Mission
AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A PLACE IN THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA COMMUNITY THAT WILL FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE MET. SUCH PURPOSE SHALL INCLUDE ACCEPTING AND MAINTAINING THE FORMER MARY N. SMITH SCHOOL AS A CULTURAL ENRICHMENT COMMUNITY CENTER TO HONOR THE MEMORY AND LEGACY OF THE LATE MARY NOTTINGHAM SMITH, A VETERAN EDUCATOR WHO FOUGHT TIRELESSLY TO RAISE THE FUNDS NECESSARY TO BUILD THE SCHOOL CARRYING HER NAMESAKE.