2024 Annual Membership Roundup
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP ROUND-UP CALLING ALL ALUMNI Food, friends, & fun! All graduates, current Alumni Association members, family, and friends are cordially invited to join us on Saturday, June 1st, from 10am-2pm for our annual Alumni Association’s Membership Round-up membership drive, and membership appreciation event. This event will be held at the McKinley Alumni Association Center […]
MCK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION RECEIVES FUNDING FROM LA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
MCK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION RECEIVES FUNDING FROM Louisiana Leadership Institute FOR YOUTH PROGRAM LA STATE SENATOR CLEO FIELDS District 14 In June 2023, the Louisiana Leadership Institute of Baton Rouge, La. awarded the McKinley High School Alumni Association with $50,000.00 for implementing a program to benefit the youth in the community. We are extremely grateful to […]
2023 Annual Membership Round-Up
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP ROUND-UP Calling all Alumni FOOD, FRIENDS, & FUN! All graduates, current Alumni Association members, family, and friends are cordially invited to join us on Saturday, June 3rd, from 10am-2pm for our annual Alumni Association’s Membership Round-up membership drive, and membership appreciation event. This event will be held at the McKinley Alumni Association Center […]
Judge Freddie Pitcher Visits McKinley High School Students
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Judge Freddie Pitcher Gives back to mck students McKinley High School students were visited by Retired Judge Freddie Pitcher and Alumni Association officers. Each student in the social studies class received a copy of Judge Pitcher’s book, “Breaking Barriers, A View from the Bench”. In his book, Judge Pitcher describes how he made history in Baton […]
McKinley High School Alumni Assn Board Holds Planning
MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSN BOARD HOLDS Annual Planning
Annual MCK Membership Roundup Recap
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Annual roundup recap THE UNVEILING OF THE READING ROOM THE UNVEILING OF THE READING ROOM The Annual Membership Roundup for McKinley High School Alumni Association was held on June 11, 2022. This year the event was a grand success. Thanks to our vendors, T. J. our DJ, and the numerous […]
$10,000 Awarded by The Kataly Foundation
MCK ALUMNI ASSN RECEIVES $10,000 Donation awarded by kataly foundation Huge, Huge Shout of Hail! HAIL to Shaena Johnson c/o 2003 who presented a $10,000 donation to the McKinley Athletic Alumni Association to be used to assist McKinley Girls Athletics. This grant was given on behalf of the Kataly Foundation, an organization focused on bringing […]
Scholarship Offer from McKinley High Class of 1972
GIVING BACK Scholarship Offer From Mckinley high class of 1972 APPLY TODAY! In celebration of the 50th anniversary of our graduation, the McKinley High Class of 1972 is offering a scholarship of $1,972 to a deserving student at our alma mater. The winning applicant must attend an accredited four-year college or an accredited community college beginning […]
Black History Month 2022
From Pebbles to Platinum Winter 2022 // McKinley High School Honors the Legacy // Issue 18 Let’s agree that Black History is American history, Nevertheless, America is currently facing cases of parents and school boards around the country charging that knowledge of our country’s painful past could be harmful to the psyches of some children. […]
McKinley High School Museum Tells Remarkable Story of Black History
BLACK HISTORY MCK Museum “OUR HISTORY, OUR PEOPLE, OUR STORY” Quoted Content from WBRZ. BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – It’s amazing what you can learn about and fall in love with. If you ask Melvin Mitchell, Sr., he’ll tell you his love is McKinley High School. “We don’t want to forget the story that got […]
City’s First Black Judge Remembers Long Road to the Bench
INTRODUCING JUDGE FREDDIE PITCHER JR. FIRST BLACK JUDGE IN LOUISIANA Quoted Content from WBRZ. Louisiana’s first Black judge, Isreal M. Augustine, was appointed to the bench in 1969. The next year in 1970, in the city of New Orleans, Dutch Morial was the state’s first elected Black judge. But it would be more than a […]
Representative Ted James Accepts Position as Regional Director of the U.S. Government’s Small Business Administration’s Southeastern Office
PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT Representative Ted James ACCEPTS NEW POSITION Representative Ted James announced his resignation as a Louisiana State Representative effective Jan 30, 2022 and his Acceptance/Appointment as the Regional Director of the U.S. Government’s Small Business Administration’s Southeastern Office, effective Feb 1, 2022.
