Congratulations to our Class of '66!

Dear Classmates – We are proud to announce the final results of the drive to create the AHS Class of 1966 memorial endowment. As of the drive’s conclusion on June 15, you have contributed

 $31,820.32

 After disbursing the $500 Bette Andersen service award to graduating senior Briannda Pena and the $500 Class of 1966 educational enhancement grant to resource (special education) math teacher Karen Rosson, the Amphi Foundation will invest the balance of the fund in an endowment account with the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, to provide permanent and growing support for these important uses. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who contributed to this fund – the first ever created by an Amphi alumni class: 

Anita Gibbs Schuma            

Anna Grigsby (Sakellar) 

Chuck & Rocky Harris          

Charlotte Carter Bramblett  

Dan Fick         

David Loutzenheiser            

Dave Nix         

Dave Nix - In memory of Jeff Fisher 

Dorothy Johnson Skolnitsky - In memory of Those who have passed.  

Ed & Carole Hughes - In memory of Bette 

Ellen Hartline (Triem)          - In memory of "Lost" classmates 

Erica Richter - In memory of Ron Albrecht 

Erica Richter - In memory of Sandy Catron 

Frank Gregory            

Frank Mizner  

Greg Cox        

Iona Whishaw - In memory of Jeff Fisher 

Jim Baldwin - In memory of Mary Robey 

Janice Jarrett             

Jeffry Lee Glasgow   

Judy Grillo (Monson)            

Karen Haight (Searer) - In memory of Bette/Liz and Virginia Daily 

Kathy Karl       

Ken Kaiserman - In memory of Bette Andersen 

Larry Armstrong        

Larry Winter   

Len Brooks     

Linda Gray Whittaker           

Manfred & Savilla Frannea (Higgins) - In memory of Michelle Rober Booth, Diane Teel, and           Carmelita Sotomayor 

Marlene Musty (Klimek) - In memory of Bette Andersen 

Mary Berdell (Clark) - In memory of Bette Andersen 

Nancy Dungan Bret  

Nancy Beede (Huber) 

Nancy French (Woods) 

Richard Rosso           

Roger Neill     

Sandra Ruhl (King) - In memory of Bette 

Sandra Ruhl (King) - In memory of Mary Robey 

Sharon Epling Nelson - In memory of Bette 

Susan Feldman        

Susan Scott (Snodgrass) - In memory of Les Baitzer 

Susan Scott (Snodgrass) - In memory of Virgina "Ginger" Daily 

Susanne Lasseter (Wilkinson)       

Susie Mullin (Orr)      

Valerie Temple Siegel          

Ward Andrew Cockrum   

 While the Amphi Foundation’s fiscal year closes on June 30, remember that this is a permanent endowed fund. It is never too late to add a donation. Please keep the AHS Class of 1966 endowment in mind as you plan future charitable and memorial gifts. Donations to the Amphi Foundation are tax deductible and may be eligible for Arizona state income tax credits. Gifts made from retirement accounts that are subject to a Required Minimum Distribution are eligible for treatment as a tax-free Qualified Charitable Distribution. If you’d like to get involved with helping today’s Amphi students and teachers in other ways, check out the Amphi Foundation’s web page or contact Leah Noreng, the executive director. To all who donated, THANK YOU for your generosity. To everyone, whether or not you have contributed this spring, we hope you will join in helping to grow the Class of 1966 endowment in the future.

 Best regards to all – Dave Nix Erica Richter Susan Snodgrass Scott

Bette Andersen Loutzenheiser's Obituary

 

Here is the link to see Bette's obituary which appeared in the Arizona Star this week:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tucson/name/elizabeth-loutzenheiser-obituary?pid=198908587

The Class of 1966's first grant

Karen Rossen, (center) is the teacher who received our grant for her innovative idea of using the Flipped-Classroom model with her Special Education Math Class at AHS. You Rock Karen!!

First awards from the Class of '66

 

Dear Classmates,

We can all be very proud of the recipients who were chosen to receive the first awards from the Class of 66: 

Briannda Pena, a graduating senior from AHS was given the Elizabeth (Bette) Andersen award for Contribution to the Community.  An excellent student, leader, and athlete with the life goals of “being there for people, and helping to make a difference in the world,”plans to study in the medical field at the UofA this Fall. Our Amphi Foundation Director, Leah Noreng described her meeting with Briannda and her mother: “I spoke about Liz/Bette--her love of service, passion for supporting Amphi students, and that she was "the glue" that has kept your class connected over the years--and after the ceremony her mom said to me, in tears, "...that's Briannda too...

Karen Rosson, a resource (special education) math teacher, new to AHS this year, was given our grant to Enhance AHS Educational Programs. Karen facilitated a flipped classroom model to her students at mid-year with great success. This model involves watching teacher lectures via video outside classroom time and experiencing interactive, hands on time with the teacher in individual and group activities within the classroom.  According to Leah Noreng comments about Karen Rosen’s creative work, “This classroom grant will help to further her classroom opportunities by putting new, innovative and engaging resources and materials in the hands of kids.”

         To date, our Class of 66 has raised $28,114.32 for the on-going fund-raising efforts of our Memorial Fund. We are so thankful for the generous and prompt responses from those of you who made it possible to offer our first awards at the end of this school year. Pleases join us if you haven’t taken the opportunity to and send a gift in memory of Bette/Liz and other members of the AHS Class of 1966. We would like to be able to increase the size of our awards-maybe even next year-and the larger our fund, the more it will grow over the year. The closing date for this year’s fundraising cycle is June 15th. 

We invite you to check the Amphi Blog from time to time, to see more photos being posted:  http://amphihs66.blogspot.com/

In gratitude to our Class of 66, 

The Memorial Fund Committee, Susan Scott, Erica Richter, Dave Nix

Attachment: On the left, AHS senior Briannda Pena, our first Elizabeth Andersen Scholarship winner, and on the right Leah Noreng, Amphi Foundation Director.

From Bette’s son to the Class of 66

"We recently had a family gathering to celebrate all the birthdays we missed in 2020. We lit a candle for my Mom and it was very emotional.  Seeing emails like these just mean the world to me, to us: (from Susanne Wilkinson Lasseter: And thanks to all of our classmates who have donated to insure that Bette’s wonderful legacy will continue. The world needs more Bettes. Maybe this will inspire a few.) 

  I know I learned how to care for all people, be generous in all ways possible, and simply be a good person from my Mom.  She is missed, but I am so thankful for this foundation to honor her and all the other classmates from the class of ‘66.  Thank you so much. 

 

Sincerely, 

 

Frank Gregory

Photos of me with Mom and my wife, Sydney Duncan Class of 1989; and my Mom with her grandson, my nephew Ethan. (2010-2011) 

It's All About That Hair!

Our freshman girls' tennis team set the bar high for the new bouffant hair style, led by our own Bette Anderson, Susan Snodgrass and Erica Richter.
 

Twirp Week 1965