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.
The 50th anniversary of Andress High School is in 2011. The school opened for classes in September 1961. The alumni association is working with an alumni committee to plan and hold a 50th Anniversary Celebration. All classes are invited to come to El Paso the weekend of July 23, 2011 and hold Friday and Sunday events. The Saturday evening event will be an extravaganza, held at the El Paso Civic Center.
Currently, we are in the process of identifying class officers, class representatives and reunion organizers and alumni for each class. We also need 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. For each class, we will post reunion details, and it is our vision that each class will use this site to let classmates know of specifics for their class reunion, in addition to directing classmates to their reunion contact information and websites. Please share with us your Andress High School reunion experiences by completing an off site survey - <click here>. (Available after Nov 15, 2009)
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.
Purpose:
- Provide a scholarship fund for Andress seniors,
- Be a central source of information for class reunion organizers and classmates
- Develop 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 - (1 for each class group of 1965 thru 1974, 1975 thru 1984, 1985 thru 1994, 1995 thru 2004, and 2005 thru 2014, and one representing current and former teachers, administration and staff),
- 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
- Developing strategies 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
- Finding additional years of music CDs and videos to be sold
- Provide guidance and support for Andress High School class reunion organizers
- Building out the various class websites and links to other social website contacts
Future Projects:
Income:
- Association dues (to be developed),
- Alumni donations (currently in effect),
- Band Music CD and DVD sales (currently in effect)
- T-shirt and mug sales (to be developed),
- Gifts from class reunions, and
- Business networking listing fee (currently being developed)
Yearly Dues:
The founders and key volunteers of the alumni association have varied professional experiences and qualifications:
Harry Asmussen '78 - President; Raymond Roberts '78 - Treasurer; Daina Roberts '78 - Secretary
Advisory Team: Raelene Norris '78, Randall Bevis '78, Judi Little-Pierce '78, Roger Hootman '78, Patrick Benoit '78.
Volunteers: Tim Vida '79, Kevin Clark '79, Nancy Odiorne-Cook '82, Margi DeBarr-Lowry '83, Ireina Pindell Reeves '81, Kaye Dail '77, Margie Gonzalez '76, Rebecca Colon '77, Karen Bolin '79, Nan LaFrance-Bumgardner '78, Joe Menninger '80, John Bailey (Band Director, retired).
If you'd like to volunteer, please let us know.
Volunteers make this happen!