Waggener High School Alumni Association, Inc. (WHSAA, Inc.)

October 2026 Newsletter

Awesome Night at the 2026 Waggener Hall Of Fame Ceremony
VIDEO NOW AVAILABLE!

Great turnout for the induction ceremony of the 7 2026 Waggener Hall of Fame honorees. Held on September 10, 2026 at Big Spring Country Club, it was a great time to be with old friends and classmates - and to hear interesting stories and inspiring words from or about these 7 deserving graduates.

The ceremony video is NOW AVAILABLE! Go to this page to see the video, pictures, and the honoree profiles.
For those who were there - the audio in the room was really terrible - sorry - but the audio on the recording was PERFECT and you can hear every word. Thanks to Tim Dench, for volunteering his time and expertise to record and make this video for us.

If you would like to nominate someone for the Waggener Hall Of Fame, please review the process here.

Football Homecoming

The 2026 WHS Football Homecoming Game was a big success. Great night for football, seeing all the beautiful and handsome Homecoming Court, and even some trunk-or-treating!

Annual 'Trunk Or Treat'

The Alumni showed up at Trunk-or-Treat with the Alumni Music Time Machine.

Decorated with a disco ball, vinyl records, CDs, and even some mix tapes, the students could select a decade from the Temporal Control Dial, and music from the selected decade would blare out of the car speakers. More pics.

To help support activities like this, you can provide a donation here.

Homecoming Game

The game against Ft. Knox resulted in a great win for the Wildcats. Many alumni were in attendance - several classes had informal Reunions planned that included the game!

If you haven't seen a football game at the newly renovated WHS Stadium, you don't know what you're missing.

Sally (Toutant) Campbell ('79) and Lucie (Toutant) Mohr ('77) enjoy the evening

Veteran's Memorial Brickyard
Bricks can be purchased

Purchase / Design Process

There are two different sizes available - 4x8 red brick and 8x8 gray brick. They can have a logo on it or not - and the number of letters on each will depend on size and logo choice.

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE ORDERING PROCESS!

All proceeds from brick sales are put towards future maintenance and enhancements to the Veteran's Memorial.

There are two locations for bricks. The walkway near the Memorial (above) is basically full, but the walkway near the entrance gate (below) has PLENTY of spots available.

Alumni Connect

Acknowledging that only a portion of WHS graduates will become registered members of the Alumni Association, we've taken some steps to create a comprehensive online database of all WHS graduates.

Guaranteed to be woefully outdated, but similarly guaranteed to have an entry for every WHS graduate (16,400+) - we invite you to check it out. Submit update suggestions if you can - they'll get promptly reviewed.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS

Board News

We Always Need Board Members!

Serving on the WHSAA Board is a great way to honor a beloved institution, serve your fellow classmates, and ensure Waggener students have resources they need to succeed.

We are in an active recruiting period, and are particularly interested in hearing from alumni that represent more recent decades and those from diverse backgrounds.

There are many roles to be filled on a working Board, your skills and energy won't be put to waste!

Reach out here or send any of the current Board Members an email.

Links of Interest

So many things to share, hard to keep track. Just a sampling:

WHS Reunions / Gatherings (know of one not listed - ping me!)

All 66 WHS Graduation Classes - senior pics, etc.

Alumni Association News

Donate to the Alumni Association

All the newsletters

Waggener Reference (Links, History, St. Matthews History)
JCPS High School Choices

Coming Up

Upcoming Events - School

Nov 25 - 27 - Thanksgiving
Dec 21 - Jan 1 - Winter Break

Upcoming Events - Alumni

Oct 14 - Board Meeting

Nov 11 - Board Meeting
Dec 9 - Board Meeting

Recently heard from...

Here are some folks we have recently heard from or have updated info on. These can be new WHSAA members, updated newsletter addresses, or we just got updated info.

Bill Reis — Class of 1962

Gar Davis — Class of 1969

Cathy Hancock — Class of 1974

Sally (Toutant) Campbell — Class of 1979

Kim (Snider) Wigginton - Class of 1981

Lisa (Shaikun) Chastain — Class of 1982

Bryan Carter — Class of 1985

Chris Harrison — Class of 1992

Dontay Malone — Class of 2011

Gavin Gibson — Class of 2024

Derona Mcgill — Class of 2026

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