Seattle Cleveland High School Alumni Association

05/30/2026

Help raise money for the CHS Art Department by bidding on their art projects. The auction is open until June 12th. 🦅🎨🖌️🖼️👨🏽‍🎨👩🏻‍🎨
Cleveland Eagles

05/28/2026

05/28/2026

Last Friday (May 22) we didn’t have our annual Memorial Day event with the school at the Cleveland Memorial Forest for the first time in many years (we deeply apologize). To ensure we gave respect to our CHS alumni Honored Dead, we planted three trees in their memory on behalf of the CHS alumni.
Shout out to those who were able to show up on late notice to help - Jim Arnold (‘82), Kevin Lim (Sealth ‘80), Dana Tsuboi Lim (‘80), Julianne (Kono) Eng (‘80), Nicole R. Washington (‘80), Tony Chinn (‘76), his wife (Franklin ‘76), Tracy Case Arnold (‘82), and our special guest, Bernie Moskowicz (‘57) and his wife, Ann. Special thanks to Scott Sakagami (‘80) for his expertise and guidance. And Emil Martin (‘40), Ed Boprey (‘45), and Bob Boprey (‘48) for offering to help and reminding us why this is an important place in our CHS history.

We received 3 trees from the 300 Trees program to plant - Incense Cedar, Beaked Hazelnut, and Douglas-fir. We are going to check into future plantings in 2027 to mark the CHS 100th Anniversary.

If you are interested in helping with the CHS Forest Committee, please let us know. We want to keep the Memorial Day event going (especially next year). We also need to make some improvements at the Forest and need the help.
[email protected].

Cleveland Eagles

05/26/2026

On this Memorial Day 2026, we proudly honor the fallen eagles of CHS who perished serving our country in World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars.

“Their sacrifice was the ultimate act of love for their country. May we always remember them.” — Unknown

Their names of our Honored Dead are found on our website as well as listed on the monuments located at the Cleveland High School Memorial Forest and the Tahoma National Cemetery.

The video on the website based on the book “HONORED DEAD” written by Patricia (Sullivan) Rosenkranz ’49, who passed away peacefully on April 4, 2021. (note - we're having the webmaster fix the video so it can be shown)

CHS World II Heroes - Honored Dead/Gold Stars:
Richard Baggot
Sidney Carl Beinke
James Collins
Hugh Craven
Richard Cornell
Eugene L. Cummings
Lawrence Decker
Hubert S. DeWitt, Jr.
Philip Carl Fander
Andrew Edward Harlin
Lawrence Keith Harrison
Herbert Clayton "Toby" Holm
Jero (Jiro) Kanetomi
Bernard T. Kelly
Robert Kennewick
Noel Kent
Milton E. King
Warren Edward Krafft
Mike Lagozzino
Gordon Larson (died in POW camp)
William Richard Lewis
John P. McLaughlin
Frederick L. Morris
Yosh*to Noritake
William A. Rach
Robert Rizzo
Francis Schoenmakers
John Swick
Jack Teply
Lenard Thibaut
Louis H. Wolfe, Jr.
Eric John Zackrison

CHS Korean War Heroes - Honored Dead/Gold Stars:
John W. Churchill
Gene Modenese
Richard "Dick" E. Larson
Stuart A. DeWalt, Jr.
Ray Oleson
Robert Foster
Arlen Jackson Morgan

CHS Vietnam Heroes -Honored Dead/Gold Stars:
Kenneth Henry Visintin
Theodor Sylvester Rolstad
Ignacio Duro

https://clevelandalumsea.org/fallen-eagles/honored-dead/

Cleveland Eagles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-KrCxaeauE Here we proudly honor the fallen eagles of CHS who perished during war. Their names are also listed on…

05/24/2026

Here’s the video taken from the Talon Awards on Wednesday, May 20th.

CHS, CHSA PTSA/Boosters and the CHS Alumni Association inducted into the Hall of Fame (Eagle Legends/Sports Legends):
* Coach Ben Wright - CHS Class of 1961 and CHS Coach of the 1979 Meteo Champion team
* David Suguro - Class of 1980
* 1979 Metro Champions Football team
* Lisa Nakamura - Class of 1985 and CHS Boosters parent rep

The award for the Hall of Fame start at the 12:05 mark of the YouTube video and end around the 28:00 mark.
https://youtu.be/y6Q65eUPDcc

More details about the recipients will posted to the CHS Alumni Association website. We will let everyone know when it’s updated!

