2011 Spring Plant Sale

Second Annual TRA Alumni Association Plant Sale 

The TRA Alumni Association announces the 2^nd annual “Spring Plant Sale.”  We have a beautiful assortment of annual flowers and foliage supplied by Bayless Greenhouse, the largest “Proven Winner” distributor in the mid-south. 

You will be amazed at the selection of plants on our list and delighted when you see the quality of flowers you receive on the delivery date!  Take a look at our order form attachment to begin your selections.  To make it more helpful there is a separate “catalog” attachment including pictures of the selected items.  You could make this your “one-stop shop” for your summer flowers with the convenience of getting it all when you pick up your child(ren) from school!

 This fundraiser will benefit the TRA Alumni Association’s Scholarship Fund. 

Each year the TRA Alumni Association awards four or more scholarships to graduating seniors.  We also award mini-scholarships throughout the year to TRA students in the lower grades.  Only one scholarship requires that the student be a child of an active alumnus.  All other scholarships may be awarded to any enrolled student meeting the academic and extracurricular requirements.  Your purchases at the “Plant Sale” will be used to award these scholarships. 

 Please print order forms and return your form & check to your child’s classroom.  Additional forms will be available in the elementary office if needed.

2011 Plant Sale Order Form

2011 Plant Sale Catalog (with photos)

 

 

Make checks payable to:

TRA Alumni Association

 Return order form with check by:

 Thursday, March 10

 Orders will be ready for pick-up:

 Friday, April 8

2:00 – 5:30 pm

(parking lot area)

If you order vinca, it will be delivered Friday, May 6, but you will still get your other orders April 8!

Questions?  Contact Bebe Wilder at 876-3110 or 412-1689.

 

2010 Fall Plant Sale

We are excited to announce our Fall Plant Sale in order to support the TRA Alumni Association scholarship fund.  We will take pre-orders for a variety of mums, pansies, violas, ornamental kale and cabbage.  There will be a limited amount of extra plants for sale on delivery day, so be sure to pre-order to guarantee your selection of beautiful fall plants supplied by Bayless Greenhouse. 

Return your order form, along with payment, by Wednesday, September 15!  A link to the order form and full color catalog are available below.

Delivery will be Friday, October 1st, at the Paul Barret, Jr. Sportsplex.   Our table will be set up for sales from 2:30 until 8:00 pm so that you may pick up your order after school or even during the Homecoming game.

You will love the quality of plants you will receive, and we thank you in advance for your support!

2010 Fall Plant Sale ORDER FORM

2010 Fall Plant Sale CATALOG

Alumni Annual Meeting

TRA Alumni Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, August 19th at 7:30pm in the TRA Library (in the new high school building). We will be electing new officers and board members. If you are interested in serving on the Alumni Board or in holding an office, we would love to see you at the meeting. (If you are interested and can not make the meeting, please get in touch with Leslie Roane or Bebe Wilder and we will make sure we put your name in the nominations.)
We would love to see some new faces and hear some fresh ideas at the meeting, so please share this message with any other TRA Alumni. We hope to see you there!!!

In Loving Memory of Marylou McDaniel

The Life of Marylou McDaniel
February 19, 1947 – March 13, 2009

Marylou McDaniel was born in Evansville, Indiana on February 19, 1947 to O.K. and Mildred Blue.  When Marylou was two years old, they moved to Russellville, Kentucky where she began making her first of many friends.  After graduating from Russellville High School, she attended the University of Tennessee Knoxville where she made many lifetime friends.  It was there that she met Dale in 1966 and they were married June 28, 1969.  They moved to Rosemark and gained many more precious friends.

Marylou began her long teaching career at Tipton-Rosemark Academy in 1970.  She loved her calling of teaching and of serving as elementary coordinator.  Over the years she taught Bible, art and the third grade.  She was also dedicated to teaching Sunday school at her church.  In recent years, Marylou also served as the Advisor to the TRA Alumni Association.

Marylou and Dale had three girls: Katie in 1974, Bebe in 1976, and Meg in 1979.  Marylou exemplified Christ’s love to them through her sacrificial love, her dedication to her calling, her emphasis on God’s word and prayer and her joy in the Lord.

Marylou is preceded in death by her father O.K. Blue.  She leaves her mother Mildred Blue, her husband Dale McDaniel, her “mother-in-love” Alvania McDaniel, her daughters and their husbands, Katie and Ryan Hughes, Bebe and Keith Wilder, Meg and Brian Ford, and seven grandchildren, Emma Kate Wilder, Porter Hughes, Anna Wilder, Will Hughes, Maley Ford, Daniel Wilder and Buck Ford.

Memorials may be sent to Richland ARP Church or Tipton-Rosemark Academy.

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.”     -     Proverbs 3:5-6

Dedication of Gail P. Davidson College and Career Center

 

The ribbon was cut to officially dedicate the Gail Davidson College and Career Center by Mrs. Davidson’s granddaughters, Allison and Emma Kate. Also pictured are her sons, Mark and Ingram with their wives Suzanne and Stacye.  Suzanne is holding the newest addition to the Davidson family, Victoria Gail.

