Calvin Coolidge Alumni Association,
Inc.
December 2007
Letter from the President
Hello Fellow Alumni
I want to first take this time to thank the Calvin
Coolidge Alumni Association, Incorporated Board
of Directors and Advisors past and present who
epitomize the word Alumna
(female)/Alumnus(male) Association ( a organized body
who have interest, activity, or purpose in common - a
mental connection of the mind, imagination, feelings or
ideas). We must come together as a whole for the
betterment of our young people, future, society and the
world for a matter of social survival. Coolidge’s rich
genealogy should be the sentiments for no ethnicity or
sociability separation when it comes to Calvin Coolidge’s
Legacy Preservations. An was featured in the
Washington Post on Coolidge that should send a message
to any and ALL alumni of the need and support necessary
not only for Coolidge, but for all schools, students,
communities and society in general. I feel no article
written or words spoken can truly define a school, only
its students, parents, teachers, administration, alumni
and community can make that divine distinction. Our
legacies, communities and future depend on our
associations with the generations that follows our leads.
I had the opportunity to meet and have alumni
informative dialogue with the writer of this Washington
Post article. I had not read the article at the time of
writing this message, but I knew it was to be released on
Sunday, November 11, 2007. I had no idea what was to
be written, but it didn’t matter to the degree of our
responsibilities. The article was to be seen in a diverse
prospective with the bottom line still being what are we,
the elder generation doing to make the lives of our
younger people, and society better then the way we
received it, or better than what it is today! They say life
is not judged by what you do or accumulate, but more
importantly by what you leave behind. In other words,
what can or will you do that will leave an impact to let
society know you were here? How will you contribute to
society to make it a better place and who will you help
along the way? I hear folks talk about how busy they or
we are and I continue to think that life is a day to day
ritual never knowing when it may be our last day. When
you see and hear of war and terrorist acts all around the
world it reminds me that Coolidge was opened at a time
of War with the first Principal, Mr. Holmes, left to join
the services of our country. We must attempt to plan life
the same way we must plan death and that’s as if
transition is inevitable, therefore things in life that we
want to make time for - we can and should. I don’t
speak to say Coolidge should or has to be your way of
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contributing or how you should direct your time, but
I do hope that you contribute to something which
asks the question about legacy, tradition, association
and preservations. I feel there are legitimate
questions to ask ourselves at a time when Coolidge,
our alma mater, is going through a transition of
restructuring that all 10 traditional High Schools in
the D.C. Public School (DCPS) system are going
through. Where are you with these combined DCPS
issues, how can you help? Coolidge is at a stage where
it needs all associates of its estate to lend supportive
influences in some form or fashion either tangible or
intangible to help stabilize the socio-economic system,
culture, heritage, and provide influencing factors on
academics, athletics and a united association towards
culture growth and change. I quote the Foreword in the
first Coral year book published by Coolidge’s first
graduating class in 1944, “It has been our privilege to
work to find the traditions of our school for the future
classes. With this book we initiate an old American High
School Tradition into our school… the yearbook…the
student’s most treasured possession. It is a small
beginning, but the important thing is that it has begun. It
is our hope that each class will feel its duty to improve
upon and to further the development of this book which
we have placed within you hands, for it will be through
this annual and each succeeding annual that the living
history of Calvin Coolidge High School will be recorded
and preserved. Now, with this first edition before you,
pledge to yourself and to your school that as long as there
are “COLTS” there will be a yearly roundup awaiting
them in the “CORAL”. In closing I would like to also
thank EVERYONE that helped in anyway by means of
your labor, services, participation, attendance, ads
purchased, consultations/advisory or financial
contributions to our 21st and another successful Annual
Scholarship/Award Breakfast. I’d like to give special
thanks to Mayor Fenty, being the first Mayor to attend
our breakfast, and also special thanks for the attendance
of our Council Chairman Vincent Gray and Council
member Muriel Bowser. And let’s not forget the
Mentorship Pre-Breakfast Reception, Implementation of
The Wall of Legends, the grand opening of the Calvin
Coolidge High School Parent Alumni Community
Resource Center (PACRC). Special Thanks and
hopefully continued support and partnering from Mr.
