W. H. Shaw High School
7579 Raider Way
Columbus, GA  31909
706-569-3638

Dr. Jim Arnold, Principal        jarnold@mcsdga.net

                                          

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| Adopt-a-Seat Campaign | Shaw's Weight Room | Links to Alumni Websites | New Sights at Shaw |
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Shaw High School's Adopt-a-Seat Campaign
Dear Alumni,
Shaw High School is pleased to announce that the renovations to its auditorium have been completed, including our new auditorium seats. Our new auditorium, the Kathy Tracy Auditorium, was dedicated during Honor's Night at 6:30 PM on April 24, 2007, and we wish to all those who "adopted" a seat and the MCSD a warm thank you. It is due to their donations and their support that our Adopt-a-Seat Campaign was made possible. Compare the old with the new and improved!

Shaw Weight Room
Alumni, Shaw needs your help with a new weight room! Can you eat? You can help!!  Click here (you must have Acrobat Reader to open this document) to find out how you CAN help OR here (ppt). Contact Brantley Boyd Ford, Shaw teacher, at aford@mcsdga.net to find out more.

Links to Shaw Alumni Websites:
If your graduating class has a webpage, please email the webmaster at rmcduffie@mcsdga.net with your URL. We would like to have a link to it. Also, if your class's website is no longer functioning, please let me know. I tried the Class of 1983 and 1995 recently--neither are working.

Here's a website you should check out:  http://whshaw.alumniclass.com. This a a website where Shaw graduates can stay in touch and plan reunions easier.  This gives one central and private location to stay in touch without being spread out over many national alumni sites. This link will be adding a searchable database with contact and reunion information to the school's current alumni page. The site will be managed for all classes to use. There are no banners, ads or pop ups on the site, plus a disclaimer that "this site is run by alumni and has no association with the school or district."

To access another alumni website that Jack and Susan Huguley Storey (Shaw's class of '81) say is a "popular one gaining steam and is free of charge," check out http://shaw.alumz.com. The class of 1981 is using this site as  a primary source of communication; however, it is open for all alumni and is broken down by year of graduation. There are literally thousands of schools listed at alumz but in just half a year, Shaw has risen to the sixth "hottest" site of all the alumz sites.   

Class of 1983
Attention Class of '83: a reunion planning meeting will be held at the Columbus Public Library on January 14, 2008, at 6:30-8:00 PM in the Multimedia Room. You may also contact Kim Nelson, a member of the class of 1983, at (706) 322-7157 or (706) 888-3724 or email her at krnwdw@bellsouth.net.

Class of 1984
Check out the official reunion site for the Class of 1984 at the above link . The webmaster/contact person is Tracy Foster Draper. Tracy is still locating classmates but could your help as the 25th Year Reunion is slated for July 17-19, 2009, (Friday -- Saturday). Please contact her if you have contact with any classmates. Click here for a Class of 1984 Reunion Update letter (pdf). Attention: You can also contact Tracy by email at shawhigh84@embarqspace.com or call her at (334) 383-2964. A picture of some of Tracy's family members, more Shaw graduates, atop Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Africa in July 2007, is below, and Tracy's dad is taking her to Australia this coming spring! 

Pictured L to R: Leigh Foster Bacher ('82), Charles Foster, Jeff Foster ('81), and Blair Bacher

Class of 1988 (no website)
It's time for a 20th year reunion!  Click here for a registration form (pdf); fill it out, enclose your payment for activities, and snail mail it no later than September 2008 to Jodi Hardy at the address given at the bottom of the form. For more information, contact Jodi Hardy at jodilove@ctvea.net or Patricia Elkins Bailey at rdbaileyfam@bellsouth.net . Plans for the reunion include the following:

Class of 1995
In addition to having information of interest to the Class of '95, this website has copies of the Silver Streak, photographs of the original construction of W. H. Shaw High School, information on our adoption by TSYS, and a copy of the cover of SHS's first football program.

Class of 1997
One of our newer alumni sites.

Class of 1998
Our most recent addition! Check out this site presently being "run" by Jacklyn James. With your ten year reunion coming up, be sure to check news concerning your fellow classmates and your reunion.

New Sights at Shaw
In case you have not been the in the Shaw neighborhood lately, Shaw can no longer be seen "from" Schomburg Road and the shopping center across the street!  A Eagle Ridge Elementary School has been built on the piece of land located between Schomburg Road and Shaw's parking lot. Click here to see photos of the Shaw band, cheerleaders, mascot, and administration welcoming Eagle Ridge to the neighborhood on October 1, 2007.

News Concerning Alumni
Steven Register ('01) one of three former Bi-City high school baseball standouts, will play in the Texas All-Star game June 26, 2007, at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. Steven pitches for Colorado's affiliate in Tulsa.

Son of our own Bubba Ball and Dr. Debbie Ball, Dusty Purdue ('87) who coaches the boy's basketball team at Glenwood High School in Phenix City led his team to the state championship in basketball. Glenwood beat Cottage Hill 68-41 giving the Gators a win in the Alabama Independent School Association Class AAA State Championship at Huntingdon College's Delchamps Center on Saturday, February 17, 2007. This season, the Gators won 30 out of 31games.The Gators also won their first championship since 1985 and their first at the Class AAA level. Congratulations Dusty to you and your team for your wonderful win! Click here to see a photo of Dusty and his team (You must have Acrobat Reader to open this document.). Additionaly, Dusty has been named AISA Coach of the Year for 2007(Alabama Independent School Association) by the ASWA (Alabama Sports Writers' Association)! It is well deserved. Another honor to add to his resume!!

In the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer December 3, 2006, issue outstanding Shaw Raider alumni were the following:  "Former Shaw Philip Wheeler ('03) earns football honor"--Georgia Tech junior line-backer Philip Wheeler, a Shaw graduate, received second team All-American recognition from Rivals.com for his outstanding defense this football season. Wheeler had recorded 45 solo tackles and 29 assisted tackles, eight of which were sacks. He also recovered two fumbles, broke up two passes and hurried the quarterback once.

Other outstanding football players honored--Dedrick Bynam ('04), a sophomore at Georgia Southern, made a mark for the Eagles this season. Bynam played in 11 games, starting in eight of them. He made 25 solo tackles and 14 assisted tackles. He also forced one fumble this season. Jerrell Mabry ('05) played in four games for the Miami Hurricanes this season. He caught three passes for 20 yards and a touchdown. Mabry and the Hurricanes will play in the MPC Computers Bowl in Boise, Idaho. Justin Bray ('06), who plays for Troy University, played in nine games; 11 rushes for 53 yards; 10 receptions for 39 yards, one TD; one interception; two solo tackles; and one punt return for eight yards. Chris Bowens ('06), playing for Troy University, played in nine games with two solo tackles and one assisted tackle. Terrance Moore ('05), also playing for Troy University, played in 11 games and had 21 solo tackles, five assisted tackles, two interceptions, one forced fumble, and one pass breakup.  Congratulations to the above former Shaw Raiders on their success in football at the next level!

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