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Your high school

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:30 pm
by luns101
I decided to check out where I went to high school. It's been 22 years since I graduated so I wondered if any of my old teachers were still there. I discovered that the Dean of Boys - Harold Canady, has now become the principal there! Many a detention I served under this man's watchful eye...lol

Here's the website. I went to school in Kokomo, Indiana which is so different than where I now live in southern California.

I also found that my old history teacher, Rick Sutton, has now been promoted to Assistant Principal/Building & Grounds. Here's a picture of the administration staff and you can see what Mr. Canady & Mr. Sutton (yeah, I still call them that :lol: ) look like today.

Anyway, whether you're still in high school or an old fart like myself, feel free to share your school's website and describe your school a little bit. Perhaps you might want to share your college's website as well if that's where you are in life.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:46 pm
by spurgistan
Good idea.

Went to high school way back when (ok, 3 years ago) at ye olde Wilbraham and Monson Academy. Day and boarding school, founded in 1804, we had thefirst Chinese student ever to study in the US, ex-school of the Thai royal family. It's come down a bit since then (I mean, I graduated, for pete's sake) but it was fun. We had a great soccer team, beat a lot of bigger schools, actually got a kid drafted in Major League Soccer pretty high this year.

Now I go to Clark University in Worcester. Fun kids. Freud gave a famous lecture here way back, statue's a fun photo op.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:58 pm
by Colossus
I went to Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH... http://www.pinkertonacademy.net/
Affectionately known as 'The Academy' by students and teachers alike, it's a huge high school by NH standards. It's more like a small college campus than a high school...fifteen or so buildings and still growing. The alumni association puts out a monthly newsletter to all alumni. My wife and I each get one every month, so we keep up pretty closely with what's going on, though we haven't been to any reunions or anything crazy like that. Our tenth reunion just went by...how time flies.

I did my undergrad work and my masters at the University of New Hampshire. http://www.unh.edu/
It's one of the largest land grant universities in the country, so there was a pretty heavy emphasis on farming and livestock in the biological science program (which I was in). That was rather funny. I actually took one course in which livestock penis size ended up on exams. Thankfully, that's info I've forgotten. Despite that little humorous tidbit, UNH is a very solid school where undergraduate research is stressed. That actually makes it a great place to study science because you can actively engage in research (on lots of more interesting things than livestock) from your freshman year on. Oh, and the hockey team kicks ass....go wildcats.

Now, I'm finishing up my doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania. http://www.upenn.edu/ There is a bit of the expected ivy league pretense, but I like it anyway. The resources are outstanding and I love philly, so it all works out.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:43 pm
by unriggable
Hey colossus, I'm goin to UNH next year. Visit.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:45 pm
by Colossus
Go to the hockey games...wicked fun. What are you studying?

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:47 pm
by InkL0sed
Colossus wrote:I went to Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH... http://www.pinkertonacademy.net/
Affectionately known as 'The Academy' by students and teachers alike, it's a huge high school by NH standards. It's more like a small college campus than a high school...fifteen or so buildings and still growing. The alumni association puts out a monthly newsletter to all alumni. My wife and I each get one every month, so we keep up pretty closely with what's going on, though we haven't been to any reunions or anything crazy like that. Our tenth reunion just went by...how time flies.

I did my undergrad work and my masters at the University of New Hampshire. http://www.unh.edu/
It's one of the largest land grant universities in the country, so there was a pretty heavy emphasis on farming and livestock in the biological science program (which I was in). That was rather funny. I actually took one course in which livestock penis size ended up on exams. Thankfully, that's info I've forgotten. Despite that little humorous tidbit, UNH is a very solid school where undergraduate research is stressed. That actually makes it a great place to study science because you can actively engage in research (on lots of more interesting things than livestock) from your freshman year on. Oh, and the hockey team kicks ass....go wildcats.

Now, I'm finishing up my doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania. http://www.upenn.edu/ There is a bit of the expected ivy league pretense, but I like it anyway. The resources are outstanding and I love philly, so it all works out.


Is your school by any chance named after the mercenary-thug corporation from the early 20th century?

Re: Your high school

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:55 pm
by Snowpepsi
jol

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:59 pm
by ParadiceCity9
I'm still in high school.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:00 pm
by MR. Nate
I guarantee that no more than 3 of you have ever heard of my High School. I am still in touch with 1/3 of my graduating class.

Of course, when there were only 12 of you, it makes it easier.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:00 pm
by Colossus
No, it's named for John and James Pinkerton, who were Irish immigrant businessmen in southern NH back in the early 1800s.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:01 pm
by InkL0sed
Colossus wrote:No, it's named for John and James Pinkerton, who were Irish immigrant businessmen in southern NH back in the early 1800s.