Greg Roberts and the DC Children and Youth Investment
Trust, Incorporated. I leave you with words that I see
and read that have been a part of my life and I truly feel
they were understandably instilled at Coolidge and
nurtured by matured experiences: “Privileged,
Development, Tradition, Treasured Possessions, COLTS,
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CORRAL, Roundup, Living History, Pledge, Association,
Recorded And Preserved - LEGACY!!”. As long as we
are COLTS and there is an existence of COLTS, there
must always be a CORRAL awaiting our pony’s to
transition into COLTS!
Frank Jones III, President
Calvin Coolidge Alumni Association, Inc.
Coolidge Senior High School Class
of 1989 Gathers Online
Alumni from Coolidge Senior High School Class of 1989
are participating in a Class Reunion Website at
http://classreport.org/usa/dc/washington/cshs/1989.
There are no registration fees required to join in the fun.
Each class member has full participation privileges.
If you are interested in participating in the Class
Reunion in the Fall of 2009, log onto the
official Class of 1989 website. Please be sure to
update your profile. Specifically we need your
mailing address and email and phone number so we
can keep up with you. This information will only be
seen by the Class Administrator, Liletha Davidson,
and will not be share with the entire group.
This Class-Based Reunion Website is hosted by
Classreport.org. For a refreshing change from the large
commercial alumni directories, Classreport.org provides
non-commercial class reunion websites for every
graduating class of every high school, and extends full
access to all class members without regard to financial
ability. Classreport.org has no advertising, no pop-ups, no
spam, and no registrations fees. Classreport.org pledges
to never sell names and addresses to third parties and to
let the website be administered exclusively by Coolidge
Senior High School Alumni. Other alumni classes from
Coolidge Senior High School can be accessed at
http://classreport.org/usa/dc/washington/cshs/.
Calvin Coolidge Steering Committee
Please visit the official Coolidge 1989 website at
http://www.classreport.org/usa/dc/washington/cshs/1
989/
Contributions to CCAA
Any companies or individuals who wish to make a
contribution to CCAA Inc., may mail them to:
Calvin Coolidge Alumni Association, Inc.
P. O. Box 55024 Washington DC 20040-5024.
PTSO President’s Corner
I want to thank everyone who came out to
our first PTSO meeting of the school year. Our
guest for the evening was Council member
Muriel Bowser who discussed the Mayor’s
Legislation Personnel Amendment Act of
2007 that would give the new chancellor
Michelle Rhee the right to fire and hire
employees. Also we had Mr. Goldman, from
the Chancellor’s office, come out and discuss
the No Child Left Behind Act, and what it
means to Coolidge.
As of right now all 10 High Schools in DCPS
will have to submit a restructuring plan to
DCPS by the end of January 2008. We are
forming a team to work on the Coolidge
restructuring plan. If you are interested in
playing a part you can call or e-mail me.
I would also like to take the time out to
congratulate our Varsity Football team that
has made the playoffs for the third
consecutive year. It was a exciting
Homecoming game against Roosevelt H.S.,
with Coolidge needing to beat Roosevelt by
15 points to enter the playoffs. They were
able to win by a score of 28-7.
Congratulations again to our students. The
Coolidge alumni had a tailgate party before
the game with around 100 participants.
Coolidge has been designated as the school
to have a pilot program to deal with truancy.
We are forming a task force and the first
meeting for the truancy task force was held
on Thursday Nov 8. at the Parents Resource
Center. If you are interested in being on the
task force you can call me or e-mail.
As you have probably heard we now have a
new ombudsman on board at DCPS. That
office will officially open in December. This
will be the office where all complaints
concerning school issues will go. The Mayor is
also opening up an office that will focus on
Volunteers for DCPS. Stay tuned for the
opening of both offices. As soon as the offices
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open we will provide the phone numbers and
e-mail. Please contact me or the school for
future meeting dates and times.
