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ANNUAL GLPA PICNIC
 Hosted by the USCGA Great Lakes Parent's Association

We’ll celebrate completion of another summer of Cadets’ Training and Adventures.  Come and share your Cadets/Ensigns’ Summer experiences. 

ANY CADET OR OFFICER AVAILABLE TO ATTEND IS MORE THAN WELCOME!! 

Other Activities:  Rides on the Station’s lifeboats

Discuss Chapter’s Business and plans for Academic Year Activities. 

Please bring covered dish to picnic.  GLPA will provide burgers, sausages, etc. 

 Saturday, August 2, 2008,  12:00 Noon Central Time
US Coast Guard Station @ Michigan City, IN 

For Map Quest Directions, use address:    US Coast Guard Station, 10 On the Lake

Michigan City, IN 46360-3272

RSVP (or questions) to:  Nancy Donlon, GLPA Vice President
dndonlon@yahoo.com
Home Phone:  810-750-6362
Cell Phone:     810-348-4869

Cadet & Family Potluck Picnic
 Hosted by the USCGA Great Lakes Parent's Association

 DATE:  SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2008
Time:  Noon CST
Place:  US Coast Guard Station @ Michigan City, IN 

All Academy Balls

St. Louis area: Dec 29, 2007. Contact Mary Larson mclarson1@att.net

Chicago area —Dec 29, 2007. Contact Murray_Robert_D@cat.com

MI (Detroit area)—Dec 28 2007. Contact dndonlon@yahoo.com

WI (Milwaukee area)—Dec 28.  2007. Contact mayernan@yahoo.com

ANNUAL GLPA PICNIC 2007
 Hosted by the USCGA Great Lakes Parent's Association


We’ll celebrate completion of another summer of Cadets’ Training and Adventures.   Come and share your Cadets/Ensigns’ Summer experiences.

 

Other Activities:  Rides on the Station’s 47’ Motor Life Boat (MLB).   Discuss Chapter’s Business.  And plans for Academic Year Activities. 

Please bring covered dish to picnic.  GLPA will provide burgers, sausages, etc.

Date:  Saturday, August 11, 2007
Time:  11:00 AM-to-3:00 PM Central Time
Place:  US Coast Guard Station @ Michigan City, IN


For Map Quest Directions, use address:  US Coast Guard Station
                                                           10 On the Lake

Michigan City, IN 46360-3272

RSVP (or questions) to:  Nancy Donlon, GLPA Vice President
E-Mail:  dndonlon@yahoo.com
Home Phone:  810-750-6362
Cell Phone:     810-348-4869

Last Meeting: SWAB PICNIC
Saturday, June 9, 2007,
Noon, Central time
RSVP to: Peggy Jordan, E-Mail - peggycpa@wideopenwest.com

This picnic is an opportunity for the new Swabs and their families to get a better idea of what to expect relating to the upcoming summer activities. It is also invaluable for the new Swabs to meet a few of their fellow future cadets so that they will have "someone they know" in their new environment. For the parents and families it is a great chance to learn more about the Academy and how to deal with the new adventure on which their son or daughter is about to embark. We expect to have a current cadet in attendance who will be happy to answer questions and give additional insight.

Michigan City, Indiana  US Coast Guard Station in Washington Park, Michigan City, INDIANA

Recent MEETINGs:

February 14, 2007.....    MSU Burr Ridge, IL

WINTER Meeting of your Great Lakes Parents Association of the USCGA

Was Saturday, February 25, 2005 at 12 noon EST

At the Michigan City, Indiana  US Coast Guard Station in Washington Park, Michigan City, IN

 

Great Lakes Parents’ Association Dues Form 
 For membership from September 1, 2005 to August 31, 2006 

My/Our Cadet/Officer is: 

Name  _______________________________________________    Class of __________          
(Son/Daughter)

 Father:
First name  ____________________________       Last name  _____________________

Street Address  _______________________________________________________________

City  ______________________________________  State  __________  Zip  ____________ 

Telephone  (_____)____________________________________________________________              
                   (Area code) 
E-mail address:  ______________________________________________________________

Mother:
First name  ______________________________   Last name______________________

Street Address         (same as above)      

or  _______________________________________________________________________

City  ____________________________________  State  __________  Zip  ______________

Telephone  (_____)_____________________________________________________________            
                    (Area code)
E-mail address:  _______________________________________________________________ 

For your convenience, you may choose to remit dues for more than one year.  

