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.
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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).
On Saturday, June 22, Randy Vaccaro (1973), President, welcomed 120 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 $2,650 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.”
~ ~ ~ About the KBHSAA ~ ~~
We sponsor an annual Alumni Banquet & Silent Auction, recognizing recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award and Bradford High School seniors selected to receive scholarships granted and/or facilitated by KBHSAA. We serve as a resource for information on upcoming Bradford High School Class Reunions and individual class year websites. We are also happy assist alumni classes with initial information and suggestions for their class reunions. We publish an online bi-annual Newsletter that keeps paid Bradford Alumni members up-to-date on news items submitted by members from all classes, as well as recaps and photos from Bradford class reunion events. Each year, we support publication of Bradford High School's Spy yearbook with placement of a full-page ad; here is a link to the 2019 KBHSAA ad.
If you're not already a member, we hope you'll consider joining KBHSAA. Please visit the Alumni Membership page to download then print the Membership & Donation Form. Your membership dues include the online newsletters and contribute to the programs and many scholarships the KBHSAA offers to current Bradford students.
If anyone you know is interested in creating their own class reunion website, we'd highly recommend the host site we use. Please use the link below, which includes our Alumni Promo Code M1159803 (the KBHSAA receives credit for referring any new site):
http://www.classcreator.com/index.cfm?M=M1159803
Did you know you can generate donations for KBHSAA as you shop online?
We have listed KBHSAA as a cause with online retailer giant Amazon, which donates a percentage of each eligible sale to the charitable organization of your choice. If you shop on Amazon, please bookmark the www.smile.amazon.com website as your starting point, log in using your Amazon ID & password and choose Kenosha Bradford Alumni Association, Inc. as the cause you wish to support.
We have also listed KBHSAA as a cause on the website www.iGive.com in the hopes of generating income for the Alumni Association. (Here's how it works: iGive is a free service to causes and members. There are no costs/obligations, no hidden fees. iGive members can generate donations by shopping at any of 1800+ Stores. As a member, when you shop via iGive special links, an "iGive Cookie" is assigned to your browser. This tells the store, "Here is an iGive Member," using a meaningless member ID number. The store reports back with this number and the amounts for the donation to your cause. iGive never has any access to any payment information. You don't need to enter any codes, notify the store or iGive... it is all automatic, as along as you start your online shopping excursion from the iGive store list. Make it simple by installing an iGive button on your desktop. How can you help? Register at the iGive website and choose Kenosha Bradford High School Alumni Association, Inc. as the cause you wish to support.
Please tell your fellow classmates about these programs... it's a quick and easy process that can do much good for KBHSAA. Thanks in advance for your consideration and for supporting the Alumni Association.
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PROFILE UPDATES
| • | Judie Holderness (Peterson) (1959) 7/13 |
| • | John Conti (1969) 7/1 |
| • | Judith Johnson [Dues Exp. 06/30/2022] (Matrise) (1957) 7/1 |
| • | Maggie Schumacher (1969) 6/29 |
| • | Robert C. Gurney [Dues Exp. 06/30/2022] (1955) 6/28 |
| • | Gabe Sedloff (Sedloff) (1957) 6/27 |
| • | Franklin Kushman, Jr. (1977) 6/11 |
| • | Michael J. Serpe (1963) 5/29 |
| • | Nancy Chiappetta (Kailas) (1971) 5/16 |
| • | Seyman Stern (1946) 5/13 |
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2 live in Alabama
1 lives in Alaska
48 live in Arizona
1 lives in Arkansas
81 live in California
15 live in Colorado
5 live in Connecticut
2 live in Delaware
1 lives in District Of Columbia
69 live in Florida
10 live in Georgia
1 lives in Guam
1 lives in Hawaii
2 live in Idaho
47 live in Illinois
16 live in Indiana
5 live in Iowa
3 live in Kansas
4 live in Kentucky
4 live in Maine
3 live in Maryland
2 live in Massachusetts
20 live in Michigan
11 live in Minnesota
3 live in Mississippi
9 live in Missouri
1 lives in Montana
1 lives in Nebraska
8 live in Nevada
6 live in New Jersey
9 live in New Mexico
6 live in New York
11 live in North Carolina
10 live in Ohio
2 live in Oklahoma
9 live in Oregon
9 live in Pennsylvania
7 live in South Carolina
3 live in South Dakota
5 live in Tennessee
20 live in Texas
2 live in Utah
10 live in Virginia
6 live in Washington
2 live in West Virginia
517 live in Wisconsin
1 lives in Alberta
1 lives in British Columbia
1 lives in Denmark
1 lives in Ireland
1 lives in Japan
152 location unknown
659 are deceased
