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THIS IS SURRATTS
FOUNDATION E-NOTICE 2012-1 OF JANUARY 1, 2012
Hello Hornets:
Here are some items that might be of
interest:
1.
2011 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN SETS RECORD!
Thanks to the many very generous donors below, the Foundation's 2011
Annual Campaign was its most successful to date, and by a very wide
margin. Many thanks to the Foundation's many donors, who make
the work of the Foundation possible!
2.
CONGRATULATIONS TO VICTORIOUS MIDDLE
STATES FACILITIES COMMITTEE.
As noted in the last e-Notice, the Foundation recently was proud to
present gifts to the members of the Surrattsville faculty who served
on the victorious Middle States Facilities Committee at the School.
Congratulations to these outstanding Surrattsville educators: Neil
Carriere, Chester Green, Pat Smith, Laurie Trotter, Francis Carroll,
Linda Williams, Rhonda Erwin, Chairperson!
3.
FORMER FACULTY MEMBER RECOGNIZED IN
BOOK DEDICATION.
We have often shared memories about the wonderful impact various
administrators, faculty members and staffers had on students at
Surratts. (As examples, see the numerous School personnel
among the Foundation's Achievement Award recipients featured at
www.surrattsville.org.)
We just learned that the latest book of
poetry for children by Dave Crawley (65), "Reading, Rhyming, and
'Rithmetic," includes a dedication inscription to Dave's English
teacher at Surratts, Helen Orleans. What a fitting tribute to
a great Surrattsville educator who had a significant impact, in the
"reading and rhyming" department, on many Surrattsville students.
("Reading, Rhyming, and 'Rithmetic"is Dave's third children's book,
following his "Cat Poems" and "Doug Poems.")
4.
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT FEATURED ON
NATIONAL TV.
Achievement Award recipient Ann Weaver Pelle (71) and her team, The
Villages Twirlers and Drum Corp, marched in the Citrus Bowl parade
yesterday. The parade will be televised at various times
around the country. For example, it will be televised on
WJLA/ABC in D.C., and on WFTV/ABC in Orlando, at 2 p.m. on January
7. (Ann has the full worldwide schedule, and would be happy to
send it to you if you email her at
anntwirls@comcast.net.)
The team is slot #17 in the parade, and the team is in the running
for the parade's "People's Choice Award." Congratulations to
Ann and her very busy team on this nice event!
5.
NEW PHOTOS ON WEB SITE.
Thanks to our readers, there are a number of new historical, and
recent, photos on the "Photos" page
on the web site at
www.surrattsville.org that
might be of interest to many of our readers. If you have any
photos that you think might be of interest to our readers and web
site visitors please send them to me at
hsmith@smithdowney.com.
6.
SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR
STUDENTS.
Neal Dawson (73) has
sent another exciting summer internship
opportunity for college and grad school students, and details are
pasted at the end of this email. Note that the deadline for
application for this opportunity is January 6. Thanks, Neal!
7.
MORE CHOIR MEMORIES.
We received these great musical memories from Carol Tisdale Witsell
(64): "I’m responding to the recent e-Notice item referencing
the Surrattsville Choir. I was in the choir from 1960-1964.
The director then was Mrs. Jean Morehead. She was a huge
influence on me and was like a second mother. I loved her
dearly. Anyway, I have several pictures of the choir during
that time and would be happy to share. I was fortunate to have
been selected for “State Chorus” during my junior and senior years
and have the old 78 records from that time period still.
Carol"
[Ed note: For our younger readers,
"records" were things that made music like CDs, and "78" was how
many revolutions they made per minutes when played on something
called a "Victrola!"]
And we received these nice musical memories
from Syd Savage Lemieux (71): "The lyrics to The Prayer are as
follows:
‘Grant us a common faith, that we shall know
the gift of being one,
The death of prejudice, and the new birth
of love.
May the seeds of righteousness come forth, from the
common soil of our labors,
nourished by the rains of justice, and
the warmth of security,
That a harvest of freedom of opportunity,
may come for people throughout the world.
Grant us a common
faith, that we shall know the gift of being one. Amen’
We sang it a capella and it always brought
tears. I sang in the choir as well, although did not make the trip
to Europe. Last I communicated with Miss Willets she was
teaching at St. Mary's College. That was a while ago! Syd"
8.
CLASS OF 62 PLANS 50 YEAR REUNION.
The Class of
62 is planning its 50 Year Reunion. Here are the details from
the Reunion Committee: "Crystal City Marriott, Crystal City, VA,
June 22, 23 and 24, 2012, Dinner on Saturday Night June 23.
Party like you're 18 again! Party like it's 1962!
Reunion Committee: Terry Buckley Osman (terryosman@yahoo.com)
410-320-2668 or 410-586-3911, Kathy Dorsey Larrabee (kklarrabee@verizon.net)
410-353-3432 or 410-897-0332, Jerry Spence (jnsspence@comcast.net)
240-216-0189 or 240-419-2661, Len Owens (lowens15@nc.rr.com)
443-206-2567. Please join us on Facebook if you are a member.
