Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 1:22 AM
Subject: Irvin Alumni Association
INTRO BY - - JoAnn (Joie) Campbell Davis
Fellow classmates and Irvin Rocket Enthusiasts, it would be greatly appreciated
if each one of you could support the I.A.A. (Irvin Alumni Association). I know
the Association can count on you....each of you, because..."You Are Irvin High
School's Finest!" So, "Here ye, Here ye, the dues are coming, the dues are
coming!" The Irvin Alumni Association ' Wants YOU' to help keep things going. So
please, please 'Show Us The Money!" Dues are $10.00 per year and this takes care
of things you are about to read about!
And now, to explain the Association to you all......"Here's Mickey!"
Go Get 'Em Rockets!
LETTER FROM - - Mickey Wilhite
In order to maintain the Irvin Alumni & Ex-Student Association's main goal of
providing scholarships and recognizing Outstanding Exes, your help is needed.
Exes from all years are encouraged to join, to keep your Alumni association
active and able to continue to realize its goals. Membership dues are and always
have been $10.00 per year and can be mailed to Irvin Alumni Association c/o
Irvin High School, 9465 Roanoke Dr., El Paso, Texas, 79924. Your tax deductible
donations to the Scholarship Fund can be mailed to this address also.
The Alumni Association does have a permanent endowment fund with the EPISD, but
it realizes very little in the way of interest, which is all that can be drawn
off to be used for scholarships. An attempt will be made to regain control of
these funds, so they can be invested at a higher return, either in CD's,
money-market funds, or whatever will earn the most interest.
The new school address for the Irvin Alumni Association is
IrvinAlumni@yahoo.com
You may continue to contact Janet through her e-mail if you wish,
pop_pop_mum_mum@sbcglobal.net
An attempt should be made in the not-too-distant future, perhaps around
homecoming '08, to have a formal meeting of the Alumni Association to elect
officers.
Please forward this message to any alumni contacts that you have.
The Alumni Association thanks you in advance for any help you can provide.
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Here's a brief history of the Irvin Alumni and Ex-Students Association. It was
copied from the Administration/History Page on Irvin's Official WebSite.
http://irvin.episd.org/
In 1977, the Irvin Alumni and Ex-Students Association was formed after a
fruitful reunion of the class of '67. The association strives to continue the
spirit and sense of pride surrounding school activities. The Alumni association
has done much to help decorate the campus with Rocket-pride filled memorabilia.
The association has constructed useful mementos such as the podium that is used
by speakers, students, and instructors at assemblies and programs.
In the spring of 1989, Mickey Wilhite, the President of the Alumni Association
at the time, collaborated with President Ronald Reagan to obtain a two stage
Nike Hercules guided missile. It was donated from the Red Stone Arsenal in
Alabama, is 39 feet, 10 inches in length, and originally weighed 10,700 pounds.
The U.S. Army at Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range has supplied the other
rockets displayed on campus.
In 1992, the Irvin Alumni and Ex-Students Association went a step further to
help honor and award scholarships to hard-working students. To ensure that there
will be monies to award students in the future, the association established a
$15,000.00 Permanent Endowment Scholarship Fund with the El Paso Independent
School District that year. So far, they have awarded an estimated 50
scholarships to well deserving students. This permanent endowment was obtained
by a few members of the Alumni doing numerous fundraisers such as several Amigo
Airsho's, selling roses for Mother's Day, membership drives,
