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LOVE FOR girls. LOVE FOR school. LOVE FOR each other . ALUMNAE WEEKEND 2017
ALUMNAE WEEKEND is an opportunity to remember and reminisce about your time at GPS and its impact on your life. It’s a time to share your stories with classmates and explore the school’s campus as it is today. This year there is more in store than ever before with the addition of the Notable and Rising Notable Alumnae Awards. We hope you are making plans to attend. The weekend won’t be complete without you! THE YEAR OF LOVE Message from Dr. Autumn A. Graves This past summer, I became overwhelmed by the devastating events unfolding around the globe. The sadness that pervaded the news seemed almost too much to bear. As I processed headline after headline, I realized that our world is lacking something so important – so basic. I wondered if we as humans had forgotten how to love--or if we had not been taught how to truly love. I believe this is the chief struggle. It is not that bad things happen. It is that when bad things happen, our reflex is not to really, deeply love. So I made the decision for LOVE to be the overarching theme by which the GPS community would strive to live this year. I assured the girls that this might be difficult. It may stretch us. It may cost us everything. But we will learn to love well and in so doing, we will change our school, our community, and, we hope, our world. In keeping with the 2016-2017 school year theme “Year of Love,” the theme for Alumnae Weekend focuses on “Love for the girls. Love for the school. Love for each other.” I hope you will join us in celebrating GPS’s “Year of Love” and experience it in a palpable way during your time at Alumnae Weekend.
Honoring Reunion Classes 1937, ’42, ’47, ’52, ’57, ’62, ’67, ’72, ’77, ’82, ’87, ’92, ’97, ’02, ’07, and 2012.
SCHEDULE of events FRIDAY, APRIL 21
SATURDAY, APRIL 22
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Welcome & Information Desk Frierson Theatre Lobby
8 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Alumnae Check-in Frierson Lobby
4:00 p.m. Welcome Reception for Class of 1967 Founders House*
“The Bow” (School Store) Open The Rotunda
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. All-Alumnae Cocktail Reception Founders House 7:30 p.m. GPS Orchestra 30th Anniversary Concert Frierson Theatre *Founders House is located adjacent to the GPS campus. Please park in Visitor Parking and follow the signs.
8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast with the Head of School The Rotunda Classes of ‘62, ’57, ’52, ’47, ’42 & ’37 9:30 a.m. GPS Town Hall Evans Center Exploring the impact of GPS on students: past, present, and future
Noon Alumnae Weekend Awards Luncheon Mills Building Gymnasium Recognition of Notable Alumnae and Rising Notable Alumnae (’2s & ’7s) Presentation of GPS Distinguished Alumna & Margaret Rawlings Lupton Award of Excellence Athletic Hall of Fame Induction
10:45 a.m. Faculty Emeriti Induction Ceremony Caldwell Commons
1:45 p.m. May Pole Dance on the Lawn (All are welcome to participate)
11:30 a.m. Memorial Service for Class of ’67 The Naiads
Reunion Class Parties Separate invitation sent by your Reunion Class Chairs Bruiser Camp (available for children ages 4 & up) 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Register in the Frierson Theatre Lobby Cost: $10 per child for all or part of the day
notable ALUMNAE AWARDS PROGRAM In its inaugural year, the Notable Alumnae Awards Program recognizes an outstanding alumna from each reunion class (50th Reunion through 15th) and one outstanding alumna from classes celebrating their 55th, 60th, or 65th reunion. The 2017 Distinguished Alumna and the Lupton Award of Excellence recipients will be chosen from the Notable Alumnae Awards honorees. Rising Notables will be recognized from the 10th and 5th reunion classes. Nominee selections are made using these overarching standards: • National recognition • Long and distinguished career or significant career achievement, philanthropy, or major volunteer contributions. • Recipients must be living and may include active, former, and retired status. An alumna may be recognized more than once in her lifetime.
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HALL OF FAME
Each year, GPS recognizes a select number of alumnae for their outstanding accomplishments in and contributions to athletics while at GPS and beyond. In keeping with the school’s tradition of athletic excellence, we induct into the Athletic Hall of Fame worthy alumnae role models that younger athletes may choose to emulate.
FACULTY emer iti SATURDAY, APRIL 22 AT 10:45 A.M . Faculty Emeriti Inductions – Caldwell Commons Honoring retiring teachers Linda Mines and Anne Exum for their exemplary teaching, professional accomplishments, and service to GPS. All are invited to celebrate with us!
LINDA MINES Chairman of the History and Social Sciences Department, Linda Moss Mines has inspired GPS girls to learn more about their world for 27 years at GPS through classes such as the Modern Presidency and Global Conflicts. Currently the faculty advisor for the school’s Partnerships in the Community (PIC), she has been instrumental in encouraging student involvement in area non-profits. In 2016, she was the recipient of the Tennessee Association of Independent School’s Hubert Smothers Excellence in Teaching Award and most recently was named by the American Lung Association of Chattanooga as a Woman of Distinction.
ANNE EXUM English faculty, PR Coordinator, Director of Communications, and now Senior Writer, Anne Exum has been teaching writing and grammar or editing the school’s publications for 30 years. After teaching every grade level but one before GPS added a true Middle School, she became a Writing Center advisor and all around GPS newshound. Proud of the relationships she’s developed with both students and faculty, she advised the Honor Council, was part of the pilot one-to-one laptop program, and was a familiar face on the basketball sidelines as she scored games for 20 years.
REGISTRATION Please note: This registration form is for events on GPS’s campus. If this is your reunion year, you will receive separate information from your class about your Saturday evening party. All interested in attending the 30th Anniversary Concert by the GPS Orchestra may register using this form or online. Please indicate the events you will attend by checking all appropriate boxes and providing the names of any guests accompanying you.
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Welcome Reception for the Class of 1967 – 4:00 p.m. Name of guest (spouse/partner/friend) ____________________________________
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All-Alumnae Cocktail Reception at Founders House – 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Name of guest (spouse/partner/friend) ____________________________________
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GPS Orchestra 30th Anniversary Concert – 7:30 p.m. Name of guest (spouse/partner/friend) ____________________________________
SATURDAY, APRIL 22 _________________________________________________________ Last First Maiden Class Year _________________________________________________________ Email Cell number _________________________________________________________ Address _________________________________________________________ City State Zip
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2016–17 IMPACT FUND I also would like to make my contribution to the 2016–17 Impact Fund. Enclosed _______________ Please charge my:
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GPS Town Hall – 9:30 a.m. Exploring the impact of GPS on students: past, present, and future
o Faculty Emeriti Induction Ceremony – 10:45 a.m. o Memorial Service for Class of ’67 – 11:30 a.m. o Alumnae Weekend Awards Luncheon – noon Luncheon fee: $20 o Vegetarian option requested o May Pole Dance on the Lawn – 1:45 p.m. o Bruiser Camp (for children ages 4 & up) – 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Continental Breakfast for Classes of ’62, ’57, ’52 ’47, ’42, & ’37 with Head of School – 8:30 a.m.
All are invited to participate
LUNCHEON FEE (Saturday, April 22: $20) Please charge my:
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Cost: $10 per child for all or part of the day TO REGISTER ONLINE, visit gps.edu/alumweekend2017 Or, return this reservation form by Monday, April 17, to: Katherine Betts, Alumnae Director Girls Preparatory School 205 Island Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37405
GIRLS P R E PA R AT O RY SCHOOL 205 Island Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37405
GPS ALUMNAE WEEKEND 2017 April 21–22
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