Planning for 2014 Reunion (55th Reunion)

   Within days we will finalize the selection of the hotel for 2014 reunion. The hotel will be on the north part of Route 17 and fits our needs for food, quality of guest rooms, overall decor and convenience for travel to Glen Rock. (Status as of 5/3/13).

Florida Luncheon Was Held February 12th

 The annual alumni luncheon was held on February 12th at at Bascom's Chop House,  Clearwater, FL . Liz Sossenheimer Elyoussef organized it.  Attending were Liz (Sosenheimer) and Eli Elyoussef, Lanny Horn, Rod Wulff, Barbara (Mechan) and Bob Carragher, Anne (Goode) Worth, and Tom and Diana Pearson.

 Barbara (Mechan) Carragher and husband Bob, Diana Pearson, Eli Elyoussef, Liz (Sosenheimer) Elyoussef, Lanny  Horn, and Rod Wulff. (Tom Pearson not shown).

Neat 50's Video on You Tube

     http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=sDc0ID6PJeg&feature=youtu.be

  First 30 seconds out-of-focus but remainder is entertaining.

    And, A Neat Dog Video Accompanied by 50's Music

           http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=cqxTUxzOceE

                 Ginny James Memorial

At GRHS and in the Saddle River County Park, Ginny's husband, David, has done  beautiful and fitting memorials to Ginny. The pictures tell it all:

            AT GRHS ,

    In the Saddle River County Park (SRCP) , a  bench in Ginny's memory has been placed along a path  regularly walked by Ginny and David. The SRCP is accessed in Glen Rock from Prospect Street.

Old Picture of Rock of Glen Rock

2012 Scholarship Awards

                    On June 6th at the GRHS Awards Assembly, Doug Anderson presented our two $2,000 scholarship awards. The awards where increased to honor Ginny James. Ginny's husband, David, was on stage for the presentations.

     Doug Anderson, Kristen Spichiger, Maxwell Gross, and David James

The first recipient was Kristen Spichiger who will be going to the Villanova School of Nursing in the fall. Both recipients are real self starters. At the GR Library, Kristen set up a "Reading Buddies" program to improve reading skills. The program paired  80 GRHS students with 45 elementary students. She was a lifeguard at the GR Pool and active on the GRHS Swim Team. She had a website for schedule lifeguarding for pool parties. Not to stop there, she established a  CPR/AED certification program at GRHS. In the past school year, it certified 45 students. AED stands for "automatic external defibrillator". She was a member of the National Honor Society. Maxwell Gross, the second recipient, started writing study guides for math and for many other courses, then put them up on a website for other students. Next, he set up a film production and editing group which filmed various events. Additionally, using an iPad app. he developed useful information for the varsity baseball team from a mountain of statistics. In all four years, he participated in the Relay for Life. He also worked in an program of exercises for special needs kids.  He was a member of the National Honor Society and will go to Boston College in the fall  majoring in Chemistry.

50th Reunion Pictures

    The pictures taken by the photographer at the reunion are now under "50th Reunion Photos". See menu at left. Need to enter password to see the pictures. There are around 25 pictures.

 Car Shows- In Florida

2011 Scholarship Winners

  The winners of the 2011 GRHS Class of '59 scholarships are Danielle Basirico and Kevin Mauro. They are both pictured with Ginny James our classmate and presenter of the two $1,500 scholarships.

1959 Program for Graduation Ball

         We have surfaced a surviving copy of the schedule for and after the Graduation Ball and it is shown below.  We hope you will enjoy seeing it once again.

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