George Washington High School Activities
GWAA and Class Sponsored

Here is a list of activities available to all alumni regardless of class. These activities may be sponsored GWAA, a class or a group of alumni. Each activity will have a reference of who to contact for more information on that activity. For individual class reunions or news, please visit page Class News, Class Reunions..

2009-2010 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE

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GWAA (Sponsored) ACTIVITIES

ONGOING GWHS Class Functions

GWHS Class Reunions

OTHER GW INFORMATION

GWAA Sponsored
    GWAA ACTIVITIES - UP-COMING:

The 2010 Annual Spring Social & Election Luncheon - THIS IS NOT YET FULLY SCHEDULED,
but planning is well underway for it to be held on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 11:30 a.m.
at The Green_Olive_Buffet_&_Grill - (Directions)
7405 Richmond Hwy., Alexandria, VA 22306
(703) 765-5899

The 2010 GWAA Picnic (our 17th Annual) - THIS IS NOT YET FULLY SCHEDULED,
but planning is well underway for it to be held on Saturday, September 25, 2010
at the Fort Hunt Park, Pavilion A, Alexandria, VA - (Directions)
 

    GWAA ACTIVITIES - PAST:

The 2009 GWAA Picnic (our 16th Annual) was held on Saturday, September 26, 2009.
TO ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING IT GREAT
FOREMOST, TO THE ATTENDEES, PICNIC Chairpersons (JUDY & WILDA), ACTIVITY Chairpersons (SUE & DONNA), all of the REGISTRATION Workers, SOUND Equipment (BOB), PRIZE Distributions (RAY), FOOD (American BBQ), SETUP & CLEANUP Helpers... and LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, THE WEATHER FOR COOPERATING.
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL!

The GREAT BAKE-OFF held at the GWAA picnic September 26th, 2009, was a huge success as we had 12 entries in the contest.  Following the photos below is a list of all of the entries as well as a designation of the winners.  First prize in both the pie baking and cake making were rewarded with a first place ribbon and $50.00 in prize money. (See the list and results in the table below)   We are hoping that this is a tradition that is continued in the future years of the picnic and that more people choose to participate. It would be nice to have more pie entries, as Marlene was the only person presenting a pie this year.   After the judges awarded the prizes, the goodies were consumed by the attendees of the picnic that were still at the picnic and there were VERY FEW LEFTOVERS.  Everyone was delighted at the option of having the cakes and/or pies to choose from versus the traditional cookies.   I would like to say a special Thank You to those who participated and donated their time and effort into making this years bakeoff a tremendous success.   The bakeoff judges were John Teter, Debby Palmer-Mills and me.  Judging was based on the following categories:  taste, appearance, freshness, creativity, doneness and topping/icing, with points being awarded for each category and the total points determining the winners.   I hope that everyone had a chance to see the table setup.  I wanted to make sure that the GWHS blue and gold colors were well represented.

Donna ENNIS Teter, GWAA Board Member & Bake-off Chair

2009 GWAA Annual Picnic - Bake-Off

Sept. 26, 2009

Bake-Off Contest Photos by John teter

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bake1.JPG   bake2.JPG   bake3.JPG   bake4.JPG   bake5.JPG   bake6.JPG   bake7.JPG   bake8.JPG JUDGES DEBBY PALMER-MILLS, JOHN TETER & ONNA TETER

BAKE-OFF CONTEST RESULTS   Contestants Description of the Entry Judged as -- IN THE CAKE CATEGORY Jane Foster Red Velvet Cake 1st Place - $50   Roxann Patrick Spanish Bun Cake 2nd Place Tie Mary Lee Stoll Hummingbird Cake (pineapple, bananas, nuts)      '' Laura Lester Mississippi Mud Cake 3rd Place Tie Marilyn Lyles Hummingbird Cake       ''   Angie Beach Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Pistachio Pudding  Honorable Mentions Bette Beagle Pineapple and Orange Cake       '' Burt Bostwick Layer Bars       '' Connie Fulk Pound Cake with Butter cream Icing       '' Randy McKlveen Devil's Food Cake       '' Marlene Wiltshire Devil's Food Cake       '' IN THE PIE CATEGORY Marlene Wiltshire Grandma's Lemon Chess Pie 1st Place - $50

Annual GWAA Picnics - (are usually held in either September or October)

More photos are coming for the 2009 GWAA Picnic (our 16th Annual) held on Saturday, September 26, 2009.

