WARNING:  Beware - there are websites posing
as Bradford Alumni or Bradford High School!

Welcome to the OFFICIAL Kenosha Bradford High School Alumni Association, Inc. (KBHSAA) website!  This is the Alumni Association's ONLY endorsed-official website.  Don't be taken in by organizations purporting to have a connection with our alma mater, which have no connection whatsoever to Bradford High School and our local community.  We encourage all alumni to join KBHSAA. 

From left to right:  The Annex (built in 1890, razed in 1980);
Kenosha High School, later renamed in honor of Mary D. Bradford (completed in 1927); and
Mary D. Bradford High School (opened for the 1979-1980 school year).

Looking Forward to 2019-2020

We are already working on articles for the fall edition of the Newsletter, as well as preparing recommendations on 2020 scholarship offerings for KBHSAA Board consideration.  If you may be interested in giving a scholarship in memory of a loved one, please visit our Fund a KBHSAA Scholarship page.  We are excited to welcome two new KBHSAA Board members:  Adela (Lebron) Hessefort, Class of 1974, and Oliver Debe, Class of 2009. 

The 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award (DAA) Nomination Form will be posted on the website very soon, with submissions due by January 31, 2020.  On our Upcoming Class Reunions webpage, you’ll find the remaining reunions for 2019 and the first "Save the Date" notice for 2020.  We recently activated the Upcoming Special Events webpage, and we welcome submissions to be posted in support of Bradford student activities, as well as events involving KBHSAA members.  We also updated the For Sale: Spy Yearbooks page with donations received over the summer. 

As always, we encourage Bradford classmates to stay in touch, via this website and individual Class Websites.

Recap:  2019 DAA Banquet & Silent Auction

On Saturday, June 22, Randy Vaccaro (1973), President, welcomed 116 attendees to the annual DAA Banquet & Silent Auction at the Kenosha Country Club.  He introduced the KBHSAA Officers for 2019-2020 and those who serve on the KBHSAA Board, and thanked all of them for their service.  Our Silent Auction saw some bidding wars and when it ended, we raised nearly $2,700 for the KBHSAA Scholarship Fund.  We send Thanks to our Silent Auction Donors whose generosity made the auction possible.

After a delicious meal served by KCC’s attentive wait staff, Joyce Sorensen (1969), Scholarships Chairperson, introduced twelve of the sixteen 2019 Scholarship Recipients to the audience.  We wish them all the best as they set off on their journey in pursuit of a college education. 

Alice Schwalbe (1960), Vice President, stepped to the podium to handle introductions for the DAA portion of the event, including recognition of past DAA recipients in attendance.  We were touched by the life stories shared by this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award honorees.  

Michelle Serpe (1967) closed out the event with the traditional Roll Call of Class Years, and Peter Schwalbe (1959) led the audience in singing the Bradford “fight song.”

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