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Elkins High School graduates often carry a love and respect for the school with them as they move through life, along with concern for the wellbeing of current EHS students. It's called "Tiger Pride."
We've seen three excellent examples of Tiger Pride recently. A group of Elkins High School cheerleaders from the classes of 1973, 1974 and 1975 met up for a cheerleading reunion in Elkins in August.
The group, which included Bobbie Moran Kerns Burks, Renee Looney Beale, Joyce Harshbarger Hutton, Paula Hepler Heinke and Cheryl Hinchman Wyatt, remained close after graduation and had always talked about having a cheer reunion.
The former cheerleaders returned to Elkins from as far away as Texas and North Carolina. Organizers now plan to make the reunion a regular event.
EHS alums are also exhibiting Tiger Pride by keeping the school's traditions alive, and by raising funds for the school and its student programs.
The Elkins High School Alumni Band will celebrate the 95th anniversary of the school's band program during the EHS home football game against Buckhannon-Upshur on Sept. 15.
The Alumni Band is currently seeking former members to take part in the anniversary celebration, which will be dedicated to former EHS band director Bob Dunkerley, who passed away in July.
The alumni band will perform together with the current EHS band throughout the evening, and at halftime of the game.
Meanwhile, the Elkins High School Alumni Association will allow one lucky winner to walk away with a piece of history from the old EHS building.
The organization is raffling off a ceiling light that hung in the hallway of the old school, which officially closed its doors after the 1993 school year. The old EHS was built in 1924 and was located on South Davis Avenue. It was demolished in 2010.
The light, which is estimated to be close to 70 years old, was donated by former Elkins High School science teacher Morris Kittle, who has had it in his possession for close to 50 years.
Money raised from the raffle will go to assist EHS students in their academic, arts and athletic programs.
Tiger Pride is alive and well, as demonstrated by the work of these EHS alumni.