Alumni Center Visited by U.S. Secretary of Education and U.S. Representative
ALUMNI CENTER VISITED BY U.S. Secretary of education & U.S. Representative Honorable Miguel Cardona & Rep. Troy Carter On Thursday December 16, 2021, the U.S. Secretary of Education, the Honorable Miguel Cardona, visited the McKinley Alumni Center Building which contains the McKinley High School Museum, the Alumni Association Headquarters and the McKinley Alumni Community Center. His […]
McKinley Queen’s Brunch
THE FIRST ANNUAL QUEENS BREAKFAST THE LEGACY CONTINUES THE QUEENS BREAKFAST 2021 “The Legacy Continues” was the theme for the First Annual Queens Breakfast recognizing all former and current homecoming Miss McKinleys. The breakfast was amazing! It exemplified everything that McKinley stands for in educational excellence, school spirit and community. A fantastic time was held by […]
The History of the Alumni Center
The original McKinley Senior High School Building, now the McKinley Alumni Association Center, is located at 1520 Thomas Delpit Drive, Baton Rouge Louisiana. This original building (the Center) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1981. The history that enabled this structure to be listed on the register is as […]
COVID-19 Alumni Center Update – NOW OPEN!
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE McKinley Alumni Center is now open! We ask that you please wear a mask when you enter into the building. Gloves are also recommended. If you have any questions, please contact: Melvin C Mitchell Sr., General Manager Phone: 225-614-5065, 225-383-4865 // Fax: 225-383-0110 mitch.mitchell999@gmail.com. Thank you again, and we look […]
Black History Month 2021
McKinley: Past, Present, & Future 2021 // McKinley High School Continues the Legacy The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most dangerous challenges we have faced in our lifetime, and it has interrupted the predictable patterns of all our lives. The school system, in particular, has been grappling with making the school year as normal […]
The McKinley Miracle
McKinley: Past, Present, & Future Issue 14 // Winter 2020 // McKinley High School Continues the Legacy In this season when we celebrate black achievement, McKinley High School stands as the beacon that produced miracles in the lives of so many of its graduates. From the early days of this century to the day that […]
Please Continue to Give Contributions to the Association
Last year, we held our annual Roundup for McKinley High School Alumni Association. We had a great time!Although we can’t reunite this year, we encourage all Alumni Association members to fulfill their annual obligations by paying online or mail.Your contributions go toward several $1,000 scholarship awards to 2020 McKinley High graduates. Also, our funds supplement […]
Your Alumni Center Works for You
Your Alumni Center Works for You McKinley High School Continues the Legacy
Black History Month 2019
McKinley: Past, Present, & Future Issue 10 // Winter 2019 // McKinley High School Continues the Legacy As we enter this period of celebrating the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the history of our people, we remember especially the contributions made to our city, state, nation and the world by McKinley Senior […]
McKinley Announces New Girls Basketball Coach
Former LSU and WNBA standout Temeka Johnson has been hired as the McKinley High girls basketball coach. Johnson, who announced her retirement from pro basketball last month, accepted the offer to coach the Panthers from McKinley Principal Esrom Pitre after visiting the school last week. “We were familiar with Temeka, because she came and met […]
Celebrating Black History
McKinley: Past, Present, & Future Issue 5 // Winter 2018 // McKinley High School Continues the Legacy On a January afternoon in 2015, a motorcade of black limousines and SUV’s drove through Baton Rouge heading south, turning up the hill onto Washington Street. It did not turn right to the Alumni Center but left onto […]
McKinley Salutes Its Veterans
McKinley: Past, Present, & Future Issue 9 // Fall 2018 // McKinley High School Continues the Legacy Couple donates $62,000 to McKinley Kristina and John Miremont donated $62,000, to McKinley High School to pay off fines issued by the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, as well as buy new equipment for the student athletes. The […]
Honoring The Healers
McKinley Alumni: The Healers Issue 8 // Summer 2018 // McKinley High School honors the Legacy Dr. Leo S. Butler was the first male to receive a diploma from Baton Rouge Colored School, which became McKinley High School. Finishing from ,Howard University, Dr. Butler began a lifelong practice of medicine and community service and served […]
The Time for Renovation & Growth
McKinley: Past, Present, & Future Issue 7 // Spring 2018 // McKinley High School Honors the Legacy The tax-renewal passed on April 29 was met with fierce opposition by members of the Panther Nation who were concerned that the proposed renovations for McKinley, five-years from now, would not meet the demands of a school that […]
McKinley Alumni Association Goes Digital
McKinley Alumni Association Goes Digital 2018 // McKinley High School Continues the Legacy
McKinley Alumni Salutes Our Educators
McKinley: Past, Present, & Future Issue 3 // Spring 2017 // McKinley High School Continues the Legacy McKinley started as Hickory Street School in 1907. Renamed Baton Rouge Colored High School McKinley initial class of 4 young ladies were the first African American High School graduates in the state. The original McKinley building (Alumni Center […]