9.
SEARCH THE WEB AND SUPPORT THE
FOUNDATION.
Some of our readers use the goodsearch.com web search function to do
their web searching, and by doing so generate automatic
contributions by goodsearch.com to the Foundation. To use
goodsearch.com as your search engine and to designate the Foundation
as the beneficiary of donations by goodsearch.com, simply by going
to goodsearch.com and, at the "Choose Your Cause" button enter
"Surrattsville Foundation" (and that will take you to a page that
says "Surrattsville High School Foundation (Baltimore – MD)" (the
mailing address for the Foundation.
Thanks for considering this painless, and
free, way to support the Foundation every time you search the web!
10. REQUEST FOR PRINCIPALS' PHOTOS FOR LEGACY WALL. As noted in the last e-Notice, the Foundation is seeking photos of all of Surrattsville's Principals (since 1907!) to include on the new, Foundation-sponsored "Legacy Hall" at the School. If you have any paper copies of photos of Principals that you would be willing to snail mail to us for scanning and a prompt return to you, please mail them to Henry Smith, 1 W. Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 950, Towson, MD 21204. If you have the ability to scan a digital copy of a Principal's photo – perhaps from your yearbook – please send me an email at hsmith@smithdowney.com so I can tell you if we already have that particular photo. If we don't, and you could kindly scan the photo and email it to us that would be great. (Especially if the scan is "high resolution," which is better for enlarging to 8 x 10 size for framing.)
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can
provide with this latest Foundation project.
11.
COLLECTED SCHOLARSHIP AND ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD PHOTOS NOW ON WEB SITE.
As reported in the last e-Notice, we're delighted to report that the
collected photos of all of the Foundation's Scholarship recipients
and Achievement Award recipients (since 2000) are now accessible on
one page on the web site by clicking the "Photos" button on the home
page (at
www.surrattsville.org).
Larger photos, and full bios, of those outstanding members of the
Surrattsville community may be found by clicking the Scholarship and
Achievement Award buttons on the web site.
12.
FOUNDATION FACEBOOK PRESENCE CONTINUES
TO GROW.
The Foundation's Facebook Group – called
"Surrattsville Alumni" – continues to grow, and is now approaching
1300 members. This is a great, and free, way for folks to stay
in touch. Similarly, the Class-specific Facebook Groups – that
have names like "Surrattsville 1971" and the like -- continue to
grow. Please consider joining the Surrattsville Alumni Group,
and your own Class-specific Group, to get the latest news on alumni
events.
13.
BOOMERANGS AVAILABLE.
The Foundation has a limited
supply of yearbooks from 1991, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006.
If you'd like one of these yearbooks (which are available for $15
including shipping and handling), please send me an email to
hsmith@smithdowney.com.
14.
ALL CLASSES/FACULTY/STAFF DIRECTORIES
AVAILABLE.
Thanks to the herculean work of Pat Becker
Oles (71), the Foundation's 2000 Alumni/Faculty/Staff Directory has
been updated for 2010, and now includes fascinating "what I'm up to"
paragraphs from those who submitted directory information. If
you would like a copy of the Directory, send a $20 check payable to
the Foundation to: Henry Smith, One W. Pennsylvania Avenue,
Suite 950, Towson, MD 21204.
15.
"SURRATTSVILLE ALUMNI" WINDOW STICKERS
AVAILABLE.
Pat Becker Oles (71) also kindly handles
the Foundation's "Surrattsville Alumni" window stickers project.
Pat notes that the stickers are
not the "static cling type,"
that stick to the inside of a window. Instead, they are the
"stick to the outside type," that can stick on a window or bumper,
and use "repositional adhesive" (meaning no sticky residue).
Information about purchasing the stickers can be found on the web
site at surrattsville.org.
16.
CLASS OF 97 PLANS REUNION.
The Class of 97 is busy
planning its 15 year reunion for mid-summer 2012.
The Class has a web page at
http://shs1997reunion.blogspot.com/2011/05/shs-class-of-1997-2012-15yr-reunion.html.
Please contact Monica Crown at
monicacrown@gmail.com if you
would like information on the event or if you have any contact info
for members of the Class of 97 or their families.
Here's hoping your 2012 gets off to a
fantastic start! Henry Smith (71)
In
Memoriam
CLAUDE BROOKE (57)
died late last year. He is survived by his sister, Diane
Boykin.
DAVID MITCHKA (79)
died on December 2, 2011. He is survived by his wife Suzanne
Mitchka, daughters Tyler Mitchka and Bailey Mitchka, mother Mary Lee
Mitchkam, and sisters Lara Mitchka and Kathy Silver. He was
preceded in death by his father John C. Mitchka. A celebration
of David's life took place at The Community Church, 19790 Ashburn
Road, Ashburn VA 20147 on December 12, 2011. Donations can be
made to BB&T, Attn: Mitchka Family Fund, 3850 Dulles South Ct.,
Suite A, Chantilly VA 20151. Condolences may be sent to
www.colonialfuneralhome.com.
