By Jahaira Maxwell Staff Writer
Cass Tech was founded in 1908, and has maintained a strong alumni association throughout the decades. In just about every corner of the world, a CT alum can be spotted.
Casstechalumni.org is developing a website to keep the CT family abreast of the goings on of the community of Cass Tech. When a graduate gains personal and financial success and decides to pay it forward to the current student body of CT, it is more than a notion to give credit where credit is due.
Recently, Cass Tech alumna Kenya Moore donated $20,000 to Detroit Public School foundation. Moore won the Miss USA 1993 title while later finishing in the top six of the Miss Universe 1993 pageant. Since her pageant days, Moore has achieved success in film and production; as founder of Moore Vision Media, an independent movie production and home-video distribution company. She also founded the Kenya Moore Foundation, a charity which awards scholarships to underprivileged girls from her high school alma mater, Cass Tech.
Moore is currently a cast member on the reality series The Real Housewives of Atlanta., and during last season’s reunion show, cast mate NeNe Leakes challenged Kenya to donate $20,000 to the charity of her choice. Moore, who was born and raised in Detroit, picked the Detroit Public Schools Foundation and later wrote the school system a check.
President of the Detroit Public Schools Foundation Glenda D. Price forwarded an email to the administration of Cass Tech:
“On behalf of the Detroit Public Schools Foundation Board of Directors, and the students of Cass Technical High School, I accept this generous donation from Ms. Moore,” Price said in the email. “Her support will be an important contribution to the arts educational opportunities made available to the students. Her thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated.”
Alumnus and rapper Big Sean paid a surprise visit to Cass Tech students and his former teachers on Nov. 25.
He also proposed a challenge to the class of 2016: “If every junior studies hard and receives sets a goal to obtain a 22 overall on the ACTs, I’ll come back to Cass and hang out with everybody for the day.”
Cass Tech’s athletic and academic achievements
Athletics
CT has been on top of the charts athletically this year so far, winning City Championships in:
Girls Volleyball Team — 5 Year City Champions
Tennis Team — 17 Time City Champions
Girls Swim Team —14 Consecutive Years City Champions
Football Team —2 Consecutive Years City Champions
Boys Swim Team —5 Consecutive Years City Champions
Boys Cross Country Team — 2014 City Champions
Boys Golf Team — 2nd place
Girls Golf Team — 3rd place
Academics
Foreign Language Department’s tentative destinations for study and travel abroad programs:
Quebec, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, France, Japan, Spain, China, and Switzerland.
English Department: Palazzo Strozzi — Research Project, Italy
Newspaper: Back-to-Back Ford/Detroit Free Press Journalism Scholarship Recipient ($24,000)
Academics Games: State Champions
CT Technology Department: $20,000 Grant from Verizon Wireless
List complied by Dervon Thompson, Alonzo Grigsby and James Farley
