April 24th - Save the Date for the 2nd Annual Overton Hall of Fame event. Details will be provided as soon as they're available.

This has been a year filled with celebrations and firsts!!! We have assisted with multiple Reunions and delivered many yearbooks from the ones donated to the Alumni Association by the school in 2024. The yearbooks are random years so we may or may not have what you're looking for. You can email us at membership@johsalumni.com if you're interested.March 14th - Our first social for the year and attendance is growing. Check out the photos from our social here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ut6x2rsTFWx2ka9KAMarch 26th - Overton was recognized by the city of Nashville as a Level 1 Arboretum. Our sincere thanks to former teacher Mary Lou Snyder and head Librarian Lori Bervoetz for their hard work with Metro Nashville in making this dream come true. This level must have at least 30–59 distinct labeled tree species and public access.April 18th - Our inaugural Hall of Fame event was held honoring students, coaches and contributors from the class years 1963 to 1974. If you're a member of FaceBook, you can see the photos here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.1611042781026206&type=3June 20th - Was our Summer Social and even more folks showed up. We ran out of room. It's so exciting to see our Alumni coming together and our numbers growing. See the photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/TSYez5pUKqsJTP6Z6August 4th - The Alumni Association was invited to participate in Overton's Open House. The event is primarily for Freshmen and their families but all current students and families are welcome.September 3rd - The Alumni Association was invited to attend the first meeting of "The Pack". A group of PTO leaders with not only Overton's new PTO but PTO's from all of the "feeder" schools. The Pack will be focused on supporting students across the grades and encouraging them to make Overton their choice as the best school to finish their public school years.September 18th - Thanks to a partnership with Metro Nashville Public Schools, Tennessee Titans, and Metro Government, Overton dedicated the new turf on our football field at the Homecoming game. We had the honor of hosting many guests to dedicate our field where Dr. Garner received the official plaque that will be hung at the stadium commemorating the turf field. Might we say, you guys brought the energy to the first home game on the new turf!October 24th - Our Fall Social will be held at Champy's in Smyrna, TN. You can sign up here: https://www.johsalumni.org/events-1/johs-all-class-fall-social

An Overton "Hall of Fame" committee was established and began the work of determining our first class of inductees. Then the task of locating these exceptional Bobcats began. The first "Hall of Fame" award ceremony is confirmed for April 18, 2026. Mary Lou Snyder (former teacher) and Lori Bervoets (Overton librarian ) asked us to join them in having the Overton property officially designated as an arboretum. As of October 2025 the trees are planted, the trees have been tagged and we're awaiting the final approval. We began our regular gathering of all Overton Alumni with social events that will be held every Spring, Summer and Fall.

Our illustrious leader, Tom Moore, departed our Board. We began a reorganization and a plan for how to move forward productively for the school and for our Alumni A new Board was established and new members joined the Board. Meetings were held with Dr. Garner and other school representatives to determine our best way to serve everyone concerned.

January 2020 - In coordination with Board Member Tom Moore, MNPS added concrete block dugouts for home and visitors. THEN ..... COVID

Achieved School Support Organization status with Metro SchoolsPublished our new websiteAdded Reunion Activity Page SupportAdded ability to pre-sell Event TicketsHosted Part 2: A Murder in Music City with Michael BishopIn coordination with Board Member Tom Moore, the Nashville Sounds adopted the Overton Softball field and dedicated employee time, equipment, and additional expertise to improve the field.

Meet and greet with Michael Bishop, author of “A Murder in Music City” at Overton where we honored the class of 1963 Participated in the Overton Trivia Challenge benefiting Overton’s Girls Athletic Program Attended Reunion Events to allow Alumni the opportunity to become Charter members Participated in various Overton Open House events to raise awareness of our organization and our mission Held our first membership meeting and elected a Board of Directors Gained official recognition as a Nonprofit Organization In coordination with Board Member Tom Moore, the school installed scoreboards, cleaned out the infield, installed a permanent fence and improved the foul poles. A donation to the Alumni Association from Bobby Hite provided much needed grass seed and fertilizer for Soccer and Softball Fields.

Held our first membership drive and began meetings to form the alumni association Held a Membership drive at the Overton Homecoming game Had a strong presence at the first “JOHS Open House” that welcomed the entire community to showcase the third year of a four year plan to completely renovate the school.