How to Act at Your Class Reunion

Tips for How to Act at High School Class Reunions

Taken from Ann Landers' advice column, June 9, 2000

1.  No whining or moaning over what "might have been," or anything else depressing.  No one wants a pall cast over this happy event.

2.  Seek out people who have made a difference in your life, and thank them. They will appreciate it.

3.  Check your midlife crisis at the door.  No one needs to know you are having an affair or that your spouse just left you.

4.  Do not brush off anyone who wants to talk to you.  It doesn't matter whether or not you liked that person in high school.  We have all changed.

5.  Bring an extra hankie, and cry all you want when you are overwhelmed by nostalgia and old friends.  Tears can be a great catharsis.

6.  All responses to questions should be at least two full sentences.  Don't be abrupt.  It will make you appear snobbish.

7.  Don't do too much bragging.  It puts a spotlight on your insecurities. The best compliments are the ones you get without fishing.

8.  Any remarks about your baldness, weight or wrinkles should be countered with something humorous or self-deprecating.  No offense is intended. Sometimes, when people are surprised at the change in the appearance of an old friend, they don't know how to deal with it, so they try to mask their surprise with humor.

9.  Be careful how you approach others.  Be respectful.  Remember that you are dealing with someone's wife, husband, mother, or father.

10.  Be yourself.  We remember you from way back, and will accept you the way you are.

Class Reunion Planning Meeting August 25, 2016

These pictures are much better than the ones I posted before; obviously a much better phone or photographer . . . . as always, click on a picture to see a larger image.

Shan Ellis Garwood, Marci McLean Moran, Deb Hatch Thiems, Daryl Colwell, Paul Phillip, Lori Nagaki Watson, Shirley Johnson Sellman, Steve Benzel. Picture taken by Ron Brown

Front:  Paul Phillip, Lori Nagaki Watson, Shirley Johnson Sellman, Ron Brown.

Back:  Deb Hatch Thiems, Kim Willey Liberg, Marci McLean Moran, Shannon Ellis Garwood, Daryl Colwell, Steve Benzel. Picture taken by Tim Garwood

Marci's attempt at a group selfie. Daryl Colwell's arm, Paul Phillip's torso, Lori Nagaki Watson, Shirley Johnson Sellman, Steve Benzel, Ron Brown, Shan Ellis Garwood, Kim Willey Liberg, Marci McLean Moran.

Thanks to Shirley Johnson Sellman for sending these pictures. I've added as many names as I can; do you know who else is in these pictures?  As always, you can click on a picture to see it larger.

Shirley's senior picture

Emerson 1st or 2nd grade. Front row:  Jackie Stafford Craig Schadwinkel, Paul Phillip, David Curtis, Paul Heimbuch, Vicki Odell. Second row:  Terry Parker, Shirley Johnson, ??, Kim Willey, Carol Kunzman, Yvonne Sanchez. Third row:  Cynthia Rader, Tom Langmacher, Creig Wilkins, Nancy Hielscher, Karen Langner, Crystal Iron Rope, Vickie Roebuck.

Front: Shirley Johnson, Terry Parker

Middle: Laurie Wilkins, John Novotny, ??, Sherrie Jensen(?), Craig Schadwinkel(?), ??, ??, Steve Fortune(?) 

Back:  Yvonne Sanchez, Paula Hogensen, Deb Hatch, Ken Bordeaux(?), ??, Paul Phillip, Tom Langmacher, Johnny Nickens, Nancy Hielscher, Karen Langner, Colleen Tittle, Laura Kuncl, Jerome Mills.

Thanks to Laura Kuncl for helping with identifications.