Calling All Alumnae...Share Your News
Please send us your news and/or pictures for the next issue of The Gate! We want to brag about the great things you've accomplished.
List your first, maiden, and married (if applicable) names and your class year. Please write your AlumNote in third person. If you wish to include a picture, please be sure to label it with your name as well as the names of the individuals pictured. You may e-mail a jpg or send a hard copy to the Alumnae Office. All pictures are returned.
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Only 99 Alumnae Gifts Needed...
... by June 30 to reach 40% alumnae participation for the first time! Alumnae Annual Giving has reached 35% participation and $178,592.
All of the classes between 1940 and 2009 have participated in Alumnae Annual Giving, and 29 classes now have achieved 40% participation or higher!
1939 67% 1974 93%
1940 40% 1975 25%
1941 31% 1976 24%
1942 32% 1977 79%
1943 21% 1978 15%
1944 31% 1979 47%
1945 38% 1980 43%
1946 20% 1981 12%
1947 44% 1982 26%
1948 20% 1983 13%
1949 96% 1984 20%
1950 71% 1985 20%
1951 48% 1986 35%
1952 33% 1987 46%
1953 38% 1988 52%
1954 46% 1989 28%
1955 63% 1990 10%
1956 33% 1991 13%
1957 49% 1992 16%
1958 45% 1993 42%
1959 43% 1994 12%
1960 82% 1995 32%
1961 31% 1996 60%
1962 19% 1997 11%
1963 41% 1998 50%
1964 42% 1999 30%
1965 82% 2000 45%
1966 62% 2001 12%
1967 21% 2002 19%
1968 24% 2003 7%
1969 23% 2004 17%
1970 25% 2005 4%
1971 31% 2006 26%
1972 53% 2007 3%
1973 33% 2008 13%
2009 19%
Alumnae participation in Annual Giving sends a powerful message about the exceptional quality of a McGehee education. What better way to prepare for the centennial celebration in 2011-2012 than to show how much you value your McGehee experience.
35% Alumnae Participation
90% Parent Participation
100% Board of Trustees Participation
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Senator Landrieu Presents Profiles in Courage Essay Award 
U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu presented a Profiles in Courage Essay Award to McGehee junior Merrill Steeg. Merrill was recently informed that her essay on former Mayor Moon Landrieu was a top five winner out of 2,000 entries in the Profiles in Courage essay contest and Landrieu made the special presentation at an assembly...
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100% For Our Girls!
 Kindergarten has reached 100% participation in Annual Giving! McGehee has never had a class with 100% participation EVER! This is a huge achievement. We have six grades above 90%, also a first.
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Alumnae Challenge Their Classes To Break Records
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In April, McGehee Alumnae Annual Giving received two challenge grants to encourage participation in Annual Giving.
The Class of 1976 received an anonymous challenge grant to increase its 18% participation. The challenge grant matches $100 per contributing member of the Class of 1976, for a maximum match of $2,000. Since the announcement of this challenge grant, the Class of 1976's participation has increased to 24% and counting.
The enthusiasm of McGehee alumnae is inspiring, and the Class of 2008 also joined the cause with its own challenge grant. In this instance, the grant will match each $20.08 given by a '08 graduate. To date, the class' participation has grown to 13%.
The average alumnae annual giving participation rate among girls' schools is 23%. At McGehee, it is 35%. With just 99 more gifts, McGehee Alumnae Annual Giving will achieve 40% participation for the first time. These two challenge grants are vital to our success. We share these numbers because they are a measurable result of the enthusiasm and belief alumnae have in McGehee.
Why is Annual Giving so important? Annual gifts allow us to keep tuition as reasonably priced as possible without affecting the quality of a McGehee education. We take great care to safeguard our finances and be efficient stewards of our budget, but at the same time are unwavering in our belief that the quality of the educational program and the traditions offered by McGehee's should not be compromised. Each McGehee girl deserves the nurturing environment for which McGehee is acclaimed. This means we take great care to cultivate and retain our faculty and our families. After all, it is the people--students, faculty, and parents--that make the McGehee experience one of a kind. Competitive tuition and faculty salaries allow us to provide for our community.
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Save The Date
May 28, 2010
Graduation
6:30pm
June 24, 2010
Alumnae Summer Social
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Rock 'n' Bowl
September 1, 2010
Alumnae Association Board Meeting & Class Representatives' Fall Meeting
11:00 a.m.
Paulette de la Vergne Stewart '57 Alumnae House
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