We would
like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support of the
FRHS Online Alumni Association and the Rockaway website located at
www.farrockaway.com. After more
than 15 years, the website continues to grow thanks to your wonderful
contributions of photos, stories, and vivid memories of the Rockaway we all
remember from our childhood.
Recently, I received several letters expressing interest in supporting our
efforts financially, but a reluctance to mail a check through the U.S. Mail for
a variety of reasons. As you recall, the FRHS Online Alumni Association has
never charged or asked for dues, but has been totally supported by the generous
contributions of the alumni. During the past few years, due to diminished
numbers of new alumni registering, donations have fallen off significantly.
Having said that and around the same time we received the financial support
queries, Marty Nislick, Class of 1962 and creator of Rockaway Memories, wrote
with an interesting idea. Marty proposed that the FRHS Online Alumni Association
honor the “last graduate” of Far Rockaway High School with a scholarship in the
name of the Association. As most of you know, the name Far Rockaway High School
will be phased out after the graduating class of June, 2011 and no longer used.
Marty took the time to contact the current FRHS administration and asked if they
would be willing to allow him to present the award to a deserving graduate at
this year’s graduation. The vice principal wrote back and confirmed that the
graduate who is the most deserving and who has been selected to receive the
award from the FRHS Online Alumni Association is Miss Latia Denson.
So, as we refer to Latia Denson as the “Last Graduate” and in an effort to honor
all of us by honoring her, we would very much like to make a cash donation for
her continued education. We feel by doing so, it will serve as the last
link from the past to the future. Toward that end and in
keeping with those who do not feel comfortable mailing checks through the U.S.
Mail, we have set up a PayPal account in the name of the FRHS Online Alumni
Association located at the following link:
FRHS Online Alumni Association
P.O. Box 914
Concord, CA 94522
Thank you again for your continued support of the FRHS Online Alumni Association
and for keeping the memories of Rockaway alive for all of us.
Sincerely,
Skip Weinstock, Class of 1963 and Carol Marston, Class of 1956