About Us
The alumni association is not a formal entity of Andress High School. It's main purpose is to benefit students and alumni of Andress High School with assistance in planning reunions, and to build a source of history for Andress High School and it's alumni and to help contribute to the education of current and future Andress Eagles through our scholarship endowment.
Andress High School opened for classes in September 1961 and brings a rich history to northeast El Paso. With more than 30,000 alumni around the world, Andress has made its presence known. There are some notable alumni from Andress in multiple genres. We have doctors and educators and athletes who attribute early years of their life to our alma mater.
We are working with class officers, class representatives, reunion organizers and alumni for each class. We are trying to identify the class leaders who have been responsible for planning and organizing their most recent class reunions, or are in the process of planning their next reunion in the hopes of building a database that will allow for easier contact during reunion planning.
We also have several active groups who meet regularly around the country. We are attempting to bring together alumni from Andress so traditions can be carried on and alumni will have connections as the travel and relocate around the country. Check out our branch cities link on our page to find an active group in your area. If there is none and you're interested in starting a group in your area, reach out to us and we'll get you started.
Our Vision:
We have, as an alumni association, earned the trust of alumni and our benefactors, furthering the advancement of funding scholarships for Andress High School students; help class reunion organizers conduct fun-filled, memory lasting reunions; and be a central source of recorded history for Andress High School's legacies.
By-laws:
The expectations of us as board members, as well as for Alumni, are clearly stated in these
by-laws. Feel free to contact us with questions or suggestions.
Purpose:
- Provide a scholarship fund for Andress seniors,
- Be a central source of information for class reunion organizers and classmates
- Develop and maintain a written and shared history of Andress High School
Classes of members:
- Andress High School alumni, attended or graduated,
- Current and former faculty and staff,
- Friends and patrons of Andress High School (nonvoting), and
- Honorary members (nonvoting).
Organizational Structure:
- Executive Board - President, Treasurer, Secretary, Chairperson of Board of Directors,
- Board of Directors - All class representatives from each year, branch city representatives, and committee members.
- Class Representatives - minimum of 1 for each class year, with each class year having a group of 50 classmates who are actively networking with each other, and also maintaining their own websites.
- Reunion Organizers - 1 for each class year
Current Projects:
- Build out this website as a project manager for all volunteers and as a retail portal for class reunion registrations and sales of products
- Building our annual golf tournament to provide scholarship funds to graduating seniors at the end of each school year,
- 1976 AHS Marching Band Music CD sales with profits funding the Ruth Gillett Scholarship Fund
- Development of an Alumni Business Alliance where alumni who are business owners can list their businesses in our directory. This directory will be available for alumni to use to support Andress alumni when services are needed.
- Provide guidance and support for Andress High School class reunion organizers
- Working closely with Andress on community service projects and other school functions to maintain a presence in the community.
Future Projects:
Income:
- Association dues
- Alumni donations
- Band Music CD and DVD sales (currently in effect)
- T-shirt, mug and other memorabilia sales (to be developed),
- Gifts from class reunions,
Membership Dues:
- Individual Annual - $25
- Couple Annual - $40
- Individual Lifetime - $200
- Couple Lifetime - $300
The founders and key volunteers of the alumni association have varied professional experiences and qualifications:
Tracey Benson '80 - President; Dr. Kevin Clark '79 - Vice President; Margret DiMaggio Shannon '80 - Treasurer; Barbie Fuls-Patriarchias '79 - Recording Secretary; Stacey Bradley-Adams '91 - Corresponding Secretary; Paula Pirtle-Schelski '79 - Publicity/Class/Cities Director; Dan Colon '79 - Web Master
Advisory Team: Raelene Norris '78, Randall Bevis '78, Judi Little-Pierce '78, Roger Hootman '78, Patrick Benoit '78.
Harry Asmussen '78 - Past President
If you'd like to volunteer, please let us know.
Volunteers make this happen!