• The 2009 Picnic Photo Album  from the 16th Annual Picnic -September 26, 2006  at Fort Hunt Park.
• The 15th Annual GWAA Picnic  was  held on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Ft. Hunt Park, Pavilion A, Alexandria, Va.
• The 14th Annual GWAA Picnic  was  held on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Ft. Hunt Park, Pavilion A, Alexandria, Va.
• The 2006 Picnic Photo Album  from the 13th Annual Picnic -September 30, 2006  at Fort Hunt Park.
• Note: The 2005 Photo Album -  the 12th Annual Picnic, was held on October 1, 2005 at Fort Hunt Park
• The 2004 Picnic Photo Album of the 11th Annual Picnic held on October 10th at Fort Hunt Park.

Annual Spring Social & Election Meetings - (are usually held in April)

Photos are coming for the The 2009 Annual Spring Social & Election Luncheon held on Saturday, April 18 2009.

• The Photo Album  from the 2009 Annual Spring Social & Election Luncheon held at: the Green Olive Buffet & Grill on Saturday, April 18 2009
• The 2008 Spring Social -  was held at: the Green Olive Buffet & Grill on Saturday, April 19, 2008. 
• The 2007 Spring Social -   was held at: the Green Olive Buffet & Grill on Saturday, April 21, 2007.
• The 2006 Spring Social -  was held at: the Green Olive Buffet & Grill on Saturday, April 22, 2006.
• The 2005 Spring Social -  was held at the Old Country Buffet in Alexandria on Saturday, April 23, 2005.
• The 2004  Spring Social -  was held at the Old Country Buffet in Dale City on April 20th, 2004.
• The 2003 Photo Album containing many photos  from the 2003 Spring Social held at the Old Country Buffet in Alexandria.
• The 2002 Photo Album containing many photos  from the 2002 Spring Social held at the Old Country Buffet in Alexandria.

ONGOING GWHS Class Functions

NEW The "Golden Friends Lunch Bunch" are held every third Tuesday at Old Country Buffet in Fredericksburg or Dale City. The schedule for 2009- 2010 has been posted. Click on the underlined title to visit our web page for dates and places.

NEW The "First Wednesday Night Dinner" (FWND) is being held the first Wednesday of each month at various locations in Virginia. Click on the underlined title to visit our web page for dates and places. 

NEW  Class of54 Luncheons. The 2009 luncheon schedule is as follows: December 14^th.
The 2010 luncheon schedule is as follows:
February 8^th, April 12^th, June 14th, August 9th, October 11th, December 13^th.
We meet at the Old Country Buffet, 7820 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA. from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Our friendly and casual luncheons are a great opportunity to stay in touch and to share any news with classmates. Mark your calendar and come and treat yourself to a couple of hours of good company. 

GWHS Class Reunions

Future Reunions:

NEW   Class of '55 55th Reunion: "55^th  for '55"

• The Class of 1955 has begun planning for their 55th reunion.

• It will be held November 26th and 27th, 2010 at the Holiday Inn, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA.

• The gala celebration will begin with a fantastic all-day-some-night Hospitality Party on Friday, November 26th leading into a rocking Cocktail Hour, followed by a fabulous Dinner/Dance/Banquet on November 27th. 

• The entertainment is yet to be determined. We'll let you know. There will be many nice door prizes.

• Invitations will be mailed out in early 2010 to the '55 Class. All other G.W. Alumni that would like to join in the festivities are, as always, VERY welcome. 

