Tickets are on sale now for this year’s Maroon & Gray Society Celebration set for Friday, May 2 at 6 PM at Centre Hills Country Club in State College. Here’s a look at what’s in store for the evening as the Education Foundation welcomes the 2025 honorees, their families and friends, alumni, district families and educators, and more for a true celebration of community.
Annual Maroon & Gray Society Celebration Details:
6 p.m., Friday, May 2, 2025
Centre Hills Country Club , State College, PA
Tickets $110 each
Reserve your tickets here.
The event features an evening-long reception with a buffet of heavy hors d’oeuvres stations, soft drinks and a cash bar. As always, the highlight will be the induction of this year’s Maroon & Gray Society honorees with short video highlights of their lives and accomplishments.
Current students also play key roles in making the evening a success, furnishing the space with their artwork and providing musical entertainment. The State High culinary program will once again provide its delicious desserts.
The event supports students in SCASD schools with a donation of all proceeds to the Education Foundation’s Mardi Lowry McDonough ’87 Student Opportunity Fund & Grant program. Distributed in the fall and the spring every year, grants from the program have funded nearly 150+ proposals submitted by teachers and administrators at every school across the district. In total, nearly $225,000 has been awarded, thanks to the generosity of donors.
Grants have funded everything from EMT exam applications to sensory items, from STEM equipment to a classroom care closet, and even the unified bocce team. Every project makes a direct impact on students. The number of grant applications has increased significantly, with more than 100 requests totaling over $100,000 in the most recent cycle
The event is a fun and relaxed way to benefit students and enjoy an evening with the SCASD community, recognizing this year’s honorees:
- Allayn Salter Beck ’04, Executive Director, State College Food Bank
- Gwen Bunnell, Kindergarten Teacher (Retired), Corl Street Elementary
- Linda Domin ’57, Kindergarten Teacher (Retired), Lemont Elementary
- Thomas “Tek” Kleban ’85, Coach, Boys & Girls Track and Field 2008-2020, State College Area High School & Senior Research Analyst, Mariner (Presented Posthumously)
- Mary Kay Archer Montovino ’73, Executive Secretary (Retired) SCASD, Former Board Member and Former President, SCASD Education Foundation
- Ian Hendrickson-Smith ’92, Professional musician: Six-time Grammy Award-winning saxophonist for the Tonight Show, The Roots, Amy Winehouse, Al Green, Mark Ronson and more.
- Ralph Way ’52, Real Estate Developer and Founder of Foxdale Village Retirement Community
- Alice Gilmore Young ’77, Vice President of Finance and Corporate Compliance Officer, John F. Kennedy Behavioral Health Center (Retired)