On October 17, 2008, Tipton Rosemark Academy dedicated the new “Gail P. Davidson College and Career Center.” Mrs. Davidson taught English Literature, Speech, and served as a Cheerleading Coach and a Guidance Counselor as well as being instrumental in leading many student organizations for Tipton Rosemark for more than 32 years. The dedication was respectfully held on TRA’s “College Day.” With several family members, former students, fellow colleagues and community friends present, the ceremony was very touching with great admiration spoken for Mrs. Davidson’s dedication over the years as well as the friendships made along the way.

The new facility is technologically advanced and includes a center for our students and parents to research college and career choices. The center is beautifully furnished and frequented often by students making their college choices.

Mrs. Davidson would no doubt be very proud of this wonderful center named after her for her amazing contributions to Tipton Rosemark Academy.

 

 

TRA Dedication Ceremony

On Sunday, September 14th, Tipton-Rosemark Academy held a Dedication Ceremony for their new high school building and elementary expansion. The event was held at 3pm in Legacy Hall, which is the multi-purpose room named in honor of all of the grandparents who support TRA in their many ways. Speakers included: Cary Vaughn – Alumni, Past Board President, President of Millington Chamber; Blaire Parchman – Alumni, Current Board President; Marylou McDaniel – Lower School Principal; Jim Craig – Alumni, Past Board President; Mark Norris – State Senator District 32; and John Scott – TRA Head of Schools. Morgan Thompson, Senior Class President, lead the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance and the TRA Concert Choir lead by Mrs. Lalania Vaughn sang He’s Always Been Faithful.
When the indoor ceremony was over, the crowd of nearly 200 proceeded outside for comments by Millington City Mayor, Mr. Terry Jones and a prayer lead by Atoka City Mayor, Wayne Cole. The Tipton-Rosemark Academy current Board of Directors, Cary Henson from Henson Construction, Dale Littlefield and Jim Moore from Fisher and Arnold Inc., and both mayors stood with Head of Schools, John Scott while Board Chairperson, Blaire Wilson Parchman symbolically cut the ribbon to officially celebrate the new facilities.
A reception was held immediately following the ceremony and the school buildings were open for tours and pictures.

Football Homecoming Tailgate Party & Alumni Annual Meeting

Dedication of New TRA Facilities

TRA invites all alumni to attend the Ribbon Cutting and Dedication of the new TRA facilities on Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.

Football Homecoming & Annual Meeting

TRA’s Football Homecoming and the TRA Alumni Association Annual Meeting are scheduled for Friday, September 26th. 

The alumni meeting will be held at 6:00pm on the softball bleachers.  All alumni (members and non-members) are invited to attend.  If you have not yet joined the alumni association, we would love for you to join that night.  Please remember that all Alumni Association Members will receive free admission to the homecoming game.

A school-wide tailgate party will begin at 5:30pm.  The Booster Club will have their famous hot dogs, hamburgers and other great concessions available for purchase.  Please bring your lawn chairs and blankets for the tailgate party. 

The homecoming game will begin at 7:00 pm with Homecoming Court presented at half-time.

Please make plans to attend.  We hope to see you there!

Tribune News – September 2008

From the TRA Alumni Association…

It is hard to believe that another school year has not only begun, but is now in full swing.  Just as TRA has many new and exciting things happening, the TRA Alumni Association has several new and exciting endeavors planned for this year. 

First, we would like to invite all TRA alumni and parents of TRA alumni to become members of the TRA Alumni Association.  We have re-vamped our levels of membership so that those who wish to make an additional donation to the Scholarship Fund will now be rewarded for their generosity.  Please visit the Alumni pages on TRA’s website to see details and download a copy of the membership form.  Or you may request a copy via email to traalumni@bellsouth.net.  Membership forms and dues will be collected through the month of September.  Your support is greatly appreciated!

We would also like to announce that we are kicking-off a new “Young Alumni Circle” this year and have exciting plans for this new group.  The YAC will target alumni who have graduated within the last ten years and will offer both social and service activities.  The dues for this group are much lower (starting at $10.00!) to encourage the young alumni to join.  A membership form for the Young Alumni Circle may also be found on the Alumni pages of TRA’s website.

The TRA Alumni Association Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, September 26th, 2008, at 6:00pm on the Softball Field Bleachers.  A tailgate party for both alumni and TRA families will begin at 5:30pm and will continue until the Football Homecoming game begins at 7:00pm.  The Booster Club will be selling hot burgers and dogs off of the grill, so bring your chairs and join us for the party.  All alumni families are invited to attend. Remember, if you are a member of the TRA Alumni Association you will receive free admission to the homecoming game.  Please mark your calendar and join us! 

We are currently working hard to remodel the Alumni pages on TRA’s website.  We hope that the changes to come will be well worth the wait.  Please visit the site soon to see what updates we have made.  

There are a limited number of 11”x17” prints of the old Rosemark School Building available for purchase for $25.00 each or notecards, 10 for $10.00. 

As always, if you would like to contact the TRA Alumni Association, please email traalumni@bellsouth.net or call 901-553-3199. 

 

Best wishes for the new school year,

Leslie (Kelley) Roane (c/o 1994)

2007-2009 Alumni Association President