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Upcoming MESA Events
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The Board Year begins
July 1 and ends June 30 each year. Traditionally, we meet on the 3rd Thursday of designated months. The following is the 2011-2012 meeting and event schedule:
August 18, 2011:
Planning Our Year
October 20, 2011:
Newsletter Content
December, 2011:
Christmas Gathering
January 19, 2012:
Business Meeting
*March 22, 2012:
Prepare for MEGA
March 31, 2012:
MEGA Reunion
April 19, 2012:
Scholarship Selections
May 18, 2012:
Scholarship Awards Presentations
June 21, 2012:
End of Year Gathering
*On 4th Thursday due to Spring Break |
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ABOUT MESA:
MESA is governed by a board of directors comprised of former McKinney students. Board membership is open to anyone who attended a McKinney school and is interested in serving. The bylaws limit the board to no more than 25 in order to meet and discuss topics comfortably. Each member is asked to serve a 2-year term but encouraged to remain on board for an extended time. The president serves as an ex-officio member of the MEF Board of Trustees which strengthens the interaction of MESA as an integral part of the MEF.
The mission of the McKinney Ex-Students Association (MESA) is to award scholarships and to promote fellowship.
As a program of the McKinney Education Foundation (MEF), MESA has strong support from the MEF Board, Staff and their office systems. The MESA Board is an independent committee under the parent organization of MEF and, as such, MESA adheres to the same basic guidelines as MEF.
Fellowship among exes is encouraged and supported through an online newsletter, a MEGA Reunion each Spring, and helping to promote the various individual class reunions.
Funding for scholarships, maintenance of the newsletter, and the MEGA expenses comes from the annual $20 membership dues paid by the exes. All exes are encouraged to donate to the MESA Endowment through memorials and individual contributions.
Click HERE for MESA Membership Form
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MESA Contact 214-733-0286
Be sure to join the McKinney Ex-Students Association on Facebook!
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE
2012 MEGA REUNION Saturday, March 31, 1-4 pm
We always have the MEGA on the first Saturday of April UNLESS that falls on Easter weekend, which it does in 2012. In that case we have the MEGA the last Saturday of March.
Faubion Middle School Cafeteria
2000 Rollins, McKinney
Questions? Call MEF at 469-742-6313 or MESA Rep at 214-733-0286
It is always exciting to see who shows up for the MEGA. Last all-class-year’s MEGA in April 2011 was one of our largest crowds. Mark your calendars for next year and see what old friends you might encounter.
Many classes have begun planning their individual class reunions with the MEGA as one of their weekend highlights. Other exes invite old friends to meet them at the reunion and they go out to dinner afterwards. It’s a great way to reconnect.
Planning a Class Reunion? Contact us and let us help. We can - - -
- Post the reunion information online
- Provide class rosters from the large database of names on the MEF data system.
- For a small fee, we can produce mailing labels with the most current addresses from the MEF data system.
Check back here for Class Reunion Pics and updates! Submit Reunion stories and photos to marthawoods@tx.rr.com
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MESA SCHOLARSHIPS
Each May, MESA awards scholarships to graduating MISD seniors. Scholarship recipients are direct descendants of former students and must meet additional criteria as determined by the board. The scholarship amounts depend on the dues and donations MESA receives. Donations include private gifts from individuals and companies. Through scholarships, MESA enables MISD graduates to achieve life-long success through higher education.
MESA NEWSLETTERS
Fall 2011 - Coming Soon!
Fall 2010
One of the favorite fellowship tools MESA has is the newsletter. It has become very popular with all the exes. For many years MESA enjoyed the donation of paper and printing for the newsletter through Williamson Printing. The siblings that run that successful family business are all graduates of the McKinney school system.
The Williamsons will no longer be doing the newsletter. MESA is very appreciative of the many years they have donated these services to us. In order to continue producing the news and articles, MESA has joined the techie generation and everything will be online that was once printed and mailed.
The expense of this process will depend on membership dues.
MESA's goal is a newsletter that celebrates and remembers both the McKinney of yesterday and McKinney as it is today. This article-based newsletter will be published annually at this time with a goal of semi-annually.
Check online for obituaries, donors, reunion dates and miscellaneous news of exes.
Not all exes have computer access but have someone in the family who does have a computer.
Hopefully, friends or family members will print the newsletter and other news in the new format for non-computer users.
As a newsletter is added, the current newsletter will be archived.
2011-2012 MESA Officers and Board Members:
Ryan Mullins, President - Class of 1993
Debbie Rutledge, Vice - President - Class of 1974
Martha Woods, Secretary - Class of 1953
Angela Driggers, Treasurer - Class of 1977
Betty Petkovsek, Class of 1975
Michele Bernard, Class of 1980
Bill Dowdy, Class of 1942
Richard Dungan, Class of 1962
Norita Gunter, Class of 1953
Mary Haning, Class of 1956
Louise Holubar, Class of 1975
Frances Lynn, Class of 1956
Suzi McClintock, Class of 1962
Debbie Nance, Class of 1972
Nina Ringley, Class of 1976
Jerry Thompson, Class of 1956
Eugene Wells, Class of 1956
Mike "Skinny" White, Class of 1970
IN LOVING MEMORY...
Below are listings of deceased ex-students. We will put a new list on the website periodically. When a new list is published, this record, as well as future records, will be archived for reference.
In Loving Memory - Archives up to February 2011
In Loving Memery - As of March 2011
With the changes taking place in local newspapers as well as our own exe’s newsletter, and the changes in staff at the MEF, we need your help even more with notices of deceased. Please send any notices to marthawoods@tx.rr.com, secretary to the MESA Board. She will periodically compile a list and send it to the MEF for input.
May we suggest that a memorial gift in a classmates name to the McKinney Ex-Students Association Scholarship Endowment would be a wonderful way to remember friends. It truly is a gift that keeps on giving as the endowment continues to grow and scholarships are awarded to qualifying McKinney graduating seniors. |
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