Happy New Year

Happy New Year, American High graduates, among them my own dear Class of '85. We're seven months away from our 30th reunion. If you haven't purchased your tickets to the July 18th Happy Hour at the Marriott in Hollywood Beach, please do so soon! Details are to the right of this blog. Coach Charlie Yanda who led our football team to many wins is our special guest speaker. Other coaches have also been invited. In the meantime, here are a few images that might bring back some memories. I just pulled out of my memory book and saw my much neater handwriting offering the following: Favorite Movie: Beverly Hills Cop Favorite Group: New Edition (I actually added a slash and wrote Lionel Richie). Favorite Movie Star: Eddie Murphy Favorite Sport: Football Favorite food: Pizza, subs Favorite car: Cherry apple red Nissan Favorite television show: The Cosby Show The only thing still true is favorite sport. It's still football. And Roll Tide even though I must watch those Oregon Ducks duke it out with Ohio State tonight. In memory of the latter's win over the University of Miami in 2002 owing partly to a bad ref call, I'm going for the ducks. What about you? Sharony

first ticket to the reunion purchased

A shout-out to Jeanne (Carpenter) Bradley of American High's Class of '85 for being the first person to purchase a ticket to our the Across the Years Happy Hour Beach Party Reunion (is that a mouthful or what?). Again, it will be held 5-7 pm July 18, 2015 at the Hollywood Beach Marriott hotel! Jeanne made her purchase via etsy and I can't thank her enough. In addition to the invite, she gets a special prize: an American High coffee mug. A shout-out, too, to all of the people who have worked on our school's yearbooks over the years. I've been looking through them to remember the good times. Have you? I have posted here the yearbooks in my possession. I don't have the one for the Class of '84 and suspect my brother, who was in that class, has it. That or it's somewhere in my mom's house in Florida, which means I may or may not find it anytime soon. By the way, a classmate is looking for Arlene Johnson who was also in our class. If anyone can tell her as much and provide her contact information to me via email, I will be happy to pass it on. Again, thanks Jeanne! And thanks to everyone who has RSVPed or emailed to say they plan to come to the reunion. PS I'm blogging now as I am already blogging for my fall courses. It's called "flipped" teaching. After August,I'll post updates a lot less. For now, please don't forget to make your plans to join us next July!

finally....reunion happy hour tickets are available for purchase

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!