Ok … time to get a bit reminiscent with just over a week until our reunion.
Tell me, dear classmates, what’s your best memory (or, at least, a good one) from our time at Calvert?
For me … playing Daniel D. Dawgmeat in that screwy musical Lil Abner our senior year. It was the first and last time I acted (well, I probably can’t call it “acting”). It was cheesy, but it was fun and totally out of character for me. Plus, I got to know a different group of kids in different classes.
(And, the cast parties weren’t bad either.)
So let’s hear ‘em… what’s your best memory?

~Jeff

I’ve been away from the computer for a few days, so I’m playing a bit of catch-up on the blogging. (That Amy Clouse Recker’s going to start cracking the whip on me.)

Anyway … I exchanged e-mails with Tony Mass. He’s out til next week, but hopefully he’ll get back to me. I’m really hoping to set up some sort of tour/visit of Calvert.

I don’t know about anybody else, I haven’t stepped foot in ol’ CHS since graduation day.

I’ll let you know if I hear anything.

~ Jeff

The ‘rents came by this weekend and dropped off my copy of our 1986 yearbook.

Have have any of you opened it lately — it’s frightening. That Stacklin kid’s kind of dorky looking. There certainly are some silly pictures — and memories — in there.

I was looking at the faculty section, which I compared with the current faculty listing on the Calvert web site (http://www.calvert.tld.pvt.k12.oh.us/). Beyond principal Tony Mass, who then taught psychology, sociology, etc., and Sr. Maureen, all our teachers are gone.

(OK, I realize it’s 20 years later, but I guess I would have thought there’d be a few more teachers still there.)

Anyway … I’ll go out on a limb here: My two favorite teachers at good ol’ Calvert High were Mr. Diringer and Sr. Ricardo. In both cases, they expected nothing but our best — which, of course, at the time I hated. I know Mr. Diringer is at St. Francis these days. Anyone know what happened to Sr. Ricardo?

So, who were your favorite teachers from Calvert?

Jeff

Amy Clouse introduced a topic that might merit some discussion, as we ponder our time at Calvert High back in the 1980s.

I’ll be honest: I don’t know much about the planned consolidation of the Catholic schools in Tiffin beyond what Amy and Jane talked about in their posts.

That said, from a business perspective, it certainly seems to make sense. You don’t need an MBA to see the rationale in eliminating administrative costs and all of the duplication that occurs from school to school. (Frankly, the bit of business acumen I acquired from Zip Zoeller’s General Business class is enough to provide clarity.)

Still, there’s another issue at stake: nostalgia. I’m sure we all remember our days at St. Joe’s and St. Mary’s elementary schools, and there’s some part of us that feels those schools should remain as they were when we attended them.

Then again, they were pretty beaten up when we were there and, unless things have changed since we were there, I’m guessing there’s not a lot of money to fix ‘em up.

Anyway … What do you all think?

Jeff