High School Reunion

ForeverRoses · #1 08-21-2012, 11:57 AM

I went to my 15th, and it was fun. Reconnected with a good friend that I had lost contact with over the years. I know a bunch of people went just to see what everyone looked like now, but seeing as I was 8 months pregnant at the time...

My 20 year reunion is in a few weeks. I am debating going, only because it is in the high school gym and my old school has combined all the different reunions into one big one- so the 5, 10, 15, 20, etc are all together. Oh, and they are charging $75 a couple for 2 drink tickets (beer or a wine cooler) plus light snacks. I think they turned the whole thing into a fundraiser! (I guess that's what you get when you go to a private high school).

So I'm not sure the $75 plus three hour drive is worth it for people I can "see" on facebook.

lovespink88 · #2 08-21-2012, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I went to my 15th, and it was fun. Reconnected with a good friend that I had lost contact with over the years. I know a bunch of people went just to see what everyone looked like now, but seeing as I was 8 months pregnant at the time...

My 20 year reunion is in a few weeks. I am debating going, only because it is in the high school gym and my old school has combined all the different reunions into one big one- so the 5, 10, 15, 20, etc are all together. Oh, and they are charging $75 a couple for 2 drink tickets (beer or a wine cooler) plus light snacks. I think they turned the whole thing into a fundraiser! (I guess that's what you get when you go to a private high school).

So I'm not sure the $75 plus three hour drive is worth it for people I can "see" on facebook.

I believe my high school does this too (private school also), but classes can (and do) organize their own separate ones as well.

I will DEFINITELY be going to my 10 year (4 years from now, lol). I am actually going to my grade school 10 year reunion this Saturday.

I know, I've gotten some funny looks about a grade school reunion from co-workers. We were a pretty tight knit group, and it actually seems to be pretty common in my area...I've heard about quite a few other NW side Catholic schools doing the same. I'm super excited!

chi-o_cat · #3 08-21-2012, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by lovespink88

I will DEFINITELY be going to my 10 year (4 years from now, lol). I am actually going to my grade school 10 year reunion this Saturday.

I know, I've gotten some funny looks about a grade school reunion from co-workers. We were a pretty tight knit group, and it actually seems to be pretty common in my area...I've heard about quite a few other NW side Catholic schools doing the same. I'm super excited!

I think a grade school reunion would be fun. I am from a small town where we went to one school for K-8, and then after that people split up to various high schools. Our 8th grade "graduation" was in 1986, so 2011 would have been 25 years, but by the time I realized it, the year was almost over. Also, I don't live anywhere near where I grew up, and I would not be a good candidate for organizing it, so I feel bad bringing up the idea if I can't really help with the planning. But maybe I could get in touch with some people who still live in the area and see if they are interested in doing anything in 2016 for our 30 year reunion.

MysticCat · #4 08-21-2012, 01:28 PM

I went to a kindergarten reunion once. When I was kid, there was no kindergarten in public schools, so kindergarten was a private thing, often run in churches or homes. I went to a morning kindergarten run by a woman in a small house in her backyard. We all loved it and her (and her husband, who would drop in occasionally).

A few years ago, spurred by the posting of our kindergarten "class" picture on facebook, we had a reunion with our teacher, at that point over 100 years old. It was fun, and very cool to do.

flirt5721 · #5 08-21-2012, 03:21 PM

My 10 year reunion was in June and the turn out was horrible. I was. On the planning committee. We tried everything to get people to go but most didn't. I just think with all the social media now everyone can see what everyone else is up to and there is no need for reunions anymore.

MysticCat · #6 08-21-2012, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by flirt5721

I just think with all the social media now everyone can see what everyone else is up to and there is no need for reunions anymore.

From my perspective, social media is great and serves a useful purpose, but it isn't at all a substitute for actually seeing people and conversing with them. I don't go to reunions to see what people are doing now. I go to reunions to visit with those people.