Through the years I have received a mountain of requests from my college alma mater for funds. Both of my brothers went to Prep school and they receive requests from Phillips Academy as well as their respective colleges and graduate schools. This is all well and good but it has lately left me wondering why Ridgewood High School doesn't have an alumni association of its own. Here is my suggestion:
The purpose of this non-profit association would be to identify and properly recognize the accomplishments of the alumni, students, faculty and staff of Ridgewood High School. Equal attention would be paid to the academic and non-academic phases of high school activities, in order that a well-balanced picture may be presented to the public.
The Ridgewood High School Alumni Association would strive to sustain friendships and memories of Ridgewood High School days in four ways. Firstly, its membership database would help graduates stay in touch and would facilitate class reunion efforts by offering advice and a refined methodology for organizing and supporting class reunions. The association's second mission would be to preserve RHS mementos and to create a permanent record of alumni accomplishments; at first collecting achievements and posting them on its website, and then ultimately by the acquisition of a permanent space for a Ridgewood High School Alumni Museum/Information Center, created and operated by the Association. The Association's third mission would be to use its website and FaceBook page to provide information about RHS alumni and association activities. The fourth way the association would fulfill its primary mission would be by awarding scholarships annually to deserving graduates.
In this age of Cloud Computing this seems to me an obvious use of technology for the common good. Nobody would be included who didn't want to belong and the RHS Alumni Association would create its own database of names.
The purpose of this non-profit association would be to identify and properly recognize the accomplishments of the alumni, students, faculty and staff of Ridgewood High School. Equal attention would be paid to the academic and non-academic phases of high school activities, in order that a well-balanced picture may be presented to the public.
The Ridgewood High School Alumni Association would strive to sustain friendships and memories of Ridgewood High School days in four ways. Firstly, its membership database would help graduates stay in touch and would facilitate class reunion efforts by offering advice and a refined methodology for organizing and supporting class reunions. The association's second mission would be to preserve RHS mementos and to create a permanent record of alumni accomplishments; at first collecting achievements and posting them on its website, and then ultimately by the acquisition of a permanent space for a Ridgewood High School Alumni Museum/Information Center, created and operated by the Association. The Association's third mission would be to use its website and FaceBook page to provide information about RHS alumni and association activities. The fourth way the association would fulfill its primary mission would be by awarding scholarships annually to deserving graduates.
In this age of Cloud Computing this seems to me an obvious use of technology for the common good. Nobody would be included who didn't want to belong and the RHS Alumni Association would create its own database of names.
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