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About the Association
The Alumni Association
is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, incorporated on January 7, 1986 in Louisiana.
Its four officers are a President, President-elect, Secretary, and Treasurer, and
there are 20 Directors. Members are graduates of Benjamin Franklin Senior High School
in New Orleans, Louisiana, past and current faculty, parents, and other interested
parties.
The Alumni Association
exists to support the school (www.gnofn.org/~bfsenior), ensure its continuance as a school
of academic excellence, and provide a way for alumni to locate and interact with
each other. Fourteen committees perform the various tasks of the Alumni Association.
These committees and their chairs are on the Committees and Directors page.
The Alumni Association
receives its income from dues paid annually by the alums and donations received from
other people and organizations.
Some activities of the Alumni Association include:
(1) Send at
least two newsletters a year to over 6,000 alumni
(2) Support
the school by funding capital purchases (i.e. computer, science lab, or video equipment),
paying travel expenses for teachers and students to attend national competitions,
and purchasing teaching aids and supplies for two departments each year on a rotating
basis
(3) Assist classes
in planning their reunions by providing seed money and contact information from our
database and announcing reunions in our newsletters and on our website
(4) Give a Holiday
Party in December for the faculty at no cost to them
(5) Administer
the Pablo E. Lertora Memorial Award for Music and the Arts, a monetary award
given annually in May to at least one senior who has significant achievements in
music, art, or poetry
(6) Present
the Key Award at graduation to the senior who best exemplifies the broad-based
excellence of Ben Franklin himself
(7) Present the Gardberg-Guichard Award given annually in May, which
includes a $2500 stipend funded by an anonymous donor from our first graduating class.
Its' intent is to honor the graduating senior who manifests the excellence of academic
discipline and talents which the school was founded to challenge.
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