The thirty-fourth Anniversary of the RHS Golden Grads Luncheon will be held on June 1st, 2016 at the beautiful Sand Point Country Club. Paid-up Golden Grads members, friends and guests will be in attendance.

The new Luncheon Chair, Cindy DACK ’60, did a wonderful job last year. Rick Keating ’64 was the Master of Ceremonies and introduced invited special guests: Brian Vance RHS Principal, Kristina Anderson Rogers ’98 RHS Vice Principal, Karl Ruff STEM teacher at RHS, and Ruben Van Kempen RHS Drama Director who retiredin 2015, after 38 years.

Scholarships and award recipients were introduced: Jean D Freil Gardiner Scholar certificate went to Menaka Narayanan who is attending Harvard: Music and Dramatic Arts Honor Award went to Sebastian Kent who went to McGill University in Canada: RHS Spirit Award went to Julia Hower who is at Middlebury College in Vermont. As is customary, a short business meeting was held after the lunch. Members approved the 2015-2016 Budget and the nominees for the 2016 Officers. Thanks, Cindy, for a great luncheon. Looking forward to seeing all of you June 1, 2016 same time, same place.

Jazz at Lincoln Center has announced the 15 finalist bands to compete in 21st annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. Congratulations and great job to Jazz Band I and Scott Brown–they are New York bound again this year! Congratulations also to our friends at Garfield and Mount Si, who were also selected as finalists.

On May 24, 2016, at 7:30 pm, the Spring Musical dress rehearsal will be opened to the Golden Grads free (or you can give a donation.) If you cannot attend on that date the performances will be May 26 & 27, 7:30 pm; June 2, 3 & 4, 7:30 pm; and June 5, 2:30 pm. These dates cost $12 for students & seniors and $15 for adults. You will need to contact the school to purchase tickets.

From the Roosevelt Jazz Boosters Newsletter –

Please join us and support Roosevelt Jazz Band at Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival Thursday Oct. 29 – 7:30 pm at Benaroya Hall! For tickets call 206-215-4747 or visit the Seattle Symphony web site.

A priority for your December calendar should be Roosevelt High School’s production of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Jazz Nutcracker.” Performances will be held at the Roosevelt High School Performing Arts Theater on Saturday, December 5th at 7:30 pm and Sunday, December 6th at 2 pm. Tickets are available through the RHS Jazz website at a cost of $15/adults and $12/youth, students and seniors.

This fall, Golden Grads will be sending out the Grapevine by email to those who would prefer a digital copy – saving paper and freeing up more money for scholarships and teachers’ wish lists. Click here to see the Spring Grapevine in pdf format. To opt in, mark the box on the membership form.

The 2015 Golden Grads Luncheon will again be held at the Sand Point Country Club, 8333 – 55th N.E., Seattle, WA 98115. Reservations ($30 per person) are required and must be in our hands by Friday, May 22nd, 2015.

Doors open at 11:00 AM – Social Hour and sign in at the Registration Table, 11:00 to 12:00 – Lunch service starts at 12:15 PM. Each attending member has a place reserved with his or her class. The luncheon includes a short Business Meeting, Election of Officers and approval of the annual budget. RHS grads MUST BE current dues-paying GG Members to attend. Guests or spouses of members are OK.

Parking is provided in the Country Club parking lot (the front entrance has stairs, but you can enter from south side or west side.) Click here for a printable reservation form to mail in.

Golden Grad Free Performance on the 19th. Paid performances May 21-22 and May 28-31. The Spring Musical is always free for Golden Grads at the dress rehearsal in the RHS Theater.

The luncheon, which includes a very short Annual Business Meeting, Election of Officers and approval of the annual budget is held in June each year at the Nile Country Club located at 6601 244th St. SW, Mountlake Terrace, WA. (1 block west off I-5 on 205th). Free parking is available in the Country Club parking lot. RHS grads MUST BE current dues-paying GG Members to attend. Non-grads can attend as guests or spouses of members. Reservations are required. Click here for a printable reservation form to mail in.

Every year The Spring Musical is free for Golden Grads at the dress rehearsal. Don’t miss it! Come and see the next generation of Broadway stars right here at Roosevelt!

“What you were to be, you have now become.” When a grad marks the 50th year after graduation, he or she is eligible to brighten their golden years, as hundreds of schoolmates have been doing since 1983 when the Golden Grads Association was founded. Our members renew old friendships begun long ago.

A Golden Grad will receive the GRAPEVINE, our newsletter, full of your adventures, accomplishments, nostalgia, volunteer works, and news of your old Alma Mater. A member luncheon is held each year. Members come from all over the country to attend.

Golden Grads is all about enabling the new generation to excel. In the last 15 years Golden Grads has awarded and paid out over $700,000 to benefit students of Roosevelt High School. This includes scholarships to institutions of higher learning: University, college, voc-tech, or community college and the annual Teacher’s Wish List, providing money for materials and equipment not covered by our taxes: computers and software, special text books, sports equipment, musical instruments for band and orchestra, and items for the drama department. These donations come from tax-deductible Golden Grads member contributions. 2013-2014 funding budgeted: Scholarships – $40,000, Teachers Wish List – $20,000.