Terry Goings PTSO President
202-486-3646
Web Sites, Information and Phone Numbers:
www.cchs-aa.com CCAA Inc.'s Web Site
Office Phone Number; (202) 829-2021
CCAA Inc Emergency Phone Number (202) 369-5644
Next date for submission of newsletter articles:
NOVEMBER 1ST for the December newsletter. Send to:
kelbro@earthlink.net Attn: Marcus Brown.
Web-Site Submission Address: scargo202@aol.com or
tmd89tmd@aol.com.
Calvin Coolidge Alumni Association Inc.'s Chair(C) and
Co-Chairs (Co).
COMMITTEE ROSTER:
EVENTS COMMITTEE: (C) Frank Jones III, (75),
frank.jones@na.amedd.army.mil ; (Co)Donald
Goings, (68), donjergo@aol.com
BUDGET COMMITTEE: (C) Debra Whitford, (75),
deb2alex@aol.com
PUBLIC RELATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS
COMMITTEE, (C) Carol Sadler, (73)
scargo202@aol.com , (Co)Toni Lyles Drakeford, (75),
tmd89tmd@aol.com .
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE, (C) Monica Jordan,
(73) mojo73@verizon.net
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE: (C) Shearon Smith,
(63), sherdvm@verizon.net (C)Antonia Reynolds, (70),
antonia.reynolds@k12.dc.us; Offried Williams (75)
okwilliams@verizon.net
STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, Nelson Burton
(90), Principal, Calvin Coolidge High School,
lnelson.burton@k12.dc.us Terry Goings, Calvin
Coolidge High School PTSO President (77),
terrygoing0019@yahoo.com
Barbara Patterson, Calvin Coolidge High School PTSO
Officer, bpatterson9676@verizon.net .
MEMBERSHIP CHAIRPERSON, (C) Diane Baxter
(66), baxterd9@aol.com
The Following Are Organizational Advisory
Support Person(s);
Neil Faulkner, (71), neil.faulkner@navy.mil ;
Marcus Brown, Dollars For Scholars & CCAA INC.'S
newsletter editor, (65), kelbro@earthlink.net
Ronald Hunter, (66), WEB-SITE ADVISOR, e-mail:
r.hunter48@verizon.net .
John Mercer, Advisor (65), e-mail: jmjmercer@aol.com
Phyllis Wells, Honorary Advisor.
Linda Sutton Jones, Advisor ffantasy1@starpower.net
CCAA OFFICERS
President: Frank Jones Vice President: Pamela Johnson
Treasurer: Debra Whitford, Secretary: Toni Lyle-Drakeford Board
Members: Carol Sadler, Monica Jordan, Shearon Smith
Community Coordinator: Phyllis Wells
Membership
The entire membership structure will be
increased dramatically effective March 2008.
The membership structure has been the
same for the entire 21 years of the
association's existence, and with increasing
operating costs, it is necessary to make
adjustments. All pending subscribing
members must pay off the balance of their
membership in its entirety prior to the March
2008 deadline to receive and complete
becoming a lifetime member, or otherwise
loose their initial payments and start over
from scratch.
Please contact the Membership Chairman,
Diane Baxter, (baxterd9@aol.com) for current
status of your membership.
Banners
CCAA, Inc. is requesting sponsors from Alumni Classes,
Companies and Individuals for Championship banners
which will honor the CCHS Men's and Women's Athletic
Sports Program. (Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track)
The Cost of a two sided banner is $250.00. The Banners
will hang in the Frank R. Williams Activity Center.
Bulk Mail Availability
CCAA will now be sending out mass mailings using
postal service bulk mail. Any classes that would like to
use this service for sending out newsletters or
announcements, may coordinate with CCAA for the
reduced rate – 25 cents per piece. Contact Frank Jones if
you would like to take advantage of this money saving
service.
Calvin Coolidge Alumni Association, Inc. 5th
& Tuckerman Streets N.W. Washington,
D.C. 20011
(202) 829-2021