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.