Around Waggener, and info about two small businesses run by alums.
While preparing this email, we know that we have just a sampling of email addreses. It is our hope that we will be able to reach many more as we grow. Please forward this to your classmates and invite them to email us to get on the list.
Our issues of this newsletter are to keep you informed and to stay connected. We hope you will appreciate hearing from us quarterly. The planned issues will come out in December, March, June and December.
Your input and support are always welcome. Currently, I am your connection to the newsletter. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. Anyone wishing to receive the newsletter should send their preferred email address to me, Lisa Marcellino Houser '76, at wildcatchitchat@gmail.com.
Wishing all of you a safe and healthy holiday season and a bright and healthy New Year!
Photo from Rust Rende-Zoom video meeting 12/10:
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Photo from Rust Rende-Zoom video meeting 11/20:
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Photo from Rust Rende-Zoom video meeting 8/12/20:
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Photo from Rust Rende-Zoom video meeting 7/15/20:
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Photo from Rust Rende-Zoom video meeting 6/10/20:
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Rust Rende-Zoom video meetings now started! Jeanne Hathaway has organized and started a monthly pandemic inspired Rust meeting on Zoom. This is a great way for everyone to get together and meet. Any classmates that are interested in joining and would like an invite, please contact Jeanne Hathaway or Heather Hurley.
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Waggener Alumni Scholarship Program to help Waggener students advance their education
Click here to learn how YOU can help!
Update 5/12/20: We currently have $6640 in the fund from Alumni donations and $5000 from an anonymous grant.
The following is the list of class donations. Thanks to all and a plea for those who have not participated yet to get engaged. You will want to when you read some of the essays these seniors submitted.
1960 - $750
1961 - $800
1963 - $100
1964 - $130
1967 - $925 *** Note there are several classes with no contributions... We need your Help!!
1968 - $850
1969 - $100
1974 - $500
1976 - $100
1978 - $100
1988 - $795 Congratulations to Nikki Reed for rallying the Class of '88 to donate $795 over a 2 day challenge-fest!! 18 of her classmates rose to the occasion!! Thank you Nikki and thank you Class of '88!!! We appreciate your efforts!
As announced before there is an easy online way to donate to the WHS Scholarship Fund. Go to the WHS Alumni website - http://www.waggeneralumni.com/class_index.cfm and on the right side of the Homepage is a "Donate" section. Click on Donate, put in the amount you'd like to donate, use either Pay Pal or Credit/Debit Card and fill in your appropriate information. It's easy and we will put your donation to good use.
In the next week or so we'll be announcing this years scholarship recipients so stay tuned for that.
Butch Riley '64
Dear Fellow Waggener Alumni,
The Waggener Alumni Association has begun a scholarship program for deserving seniors who plan on attending college, a trade school, or enlisting in the military. The students complete an essay outlining their experiences at Waggener, what they will do with the scholarship, and why they feel they are deserving. The scholarships are $500 each and are decided upon by the WHS Alumni Board of Directors. Four scholarships were awarded this past May from funds donated by some anonymous alumni. This was our inaugural award and we need your help to improve and continue the program. We plan on using a contact person from each graduating class to get this message out to as many Waggener alumni as possible. Donations to the fund can be in any amount you feel comfortable with - and they are tax deducible. Every little bit helps and no amount is too small. - it all goes to a great cause. The initial donations last year ranged from $25 to $500.
We encourage all Alumni to participate in this program designed to help Waggener students advance their education - make your checks out to "Waggener Alumni Association" and add "Scholarship Fund Class of XX" in the memo line. We will track all donations by class. Mail checks to:
Nancy Gary, Treasurer
Waggener Alumni Association
Waggener High School
330 S. Hubbards Lane
Louisville, Ky 40207
Thanks for your help in advance. If you have questions, please contact me at butchriley1@verizon.net or Alumni President Lori Brown at loricbrown@bellsouth.net
New program at Wellspring in memory of Kris Hansen
Kris Hansen was a much-loved staff member at Wellspring in Louisville. They provide mental health recovery & support through behavioral health, employment services and housing. The Hansen Intensive Program has been established by Wellspring in memory of Kris, thanks to a donation from her family. The program will target high-risk clients such as the homeless with serious mental health issues. Donations from our class in memory of Kris would be very helpful in supporting this new program. More information is available at their website: www.wellspringky.org
Their address is PO Box 1927, Louisville, KY 40201. Wellspring is a 501(c) (3) so donations are tax deductible.
Rust Christmas Party Photos at Linda Ewalds
Click here to see Waggener High School Cheerleaders
Click here for more Rust Control Meeting and Tailgate photos
Photos from Rust Control Meeting October 26, 2019
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