Dear Alumni,

Make plans and mark you calendars! The 2010 Alumni Weekend will be held during the weekend of April 16. All alumni are invited to attend. The fee is $40 and will cover food and planning costs. Please call 251.441.2120 to RSVP and pay by credit card. The classes of 1995, 2000, and 2005 will hold off-campus reunions and Sara Walker (see3purrs@gmail.com) is in charge of these events. Although we are finalizing the schedule, here are a few confirmed items:

Friday April 16: Attend classes, lunch in the cafeteria, Alumni Assembly featuring a few alumni, classes in the afternoon, Alumni Dinner on campus.

Saturday April 17: ASMS will hold a large-scale yard sale from 8:00 AM until lunch. During the sale, we will host tours of the school. Alumni are welcome to help run and organize this event. In addition, we are working with the Alumni Association to organize a service project that alumni could help with on Saturday. Of course, off campus events organized by the Alumni Association will happen. The ASMS prom will be held on Saturday night. As long as alumni are discreet, they are welcome to attend for a short time.

Sunday April 18: The Alumni Association will hold a board meeting.

Thank You,

The Office of Development

Sorry for the prolonged online absence. For those of you wondering, this was caused by an intrusion (hack) of the site using an exploit of the content management system that we used on the site. While this system allowed us to manage the site more efficiently, it also allowed the wrong people the ability to more easily exploit the site for illicit purposes.

There are still sections of the site which are not restored yet, so you may see an error page or two as you wander around. Please excuse the reconstruction.

For those of you that previously tried to visit the site and received a warning about malware from your browser, that issue has been resolved. There was never any malware actually hosted on the site, however several pages had code inserted into them which would redirect you to another location which did host it.

Again, sorry for the disruption. We're trying to get the site back up as quickly as possible.

Dear ASMS Alumni,

The purpose of this letter is to inform you of how statewide budget proration has impacted the Alabama School of Math and Science.

In December of 2008, Governor Bob Riley declared a 9-percent proration of the Education Trust Fund. This was followed by additional cuts of 2 percent over the summer and 7.5 percent in October. These cuts lowered our budget by $1.3 million. As a result, the ASMS School Board has taken careful and necessary measures to balance our new budget and ensure a sustainable and successful future for our school. During this process, the Board has endeavored to minimize any impact on our excellent academic and residential life programs.

We are now squarely focused on the future and dedicated to serving the needs of our students, parents, and alumni. Now more than ever, our hard-working staff and faculty are committed to providing the best education possible within the state of Alabama. Furthermore, our governor, congressmen, senators, legislators, mayor, and city and county officials continue to support this institution and recognize its value to the state. Many have visited our campus over the past three years and several have donated discretionary funds to ASMS.

Additionally, the ASMS Foundation continues to work diligently to solicit unrestricted funding. Now is the time to give back to an institution that has meant so much to all of us. Please pause for a moment to think about what this school means to you.

If you choose to make a financial contribution, checks may be mailed directly to the ASMS Development Office (1255 Dauphin Street, Mobile, AL 36604) or you may call (251) 441-2120 to make a credit card gift. Please consider ways that you can help your school. A monthly charge to your credit card is a great way to give a meaningful gift. Or, you may opt to set up a reoccurring monthly debit from your bank account.

Sincerely,

Garvin Wattuhewa Interim President