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 members elected yearly who attend quarterly meetings.

Foundation Board Members for 2014-2015 include: 

Phyllis Baxter, Obie Blackwell, Deborah Brice, Barbara Crawford, Vermelle Ely, Delores Foster,  Roosevelt Gary, Delores Giles,  Michael Gill, Mary Jones, Cecelia Johnston, Gwendolyn Lucus,  Theodore Kennedy, Leonard Miller, Martha Parks, Diane Pate, and        Jerline Short.