Annual dues are $15.00.  Please indicate below. 

We enclose our check in the amount of $__________ for _____ year(s) of membership. 

Please make your check payable to:  USCGA Parents’ Association-Great Lakes Chapter 

Mail to:           Peggy Jordan
724 Citation
Naperville, IL  60540

For Treasurer Use:
Check #__________________   Amount ___________________   Date_________________

2005 ALL ACADEMY BALL(s):

ILLINOIS
Oak Brook, Illinois, Friday, December 30, 2005
Contact Karen Starr at kstarr@cusd200.org

MICHIGAN
Novi, Michigan,
December 30, 2005
 Contact Col. John Diller at jdiller107176MI@comcast.net

Northwest OHIO
Grand Rapids, Ohio,
December 23, 2005
contact Anna Carpenter at acarp1000@woh.rr.com

Northeast OHIO
Beachwood, Ohio (near Cleveland),
December 30, 2005
Contact Elaine Brye at bryefarm@aol.com or Mirko Zudic at zudic@sbcglobal.net

WISCONSIN
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Additional info unknown - if interested, send an email to kstarr@cusd200.org. Karen may be able to ferret out the information.)

 

The Previous meeting was held at Michigan City, Indiana  US Coast Guard Station in Washington Park, Michigan City, IN on November 12, 2005

Summer 2005 meeting:

(was held on) Saturday August 27, 2005  
USCG GROUP GRAND HAVEN, MI - 12:00 NOON  EASTERN TIME, 11:00 AM CENTRAL TIME.

USCG Group Grand Haven
650 South Harbor Drive
Grand Haven, Michigan 49417
(616) 850-2500
http://www.uscg.mil/d9/grugh/grugh.htm

Our Cadets will be back in school, it is time to share our summer stories at THE ANNUAL FAMILY Picnic for all of our USCGA GREAT LAKES Families.  12:00 NOON  Eastern Time.   Hint: that is Noon in Detroit and 11 am in Chicago.    The word is that this is THE BEST Coast Guard city !   “There’s no place better to be a member of the Coast Guard family than Grand Haven.”    We ask that everyone bring a dish to pass, but we’d like you to RSVP for a head count in order to have enough drinks and plates for everyone!         RSVP to Peggy Jordan at (630) 369-9746 or by email at peggycpa@wideopenwest.com

 

Previous MEETINGS:

Saturday June 11th, 2005 at Michigan City, IN. (Swab and AIMster picnic)

Saturday March 5, 2005 1:00 p.m. @ USCG STATION
WILMETTE HARBOR, ILLINOIS

10 Harbor Dr., Wilmette, IL 60091, Phone 847-251-0185

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2004 1300 CST at the Chicago MSO office
 215 West 83rd Street,  Burr Ridge, IL

 Directions:     From I-55 (Stevenson Expressway) exit 274 south at Rt 83 (Kingery) This is just a couple miles west of where I-294 crosses I-55. Then left turn off of RT 83 at first light going EAST onto the Frontage Rd. (There is a Shell station at the corner). Follow Frontage around bend to 83rd St., then right (east) on 83rd Street to driveway marked with USCG on the right. If confused, send an e-mail request to bfa83@mindspring.com or call cell phone # 708-261-5500 if you get lost on the way.

AIM & ACADEMY ADMISSIONS DATES
(Academy Introduction Mission - summer program for high school Juniors) 

 AIM Week Dates (as per last year)
Typical schedule:   First Week - 2nd week in July
                     Second Week - 3rd week in July
                     Third Week - last week in July

Important Dates for AIM Program
Deadline for applications April 15, 2006

Admission to The Academy (High School Seniors)
Application Process
 Key dates and deadlines during the application process:
01 November: Deadline to submit complete application under the Early Action admission program
15 December: All Early Action decisions received
31 January: Deadline for taking standardized tests for the Academy
01 March: Deadline to submit application and all supplemental forms (including Physical Fitness Evaluation scores)
15 April: Deadline for completing your initial DODMERB medical exam
01 May: Deadline to accept or decline your appointment; medical waiver deadline
01 June: Formal end of admissions cycle; medical qualifications must be complete
03 July: Reporting-In Day 2006



