Alumni

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Alumni Update

UPCOMING REUNIONS

CLASS OF 1973

Saturday, May 20, 2023, 6-11 p.m.
Knights of Columbus (5830 Clyde Park SE)

Entertainment: The 6-PACK (all girl band, WC grads) playing 70s & 80s music
Price: $60/couple, $35/individual (includes meal and all drinks)
Join: WC 73 Group on Facebook
Remit to: Steve Prawdzik c/o WC ’73 Reunion, 1225 El Camino Dr NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 or Venmo @steveproject

REUNION PLANNING

Need help planning a class reunion? You’ll find a list of suggestions below to help you get started. Alumni Relations at West Catholic can also offer assistance in many ways.

1. Choose someone to plan the reunion (it does not have to be an officer) and form your committee for planning the event(s). Some classes have picnics, golf outings, casual mixers or formal dinners. Choose a style that you think will work best for your class.

2. Contact Alumni Relations for a spreadsheet of your class list and mailing labels. (Note: The addresses provided are constantly changing).

3. Choose a date and location for the reunion.

4. Build a Facebook fan page or group. Keep your classmates informed of reunion plans by posting updates on your Facebook page. Engage them by asking questions such as “Who was your favorite teacher?” or “What is your best WC memory?” Also, follow the official WC page with your class page to create more traffic!

5. Let us help you get the word out! We will post all of the important information on our website and publish it in an issue of the Westword, our alumni magazine.

6. Make an email distribution list using the addresses from the spreadsheet, adding any from your own address book or those accumulated from classmates. You may want to start a class email address so that there is one consistent contact address for coordinating your planning.

7. You may want to send a Save the Date mailing to test addresses as well as find out new contact information.

8. Finalize the details. Decide on a price that will include the food, postage, decorations, entertainment and a cushion amount for startup of your next reunion. Send out an invitation with the price and response information.

9. A representative from WC will come to your reunion to give your class a brief update on the “State the School.”

After the reunion, please send your updated classmate contact information to Megan Eversman at m[email protected] so that the master alumni database can be updated. Please send email addresses and postal addresses if possible.

Many classes have money saved in a Catholic Secondary Schools Student Services account. Alumni Relations can tell you if your class has any money in an account. If your class does not have money available, we can loan you $100 to get started and would need to be paid back at the time of your reunion.

If you need addresses, email addresses or help with a Facebook page, give us a call – we can help! Contact Megan Eversman at [email protected] or (616) 233-5969

What’s in the Archives?

The Archives houses many items related to the history of West Catholic High School.

Items include:

• photographs
• yearbooks
• school newspapers
• scrapbooks
• Class Nite programs
• commencement programs
• clothing such as varsity sweaters, school uniforms, Class Nite costumes
• ephemera such as spirit buttons, footballs,varsity letters, pennants, and class rings

How We Can Help You

If you have an upcoming class reunion, contact us to discover what memorabilia from your high school years is available to display at your event. If you or a family member attended WC, we may have photos and other print information from your years at WC. We have an overstock of yearbooks from some years and are glad to gift them to you at a slight fee. Contact us to see if we have the year you’re interested in.

How You Can Help Us

The Archives is always looking to grow our collection by accepting donations from alumni like you. Anything and everything you have saved from your high school years is valuable to the Archives, including dance programs, souvenirs, uniforms, trophies, tee shirts, scrapbooks, report cards, yearbooks and photographs. With your help, we will continue to preserve the history of our school.