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Roneagle Alumni News January 2017
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Please note the information below in preparation for our January 2017 Alumni General Membership Meeting:
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General Membership Meeting
Our next Alumni General Membership meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 19, 2017 (date change to receive information from Supt. Henderson Lewis regarding the possibility to charter operation of McDonogh 35), 6pm-7:30pm, in the McDonogh 35 Library, 4000 Cadillac Street, located on the first floor. As always, please contact fellow Roneagles and either bring them with you or encourage them to attend and become an official paid member of the McDonogh 35 Alumni Association. Click to see the January Meeting Agenda, December Meeting Minutes and November Treasurer's Report and December Financial Secretary Report.
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Charter School Conversation
An article appeared on nola.com (12/9/16) entitled, "Last 5 New Orleans Public Schools Expected to Become Charter Operations". The article indicated Superintendent Henderson Lewis had "received informal expressions of interest from current school and charter leaders to convert some or all of our remaining five network schools (McD35, McMain, Bethune, Franklin Elem. and Mahalia Jackson) to charter schools authorized by OPSB
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A meeting was held with Nicolette London (Executive Director of the Network Schools) to discuss this concept.
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Alumni Working Committees
To be a successful organization, the Alumni Association must have working committees. We have done a reorganization of the working committees. Please consider joining one of the listed committees below. Click here to see the descriptions and the duties of the committees listed below:
Membership
Development/Fundraising
Marketing
Scholarship
School Relations
Centennial (Ad hoc)
Financial Review (Ad hoc)
Any member may join at any time. We can only be successful as our membership participates in activities that promote our organization goal of
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Giving Back and Paying Forward".
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McDonogh 35 Alumni Winter Mixer
(Pictured above is OPSB Superintendent Dr. Henderson Lewis along with Ms. Eloise Louis, our Mixer Honoree, Class of 1939. Ms. Louis is an active member of the Alumni Association who regularly attends our monthly meetings.)
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he McDonogh 35 2nd Annual Alumni Winter Mixer was held Friday, December 23, 2016, at the Regency Reception Hall, 7300 Downman Rd., 8pm-12:00 Midnight. Nearly 200 persons were in attendance with everyone having a great time!!!!! The event raised over $2,000 that will be used for the Centennial Events. Thanks to all the Alumni Classes for their donations to make this fundraiser a success. Special thanks to Kurte Pellerin '76', owner of the Regency Reception Hall.
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The centennial celebration committee is continuously planning activities for McDonogh 35 100th year celebration. Fund raisers and other activities are ongoing. For more information or to participate on this committee please email mcdonogh35alumniassociation@yahoo.com. Tentative events are listed below:
August 12, 2017
: Ecumenical Service
August 14, 2017
: Welcome Back to School Rally @
7:00AM
September 2017: Annual Membership Drive & Class Tailgate
October 2017: Centennial Homecoming Week
November 2017: Celebrating the Fine Arts
December 29, 2017
: Centennial Winter Social
January 2018: 100 Hours of Community Involvement
February 2018: Mardi Gras Tailgaters Supporting the Marching Units & Black History
March 2018: Centennial Scholarship Walk/Run
April 2018: The Nest Fest
May 26, 2018
: Centennial Maroon & Gold Scholarship Gala
The Alumni Association looks forward to seeing all alumni participate in this festive sequence of events. Please keep track of these events by visiting
www.mcdonogh35alumniassociation.org
and following us on
and school media outlets.
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Scholarship Opportunities
The Scholarship Committee recently met and created the McDonogh 35 Alumni Scholarship Application (click here to view application). Scholarship applications are issued to each senior at McDonogh 35
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Bogus McDonogh 35 Website
It has come to our attention that there is a fraudulent website called alumniclass.com that has McDonogh 35 listed as one of its patrons and is charging $20 to become a member. Do not send any info or finds to this site.
Our official site is
Our official mailing address is:
McDonogh 35 Alumni Association
P.O. Box 50306
New Orleans, LA 70150-0306
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McDonogh 35 Alumni Association Website
Our newly designed website will soon have a Roneagle Business Directory.
If you're interested in advertising your business, please email
mcdonogh35alumniassociation@yahoo.com
. Annual Listings - $20/Members; $35/Non-Members.
