Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:42:52 +0000

Class of 1983.....It's time to party like it's 1983 at the AHS Class of '83 40th Reunion! From Football to Fiestas, it will be an AMAZING weekend!!

We'll start on Thursday, Nov 2, at the Austin High football game at House Park and carry the party over to The Tavern after the game.

On Friday, Nov 3, come eat delicious BBQ from Stacy Looney and the Sine Die Smokers with an after-party at the Speakeasy bar.

Saturday, Nov 4, is The Main Event at Santa Rita Cantina so come mingle with your fellow Alums and some legendary teachers, while enjoying another great Texas tradition: TexMex food and margaritas.

Last but not least, Sunday, Nov 5, will round out a great reunion weekend at The Central Market N. Lamar with a complimentary, family-friendly breakfast.

Get your tickets today at: AustinHigh1983.Eventbrite.com and AustinHigh1983.com

Hope to see you there!!

Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 22:49:42 +0000

The Classes of 1980 and 1981 are teaming up to jointly celebrate our 40th reunion on Nov. 5-6, 2021.

For the Class of 1980, details will be posted on the Class of 1980 Facebook Page and their website. Email austinhigh1980@gmail.com for more details and to contact information for you or any classmates.

For the Class of 1981, details will be posted on the Class of 1980 Facebook Page and website. Email mcannatti@gmail.com for more details and to contact information for you or any classmates.

Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 02:34:15 +0000

It is with a sad heart that we have to relate the death of our dear friend and classmate, Kaye LaGrone. Kaye passed away at her home in Austin , TX.
Plans for a memorial are pending and will be posted here when they are finalized.
Rest In Peace, Kaye

Class of 1964

Loyal Forever

Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:49:54 +0000

CLASS of ‘64

55th REUNION

MARCH 30, 2019

COUNTY LINE ON THE LAKE

5204 Ranch Rd 2222

Austin, TX 78731

Music Provided by the Cavaliers

Appetizers from 5:30-6:30 pm

Cash Bar

Dinner at 6:30 pm

$30/person

For more information contact go to our facebook page and request to be a friend:

Stephen F. Austin High School Class of 1964, Austin, TX

Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:06:25 +0000

Yes it will be 50 years and you need to be at the reunion Carolyn Scott and others are updating the class list an want to make sure they have your correct contact information. Please email Carolyn or register here on the Loyalforever website and let us know how to reach you. More details to follow...

Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Sat, 13 Aug 2016 00:31:51 +0000

Join the class of 1986 for our 30th reunion. Saturday, September 24, 2016 from 6-10 PM at Concrete Cowboy Rooftop, 719 West 6th Street.

http://beta.myrollcall.com/ind.....reunion%2F

Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Thu, 14 Jan 2016 21:17:18 +0000

Do we have a 50th reunion planned? I haven't heard anything, and I would hope we can celebrate.

Fran

Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:44:35 +0000

Just wanted to make sure you got your invites to the AHS 50th reunion to

be held April 25 and 26, 2014. If not, please send me an email

(AHS50Reply@austin.rr.com) with your name and address and we’ll mail

you a packet.

Hope to see you at one or more of the events. This one will be

the best yet, so please come.

Jackie Seiders-Smart

Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:33:23 +0000

Thank you to all the students, alumni and faculty participating in the 2013 Dedication Day festivities at Austin High School. The day began at 9:00 in the library where August "Happy" Harris '82 along with Delano Womack '52 presented 12 scholarships to qualifying seniors. Scott Sayers praised the Hall of Honor and saluted the former head and archivist emeritus Brian Schenk for his hard work and direction in making our archives one of the most complete in the nation. Faculty honorees this year include Roland H. Johnson, Jr. who was a history teacher and dean of boys in the 50's and Leyla Colmia, chemistry teacher, who continues to teach and inspire at AHS. In fact this year a wing of the building was named in her honor - the Leyla Colmia Chemistry Wing! Robin Wilson, class of 1987 was awarded the alumni Hall of Honor medal this year. [caption id="attachment_1843" align="aligncenter" width="170" caption="Robin Wilson"][/caption] Robin Wilson is an nationally known eco- friendly designer and a designer of the Kennedy Green House Project. Find Robin online at Robin Wilson Home.

Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:15:05 +0000

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND

DEDICATION DAY

AT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL

FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010

SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY: 8:00-9:45 AM Parking on East side of building Registration on 2nd floor in front of East elevators 8:30-9:00 AM Presentation of Medals to Veterans in Preas Theatre 9:00-10:00 AM Tour of the archival exhibit on the second floor 9:15-9:45 AM Official INSTALLATION Ceremonies in the Library 9:45 AM Guests should be seated in Roosevelt C. Nivens Gymnasium 10:00 AM GRAND ASSEMBLY in GYMNASIUM 11:45 AM-1:30 PM LUNCHEON in Band Hall for inductees, guests, and faculty HONOREES 2009-2010: Distinguished Alumnus: Sammie F. Joseph, Class of 1967 Community Leader, Businessman Ruth P. Morgan, Class of 1952 Professor WE HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL JOIN US ON APRIL 23rd! PREVIOUS HONOREES ARE ASKED TO WEAR THEIR MEDALS. PLEASE R.S.V.P. to Ms. Angie Reeve MANNED ELEVATOR AT EAST ENTRANCE

2009-2010 ANNUAL NEWSLETTER

Last year’s Dedication Day was a tremendous success. The talent of our school population was reflected in the student body and by our honorees: Distinguished Alumni: Gerald “Jerry” Adams, Class of 1956 , FBI Agent, Humanitarian; and Jeff Gray, Class of 1967, Civic Leader; Honored Faculty: Roy Bartlett, Photography Teacher, 1973-2007. You may visit the Hall of Honor, located adjacent to the Jacquelyn McGee Performing Arts Center and the Band Hall, at any time. The Brian Schenk Archives, based in the Library, are also available to you at any time. We maintain a class ring collection - the third largest in the nation; a Comet collection; a collection of books by Austin High authors, faculty, and alumni; and the Archives containing a wide variety of memorabilia from Austin High’s past. We encourage your donations to any of the collections. Keep your eyes open in antique shops which carry old yearbooks or other Austin High memorabilia. Bring the items on Dedication Day or on any school day to the second floor office. Please include your name and address with your donation. Surplus Comets, Mr. Maroo lapel pins, Mr. Maroo earrings, and Mr. Maroo necklace pendants are always on sale. Contact Ms. Angie Reeve for more information.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

AWARDS AND ELECTIONS: The Student Steering Committee of the Hall of Honor “builds” the files on nominees for the Hall of Honor. We would appreciate contributions from former students and/or retired faculty. We are certain that you had a favorite teacher from your years at the school or a classmate who has gone on to do great things. To start a file or add to an existing one, simply send a letter of nomination to Ms. Angie Reeve, Hall of Honor Advisor, or send an email to areeve@austinisd.org. SCHOLARSHIPS: Through a rigorous voting process, the top 1% of the current Senior Class is identified as Maroon Society. In 2002, Maroon Society recipients began to receive scholarship money from the Hall of Honor Endowment Fund. If you or your business would like to donate to the Endowment, please contact Ms. Cohlmia, Ms. Joucken, or Ms. Reeve. INSTALLATION CEREMONY: Installation this year will take place before the Grand Assembly. Inductees will be presented their plaque and the Austin High School Continuing Education Foundation will be presenting their scholarships at the Installation ceremony. Loyal Forever, Leyla Cohlmia Esther Joucken Angie Reeve HOH Advisor HOH Advisor HOH Advisor Please print below to RSVP for Dedication Day. Name: ___________________________________________ Class of _________ Mailing Address ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Phone _______________________ Email _________________________________ I will __________ will not __________ be present on Dedication Day. I do __________ do not __________ need an escort for assistance in the school. If you would like to make a contribution to the Hall of Honor to help support the endowment, scholarships, or maintenance of the Hall of Honor, checks made be made out to AHS Hall of Honor and mailed to the school at the address below. Subscriber (up to $49) _______________ Sponsor ($50-$99) _______________ Founder ($100-$249) _______________ Memorial (from $250) _______________ For donors of $250 or more: A 2 x 4 metal plate, inscribed as you desire, will be placed at the entrance to the Hall of Honor. Please PRINT the text of your memorial plate as you wish it to be recorded. Please limit the text to three lines. _____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Mail this sheet to: Angie Reeve c/o AHS Hall of Honor 1715 West Cesar Chavez Austin, TX 78703

Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:27:49 +0000

reprinted from the official student publication The Maroon Compiled and written by: Brian Schenk - Archivist Emeritus Jenna McEachern - Archivist Angie Reeve, Librarian From 1925 to 1975, Austin High School was located at 1212 Rio Grande Avenue. Today that location is the Rio Grande Campus of the Austin Community College. The building had actually been built in 1915 as the John Allan Junior High School. Mr. Allen had made a major contribution to Austin schools in the 1890s, and the new building was constructed to provide additional opprtunities for girls and boys. Special programs in “manual training” and “domestic arts” were offered at the Rio Grande site in the early years. Then, in 1924, everyone understood that the local “high school” had run out of space at its location at 9th and Trinity Streets. This location is now the site of the First Baptist Church. But in 1900, it had become the “Austin High School” and was called “the finest high school in the South”. It filled the entire block between 9th and 10th, Trinity and Neches Streets. And that, in the last years, was too small a space for a high school with a thousand students. So, during the Thanksgiving Holidays in 1925, the high school students and junior high students packed their books and lunchboxes and headed home. When they went back to school on the next Monday, the high school students went to 12th and Rio Grande, and the Junior High kids went to “Old Red”, the former Austin High at 9th and Trinity. They “traded campuses”. Educational leaders in town thought that there was “more room to expand” at the 12th and Rio Grande site. And then they expanded the Rio Grande site in 1924-25 to provide additional classrooms. And so it became Austin High for fifty years. In 1929 they built a “real gym” across West Avenue (behind the school), and in 1939 they built the “Annex” of 24 additional classrooms on the north side of the original building. A new Band Hall was also constructed in 1939 and a “tunnel” was built under West Avenue. The “tunnel” was provided so students could safely cross “busy West Avenue” to reach the Band Hall and Gym. And of course, the House Park athletic fields were “just down the hill” from the campus. As the city grew, school population reached 3000 at Austin High by 1951 and the Board of Education decided to build two additional schools - north and south. A. N. McCallum High School was built just south of Koenig Lane on the north edge of the city, and William B., Travis High School was built on the south side of town on East Oltorf Street. The city was split into THREE high school districts, and Austin High’s population dropped to about 1200 in 1953-54. African American students continued to attend a newly build Anderson High School on the east side of the city. As time passed, parking problems became obvious at the Rio Grande campus. There wasn’t enough street parking around the school and that problem never got better. The building got older. Some major renovations, including air conditioning, were added in 1967. Those who went to school at 12th and Rio Grande thought of their school as “’Austin High” of course. But because there were three other high schools in Austin - McCallum, Travis, and Anderson High for African Americans, the Board of Education renamed our school “Stephen F. Austin High School”, honoring the man for whom the city was named. By 1970 it was obvious that something had to be done. The building was 45 years old. Parking was a mess. We needed new science labs. The cafeteria was cramped. It was time to replace the building or move. And the Board of Education decided to move. But the move needed to be near the city center, so the school could serve as “the belt buckle of the city’s desegregation efforts”. Out of four choices, the site at 1715 West First Street was chosen. And, after a lawsuit about whether A. J. Zilker’s donation of park land could be used for a school, construction began in 1973 and the first day of school at the Lakeside Campus was August 25, 1975..

Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:12:15 +0000

Hunter Morris is leading an effort to get together the class of 1951 in the spring. This reunion will take place on April 25 from 2-6:30 pm at Scholtz's Garden. If you are interested in attending, please call Hunter 512/219-5801.

Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:48:04 +0000

If you are interested in knowing about current news at Austin High School, I encourage you to sign up for the PTSA newsletter. It is delivered each week by email and is an excellent way to stay in touch with AHS.

Forum-Rio Grande Campus | Austin High School Alumni - Austin, Texas

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:26:26 +0000

If your class has a website, we want to know Class of 1953 Class of 1954 Class of 1957 Class of 1960 Class of 1962 Class of 1970 Class of 1980