1955 Society
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Join the 1955 Society and help us deliver our mission of enhancing public education in Washington Township. Unrestricted gifts of at least $1,000 per year to the Annual Fund qualify you for membership.

1955 Society membership includes:

  • Invitations to a donor appreciation reception, North Central Hall of Fame Reception, and other special events
  • Website and Annual Report recognition
  • An 8×8 brick in the North Central High School Brick Plaza when you join
  • Personalized updates on impact

Why 1955? Click here to learn about the origins of the 1955 Society.

Have additional questions? Contact Emily Kaiser, Executive Director of WTSF, for more information.

1955 Society Members
2024-2025

Anonymous

Kent and Carolyn Agness

Greg and Sally Akers

David and Mary Allen

Kristie Andersen

Jill Archibald

Gaurav and Rebecca Arora

Sally Barrett

Lynn Boatman

Justin and Claire Bolles

Anthony Borel and Dawn Batson

Eric and Jennifer Broemel

Robert and Jasmin Burch

Antonio and Kim Chapital

Dwight and Ann Chernish

Larry Cripe and Mimi Jacobs

Kendall Crook

Terry and Kris Cudahy

Mike S. Curless

The Brooks & Joan Fortune Family Foundation

Brian and Kenda Friend

Rick and Beth Anne George

Charlie and Lori Grandy

Perry and Michelle Griffith

Bill and Phyllis Groth

Shanna Hampton

Phil Harrison

Michael and Liane Hulka

Eddie Prein and Amy Judge-Prein

Sanjay and Rachel Jivraj

Matt and Emily Kaiser

Kevin and Erin Trisler

Richard and Anne Kohler

Steve and Jennifer Kremer

Erik and Jill Kropa

Larry and Beth Lammers

Louis and Leigh Larzaron

Jeff and Stacy Lozer

Mike and Sarah Manion

Bill and Donna Marsh

John and Christina Martin

Michael and Margy McCormick

Mac and Sarah McNaught

John and Robin Minturn

David and Leslie Morgan

Lew and Terry Mumford

John and Patty Nichols

Eric and Keana Parquet

Andrew Pike

Bill and Heather Pitcock

Steve and Jane Pratt

June Prein

Aaron and Emily Reddington

Lance and Ellen Rettig

Tom and Marsha Reynolds

Scott and Ellen Rogers

John and Susie Ross

Max and MaryAnn Ruegger

Steve and Jennifer Sanner

Peter and Sarah Schlifke

Bob and Alice Schloss

Dick and Jamie Schulte

Jeff and Cassandra Short

Jim and Judy Singleton

Bruce and Marsha Sklare

Rebecka Smith

Wendy Sommers

Richard and Gretchen Spaulding

Jeff and Jennifer Stonebraker

Jack and Kimberly Swarbrick

Bill and Barbara Tait

Sean and Megan Taylor

Brad and Terri Warnecke

Bob and Sue Welch

John and Sue Whitaker

Brian Williams and Susan Brock Williams

Ron Woods

Nikki and Azjah Woodson-Bass

Ace and Beth Yakey

Ben and Lyndsay Younce

Daryle and Suzanne Zybert

*list is updated quarterly during the fiscal year

About the 1955 Society

In 1955, the Indiana General Assembly passed legislation permitting a township to create a non-partisan system of school government. Because of this legislation, the Metropolitan District of Washington Township came into being on August 1, 1955. This legislative change from a trustee-based system to an elected school board was the first action in a long history of stakeholder-driven support of public education and setting a higher standard for educational excellence in Washington Township.

In the years that have followed, that stakeholder-driven support has come to mean millions of private dollars invested to advance the achievements of world-class public education. It is our primary mission to build on the legacy of those visionaries in 1955 and enrich the lives of our students with the best public education experience in the state. We do that, primarily, through our Annual Fund, which affords us the opportunity to award hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to our teachers, classrooms, and schools. This giving society represents the most dedicated of those Annual Fund supporters.