March 6, 2026 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Honoring our Shining Ray Warriors
Join us in celebrating the spirit of our Ray community!
The Friends of Ray School Ray Soirée is our annual fundraising celebration. This year we will be honoring incredible people who make William H. Ray Elementary shine. We invite you to nominate a teacher/staff member who embodies the true Ray Warrior spirit.
Whether they’ve gone above and beyond for our students, built bridges in our community, or simply brought joy and unity to our school, we want to recognize their impact at this year’s Soirée.
Submit your nomination below and help us crown this year’s outstanding honorees as part of the Ray Soirée celebration!
Selected honorees will be honored during the Ray Soiree fundraising event on March 6, 2026.
Feel free to contact us via email with any questions/concerns. Thanks so much for making this possible!
Nomination Deadline: Saturday, January 3, 2026
Raise A Glass 2025
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Dear Ray School friends and supporters,
Thanks to you, our Raise a Glass for Ray 2025 event was a super fun, vibrant, community-building celebration that also EXCEEDED its fundraising goal, raising over $16,000 in support of our Ray School community. You were generous, you showed out in your 90's gear, you danced, you enjoyed delicious food and drinks, you bid, and hopefully you walked away having met a member of the Ray community you didn't know previously. Thanks to our DJ and Ray parent Daniel Musisi for keeping the dance floor warm and to our photographer and Ray parent Paul Staniland who captured some fantastic moments. If you won an item in the auction, thank you for your support - a committee member will be reaching out to you to arrange pickup. If you lost out on an auction item because you were on the dance floor, we totally get it. Thanks so much for showing up for this community!
The Raise a Glass for Ray 2025 Committee: Carla Agard-Strickland, Solanna Bell, Kenya Butts, Cindy Cambray, Sasha Cervantes, Nathan Cragun, Kendalyn Diroll, Jon Heuring, Bill Housewright, Rebecca Incledon, Myron Lewis, Katie Yocum Musisi, Ulrich Rechenbach, Mennie Thompson, Allie Wunderlich