Her 79-year high school reunion
Today Eric and I attended his grandmother's high school reunion.
Fort Collins High School opened in 1899, so it has over a hundred years worth of graduates, unlike my high school which has only been open 32 years. So, they have this thing called the Fifty Year Club, and you get to join it when you have graduated from FCHS fifty or more years ago. They have a brunch every August. Pretty nifty idea, actually.
At the age of 99, Granny was the oldest graduate in attendance and the only graduate from the class of 1927. There was also a list in the program of "other FCHS graduates in attendance" to acknowledge graduates who were attending with their graduate relatives. Eric finished off that list, class of 1987. So, he and his grandmother were the bookends of the event, so to speak - oldest and youngest, other than the new scholarship recipient who attended to deliver a thank you speech. Eric's mom was also there. She just retired from FCHS this year, so she was listed as former staff. She graduated high school in Grand Junction.
Our US Senator Wayne Allard was also there as an "other FCHS graduate in attendance." He was attending with his mother, a graduate of the class of '38.
I had to laugh as we were walking through the parking lot. I've never seen so many "Pioneers" license plates in one lot before!
This was an interesting prologue to my 10-year reunion which is coming up next weekend.
Fort Collins High School opened in 1899, so it has over a hundred years worth of graduates, unlike my high school which has only been open 32 years. So, they have this thing called the Fifty Year Club, and you get to join it when you have graduated from FCHS fifty or more years ago. They have a brunch every August. Pretty nifty idea, actually.
At the age of 99, Granny was the oldest graduate in attendance and the only graduate from the class of 1927. There was also a list in the program of "other FCHS graduates in attendance" to acknowledge graduates who were attending with their graduate relatives. Eric finished off that list, class of 1987. So, he and his grandmother were the bookends of the event, so to speak - oldest and youngest, other than the new scholarship recipient who attended to deliver a thank you speech. Eric's mom was also there. She just retired from FCHS this year, so she was listed as former staff. She graduated high school in Grand Junction.
Our US Senator Wayne Allard was also there as an "other FCHS graduate in attendance." He was attending with his mother, a graduate of the class of '38.
I had to laugh as we were walking through the parking lot. I've never seen so many "Pioneers" license plates in one lot before!
This was an interesting prologue to my 10-year reunion which is coming up next weekend.
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posted by DenverSop @ 9:31 PM
2 Comments:
At 8/28/2006 9:27 PM,
Anonymous said…
I wonder, is Eric planning on going to his 20th?
The former Miss Brennan, now Mrs. Roberts, and I were considering crashing it. Our reunion was slightly dissapointing in that we missed seeing people who were a year later in graduating. Did see Kris Kaufmann though.
At 8/29/2006 10:37 PM,
DenverSop said…
I wonder, too. I think he probably will, but he hasn't really decided yet. He saw some old friends at Brian Garrett's wedding last year and I think he really enjoyed that.
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