 
  
 		 School Year 05-06  

 
EVENT Year 05-06
 
Fourth Class Report 27 Jun 2005
NAPS TBD
CGRIT TBD
AIM TBD
New Faculty In-Service Program 08-19 Aug 2005
Summer Training Program Ends 14 Aug
Faculty Academic Year Starts 08 Aug 2005
Cadet Administrative Processing 15-16 Aug 2005
Convocation 17 Aug 2005
Classes Start - Fall Semester 18 Aug 2005
Labor Day 5 Sep 2005
Parents Weekend 16-18 Sep 2005
Homecoming 30 Sep - 2 Oct 2005
Fall Faculty In-Service Day 6 Oct 2005
Columbus Day 10 Oct 2005
Veterans Day 11 Nov 2005
Fall BOT 16-18 Nov 2005
Thanksgiving Leave 23-27 Nov 2005
Last Class Day - Fall Semester 8 Dec 2005
Study & Conference Day-Fall Semester 8 Dec 2005
Exam Period - Fall Semester 9-15 Dec 2005
Winter Leave 16 Dec 2005-3 Jan 2006
Mid- Year Admin Processing 4-7 Jan 2006
Classes Start - Spring Semester 9 Jan 2006
Martin Luther King, Jr. 16 Jan 2006
Winter BOT (Off Site) 25-27 Jan
Washington's Birthday/Presidents Day 20 Feb 2006
Billet Night 2 Mar 2006
Spring Leave 4-12 Mar 2006
Ethics Forum 17 Mar
Spring Faculty In-Service Day TBD
Spring BOT 5-7 Apr 2006
BOV TBD
Dining In 6 Apr 2006
Eclipse Weekend 7-9 Apr 2006
Last Class Day - Spring Semester 27 Apr 2006
Study/Conference Day-Spring Semester 28 Apr 2006
Exam Period - Spring Semester 29 Apr-5 May
Summer Training Program Begins 7 May 2006
Summer Academic Term 12 Jun-21 Jul 2006
Graduation 17 May 2006
Intersessional Period 12 Jun- 11 Aug 2006

 

fall '04 - spring '05 ACADEMY DATES

Classes Start - Fall Semester 19 Aug 2004
Labor Day 6 Sep 2004
Parents Weekend 10-12 Sep 2004
Homecoming 22-24 Oct 2004
Fall Faculty In-Service Day TBD
Columbus Day 11 Oct 2004
Veterans Day 11 Nov 2004
Fall BOT 17-19 Nov 2004
Thanksgiving Leave 24-28 Nov 2004
Last Class Day - Fall Semester 8 Dec 2004
Study & Conference Day-Fall Semester 9 Dec 2004
Exam Period - Fall Semester 10-16 Dec 2004
Winter Leave 17 Dec 2004 - 4 Jan 2005
Mid- Year Admin Processing 5-7 Jan 2005
Classes Start - Spring Semester 10 Jan 2005
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 17 Jan 2005
Winter BOT (Off Site) 26-28 Jan 2005
Washington's Birthday/Presidents Day 21 Feb 2005
Billet Night 3 Mar 2005
Spring Leave 5-13 Mar 2005
Ethics Forum TBD
Spring Faculty In-Service Day TBD
Spring BOT 6-8 Apr 2005
BOV TBD
Dining In 7 Apr 2005
Eclipse Weekend 8-10 Apr 2005
Last Class Day - Spring Semester 28 Apr 2005
Study/Conference Day-Spring Semester 29 Apr 2005
Exam Period - Spring Semester 2-7 May 2005
Summer Training Program Begins 7 May 2005
Summer Academic Term 20 Jun-29 Jul 2005
Graduation 18 May 2005
Intersessional Period 13 Jun-12 Aug 2005

spring '04 ACADEMY DATES

Billet Night 4 Mar
Spring Leave 6-14 Mar
Spring Faculty In-Service Day TBD
Spring BOT 7-9 Apr
BOV TBD
Dining In 15 Apr
Eclipse Weekend 16-18 Apr
Last Class Day - Spring Semester 29 Apr
Study/Conference Day-Spring Semester 30 Apr
Exam Period - Spring Semester 1-7 May
Summer Training Program Begins 8 May
Summer Academic Term 21 Jun-30 Jul
Graduation 19 May
Reporting in day for new Swabs 28 June (Monday) 
Intersessional Period 7 Jun-6 Aug 04

August 28, 2004 MEETING: 

   was at the Chicago MSO office

SWAB PICNIC '04

St. Joseph, MI Coast Guard Station
 June 12, 2004 (tentative time)  13:00 to 16:00 EST  (1:00 PM to 4:00 PM) 
 (Coming from Illinois or other CST zone areas - don't forget the time difference!)

