The American High Across the Years Reunion is officially underway. What better time to start than on the eve of the Fourth of July given our mascot and school colors!
Graduates from the Class of 1980 through 1990 and their guests are invited to a Happy Hour at the Hollywood Beach Marriott in Hollywood, Florida on July 18, 2015. To purchase tickets, go to our
Etsy shop. Pay by September 1 for the Early Bird rate!
Thanks to the following classmates for their early interest in reunion planning: Kim (Andrews) Lang, Miriam (Cabrera) Mier, Pam (Phillips) Bryant, Cormella Murray-Bryant, Felecia (Scott) Jenkins, Getty (Diaz) Tune, Glen Campbell, Barbie (Lopez) Lapon, Tania (Alvarez) Pettenger and Terri (Ginsburg) Lopez.
Stay tuned for details about a banquet hosted by Pam and Cormella and the group rate code for a room at the Marriott!
A shout-out to Francie Santana and the Class of '84 for your recent get-together at the Hard Rock! Now, spread the word via Facebook, Linked In, Classmates.com, and other sites. And if you haven't already, take a musical walk down memory lane by seeing this
video!
Here's a look at the Class of '85 in 1985, 1995 and 2005. How many people do you recognize? Just tap on a photo to enlarge an image. By the way, the image for our graduating year is massive so I digitally split it in half for our 20th reunion. Maybe by the time of our 30th next year, I'll figure out a way to present it in an easy-to-see single photo. As you can see, the Class of '85 is sponsoring a multi-year reunion for our 30th, a trend that is not uncommon in recent years. Fewer people attend reunions for many reasons including travel distance, financial obligations like putting kids through college (hence, our wish to keep the reunion ticket prices down), but especially the ability to stay in touch via Facebook and other social network sites. But there's nothing like seeing people in person, too. For sure, it was good getting together with some of our classmates last December to start planning this reunion. Celebrating with other classes is also appealing because as we get older many of us are probably realizing we have more shared memories than not. We grew up in the same neighborhoods, have siblings or children who know each other or people we know, and so on. For example, last week one reunion activity required me to speak with someone who knew Fred Bertani - the principal at the time the Class of '85 attended American - when he was the principal at North Miami Beach High and even when he was an assistant principal at Miami Norland. Discovering as much led to a more lively connection between me and the person to whom I was speaking. I bet you have had a similar experience over the years, haven't you?
