Although much attention is given to budget this time of year, there are many other projects that are important as well. One such project is an alumni directory of students who have graduated from Cape Elizabeth High School. From all information we have, such a directory has never been compiled and printed for our alumni but the information included would be welcomed by many.
Although places like Facebook are available, a book that lists students and some brief information about them helps you to not only connect with peers but also with graduates who you have known but not seen over the years. A book like this truly becomes another document recording the history of a fine high school like Cape Elizabeth.
As a graduate of another high school and also of a college in Maine, I thoroughly enjoy returning to the alumni directories to find people who I have not seen or heard from in years. My wife and both daughters graduated from a high school nearby and their fairly new directory has been used over and over again as a reference point . . . and sometimes as a basis for memories of past experiences.
With that in mind, we have selected our initial group of individuals to provide the oversight for the initial work on the directory. They are Trish Brigham, Kathy Ray, and Karen Burke from the School Board, Jeff Shedd, Principal of Cape Elizabeth High School, Peter Cary and Christine Mackenzie from CEEF, and me. We hope that this working group will expand with interested graduates, past and present, and that this work will bring a true sense of joy and accomplishment.
The first official meeting is being planned for Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in the Superintendent’s Office. The committee seeks your assistance. If you are a graduate or if you happen to have a list graduates from a specific class, please let us know by sending an email to ahawkins@cape.k12.me.us or calling me at 799-2217. Once the initial meetings are held, we hope that there will be a strong working committee to work closely with the publisher, Harris Connect. A form for submitting alumni information can be found on the High School web site, by following the alumni link
http://www.cape.k12.me.us/alumni/alumniform.lasso#add.Join us now to collect and record for posterity the alumni of Cape Elizabeth High School.
Alan H. Hawkins
taxpayer (unauthenticated)
Mar 12, 2009 9:59 AM
I think that School Board members have no important functions that finding alumni.
taxpayer (unauthenticated)
Mar 12, 2009 10:47 AM
This is not an appropriate role for a School Board member.
taxpayer (unauthenticated)
Mar 13, 2009 10:30 AM
I hope the school board members are functioning as private citizen volunteers and not board members on this project. This is not an appropriate funcion of a school board member.
citizen (unauthenticated)
Mar 16, 2009 3:12 PM
This is a project that should be taken up by the students - past and present, particularly the class officers.
citizen (unauthenticated)
Mar 16, 2009 3:12 PM
This project is not the responsibility of the School Board.
Alan Hawkins
Mar 18, 2009 4:23 PM
The responses to this blog have addressed concerns about the part that School Board members play with regard to the alumni directory. It is important to note that this project is one that has been carefully planned as a cooperative venture the school system and representatives of the Cape Elizabeth Educational Foundation. The work of actually gathering the information will go directly to Harris Publications and they will do the work of gathering and managing the data to the point that it becomes a published and/or technology directory. The actual work of gathering baseline information will come from a variety of resources, including members of specific classes, a reporting document found on this site, etc., and sent directly to the company.
Stephen Miton (unauthenticated)
Mar 21, 2009 9:40 AM
I think that this is cool. Im from class of 1983