USCG Station St. Joseph
127 North Pier St.
St Joseph, MI  49085
616-983-6114

Directions from Chicago: Take I-94 North to SR 63 North to St. Joseph.  Continue on SR63, which is Main Street in St. Joes.  Bear Left onto a local road once over the river.  Turn North onto Upton Drive.  Turn Left (southwest) onto Prospect Street (Marina Dr.), then turn left on Ridgeway Dr.  Turn Right onto N. Pier Street and drive into the CG station.

Directions from east or south: Follow the directions above from state route (SR) 63 to the station.

 

Meeting: Michigan City Coast Guard Station
April 24, 2004

February 21, 2004 MEETING:

Was held at the Chicago MSO office
 215 West 83rd Street,  Burr Ridge, IL

 Directions:     From I-55 (Stevenson Expressway) exit 274 south at Rt 83 (Kingery) This is just a couple miles west of where I-294 crosses I-55. Then left turn off of RT 83 at first light going EAST onto the Frontage Rd. (There is a Shell station at the corner). Follow Frontage around bend to 83rd St., then right (east) on 83rd Street to driveway marked with USCG on the right. If confused, send an e-mail request to bfa83@mindspring.com or call cell phone # 708-261-5500 if you get lost on the way.

Reporting in day for new Swabs was June 30th 2003 at the Academy. 

Parent Weekend: October 24th thru 26th, 2003
(changed from the "usual" September time of recent years)
(Make your hotel and flight reservations NOW if you haven't already done this!)

Schedule from 2002 (just to give you an idea what to expect)

Friday

0700-2000

Drydock Snack Bar open in Leamy Hall

0800-1250     

National Parents Assoc. National Council Meeting – Officer’s Club

0800-1200

Coast Guard video presentations - Dimick Auditorium

0800-1540

Parents invited to attend classes with permission of the instructor

0800-1000

Parents invited to meet with their cadet’s Company Officer in Smith Hall.

0800-1700

Parents Association booths - Leamy Hall Ballroom and Lower Lounge.  Booths sell souvenir items to raise money for cadet activities.

0900-1700     

Coast Guard Museum open - Waesche Hall

0900-1500

Visual Ship Simulator Open House - Yeaton Hall

1130-1300

Civil Engineering Picnic - McAllister Hall courtyard (open to all fourth class cadets and their parents and all civil engineering major first, second and third class cadets and their parents)

1330-1700

Parents Registration booth - Leamy Hall Lower Lounge (Registration with Parents Association).  It is requested that parents sign in at this booth at their earliest convenience.

1315-1445

Question and answer session – Leamy Hall Auditorium with the Commandant of Cadets, Dean of Academics, Director of Athletics & Regimental Commander

1445-1530

Parents Association General Membership Meeting – Leamy Hall Auditorium

1530–1600

Cadet Uniform Presentation – Leamy Hall Auditorium (cadet uniforms)

1600–1630

Musical Presentation by the Glee Club & NiteCaps Quintet - Outside Leamy Hall (fair weather)/Leamy Hall Auditorium (foul weather)

1700

Fourth Class Cadet Drill Competition – Front of Hamilton Hall (by flagpole) (fair weather)/Leamy Hall Auditorium (foul weather)

1700

Men’s Soccer vs Mass. Maritime

Saturday

0700

Liberty expires for Corps of Cadets

0715

Formation followed by Breakfast for Corps - Chase Hall Wardroom

0700–0900

Coffee and donut buffet - Leamy Hall Lower Lounge (ticket required)

0800–1200

Parents Registration booth - Leamy Hall Lower Lounge (Registration with Parents Association).  It is requested that parents arriving on Saturday sign in at this booth at their earliest convenience.

