ALUMNI BOARD
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Phoebe Stokley Hart ’95
It is my privilege to serve as your Alumni Board President for the 2017-18 school year. I am very grateful to be working alongside a wonderful group of board members and staff that dedicate their time and resources to improving our beloved school for future generations, all while upholding important Collegiate traditions. We kicked off the year with our 18th Annual WCS Golf Classic with 18 holes of golf on August 18. The Classic was held at Crestview Country Club and continues to be a great fundraiser for the Alumni Board. The very first graduating class of WCS, the Class of 1967, made Collegiate history in late September by celebrating their 50th class reunion. Nearly all of the graduating class of thirteen was present. What an amazing milestone for our school! We had an excellent turnout for the WCS Alumni BBQ at Homecoming this year, with many alumni back to celebrate their class reunions. We enjoyed a beautiful October evening in the Alumni Tent before the Homecoming football game. Our Board continued a favorite tradition by mailing care packages for the thirteenth year in a row, this time to the Class of 2017. These packages include snacks, treats, and a handwritten note from faculty wishing students well during their first semesters of college. The Alumni Board maintains a $1,000,000 Alumni Endowment that helps defray the cost of tuition for families who demonstrate financial need - one of the things that makes me most proud to be a Spartan and involved with the Alumni Board!
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Our “brick and mortar” focus on campus this year is the new Middle School Locker Room Renovation. We are all in agreement that these locker rooms need to be completely redone for various practical reasons, but also to match the caliber of the rest of our campus facilities. If you are a parent or alumni and haven’t seen these facilities for yourself (or in many years), please contact the school for a tour. Trust me, once you see the locker rooms, you will see the need for the complete overhaul. Please join me and the Alumni Board in supporting this very worthwhile cause, which will benefit current and future generations of Spartans. Thank you for the opportunity to serve the Alumni Board and our great school.
