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Welcome to the
LAS
VEGAS HIGH SCHOOL
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
P. O. Box 35318 Las Vegas Nevada 89133-5318 * Email: lvhsaamain02@gmail.com
* Phone:
A 501©3
Non-Profit Charitable Organization
Once a Wildcat, Always a Wildcat!
We offer information about the group, present
memorabilia and
content pertaining to Las Vegas High School
and alumni from all classes since 1913
This is also a good place to
contact us
We have a Facebook group too!
Click here
LATEST NEWS FROM THE
LVHSAA
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The alumni association would like to take a moment to
say “Happy Birthday”; to all those Wildcats
born in the month of January and we hope you enjoy many more!
Once a Wildcat, Always a Wildcat.
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The new principal at Las Vegas High School (Ray
Ortiz) wants to scan and digitize every single yearbook starting from back in
the 1928! He graduated from the 315 S. 7th campus in 1991 and bleeds red and
black! Once completed the yearbooks would be available online for free through
the LVHS website. This project will require donations to get accomplished. The
fee to scan a single yearbook is $44. To that goal, we’ve set up this campaign
with a goal of $4,278 (including shipping charges of the books). The funds will
go to yearbookscanning.com As
soon as the goal is reached, they will initiate the digitization project, and
the flipbooks should be viewable on our site within 2-3 weeks.
Please help
if you can. Every donation makes a difference.
$44 digitizes a single
yearbook
$176 digitizes four yearbooks
$440 digitizes a decade's yearbooks
But any other amount is welcome!
Thank you so much and have a wonderful
holiday season!
Click the link below to donate to this wonderful
cause.
Yearbook scanning campaign
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Helping the alumni association and getting write offs.
As most of you know, there is a brick and mortar 501(c)3
non-profit known as the Las Vegas High School Alumni
Association. Annually, we host a Wildcat
Reunion at the Orleans Hotel. During that reunion, we
have a raffle to raise funds for the scholarship
program. We ask if anyone has a business and would like
to help by donating a prize from your business. You’ll
get your name in front of alumni and a write off as well
(PM me
for a PDF of our non-profit
status). You can also email us at:
lvhsaamain02@gmail.com
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Thanks to alumni donations, we have several yearbooks (different grad years) available for a minimum
donation of $50 to our scholarship fund. If you are looking for a yearbook,
please send an email to
lvhsaamain02@gmail.com and we
will let you know what is available.
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The next Wildcat
reunion will be held October 14, 2023. Invitations are sent out
annually in June or July. If we do not have your physical address you will not receive an
invitation to this event. Please email
lvhsaamain02@gmail.com and add your address to our list.
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MANY THANKS
– to our great alumni who have sent donations for our Grant and Scholarship
funds over the last year. Thanks to those of you that became members or renewed
your memberships over the last year. We appreciate your helping us keep our
critical mission alive! Donations may be made by sending us a check payable to
LVHSAA to the address at the top of this page.
We are not currently using PayPal. Please keep checking for when we do use
it again.
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LAS VEGAS HIGH SCHOOL
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Thanks to the generosity of donations from our alumni, we awarded
$22,000 in scholarships this year - $14,000 to 2022 grads plus $8,000 as
continuing scholarships for 2021 grads. Since inception of the LVHSAA, we have
awarded scholarships to 100 graduating students. The totals: $182,000 plus
continuing scholarships to 17 graduates, totaling $30,100, for a grand total of
$212,000! Thanks again alumni, for your generous donations to the scholarship
fund!
Students - If you would like to
apply for one of our scholarships, please contact your
LVHS Counselor for
details.
The main source of funding for our scholarships is
through
donations.
If you would like to contribute to our scholarship fund, it’s
easy! Send a check payable to LVHSAA to the address at the top of this page.
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ATTENTION ANNUAL
MEMBERS
– Don’t forget that your
membership expires on September 30 each year. So if you haven’t already done so,
please send a check, payable to LVHSAA, to the address at the top of this page,
to renew your membership now!
We are not currently using PayPal. Please keep checking for when we do use it
again.