0800–1200

Parents Association booths open - Leamy Hall Ballroom and Lower Lounge. Booths will sell souvenir items to raise money for cadet activities.

0800–0900

Undergraduate Awards Ceremony - Leamy Auditorium

0900–1500

Visual Ship Simulator Open House - Yeaton Hall

0900–1800

Drydock Snack Bar open in Leamy Hall

0930

Women’s Volleyball — CGA Invitational vs Tufts, Rhode Island College & Eastern CT State University

0930

Review of the Corps of Cadets - Washington Parade Field

1000–1600

Sailing – Pine Trophy

1000–1700

Coast Guard Museum open - Waesche Hall

1015-1115

Class of 2002 Parents Meeting - Dimick Hall

1045–1300

Chase Hall open for visitors

1100–1300

Buffet luncheon (ticket required)
First Class Cadets and parents - Leamy Hall Ballroom
Second, Third and Fourth Class Cadets and parents - Cadet Wardroom

1100–1330

Woman’s Soccer vs Salve Regina College

1300–1600

Men’s Rugby vs Providence College (at Stonington Lodge)

1300

Introduction of 1/c football players' parents, immediately followed by Cadet March-On for football game - Cadet Memorial Field

1330–1600

Varisity Football vs Mass. Maritime - Cadet Memorial Field (ticket required)

Sunday

0900

Catholic Mass - Chapel.  Coffee/donuts available.

1000–1700

Drydock Snack Bar open - Leamy Hall

1000–1600

Sailing – Pine Trophy

1030

Protestant Service - Chapel.  Coffee/donuts available.

1200–1700

Coast Guard Museum open - Waesche Hall

1330–1600

Junior Varsity Football vs. Nichols


Past CGA Great Lakes Parents Association meetings

FALL 2003 MEETING: 
Michigan City Coast Guard station
Was Saturday, September 20th, 2003

The "New Swab Picnic" was  a great success! 
If you were unable to attend and have questions relating to Swab summer or the Academy in general please contact the webmaster or call one of the Great Lakes Parent's Association officers.  Phone numbers are listed in the Newsletter or Contact Us by e-mail.

This was an annual picnic for new Swabs to meet other incoming cadets and to hear from an upper class cadet and parents of cadets and graduates. This was an excellent time for the new Swabs to get a sense of what to expect and to establish new relationships with a few of their new class mates before swearing-in day. The new swabs and their parents received many valuable tips and hints at this event. For the new swabs it will be supportive and helpful to already "know" someone when they enter their new environment. It is just as valuable for the new swabs' parents to learn first hand what their children will experience and how they can best support them.

 St. Joseph, MI Coast Guard Station
 May 3rd, 2003  13:00 to 16:00 EST  (1:00 PM to 4:00 PM) 
 (Coming from Illinois or other CST zone areas - don't forget the time difference!)

USCG Station St. Joseph
127 North Pier St.
St Joseph, MI  49085
616-983-6114

Directions from Chicago: Take I-94 North to SR 63 North to St. Joseph.  Continue on SR63, which is Main Street in St. Joes.  Bear Left onto a local road once over the river.  Turn North onto Upton Drive.  Turn Left (southwest) onto Prospect Street (Marina Dr.), then turn left on Ridgeway Dr.  Turn Right onto N. Pier Street and drive into the CG station.

Directions from east or south: Follow the directions above from state route (SR) 63 to the station.

February 1st, 2003 (1PM CST) at the MSO office in Burr Ridge, IL
Directions in your newsletter (to be mailed) - or send an e-mail request to bfa83@mindspring.com

All Academy Ball
(was) December 28th

August 2002 Meeting:
  Saturday, August 17, 2002 at noon (Eastern time) for lunch, Meeting at 13:00 
Place:      Grand Haven Coast Guard Station (Michigan)
 RSVP by August 9th to Deb Bates scott.n.deb@worldnet.att.net  if attending the lunch. Cost of lunch is $3.25/person.


June 2002 New Swab Picnic:
Saturday, June 15, 2002 Time: 12:00 noon, Eastern Time (11:00 AM Central Time)
 USCG Station St. Joseph
(It was a wonderful meeting with new "swabs" a few cadets and parents.)