New lifetime members of the West Burlington High School Alumni Association in 2012 will receive a free limited edition alumni t-shirt! Tell your friends and join now!
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Join us on Friday, October 7th after the West Burlington High School homecoming game at TRAX inside of the FunCity/PZAZZ! complex for the 3rd annual all Alumni party! Festivities will start at the pep-rally Thursday night in which attending alumni will be recognized and encouraged to join in cheering on your decade with the Falcons. Friday night at half time of the Varsity game, alumni will meet at the southern end-zone to accompany homecoming King and Queen candidates onto the field with their parents. Please meet at the southern endzone a few minutes prior to halftime. After the game the WBHS Alumni Association will be hosting the annual homecoming party for all alumni at TRAX. Keg beer, soda, pizza and other appetizers will be available for free with an additional cash bar. A wide assortment of door prizes will also be given away. Entry is FREE for all current/lifetime Alumni Association members and one additional guest per member. If you are not an Alumni Association member you can sign-up at the door for $10 for a year, or $100 for a lifetime membership. Membership is open to all former WBHS students, former and current faculty, and former and current school board members. Please support your school and the WBHS Alumni Association by coming to this years event! See you on October 7th! In celebration of 50 years of West Burlington Football and 40 years of Notre Dame Football we will be having a West Burlington & Notre Dame Alumni Football Game Saturday, August 20th at 7:00 PM at Bill Nelson Field in West Burlington. The game will be open to the first 60 football alumni of the two schools with a participation fee of $50 to be paid by Saturday, August 13th, which will include a souvenir t-shirt. You can either fill out the registration form (http://wbboosters.org/index.php?option=com_rokdownloads&view=file&Itemid=188&id=60:wbnd-alumni-entry) electronically and email a copy to jeff.housel@wbschools.us and pay online thru PayPal @ wbboosters.org or you can print a copy of the registration and mail a check to West Burlington Athletic Booster Club address on the form. Once all entries are received teams will be drafted by the coaches selected for the game. For local participants eager to get a head start on training, practice sessions will begin Monday, August 15th thru Friday, August 19th at 7:00 PM at the high school practice field. There will be a 10:00 AM practice and equipment fitting on Saturday, August 20 for all participants. This should be done by noon which will allow time for lunch, golf, socializing, etc. Prior to kickoff there will be a “Parade of Football Alumni” which will include any former players in attendance who are not participating in the game along with the participants to be honored by class for the crowd. Admission to the game will be $5 for any student or adult and souvenir t-shirts will be available for sale as well as fully stocked concession stands. All proceeds from the game will be earmarked towards the completion of the school/community all-weather track. Please contact myself with any questions at the email/cell given below and pass this along to any and all football alumni you know. Sincerely, Jeff Housel Join us on Friday, January 28th to cheer on the Falcons versus Cardinal Stritch at the WBHS gymnasium for the first annual basketball Alumni Night. Four games are scheduled with JV games starting at 4:30pm. The varsity Lady Falcons will start around 6:15pm with the boys varsity game starting around 7:45pm. Entrance is only $5 to all games. Former band members are encouraged to dust off their old instruments and join the pep band during the game and former WBHS cheerleaders will lead a “cheer of the decades” during halftime of the boys varsity game. After the game Alumni are encouraged to join us at Uncle Ronnie’s in West Burlington for drinks, food and karaoke. There is no charge to attend and you do not need to be an association member, though you may join the association at the event. Uncle Ronnie’s will serve food until 11pm and karaoke will end at midnight. We hope to see you at the game to cheer on your school! During the Game West Burlington High School Alumni will meet at the south endzone 4 minutes prior to halftime and will walk out on the field by decade to show their support for the school, football team and alumni association. Please join us in showing our support. After the Game Where: TRAX inside FunCity/PZAZZ! When: Doors open at 8:30pm Food & Beverages: 2 free kegs, pizza, soda and other refreshments available for free. Cash bar also available. Cost: Free for all alumni association members and one guest. Not a member? Join with an annual $10 membership at the door or $100 for a lifetime membership. Alumni association membership is open to any individual who attended the high school (whether graduated or not) and is not currently enrolled, anyone who attended a West Burlington primary school prior to 1964, anyone who was or is staff of the West Burlington School District, or anyone who served or is serving on the school board. Please join us at TRAX after the game! Door prize items are also being accepted. Please email ajcrowner@gmail.com if you are willing to donate. Homecoming is rapidly approaching and with it, the 2nd Annual All-Alumni Reunion. We will once again this year be hositng the event at TRAX inside of PZAZZ/FunCity. While final details of the event will be discussed at the September board meeting, we hope you will make plans to attend. Homecoming will be held Friday, October 1 with the alumni event immediately following the game. The Alumni Association is also making plans to once again be involved in an event at the homecoming game and we hope to see you there as well to help cheer on our fellow Falcons. August 12, 2010 Present Discussed the August get together at the Drake Restaurant. The event had a small number of attendees but association did receive 1 new membership application and 3 annual renewals during the event. Amy has talked with Mike Shinn who has been in conact with Kyle Jackson. Kyle thinks we may need to do Articles of Incorporation for the 501C3 scholarship funds as well as a seperate goverment board. We need to email class reps and ask them to email or contact their classmates to let them know about the upcoming homecoming event at TRAX on October 1st. We received $1057 from the raffel sales from the city of West Burlington from the 4th of July celebration. Next meeting is scheduled for Sept. 9th. Amy will email a reminder to everyone. Final details of the October Homecoming event to be discussed. Join us at 7pm on August 6th at the Drake Restaurant in Burlington, Iowa for the first monthly WBHS Alumni Association all-alumni mixer! The classic/modern rock band TNT will be performing live on the Drake’s patio. Admission is free and the show begins at 7pm. If you are interested in eating, please make dinner reservations by calling The Drake Restaurant at 319-754-1036. Please stop by the WBHS Alumni Association table for a quick check-in, so we know who is supporting alumni events or if you wish to join the association. The 12th Annual Marvin L. Crooks Memorial Golf Tournament will be held August 13th with a 4-person best shot, shotgun starting at 1pm at Flint Hills Golf Course. This event is hosted by the West Burlington Athletic Boost Club. Direct questions to: Jeff Housel (319) 601-6932 or Tammy Starkey-Hopkins (319) 457-1290 Proceeds support: The Marvin L. Crooks Memorial Scholarship Fund & The West Burlington Athletic Booster Club Sponsorship opportunities are still available including flag sponsors and more! |
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