50th Reunion Invitation

 Classmates - here is the official invitation! If you need more info, please email us at:

Aragon1973reunioncommittee@gmail.com in order to make reservations and obtain hotel information. Hope to reconnect with you in September!

Pictures, calling all pictures!

 Dear '73 classmates,

The reunion committee is hard at work planning and disseminating information to each of you.

By now, you should have received a card in the mail and/or an email with Save the Date information. We are asking that you RSVP as soon as you can, as this will help us set a price for the weekend.

Now, we are requesting that you send pictures. Your pictures from high school, your friends, parties, dances, sporting events or any school activity! Sadly, I have few pictures from that time, but my hunch is there are some hidden gems out there. 

We would like any and all that you would like to have shared. Please send the pictures in a JPEG format to the following email address:

Aragon1973reunioncommittee@gmail.com.

Several of you are still finding us on our Facebook page, which is another good site to learn information. Aragon Reunion 2023 (class of 1973).

We hope to continue hearing from each of you and I look forward to reuniting in September!

Martha Hazen Henry

 Model Train Museum in San Diego

When you were growing up did you have a model train collection.  Well it seems you do not need to be a kid to still like to play with trains or have a collection.  Recently Steve Wetterer,  his son Steele, my husband and I met in Balboa Park and went to the model train museum.  I didn't really have an interest in trains growing up but found this museum fascinating.  Of course Steve and his son knew the names of all the train engines and what kind of train they were.  The displays showed various areas of San Diego and California.  It was interesting to see what San Diego looked like years ago and how much it has changed. I even enjoyed watching the trains travel along the tracks and look at the detail of the displays.

This was another opportunity to connect with one of our fellow Aragon '73 classmates. Have you made and new connections?  We would love to hear about them.  You can send stories and pictures in to: aragon1973reunioncommittee@gmail.com  I would be happy to post them in the blog for you.

I can't encourage you enough to get out there and make some 

connections with old friends/classmates.

 Good Morning Classmates,

I thought I would let you "see" what I have been doing this summer. We live in Eastern Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountains. We took our 2 and a half year old grandson to a spur of the Appalachian Trail in Delaware Water Gap. Trust me, the trail in PA is mostly rock and not suitable for toddlers! However, it was a personal thrill to be a part of a trail system that I love hearing about. There is an old Presbyterian Church on the Mountain that has a free inside hostel for hikers with hot shower, bunk beds and a community dinner on Thursday evenings. A friend is a Deacon at this church and the stories they have to tell! We attended a community concert there last night and the hikers were relaxing on the hill with us. 

Please share your adventures with us!

Martha Hazen Henry

 

Did you have a good friend in high school that you haven't talked to in a very long time?  Does this person come to mind every once in a while and you wonder what they are doing? Do you think to yourself that you need look them up and give them a call, but you just don't seem to get around to it.  You also convince yourself that maybe they don't remember you or you don't have anything in common anymore.  Stop talking yourself out of contacting them!

One thing I have learned being on the reunion committee is how fun it is to reconnect with friends.  It even has been a great experience getting to know classmates that I didn't know very well back 49 years ago, but now I can't imagine not having them in my life.

Don't delay any longer!  Take some time and call, send an email or a letter to that friend.  While you're at it, look up a second friend and reconnect.  

Dave Ware and Dave Terry, recently got together for a visit.  Pam Share Slater and I, along with our husbands,  also got together for the most amazing tacos I have ever had.

So don't miss the opportunity, contact that friend.

When was the last time you were able to visit the Aragon Highschool campus? Measure M back around 2011 allowed quite a few revitalization projects to be completed on the campus.  On a recent visit to San Mateo I had to go by the Aragon Campus and see what it looked like.  Wow! It looks so much nicer than it did when we attend Aragon.  There is a new classroom wing and a new Theater building.  There have been improvements to student services, centralized air conditioning and a renovated stadium with a new turf field, an all weather track, new bleachers with a press box and bathrooms.  Amazing!!

As part of the reunion activities we are trying to organize a tour of the Aragon campus.  It will be so nice to get a look of all the changes.  Maybe save a little extra time when you come to the reunion to enjoy some of the extra activities we are planning.   I know there is still a year to go before the reunion but there is still lots of things to get ready for all of you.  I can't wait to see you!

Earlier this month the reunion committee met in San Mateo to work on a number of aspects of the reunion.  We did a taste test at the Elks club to finalize the menu selections and to further check out the facility.  I think you will be happy with the menu and the facility.  We also looked at various venues for a group picnic, met together to work on other topics and of course had some great fun along the way and really enjoyed being together.