• For questions or reservations contact: Peggy-Lambert Barnett or John-Sue Cox

NEW   CLASS OF 61 ANNOUNCES REUNION AND WEB SITE

The class of 1961 will be holding its 50-year reunion over the Columbus Day weekend, October 7-9, 2011, with a dinner dance on Saturday evening. As this is the 50^th we are making every effort to contact all our classmates. If you have not been in touch with us yet, please send your email address and other contact information (as well as that of any other classmates) to our class historian, Richard Sparks, at rmsparks@verizon.net.    
Bill Thomas has agreed to chair the reunion committee, and is looking for help, seeking ideas and answering questions at dbl2rt@gmail.com.
To keep people excited and informed Carol (Austin) Bogans son has developed our own web site at www.gwhighschoolclass61.com. Take a peek at it because in the words of Tommy Edwards, It is awesome! Carol would greatly appreciate any information you can provide, past or present, for inclusion on the site, her email address is boganvilla@embarqmail.com.
We want our 50th to be a memorable occasion where we renew old friendships and make new ones, but the only way we can do this is if you join us, so please get in touch with Richard and pencil in October 7-9, 2011. As the date approaches we will have more information about venue, cost and some fun things that will be going on Friday night, Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

Past Reunions:

55th Reunion Class of 954 - September 11th and 12th, 2009  The Class of 1954 began celebrating their 55th reunion with a Hospitality Party on Friday, September 11th and a Cocktail Hour, Dinner and Dancing on September 12th, at the Holiday Inn, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA.  Live music was provided by Tom Saputo and many nice door prizes were presented. Invitations were mailed out in February, 2009. For questions contact Nellie Foster at nfoster7@juno.com. 

The classes of 1944-45  - 65th & 64th Joint Anniversary Reunion. It was held at the Green Spring Retirement Center on Tuesday, September 8, 2009.

The GWHS & Hammond High Classes of 1969
Invited all classes to attend (you too T.C.W.) a combined 4oth Class Reunion - Saturday Evening August 15, 2009.

The classes of 1958-59 Joint 50th Anniversary Reunion

 

(Awaiting information from:)
The classes of 1943-44  - 65th & 64th  Joint Anniversary Reunion. Held (08-08-08). More info when available.
The class of 1963 Reunion - 45th anniversary reunion
The class of 1968 Reunion - 50th anniversary reunion

The class of 1957 - had their 50th anniversary reunion. The event was held  in early October 2007. 
If you have moved and have not notified the class representative, Jeff Barnes, please contact him at JEFFRBarnes@aol.com.
The class of 1962 - had their 50th anniversary reunion. The event was held  in early October 2007. 
The class of 1967 - had their 50th anniversary reunion. The event was held  in early October 2007. 

GW Class of 56 to Hold 50th Year Reunion - October 6-8, 2006 are the dates set aside for the gala marking the 50th reunion for the Class of 1956. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel King Street, across the street from the King Street Metro Station. A hospitality suite will be open beginning Friday evening and through much of Saturday for registration and refreshments. Saturday morning brings a tour of the "new GW", beginning at 11, then "Art on the Avenue" in the new, transformed (and hot) Delray for an optional afternoon activity. Cocktails, dinner and dancing will begin at 5:30 p.m. Brunch follows Sunday morning at Landini Brothers restaurant (included in the $95 price) to cap off the festivities.
Email Andy Briggs at Anne shine@comcast.net or call her at 703-518-8158 to indicate your interest in attending and for details concerning hotel accommodations.

35th REUNION NEWS 1970-1971-1972: Plans have been made for the 35th Reunion of the George Washington High School Class of 1971. We are also including Classes of 1970 and 1972 to join us in this joyous occasion. The reunion is planned for the weekend of September 15 17, 2006. On Friday, September 15th we will be meeting at George Washington High Schools cafeteria at 7:30 p.m. to start our weekend by greeting old friends and looking at the renovations made to our alma mater. On Saturday, September 16th we are hosting a dinner and dance at the Holiday Inn in Arlington from 6:00 p.m. to 1 a.m. A disk jockey has been hired to liven up the evening. On Sunday, September 17th we will wrap up our weekend with a family picnic to be held at Hensley Park in Alexandria. For more Info: E-mail Randy McKlveen at <randymcklveen@cox.net>, Phyllis or Bill Darrough at <wdarrough@cox.net> or Sara Whitestone at <Swhites973@aol.com>. We hope you can join us for this wonderful occasion!

