NC Class of 1972 Raises $39,000 for True North Academy
North Central Alumni use their 50th reunion to give back
A lot can happen in 50 years. We grow up, start families, get jobs, and even retire from those jobs. With all of that going on, it’s impressive when a group of people come together and take a step back to say I remember what an impact my high school had on me 50 years ago, and I want to help ensure others see that same impact.
But that’s exactly what the Class of 1972 did.
In honor of their fifty-year reunion, the Class of 1972 worked together to raise $39,000 in support of True North Academy – a non-traditional education program that helps students earn their North Central High School diploma – and other North Central High School programming.
When speaking to the significance of True North Academy for the Class of 1972, reunion committee members explained, “North Central High School provided many of us with an exceptional high school experience. We have gone on to do ordinary and extraordinary things because of our diplomas. But what about the classmates not able to walk across the stage with us because of circumstances or barriers?
[With this gift], the Class of 1972’s legacy will be transformative by elevating students’ experiences and reducing the barriers for students attending True North Academy, now and into the future.”
True North Academy was established in 2016 as a way to provide North Central students with an alternate educational path to graduation. In the last five years, True North Academy has changed the lives of 340 Panthers by helping them earn their diploma. An accomplishment that many of these students had found unattainable in the traditional school setting.
Thanks to their generous spirit, the Class of 1972 will impact the success of many future Panthers by supporting the individualized approach to teaching and learning that True North Academy provides, enabling more students to navigate alternate educational paths to a North Central High School Diploma and all of the benefits that distinction holds.
The class of 1972 would like to thank these classmates for their generous support.
Lead Donors:
R. Kent Baker
Christy Alig Bakker
Kim Baxter
Louis Cantor
Ellen Swisher Crabb
Elaine (Freije) Eckhart
Susan Hapak
Martha Sanders Hoover
Steve Kirsh
Susie (Garrison) Kruse
Mark Lawrance
Brad P. Lennon
Carol Osborne Moore
Don Palmer
Jim Pearce
Thomas Peck
Steve Pratt
Marty H. Redish
Joan SerVaas
Paul St Angelo
Santha S. Stall
Milt Thompson
James R. Tuerk
Bob Whitman
Additional Class Gift Participants:
Carol A. Bachmann
Mary Jo Barrett
Brenda Batten
Juli Baughman
Todd J. Bethel
Linda (Stockholm) Britt
Carol (McQuiston) Brock
Nancy (Pritchard) Cummins
Jim M. Eiche
Kay (Kirkhoff) Fulk
Lynne Glickstein
Richard A. Habegger
Charles F. Hammond
JoAnn Jacobson
Barbara (Lawall) James
Debra J. Jaqua
Connie (Roberts) Kane
Peter Komsiski
Maddie (Berry) Linder
Dorothy (Rybolt) Longworth
David M. Mandelbaum
John E. Mitchell
George E. Neal
David A. Nelson
Kim P. Parks Poppa
Mike Passo
Mark Perlstein
Linda L. Pfeiffer Peragine
Erma Power
William S. Ramey Jr.
John Roudebush
Thomas M. Samms
Keeter (Davidson) Sechrist
David Slosson
Susan (Rudy) Spickelmier
Scott D. Springer
David W. Stiff
Patti S. Stone
Pam (Nelson) Storen
Nora (Justak) Teipen
Patricia Valentine
Mary Ann Wesselman
Kris B. Wingenroth
Joset B. Wright
Karl Zimmer III
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