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Last updated: August 22, 2010
Manual High School
Fall Football Schedule available
here.
Summer Newsletter
now available on this site.
Bill Grubb, Class of '62 has started a
blog
with a primary theme of collecting stories, musings, photos, recollections, etc. of
anything to do with early (circa late 1950’s - early 1960’s, i.e. pre-Beatles)
teenage rock and roll bands in Louisville, KY.
Check it out and offer Bill some feedback on
your memories of High School teenage rock bands, etc. You can contact
him via email (williamgrubbster@gmail.com),
google voice 678-273-2157 and skype: wgrubb2.
YPAS Alumna and Hall
of Famer NICOLE SCHERZINGER Takes Top Prize in 10th Season
Finale of Dancing With the Stars
Visit ABC's
website to learn more, view the winning episode.
Congratulations, Nicole!
A FEW WORDS ABOUT CLASS REUNION
SITES:
We are seeing an increasing volume of solicitations for
class-reunion sites. A new one seems to surface every month.
Most of these are commercial at some level and either
solicit your personal information for marketing purposes or
ask for a membership fee before permitting access to any
significant amount of content from other users. They also
consist solely of content that you provide, in some cases
only after you have paid them to let you provide it. The duPont
Manual Alumni Association does not subscribe to or endorse
any of these enterprises. This site, www.manualalumni.org,
is the only official site recognized and supported by the
school. We will continue to provide you with this free
resource to connect with your classmates, organize and
publicize your reunions, celebrate your accomplishments and
publish your news. Just remember to keep us informed and we
will keep you all in touch ... for free!
We do recognize that Facebook can provide a
convenient resource for individual groups and classes to
post and publicize reunions and events, and we do not
discourage its use, but we do not have the resources to
maintain Facebook postings in addition to this site.
We will continue to publish any Facebook links supplied to
us as part of our service to facilitate reunions and
meetings.
A New Boosters group is
now forming!:
A CMA booster organization is in the process of being formed
for parent and alumni supporters of duPont Manual's
Communication/Media Arts program. Anyone who would like to
be on the email distribution list for information about the
CMA boosters and to find out about our upcoming events can
send an email to:
cmaboosters+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Attention Marching Band Members -
Reunion planned!
Mark your calendar for Oct 8 & 9, 2010. The members of the
Marching Band from the classes of '67, '68' '69 and '70 are
planning a reunion. Friday Oct 8 they will meet at Manual
Stadium for the football game with a social event to follow
on Saturday. For more information contact Nancy Jeffries
Peace at
nancypeace@insightbb.com.
A Big THANK YOU To the Class
of 1974
Dear Class of
1974,
Thank you for your
class reunion's
contribution to our
school's current
campaign to renovate
Manual's track. Our
current renovation
plan
includes upgrading
the track surface
to rubber, along
with naming that
area after former
Manual principal
George Sauer.
As you may know,
this area is used by
both our athletic
teams and physical
education students
and is vital to our
continued goal of
excellent physical
fitness and athletic
achievement.
Your
significant gift
gets us closer to
the financial
commitment needed
for the project. We
hope to break ground
on the project in
mid-March. Thank you
again for supporting
the current
Crimsons!
David Zuberer
Athletic
Director
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INTRODUCING COACH LUCAS!
It is
with great pride and excitement that
we introduce
Dr.
Oliver Lucas
as the 34th coach in Manual's
illustrious 116 year football
history. Dr. Lucas comes to us from
Lexington Bryan Station High School
where he turned that program into a
6A power. Dr Lucas comes to Manual
as an educator first. He has his BA
in Biology as well as a minor in
Adaptive PE . In addition, he has
earned a Masters degree as well as a
Doctorate in Educational
Administration. He has served as a
classroom teacher, athletic
director, assistant principal and
principal in his 28 years as an
educator...twice he has been awarded
"Teacher of the Year" by his
colleagues and students.
Coach
Lucas' football resume is equally
impressive. In addition to his vast
head coaching experience, Coach
Lucas served from 1984-1991 as the
running backs coach at the
University of Colorado where he
helped Coach Bill McCartney win two
Big 8 Conference Championship Titles
and one Division I National
Championship. Coach Lucas is a
seasoned professional with a track
record of success that includes
numerous district, regional and
state championships in Colorado as
either an assistant or head coach.
He is a man known for his integrity,
innovation, and compelling
leadership that generates enthusiasm
to achieve at the highest levels and
garners commitment to high levels of
excellence.
Welcome, Coach
Lucas!
