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Foundation Provides $16,000 in New Instruments to Band Program

A 290% jump in enrollment left the band short of instruments. Two alumni families answered with $16,000 of new flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones.

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Every gift to the Foundation becomes something specific: a scholarship, a stage, a season, a second chance. This is where we tell those stories, along with the events and news that keep the Will Rogers community connected.

New stories are added as they happen, so check back often. And if you have a Will Rogers story of your own worth telling, we’d love to hear it.

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Pam Lundy · March 29, 2023

Foundation Supports the Will To Win Movie

A family baseball film with Will Rogers and Native American characters, to be filmed in part at Will Rogers High School.

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Pam Lundy · March 8, 2023

New Principal at Will Rogers

Cindy Largent-Williams, a Rogers dean and assistant principal since 2017, steps up to lead Will Rogers College Middle and High School.

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Pam Lundy · May 6, 2020

Stadium Grand Opening Postponed

The grand opening of the new Will Rogers High School Athletic Stadium, planned for September 2020, was postponed by the pandemic.

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Pam Lundy · January 2019

Generous Donation Has Long-Term Impact

A 1955 graduate’s $500,000 gift now sends up to $50,000 a year to Will Rogers for the things the school budget cannot cover.

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Pam Lundy · March 26, 2015

2015 Hall of Fame Ceremony

Six Ropers were inducted into the Will Rogers High School Hall of Fame on March 26, 2015.

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Pam Lundy · November 4, 2013

2013 Hall of Fame Ceremony

Seven Ropers joined the Will Rogers High School Hall of Fame on November 4, 2013, in ceremonies at the school.

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