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

05/24/2026

Shared By: Lisa Nakamura, CHS '85 - CHS PTSA Booster Chair

From the CHS STEM High School - Family Newsletter

MAY 22,2026

HELLO CLEVELAND FAMILIES,

On Wednesday, we hosted over 300 student athletes, coaches, athletics staff and families at our 2nd Annual Talon Awards! The evening started with a catered taco dinner provided by Beacon Hill favorite, Carnitas Michoacan and a silent auction that raised over $4,400 for Cleveland Athletics. A big thanks to both Carnitas Michoacan and Cleveland Alumni Association who donated generously as event sponsors.

Special guests included keynote speaker Donald Watts, former UW Huskies basketball standout and one of the most decorated high school players in Washington state history, the Cleveland Alumni Association board and members of the 1979 Cleveland Football Metro Championship team who were inducted into the Cleveland Hall of Fame.

The highlight of the evening was celebrating our Eagle athletic standouts for their outstanding dedication and achievement in their respective sports. Thank you to all who volunteered, attended, purchased a silent auction item, and supported your Eagle athlete this school year. Each of your gestures of support have made a difference for this Eagle athletics community!

Congratulations to our 2026 Talon Award winners!

• Community Partner Award: Jon Gould, Verna Purganan, Jojo Satterfield, Ray Yang

• Courage “GRIT” Award: Nolin Purganan, Katherine Du

• “HYPE Machine” Award: Makoa Costales-Gaon, Emily Cheng, The Cleveland Cheer Squad

• Team Manager of The Year: Nozhan Ghodsianneyrizi

• Scholar Athletes of The Year: Maliyah Elerson, Xue Ying Chen, Andy Huang, Czarina Bareng

• Scholar Team of The Year: Girls Swim

• “Fire” Freshman of The Year: Jordyn Raymond, Dylan Lee

• Female Athlete of The Year: Bay Randolph Dodd

• Male Athlete of The Year: Ellis Gould, Noah Malla

• Eagle Athlete of The Year: Brenda Vong, Zak Tran

• Coach of The Year: Rickey Davis

• Team of The Year: Cleveland Wrestling

Be sure to also check out our Vantage Point video celebrating out athletics program: Vantage Point - 2026 Talon Awards Edition

We hope you have a restful and restorative Memorial Day weekend.

Jeff Lam, Principal
Jackie Cable, Assistant Principal
Jenn Kekuna, Assistant Principal
Justine Aikens, Admin Intern

05/21/2026

CHS Talon Awards introducing CHS Hall of Fame Eagle Legends inductees:
* Coach Ben Wright (1961 CHS graduate; 1979 Football Coach)
* David Suguro, Class of 1979
* CHS 1979 Metro Champion Football team
* Lisa Nakamura, Class of 1985; CHS Boosters chair

More to follow on the CHS Alumni Association website!

05/19/2026

SHARING MOMENT . . .

Cleveland High School 1979 METRO Football Championship Team!

The athletic recipients of the CHS Hall of Fame are being presented by Cleveland High School at the Annual Cleveland High School Talon Awards program. The Talon Awards are being held Wednesday, May 20th at 6:00 PM in the Cleveland HS gym (north side of the building).

The Talon Awards program is primarily for recognizing the current Cleveland High School Athletes, Coaches and Managers, and to introduce the Hall of Fame Inductees.

This year's recipients of the Cleveland High School Hall of Fame are:

• Coach Ben Wright

• David Suguro

• CHS 1979 Metro AA Championship Football team

CONGRATULATIONS!!! This is well deserved and long overdue!!!

Thank you! 🦅

Nicole R. Washington, '80 and Tracy Case Arnold, '82

05/14/2026

The CHS Baseball team has made it to the playoffs! Their next game is today, May 14th, vs Cedarcrest. Game time is 4 pm at Steve Cox Memorial Playfield (White Center).
Update - unfortunately, they lost 6 to 5. Very proud of their accomplishments this year!

Cleveland Eagles

04/26/2026

Today (Sun April 26) CHS alumnus Robert Douglas “RD” Frederiksen (Class of 1985) is having a book signing of his book, “Building a Man” (under the pen name Ravenspeaker”).
You can find him at the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center from 10 am until 5 pm.