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New Parent Club Information

 

Directory/Handbook

  1. Has everyone here received Literature from West Point admissions?
    1. Information for New cadets & Parents 2011
    2. Parent Almanac 20th Edition 2007
  2. Our directory is available for download as well as other club handbooks; click on Handbooks & Directory.
  3. If you forget a member name or you want to email them; our Member directory is online; address & phone number has been deleted due to security concerns.

 

Newsletter information:

  1. One of the single most important items we have in our club is our Brag news
    1. Yes it sounds like you are being self-centered but not really!
    2. First, it recognizes the achievements of your cadet or grad; they are great achievements!
    3. Second, members of the club see what things cadets and grads are doing

                                                              i.      Two years ago, when Mike Collins was a junior he was at Sapper School (a 30 day mini Ranger school for combat engineers); I was able to discuss this with his dad because my son George had done the same thing 4 years earlier.

                                                            ii.      In our last newsletter Josh Wiley & Michelle Alderman were mentioned as being part of the Orienteering Team and last year Jake Cook was on this team; if I had any questions about the team schedule or whatever; I would make contact with the cadets’ parents!

 

St Louis Web Site

  1. When accessing our site for the first time; go to www.west-point.org; click on Parent Clubs; then Army Parents; then Missouri; then St Louis
  2. Our club calendar is always available on our website to help you remember events
  3. We have reviewed a few books on our site like the one Pat is handing out to the 2007 grad parents because they are not available on other web site. For a more extensive book library; visit West-Point.org web site. They also get a percentage from Amazon.com which helps keep them in business and West-Point.org host our web site!
  4. On the back of our directory we have listed the St Louis cadet by academic company (except for 2010, I ran out of time); this helps you & your cadet see who else is in their company if they/you need to ask for help. Your cadet will be assigned to one of these companies before the school year begins.

 

Other Web Sites

  1. The Pointer View web site is West Point’s local newspaper where you can keep up with academy events.
  2. The USMA web site
    1. The USMA Master Schedule is available which gives detail information on future events. Remember to click on the LIST button at the bottom.
    2. Also available is class information like handbook downloads, pictures of R-Day, CBT, CFT, Ring Weekend & Graduation.
  3. Several other web sites are available for purchasing USMA related items they are listed in our directory.
  4. If you are a graduate parent (or not); you should take the opportunity to sign up for the AOG Assembly magazine; this bi-monthly magazine has many articles about what USMA graduates are doing around the world for example last month they had an article on the new Cougar & Buffalo Armored Personnel Carriers which will soon be available to further protect our soldiers from IEDs.
  5. Confused by Army Abbreviations – Click on web site info for help!

 

 

Mentors & Operation Support our Troops

 

  1. A quick note on using Plebe Net as mentioned in the “Top 10 things to do”
    1. How many here use Plebe net, Wppc-net or Grad-net?
    2. I can’t tell you how many times

 

  1. Mentor Program
    1. With as many new families that we have this year; our need for mentor parents are greater than ever;
    2. Current members will make calls to the new parents to see how they and their cadet are doing and if they have any questions or problems!
    3. You new parents will soon be getting a call from your “mentor parent”; if you don’t get a call please call me.
    4. So far we have the following mentor parents signed up:

                                                              i.      Jack & Joann Johannes

                                                            ii.      Michael & Kathy Hughes

                                                          iii.      Linda Chitwood

                                                          iv.      Gay Eskew

                                                            v.      Greg & Nancy Cook

                                                          vi.      Pat & Lorriane Flachs

                                                        vii.      Mike & Sarah Collins

 

  1. A quick note on Operation Support our Troops
    1. Click on “Send Stuff to Our Troops” where you will learn:

                                                              i.      How to Ship using an APO address and how to fill out the customs form.

                                                            ii.      What to ship to our Wounded Warriors in Landsthul and our soldiers in Afghanistan & Iraq

    1. We also have another program to “Send Soccer Stuff to Iraqi Kids”

                        Also listed on our web site