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Alumni Information for Spring 2025

CVHS Alumni Information for Spring of 2025

During our last meeting, we decided on some big changes for CVHS Alumni.  Most of you know we have been having a Big Fundraiser for about 6 years now.  As of this year, we have voted to no longer have this fundraiser due to the fact that it takes hours and days of preparation each year to put on this event.  All the work that is done is pretty much done by the Alumni Board.  So that means about 5 or 6 people do all the work.  Setting up for our Fundraiser we always have a few members of the football team and coaches help with our setup and take down.  My two sons have also helped every year.  But his is a lot of work for months of getting everything ready for the event.  And after all these years, we have decided that it is just not working.  We make a profit each year, but for what we put into it we feel we need to make some changes.

If our Alumni Association members all paid their dues on time and more CVHS Graduates joined the Alumni Association, we would never have to do a fund raiser.  We sell T-shirts and hats every year and do this by going to every home football game and basketball game and set up our table.  Rain or shine, we try to do this each year.  We help the high school with projects.  We give Scholarships to our most deserving students each year in May.  We do this with money we have raised.  If you realize that our Board Members are all from the classes of the 60’s, it’s not hard to figure out that we are all older.  I myself am turning 82 in April.  Some of our Board members have a hard time getting around but still attend meetings each month and donate our time to sell our goods.  Thank goodness for our wonderful community; they are behind us in everything we do.  We have decided to restructure our way of raising funds.  We are helping to recruit more members that want to attend meetings and get some younger people helping out the Alumni.

We will be taking part in “The Best Dam Car Show” being held on April 23rd, 2025, at the City of Shasta Lake Soccer Field.  The Car Show time is 3:00-7:00 p.m. The Poker Run is at 4:00 p.m.  The Alumni Association will have a table up and be selling our T-shirts and Hats.  We will also be recruiting members.  Come and enjoy the festivities of the day.  There will be vendor booths, Silver Dollar Club and the Ridgetop Cellars will have booths.  There will be food and much more.  If you have a Street Rod, come and show it off at the Car Show, join the Poker Run.

We will have an entry in the Damboree Parade.  We did this last year, but it rained.  We were in a 1988 Iroc Camaro Convertible with the top up.  We hope it will be a beautiful day this year.  But we did have a good time.  We feel we need to take part in our community more.  Another reason to join the CVHS Alumni Association.  We have a lot of fun.

Thank you for your time.

Jeannie Naylor CVHS Alumni President

nkathleen843@gmail.com or 530-275-2877

 


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Please join the Central Valley High School Alumni Association it is only $25.00 per year and all monies raised goes to help Central Valley High School Alumni, students, teachers and staff. Mail check or money order to Central Valley High School, PO Box 555, Shasta Lake, CA 96019-0555!


We have all the yearbooks on CD or USB from 1955 to 2023. We have yearbooks from 2001 to 2018! We do not have any 2010 yearbooks available. Contact Don Spurgeon at dspurgeon46@charter.net to purchase the yearbook or the CD.


*September 5, 2015 will be the 65th Anniversary of the opening of Central Valley High School.
Help Us Know What is happening with our CVHS Alumni! E-mail Don Spurgeon at dspurgeon46@charter.net
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Central Valley High School Firsts!
*Central Valley High School opened it's doors for classes on Monday, September 5, 1955.

*The first Principal of Central Valley High School was Richard Haake.

*The first Student Body President was Jawanna Franks.

*The first Student Body President to graduate from Central Valley High School was Loss White Jr. in 1959.

*First home football game was between Central Valley High School freshmen and sophomores and the Enterprise High School JV. Enterprise won 28-0.

*First All-American for Central Valley High School was Mike Fink in Basketball 1969.

*First State Championship was in Basketball in March 1989. Coach was John Strohmayer, CVHS Class of 1964. Coach John Strohmayer was coach of the year.

*Central Valley High School Varsity Football team goes undefeated 12-0 and wins North Section Division III Title 2005. Coach Matt Hunsaker was coach of the year.

*First North Section Division II Baseball Title team was 32-2 in 2009. Trent Frisbie was selected to State All Star Baseball Team and Coach Bob Anderson was coach of the year.

*Central Valley High School wins Lehigh Basketball Tournament 2006.

*Central Valley High School won the Northern Athletic League Championship and the North Section Division 4 Basketball Championship for 2007-2008. Congratulations to the team and coaches.

*Central Valley High School won the Northern Athletic League Championship and the North Section Division 4 Girl's Basketball Championship for 2014-2015. Congratulations to the team and the coaches. Nate Emerson was selected as the Record Searchlight Coach of the Year!

*First Hall of Fame Dinner September 3, 2015.