CLASS of '55 - 50th Reunion:
The class of 1955 had a fabulous and memorable fiftieth reunion on the Thanksgiving weekend of 2005 at the First Street Holiday Inn. About 200 people attended. The class hosted an open Hospitality Room on the second floor with free drinks and food the entire time starting Friday afternoon through Saturday.  On Saturday evening our Banquet-Dance began with a great dance band which featured, three female singers - The Fabulettes. A large screen video slide show with pictures from the past was presented in the background during the intros and meal. The food was excellent as was the music and ambiance. But the hit of the night for the class was a 35 minute (with encore) vocal performance by our own Prexie professionals - Bobby Morris, Bill Potts, Billy Cleary and Jim Godwin (back on drums), who sang and played a rockin an rollin set with Mike Boran (former Decca recording star and also a GWalum) and his wife, Christine.  Bobby, Bill and Mike had been meeting and practicing in secret for about ten months preparing for this mutually-memorable experience. It was definitely a totally unexpected and enjoyable surprise for the class. 
Every attendee received a gift bag that contained; a handsome marble paperweight with an inscribed The Golden One logo, a reunion handbook with many memorable photos and a complete listing of classmate names, with addresses and phone numbers. Each bag also held a commemorative CD, produced by Dave Beach, of 28 of the most representative songs of our generation.
The 55 Reunion Committee, which included John and Sue Cox, David Beach, Peggy and Lambert Barnett, Julia Gunn Shoup, Wilda Kesterson Armstrong, Ealine Mosel, Janet Hewitt George, Sonny and Sada Weitzel Johnson, Bill Duff, Bim Perry, Betty Berkes Treger and Barclay Bell Nakhleh, worked for about 4 years to plan this fine affair.

CLASS of '54 -50th Reunion  was held on September 11 and 12, 2004. For further details Click on the title.

CLASS of '64: There is going to be a reunion and there has been a reunion committee meeting in Alexandria to get the planning started. We are looking at the weekends of June 19th or 26th. We should have the date tied down in a couple of weeks. John Kemper will send a notice out via e-mail when the dates are set. Keep a look out for a '64 reunion web page.

CLASS of '63  Reunion: Had their Open House - Friday, October 10, 2003; Dinner/Dance - Saturday, October 11, 2003. Click on heading for more details.

CLASS of '43 held its 60th reunion at the Belle Haven Country Club, Alexandria, VA on October 4, 2003 at 6:30p.m. For further details Click on the title.

CLASS of '58 & '59   The GW-Hammond 45th Reunion held their reunion on September 20, 2003 at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites at 625 First Street in Alexandria. GW '58 and '59 were one class until Hammond High School open in 1956; these classes were then split between the two schools; but they remain close; and are holding a joint 45th reunion.

CLASS of '53 - Some members of the class got together at the GWAA Picnic in August and decided to start reunion planning for our 50th reunion in the year 2003. As we progress, we will keep our members informed.

CLASS of 1968 35^th Reunion held in 2003. A two or three day weekend retreat, probably in Virginia with outdoor activities life golf, swimming, volleyball, etc. If you would like to be involved or have a suggestion, please email Dave Tong.

CLASS of '62 40th Reunion was held on October 11, 12 and 13, 2002. A great time was held by all who attended.

CLASS of '57 45th Reunion Plans. The 45th reunion was held on September 21, 2002. Visit the class web page for more details.

OTHER GWAA & GW INFORMATION

GW MIDDLE SCHOOL Expansion. The City of Alexandria is expanding the building of our beloved high school. Click on the title to see a couple of pictures taken by Dave Beach. We plan to have more later.

USA MAP. Where are the GWHS Alumni living today in the fifty US States? Click on the title will bring up a map of the USA with numbers in each state, which represents how many of our alumni live in that state. Somewhat out-of-date, BUT very interesting.