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ATTENTION CHS GRADS:
Old Yearbooks Available
$10 Each
Limited years -
mostly late 90's to current
Contact: Email
Yearbook Advisor
or call 623-915-8200, ext. 4420
for details
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VIKING GRADUATES:
Looking for an old yearbook?
Yearbooks are available through our school media
center. Annuals between 1953 and 2000 sell for $25
if picked up, or $30 if shipped. Annuals since 2001
cost $35 if picked up, or $40 if shipped.
E-mail us with your orders or inquiries: pmjimene@guhsdaz.org
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Independence High School 30th Birthday Celebration Scheduled
September 2006 - Independence High School will be holding a special 30th birthday celebration in connection with their Homecoming on November 3. Friends and alumni are invited to join the celebration. They will have memorabilia displays in the new Media Center, tours of the buildings - new and old - and a barbeque at a tailgate party, all before the football game. Special 30-year T-shirts and personalized bricks will be on sale.
In November 2005 many WHS Alumni and Staff
from all 50 years celebrated Washington's 50th Anniversary!
If you missed the rededication event,
here's how you can get still become part of Rams history.
Buy an inscribed souvenir brick...
reading "WHS 1955-2005" (from a demolished
WHS building).
In addition, a new brick will be placed on the pathway
to the office inscribed with your own wording. Cost:
$100
Contact the school for additional details.
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Graduates Can Donate to their School
Sunnyslope High School
Building Blocks Scholarship Project
"Building Blocks for the Future"
Go down in history at good old SHS!
Have your name and graduation year engraved on a
brick displayed on campus.
Click here
for information.
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GUHSD: Where futures are built
Many of our graduates have offered to serve as living testimonials to the benefits of having a great high school education as a foundation for a lifetime of learning and success.
On an ongoing basis, we will proudly feature these successful graduates - in our schools, our publications and on our website - as evidence of what can happen when you combine successful programs and qualified teachers with high expectations and eager students.
As you visit our schools or browse through our website, please take note of these accomplished GUHSD graduates and where they are today. Glendale Union truly is WHERE FUTURES ARE BUILT.
Click on a thumbnail below to see a larger image.
Apollo Grad Chosen in National Search
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HHAF winner Alana Dong,
Apollo High School graduate
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August 2004 - A 2004 graduate of Apollo High School
is one of seven Outstanding High School Seniors chosen by
the Hispanic Heritage Awards Foundation to be celebrated at
star-studded events in Miami, Washington, DC, and on national
TV.
Alana Dong, chosen as a 2004 HHAF National YA Winner, was
selected from a pool of 168 regional youth award winners from
across the country and 7,000 applicants who have demonstrated
extraordinary levels of academic achievement, community leadership,
and cultural pride.
Dr. Pepper sponsors the community service award in which
Dong and each National winner will receive a total of $8,000
in educational grants plus a laptop computer. For more information,
visit www.hispanicheritageawards.com
Glendale High School Alums Donate To School
Vernon Tuckey
Vernon Tuckey, a graduate of the class of 1929, bequeathed
the interest from a $50,000 annuity to be awarded as
a scholarship for twenty years. This is approximately
$4400 per year in the current market.
Alejandro Pavela, Lucia Luna, Christopher Stuckey and
Kyle Whitney will each receive scholarships of $1100
to be applied to their college expenses for 2002-03.
Mr. Tuckey was a well-known Glendale resident. He retired
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation after fifty
years of service. He returned home to begin a successful
catering service for western bar-b-ques called the "Burnt
Biscuit."
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W.D. "Jack" Shawver
The family of W.D. "Jack" Shawver, who attended
Glendale High School from 1932-35, has established a
$100,000 scholarship in his name that will provide assistance
to one graduate throughout four years of college education.
Shawver spent his life developing ranches, farms and
residential communities. At his death he was director
of the Arizona Water Commission, as well as director
of the Central Arizona Project. He was eulogized as
a "gentleman and a man of his word."
The first Shawver scholarship award will go to Socrates
de la Cruz Garcia. He plans to attend Yavapai College,
play soccer and then transfer to a university to study
sports broadcasting. This award could have a value of
$32,000 based upon college financial guidelines.
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