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.

Since we’re still alive and kicking, we look forward to more events in the next year or two, and another big celebration in 2018 for the 65th Reunion! If you would like to help, we invite you to join your Reunion Committee. Click on the Contact Us tab above, and fill out and submit the web form saying you would like to be included in upcoming Working Sessions. You’ll have fun getting together to cook up our next big event. The more people the merrier! Fill out our web form or email Jerry Chichester.

A poem on the 50th Reunion of our graduation,
by Anne Chichester Temple

A magical night for the Class of ’63,
At the Embassy Suites,
They met for reverie.

300 strong:
“Minnie, is that you?”
“You haven’t changed a bit!”
“Neither have you!”

This was so fun!
Such a friendly bunch,
Let’s get together again!
How ’bout a June lunch?

About 100 Class of ’53 grads were at the 60th Reunion, participating in reunion events that included the elegant Ladies’ Luncheon at the Seattle Yacht Club, the traditional get-together at the Dutchess Tavern, a golf “tournament” (seven hardy golfers made it in the early morning of July 19), and the grand Reunion Dinner at the Nile Country Club at 4 PM on July 19. Attendance including spouses and family members was more than 130 souls. About 25% of the people in our class attended one event or another. By all accounts, everyone had a great time.

Each year, the class with the most Golden Grads luncheon attendees wins! Class of ’53 Secretary Joyce Hitt Butchart holds the Jeanne DeFriel Gardiner Golden Grads Luncheon Outstanding Attendance Award, won by ’53 alums in 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2013.