Oh OK, it seemed like an odd name, to say the least...

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:16 pm
by muy_thaiguy
Laramie High School. Last year (when I graduated), we had the largest graduating class for several year, around 235 students. Out of around 753 total students.

My school doesn't really have much of a website, more of an online newspaper. Anyways, here's the graduation article for my class.

http://my.highschooljournalism.org/wy/laramie/lhs/article.cfm?eid=8596&aid=133391

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:36 pm
by unriggable
Colossus wrote:Go to the hockey games...wicked fun. What are you studying?


Entering into General Bio, but I'm not sure if I'm staying.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:09 pm
by soundout9
ParadiceCity9 wrote:I'm still in high school.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:36 pm
by edwinissweet
i go to peoria notre dame high school. its supposed to be the best school in the area but i barely ever go so i wouldnt know :P

we are the irish and we suck at everything exept soccer golf and cross country.

there are a bunch sexy girls there. u should go

Re: Your high school

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:53 pm
by luns101
Snowpepsi wrote:
luns101 wrote: It's been 22 years since I graduated
Anyway, whether you're still in high school or an old fart like myself.


I thought you were still in highschool. :shock: You are almost my age. :oops: I'm stunned. I assume, until I hear differently that everyone here is a lot younger.


I just act like an adolescent. :lol:

It does seem to fly right by though, seriously. Perhaps you haven't read a lot of my posts. I'm almost always going on about something that happened in the 70's or 80's. I think the oldest person I've met here is NUKE. I have no idea if he still plays on CC.

Anyway, cool website for your school.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:54 pm
by got tonkaed
ill admit it, thats when i knew i had been around here probably for a while, when i read that post thinking luns was younger than i was and i did a little laugh to myself.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:22 pm
by Snowpepsi
edwinissweet wrote:i go to peoria notre dame high school. its supposed to be the best school in the area but i barely ever go so i wouldnt know :P

we are the irish and we suck at everything exept soccer golf and cross country.

there are a bunch sexy girls there. u should go


Have you heard of (if its still there) the Stewart Reiter Home? If you have I'll tell you stew's story.

Re: Your high school

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:23 pm
by Snowpepsi
oh

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:24 pm
by edwinissweet
Snowpepsi wrote:
edwinissweet wrote:i go to peoria notre dame high school. its supposed to be the best school in the area but i barely ever go so i wouldnt know :P

we are the irish and we suck at everything exept soccer golf and cross country.

there are a bunch sexy girls there. u should go


Have you heard of (if its still there) the Stewart Reiter Home? If you have I'll tell you stew's story.


no i tried to google it but nothing interesting came up :(


tell the story anyway :D

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:28 pm
by ignotus
Archbishopric classic gymnasium in Zagreb.

I am actually working with my former history teacher from there (now we are colleagues :wink: ) on a book project. :wink:

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:47 pm
by Snowpepsi
eah

PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:13 pm
by Stymie
I went to a very small school called Texico. My graduating class had 21 students. It is still there and it is now a 2A school. It keeps growing every year. A lot of my teachers are still there and my volleyball coach is there as well. My youngest son will start Jr. High there in 3 years.

PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:15 pm
by 0ojakeo0
Colossus wrote:I went to Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH... http://www.pinkertonacademy.net/
Affectionately known as 'The Academy' by students and teachers alike, it's a huge high school by NH standards. It's more like a small college campus than a high school...fifteen or so buildings and still growing. The alumni association puts out a monthly newsletter to all alumni. My wife and I each get one every month, so we keep up pretty closely with what's going on, though we haven't been to any reunions or anything crazy like that. Our tenth reunion just went by...how time flies.

I did my undergrad work and my masters at the University of New Hampshire. http://www.unh.edu/
It's one of the largest land grant universities in the country, so there was a pretty heavy emphasis on farming and livestock in the biological science program (which I was in). That was rather funny. I actually took one course in which livestock penis size ended up on exams. Thankfully, that's info I've forgotten. Despite that little humorous tidbit, UNH is a very solid school where undergraduate research is stressed. That actually makes it a great place to study science because you can actively engage in research (on lots of more interesting things than livestock) from your freshman year on. Oh, and the hockey team kicks ass....go wildcats.

Now, I'm finishing up my doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania. http://www.upenn.edu/ There is a bit of the expected ivy league pretense, but I like it anyway. The resources are outstanding and I love philly, so it all works out.
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Haha central catholic

PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:43 pm
by bspride
i go to school in Garden City a small little farming community...We have like 300 kids from K-12.we also play 6 man football!