Second Ward High School National Alumni Foundation

The Foundation was the result of a dream of three alumni, Dr. Mildred Baxter-Davis, Louis C. Coleman and Cecelia Jackson Wilson. In the 1960s they began to reminisce about their high school years. After watching Second Ward being torn down, they hope to create a permanent foundation.

The first annual meeting was held in September 1981 and a few years later the Foundation purchased a permanent home on Beatties Ford Road. They dedicated their energies to collecting the photos, trophies, yearbooks, newspapers and any other memorabilia to tell the history of the school and all the neighborhoods that once had students going to Second Ward.

Where Second Ward stood

The Foundation, with the help of the City of Charlotte and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School, system erected this marker at 700 East Second Street, on the actual site of the school.  Each year we open our annual meeting and reunion with a special Marker Ceremony. 

Who We Are

The Second Ward High School National Alumi Foundation is a 501(c) (3) organization. The Board includes 25 members elected yearly who attend quarterly meetings.

Board members of 2009-2010 Foundation include:

Thomas Caldwell, President and chairman of the Board, Vermelle Ely, Price Davis, Tommy Williams, Edna Williams, Harriet Grant, Marcella Williams, Michael Pate, Johnnie Maye Crawford, Mary Joyner, Obie Blackwell, Delores Giles, Delores Foster, Phyllis Baxter, Barbara Crawford, Carolyn Caldwell, Diane Pate, Clara Lewis, Michael Gill, Gwendolyn Lucas, Leonard Miller, Mary Jones, Deborah Brice, and Matthew Charity,  Charlotte Chapter representative.