JANUARY 5, 2022
HAPPY NEW YEAR WEEQUAHIC
ALUMNI, FRIENDS & COMMUNITY!
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WE’D LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR PAST YEAR
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SUPPORT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES:
Women's Day
The National Honor Society
The purchase of uniforms for the Allied Health Academy
Donation of Chromebooks and Licenses
Donation to the Community Foodbank of NJ
Thank you meals to the staff of Beth Israel Hospital and the High School
Celebratory lunch for Girls and Boys Track Teams
Fall and Summer Basketball Camps
Homecoming Pageant
Thanksgiving Day Game Merchandise Sales
The Digitization of WHS Yearbooks (1935-2018) – For the
Newark Public Library digital collection
THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM:
In June, 2021, the WHSAA Scholarship Committee awarded
33 graduating seniors $46,750 in scholarships.
Here’s a snapshot of the recipients:
17 males and 16 females received scholarships
The schools they are attending include Rutgers Newark and New Brunswick, NJIT, NJ City, Fordham, St. Francis, Kean, Lincoln and Drew Universities, and Lincoln Technical School.
They are majoring in computer science, biology, engineering, criminal justice and social services.
While in school (mostly remote), these students managed to achieve 2.60 - 4.0 GPAs. They participated in the National Honor Society, Poetry Club, Stand & Deliver, JAG (Jobs for America’s Graduates), softball, basketball, track, robotics, band, track and field, football and various community service projects--either remotely or under very strict protocols.
We were also able to provide financial support to 11 prior year scholarship recipients who are currently in their 2nd, 3rd or senior year of college.
We paid out a total of $53,500 in scholarships
during 2021
Thank you to the following donors who made significant contributions to either fund a specific scholarship or to support an activity or a program:
The Lenore and David Beckerman Fund
The Class of 1963 Fund
Ronald Griffin Fund (David Horace)
Marvin Gibson Memorial Fund
The Gloria and Walter Hastreiter Memorial Fund (Laurie Rippon)
Reada & Harry Jellinek Fund
Seymour “Swede” Masin Fund
Edwin McLucas Fund (Steve Bogner)
Lewis & Dora Prag Memorial Fund (Herbert & Diane Lerner)
Nancy & Linda Small Memorial Fund (Ezra Tessler & Family)
Willis (1970) & Carol Bradwell Fund
The Class of 1964 Fund
Dena (Gittleman, 1964) & Abraham Greenstein
The Madelyn (Kaufer, 1941) Zagar Memorial Fund
Billi Marcus (1955),
Steven (1965) & Lauri Dinetz
Robert Russell (1962)
Robert Singer (1961)
Kenneth Dychtwald (1967)
And, of course, we thank all of you who've contributed by maintaining a membership in the Alumni Association, supporting our fundraisers or making a donation.
THE WEEQUAHIC HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HALL OF DISTINCTION:
In the Spring of 2021, the WHSAA inducted an additional ten (10) notable WHS Alumni into our WHSAA Alumni Hall of Distinction. They are:
Naomi Adjei, 2007, Medicine
Linda Arnold-Davis, 1971, Medicine
Faheem Ellis, Education
Edwin Goldstein, 1951, Philanthropy
Milton Perlmutter, 1945, Business
Kim Thomson-Gaddy, 1981, Social Justice & Advocacy
Stanley Herr, 1963, Law & Advocacy
Margery Tabankin, 1965, Public Service & Philanthropy
Miriam Span, 1960, Law
Herbert Wolkstein, 1939, Science & Technology
We are currently planning to induct an additional 10 notable Weequahic graduates into the WHSAA Hall of Distinction. If there’s someone you’d like to recommend, please send a biography, via email to weequahicalumni@gmail.com, or by mail to the WHSAA, Post Office Box 494, Newark, NJ 07101.
We’d also like to thank again all the Alumni, Students and the Newark Public School officials who contributed to making this virtual event a success.
