Finances/Philanthropy

The goal of past reunion committees has been to hold a reunion that is enjoyable, yet is reasonably priced so as many classmates as possible will choose to attend and to reserve some funds to support ongoing website costs and preparations for the next reunion. We’ve also been able to do something meaningful as a class to positively impact the lives of others by providing West High student scholarships and made a donation in memory of our deceased classmates.

  • WEBSITE
    Hopefully everyone will find enjoyment and value from the information provided on this website. The 30th reunion committee incurred expenses to set up the website and we intend to keep the website up and running indefinitely.

  • PHILANTHROPY – Scholarship
    West High has a scholarship committee in place consisting of selected faculty. The criteria we share with the committee included a) scholarship for continuing education, b) the recipient has provided community service or helped other students at West (tutoring, etc), c) recipient has a positive attitude and an academic goal they want to achieve, d) grade point average unimportant.At the 20 year reunion, our class provided a $500 academic scholarship to a deserving (Alfred Ntambi West ’96 graduate to subsidize his college tuition.For our 30th year reunion, our class provided two $750 academic scholarships. The recipients of those scholarships were: Hannah Ellstrom-Calder and Siarhei Biareishyk. For more information on these deserving students, please look under Reunion News tab/2006 Scholarship Recipients.

  • PHILANTHROPY – In memory of our deceased classmates
    At our 30th reunion, we made a $500 donation to the Second Harvest Food Bank in memory of our deceased classmates. Second Harvest provides food for people in need in 16 southwestern Wisconsin counties. You can learn more about Second Harvest at www.secondharvestmadison.org.