About Fredericktown Alumni
Supporting our community and preserving our shared history.
Our Purpose
The Fredericktown High School Alumni Association is organized for charitable and educational purposes, including the encouragement of donations to fund scholarships for alumni of Fredericktown High School and general support of the school.
Connect Alumni - Building bridges across generations of graduates
Support Education - Providing scholarships to deserving students
Preserve History - Maintaining our heritage and traditions
Membership
The membership is open to all persons who have attended Fredericktown High School.
There are no fees or dues required to obtain or maintain membership in this association.
Annual Meetings
Schedule
Annual meetings are held on the last Saturday of each June at 6:30 P.M at the Fredericktown High School.
Officer Elections
The officers of the association shall consist of a president, vice president and secretary/treasurer, each elected to a one-year term at the annual meeting.
Election Process
Any member may nominate any other member to any of the offices either prior to or at the annual meeting. Officers are elected by a majority of all votes cast.
Fundraising Committee
The role of the Fundraising Committee is to make it easy and compelling for "Freddies to Help Freddies" to deliver on our goal of More and larger Scholarships – every year!
Committee members cultivate, educate, support, ask, answer, recognize, thank, market, publicize, record keep, and report among other activities.
If you have questions on anything to do with Scholarships or want to run a Class or special purpose campaign, you can count on the Fundraising Committee for information, materials and advice.
Campaigns are typically run by Class leaders for their Class Reunions, but we also support special purpose campaigns, such as, Gold Star Parents and Class of 1959 honoring Julie Cochran Rogers.
JOIN OUR TEAM!
The Fundraising Team is always looking to strengthen our numbers. There is much work to do besides "asking" for a donation, so don't let that stop you. If you love the concept of "Freddies Helping Freddies", there is a role for you. We let Team members focus on what they like to do and can do well, we share the load, we have very few meetings (all over the phone), we communicate constantly electronically, we have fun, we do good work, and we make a difference. You do not need to live locally to be on our Team (few do). If you want to join our Team or need help running your own campaign, just contact any member of the Fundraising Team.
Fundraising Committee Members:
Bonita Leedy '60 Birkel
bleedy2@gmail.com
864-313-7090
Roger '61 & Jeannine Weller '61 Davis
rfdavis12@hotmail.com
j9mdavis@gmail.com
727-580-0740
Malcolm R. Shrimplin '88
malcolm.shrimplin@me.com
480-399-5388
Chris Fearn '67 Well
chriswell2249@gmail.com
740-501-1288
Betty Lozier '54 Weller
Bettyweller36@hotmail.com
740-501-3349
Fund Management
Knox County Foundation
Jeffrey Scott, Executive Director
Phone: 740.392.3270
www.knoxcf.org
Scholarship Committee
The role of the Scholarship Committee is to encourage students to apply for the available scholarships and select the awardees who best fit the criteria of the available scholarships.
Committee members independently review all applications and meet in person to confidentially discuss and select the awardees; always a difficult assignment. Because of the limited number of FHS Alumni Scholarships, FHS students are also encouraged to apply for scholarships available from the Knox County Foundation.
The Scholarship Committee members are the current Officers of the FHS Alumni Association and other community volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering to join the Scholarship Committee, please contact Jill Spearman Macklin: jspear10@hotmail.com.
The Scholarship Awardees are announced each year at the FHS Senior Awards Night held in May.
Current members of the Scholarship Committee:
Jill Spearman Macklin
Betty Lozier Weller
Chris Fearn Well
John Wareham
Tina Bowers Doup
Kelly Goff Castle