Yates National Alumni Association

jack yates national alumni association (jynaa) was legally formed on january 7, 2015, as a non-profit 501c3 organization with a purpose to unite alumni, support our alma mater and strengthen the ties between our scholars, alumni, parents, community, businesses, colleges, universities, and its feeder pattern schools to preserve the rich legacy, pride, excellence and tradition of jack yates high school. jack yates sr. high school was established on february 17, 1926. jack yates scholarship and alumni affairs were organized and formed on august 26, 1989, under the leadership of sara gibbs which she lead until 2014. in 1995 an “alumni pledge” was created by sara gibbs ‘48, d. langham ‘49, j. robert jones ‘55, i. jones ‘55, e. fisher ‘58, and r. patten ‘66 to echo for years to come. yates was in need of their alumni support, so mr. roland cotton made a decision in the summer of 2014 to form an “active alumni association” to reunite the alumni base to support and help rebuild our great inst