Thanks to Creative Vibe Graphics, Ashley Thomas '02, for the redesign.
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The Alumni Association is selling commemorative bricks that will be installed in the school courtyard. Bricks cost $135 each and should include your n
ame and graduating year. There is a 3-line maximum with 21 characters per line. The deadline to order is February 28, 2017. You can order your brick online at mcdonogh35alumniassociation.org. You can mail a check payable to McDonogh 35 Alumni Association for $135.00. Please click here for the form. Complete the form and mail it along with your check. include "brick" in memo section along with a note of what you want on your brick.
The mailing address is:
McDonogh 35 Alumni Association
P. O. Box 50306
New Orleans, LA 70150-0306
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Roneagle in the Spotlight
Daryl Womack, Jr., a native of New Orleans, Louisiana is a leading professional barber/stylist and instructor. He is the son of Gail Young Womack, ('73). At 14 years of age, Womack began his barbering career by cutting friends, family and neighbors' hair in his community. He graduated from McDonogh 35 Senior High School in 2002. After McDonogh 35, he attended Sidney Collier Technical College and received his Barbering License from the Louisiana State Board of Barbers and in 2007. Womack received a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business from LSU. Attending LSU allowed Womack to develop his barbering techniques while building relationships with various professionals and athletes.
It was the onset of his entrepreneurial spirit that inspired Daryl to open Case Closed Barber Shop in New Orleans East, which was one of the most popular post Katrina barber shops. During that period, Womack was able to acquire his instructor's license and began instructing at Park Place Barber College where he based his class on professionalism and interpersonal skills.
For the last decade, Womack has traveled the country honing his skills. From the Bay Area to D.C., he's worked in various markets, studying and mastering the best that barbering has to offer.
In 2010 at the Wahl National Cutting Competition in Chicago, Illinois, he won the title for "Fastest Barber" and gained second place in the "Best Fade" competition. Womack has also received proclamations by the City of New Orleans for his service and dedication to the barbering industry. As an instructor at Park Place Barber College, Womack shares his wealth of knowledge with the next generation of barbers and hopes to continue sharing his experiences, lessons and talents via his mentoring program, Fresh For Success. Daryl was the major contributor for the beautiful mural on the Competition Gym wall. He also sponsors warm up gear for the Roneagle Basketball teams.
Bringing professionalism back to barbering is the current goal of Daryl and barbering is his passion, driven by his ambitious spirit. He hopes to represent his hometown while displaying his talents to the world in the coming years.
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RENEW YOUR DUES
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The Association's Fiscal Year is from October 1- September 30. You may now pay your 2016-17 Alumni Dues via PayPal. Yearly Membership dues are $35 and Lifetime Membership dues are $350. Lifetime Membership dues may also be paid in five $70 installment payments. Also when you pay please put your graduating year in the comment section
(and, if you are paying with your business account, your first & last name as well). Please pay by clicking on the appropriate PayPal button below.
Your 2015-16 dues payment allowed us to provide support to our Fair 35 in a variety of ways! This past school year, your investment has afforded us the opportunity to award $3,000 to seniors who applied and were interviewed for the Alumni Association's Scholarships. Also, additional funds of over $2.000.00 were provided for school and student support, to include the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Academy and awards for students at the inaugural honors breakfast through our Soaring to Excellence initiative. Our ability to fund these programs was made possible by our active members.
Annual Dues - $35.00 
Lifetime Membership - $350.00
Lifetime Installment Payments- Five $70.00 payments
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS MUST BE PAID IN THE SAME FISCAL YEAR. IF INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS ARE NOT RECEIVED BY SEPT. 30, 2017, THE PAYMENTS MADE, LESS 16-17, DUES WILL BE REALLOCATED TO SCHOLARSHIPS.
Membership/ Dues Renewal Applications can also be submitted via email by
McDonogh 35 Alumni Association
P.O. Box 50306
New Orleans, LA 70150-0306
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Getting Involved
As always, we look forward to seeing you at our meeting on Thursday, January 19, 2017. Remember that the work we do allows those that come after us to receive what those that went before us did on our behalf!
See you at the meeting!
The Alumni Association
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