MANY THANKS TO
THESE GENEROUS DONORS TO THE 2011 CAMPAIGN!
Patricia Becker Oles
(71)
Steve Profilet (71)
Bob Marr (71)
Debbie Cox Marr (72)
Thomas V. Mike Miller (60)
Vicky Simontacchi Young (57)
Valerie Parker Allard (73)
Bob Freitas (70)
Linda Dorsey Blum
(66)
Coach Lew Jenkins
Helen Bovbjerg Niedung (54)
Melissa
Gilcrest (69)
Henry Smith (71)
Donna Rae Sturtevant Smith (70)
Susan Loweth Melton (63)
Judy Gordon Mentlik (65), In memory of
Gloria Grady (65), Linda Soper (65) and my 65 "brother," Richard
Gordon (65)
Patti Williams Makielski (74), In memory of Kathy
Williams Sheppard (76)
Judy Crawley Gibson (71), In memory of
Debbie Bastek (71), "a tough cookie who is gone too soon"
Duke
Coleman (53)
Carmen Gines Frotton (65), In memory of Richard
Gordon (65)
Paul Rickett (69)
Gloria Blandford Rickett (71)
Tom and Sally Travis (72)
Lawrence Romjue (57), In memory of Lois
Marie Osgood (57), "26 miles – Santa Catalina"
Richard Grace
(81), In memory of Rhonda Nairn (81)
Mike Blair (71)
Suzan
Martz Holmquist (62)
Patrick McMenamin (71)
Vicky Simontacchi
Young (57)
Lee Hessberg (68)
Lois Barrett Hessberg (70)
Carol Fite Mothershead (65)
Larry Mothershead (65)
Mike Boyle
(69)
Jim Casswell
Bonnie Harris
Scott Sonntag (71)
John
Shultz (80)
Kelly Shultz (83)
Paul Monaghan (59)
Vicki
Forsht Williams (65, and former faculty), In memory of Eugene Colgan
and Marie Grouby
Marie O'Clair, In memory of Marie Grouby
Jean White Monroe (71)
Vera Twigg
Anne Noyes (former faculty)
Pamela Buckingham (68)
Leslie St. Clair (70)
Judy Miller (70)
Donna Mitroff (57), In memory of Nancy Drevenak Dickinson (59)
David Kraus (65)
Debra Villari
Lee Pascasio
Nancy Lapin
LoBianco (65), In memory of Sarah (Sally Lang) Knight (66)
Richard Duke (47), In memory of James Paul Duke, Jr. (40)
Dan Bayne (71)
Ron Cunningham, former
faculty
David Miller (73)
Mike Miller (70)
Denise Hope
(72), In memory of Robin Danielson (72)
Shawn Craw Blau (71)
Sandra Smith Simmons (70)
Sandra Hardesty Taylor (71)
Betty
O'Clair (73), In memory of Francis R. O'Clair
Glenda Gillan Schornick (70)
Mara
Seaforest (65)
David Crawley (65), To the Class of 65
Janet Goddard Sullivan (54), In memory of Glenn Evans (54)
David
Coffield (65)
Brenda Karnes (former faculty), In memory of Dixie
Vineiguerra, Vicki MacCoy, and Goldie Smith-Watson
Ellen
Talbert-Miller (61, former faculty and administrator), In memory of
Goldie Smith-Watson
AND MANY THANKS TO THESE VERY EARLY DONORS
TO THE 2012 CAMPAIGN!
Patricia Becker Oles
(71)
Steve Profilet (71)
Nancy Miller (67)
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INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY --
Applications for NREIP Now Being Accepted
Do you know a college undergraduate or
graduate student who is majoring in science and engineering and is
looking for a summer internship? If so, the Naval Research
Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP) may be just what they are looking
for!
Applications are currently being accepted for
the summer 2012 Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP).
NREIP is an Office of Naval Research (ONR) sponsored program that
encourages college students to experience a 10 week internship
relevant to their science and engineering major. The program
provides students' exposure to the everyday practice of engineering
and research at DOD laboratories across the country. Students
applying to the program can select from over a dozen Navy
laboratories and centers, including the Carderock Division at either
the West Bethesda or Philadelphia location.
Students will receive a stipend for the 10
week internship, ranging from $5,250 for sophomore undergraduate
students, $7,880 for junior and senior undergrads, and $10,500 for
graduate students. Payments are in four (4) installments.
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens, although
permanent resident aliens are considered by some laboratories.
To apply and to get more program details, students must go to
http://nreip.asee.org.
The application deadline is 6 January 2012 @ 4:00 p.m.
If you have any questions, please contact Mr.
Steven Ouimette @ 301-227-4219.