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LVA LEGACY PROJECT &
LEGACY PLAQUES
- The LVHSAA is very
proud of our former president Bruce Langson (1965) who spearheaded a project to
preserve our old LVHS campus on 7th and Bridger. Bruce, along with alumni
Senator Richard Bryan (1955) and Bob Stoldal (1961) worked diligently on this
project for several years, resulting in the Clark County School District
committing $15 million toward renovation and upgrading the campus (now the Las
Vegas Academy). The Academy students love the campus as much as those of us that
attended there do, and want it maintained – not replaced!
Many thanks to those of you
that purchased legacy plaques or pavers, which helped fund for the recent
renovation of the old auditorium on the corner of 9th and Clark. Click
thumbnails below for larger images.
If you didn’t
already purchase one, it’s not too late!
Click here for the plaque order
form
Click herefor information on ordering a paver.
https://www.lasvegasacademy.net/
and then click on “Paver Campaign” at the
top of the page.
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If you haven’t
already done so, NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO JOIN THE LVHSAA!
Dues are only $25 annually or $300 for a lifetime membership – OR
$40 annually and $500 lifetime for married alumni couples!
Annual
memberships expire at the end of every September.
The LVHSAA is an approved
501(c)3 charitable organization,
so your dues are TAX DEDUCTIBLE!
To join now, click here for the
membership form
Send the form and your check, payable to LVHSAA, to the
address on the form.
We are not currently using PayPal. Please keep checking for when we do use it
again.
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All members receive our
Wildcat Tales newsletter twice a year, with lots of information about our
alumni!
Your dues go for a good cause – helping the students and staff of
LVHS!
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OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE!
In case you haven’t heard, we have LVHSAA
memorabilia available for donations to our Scholarship Fund! These items make
great gifts and all proceeds benefit our Scholarship Fund.
Click here for photos and prices
If you are the reunion contact for your class,
you can help us out by having some of our memorabilia available for attendees at
your next reunion. We will be happy to provide you with supplies! Just
contact us at lvhsaamain02@gmail.com
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LAS VEGAS HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
GRANT PROGRAM
THE LVHSAA
OFFERS GRANTS FOR LVHS STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS!
Click
here for details.
Students should submit their requests
for assistance to their counselor. Counselors, teachers and
administrators should submit requests to LVHS Principal Ray Ortiz for his
approval. He will forward approved requests to the LVHSAA for consideration.
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DONATIONS OF SUPPLIES FOR
NEEDY STUDENTS
LVHS is a Title 1 school with a high percentage of
students from low-income families below the poverty level. Many of the LVHS staff
members personally provide school supplies and food for some of their students.
The school has established a Donation Center to collect supplies to help the
needy students, and the LVHSAA provided funds to purchase storage supplies to
house the donated items. If you would like to help by donating non-perishable
food, clothing, school supplies, etc., contact us at
lvhsaamain02@gmail.com
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VEHICLE
DONATION PROGRAM
Provide a scholarship or grant!!
Donate a
vehicle, such as a car, truck, motorcycle, RV, off-road 4-wheeler, or other
objects of value
and receive the largest tax deduction available for your
donated items.
For more details, contact
the LVHSAA Board at
lvhsaamain02@gmail.com
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AMAZON SMILE PROGRAM
When making your Amazon.com purchases, add the LVHSAA
to the list of charities helped by their Amazon Smile program. They donate 0.05%
of your purchases to the charity designated. This is another way to add to the
LVHS Scholarship Fund! Click on the Amazon logo here:
VISIT THE “OLD” CAMPUS!
Check out the
Senior Squares monument– created by
the LVHSAA and funded by alumni donations to replace the Senior Squares.
Check out the LVHS memorabilia display in the beautiful cabinet donated by
the LVHSAA and built by our Historian Joe Thomson. It is just inside the front
entrance of the main building. The Academy welcomes visitors to stop by to see
the memorabilia any time. The memorabilia is changed every few months and
usually displays memorabilia from classes having significant reunions in any
given year.
If you have anything you would like to display (you
can either donate or loan to us), such as class rings, letter jackets or
sweaters, or anything that will bring back memories from your years at LVHS,
please let us know at
lvhsaamain02@gmail.com
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CLASS WEBSITE LINKS
Does your class have a website? Have it listed here on our
links page
Email us to submit your link for the website. All
classes are welcome!
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