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PARTNERS FOR
EXCELLENCE Campaign 2010
Please help
the Manual PTSA in their drive to improve and upgrade our
technical equipment.
Click here for more
information.
FALL ALUMNI
LUNCHEON CELEBRATES
1959 CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM
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An overflow crowd turned out at Hurstbourne
Country Club to hear from Steve Wright and
Sherman Lewis, and to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the team's 62-0 victory over Male
High. Read more about the team, past and
present, in the current
newsletter.
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Former Alumni Director Alan Goulder with Scott
Detrick
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Steve Wright, Alumni Director
Mike McDaniel, and Sherman Lewis |
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Support the
school and shop for many new items of Manualwear available through the PTSA ... see it all
HERE.
1964-1965 Concert
Band Recording
... has been shared
with us. Click here for
more information and the recording.
ROBERT B. GRIFFITH
EDUCATION AWARD
The
University of Louisville School of Music Alumni Council is
in the process of creating an award for a graduate of U of L
in Music Education. Named for the late Robert B.
Griffith, this award will recognize someone who has excelled
as a music teacher in kindergarten through high school.
Mr. Griffith was the band and orchestra director at Manual
from 1945 to 1961. In 1961 he was named head of U of
L's music education division and he remained a professor at
the university until 1978. He was a composer of over
75 published marches, including "The Courier-Journal
March" written in 1972. Every first Saturday in
May at Churchill Downs his ballad arrangement of "My Old
Kentucky Home," written in 1962, is played prior to the
running of the Kentucky Derby. That same year Griffith
wrote "Fight U of L," the official school song at all
U of L sporting events.
If you are
interested in making a contribution, please mail it to:
Tedi Vaughn, Director of Development, U of L School of
Music, Louisville, KY 40292, and mention "Griffith Education
Award" in the Memo line of your check. Thanks for this
information to Quentin Sharpenstein,
Class of 1961, President of the U of L School of Music
Alumni Council.
URGENT APPEAL TO ALL ALUMNI!
We need your help to assist in upgrading Manual Stadium.
We are still selling bricks for the Spirit Wall at
Manual Stadium. The cost is still $100 per brick,
or you may receive one free with a Lifetime
Membership to the Alumni Association. This costs
$150.
Your brick may be inscribed with a maximum of 15
characters per line, maximum two lines. Concrete
pavers (17" x 17") are also available for $1000. A
paver can contain a maximum of 6 lines with 15
characters per line. Please make your check payable to the du Pont Manual Alumni
Association and send to the school at 120 W. Lee
St., Louisville, KY 40208. View the
brochure here.
ALUMNI
MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE DUE.
Still only $10.00 per year. If you did not receive
your recent newsletter with a remittance envelope
inside,
they can be mailed to the Alumni Office at the address
above. If you wish to be added to our mailing
list
to receive future mailings, please fill out the form
here.
A MESSAGE FROM THE MANUAL PTSA:
We
would like to let our Manual alumni know that you don't
have to be a current student or the parent of a current
student in order to join the PTSA. The PTSA welcomes
everyone who cares about Manual and our students to join,
and we would like to extend an invitation to our alumni to
do so as well. A link for downloading a PTSA membership
form can be found on the PTSA website at
http://www.dupontmanualptsa.org/join_ptsa.htm.
Every year the traditional schools
like Male and Butler boast a much higher PTSA membership than ours.
Last year, for example, though Male's student population was about
1,600 (compared to the 1,800 or so students enrolled at Manual), Male
had over 2,364 PTSA members to our 1,975. We would love to be able
to prove that we have just as much support from the Manual community
as they do.
We would also like to invite any
alumni who may be interested to sign up for our
email newsletter. It is mailed out approximately once a week as a
supplement to our printed newsletter, and it contains information on
campus events, reminders, and information that has a short turn-around
time.
To sum up: BEAT MALE!
BEAT MALE! BEAT MALE!
Read the Alumni
Message Board for news and greetings from your
classmates.
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT ALL THE SEASON'S REUNION
NEWS ON THE REUNIONS PAGE!
HELP US KEEP OUR INFORMATION CURRENT! If
you move, please notify us. This will assure that you will receive our mailings
without interruption and will save the association hundreds of dollars in postage.
Either call the office or fill out the "Information for Alumni Directory"
form
on the website.
| BUY A COPY OF THIS PRINT! The Alumni Office has a
limited number for sale. Size is 18" x 24", prints are signed and numbered
by artist Phillip Stapp.
If you would like a copy, please send $30 for the print plus $3 for shipping and
handling, to the Alumni Office (address above). Please allow three weeks for
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