Welcome to the Home Page of

the Class of 1960 Alumni

Wakefield High School  -  Arlington, VA

As of Weds afternoon, 8 Sept, there are 28+ days until the 50th begins!

These web pages are to inform, assist, and engage our "Classmates" from Wakefield who were seniors in the 1959-60 school year  -  and those who would have been there in 1960 if fate hadn't intervened and taken them to other schools and other circumstances (our "Auxiliary Classmates").

Here you'll find info on Class of 1960 activities coming up, learn where things stand right now, and see reports and pictures of events past.  Get info here to help you register and get accommodations for our 50th reunion in October; to plan your sightseeing and extracurricular activities while you're in DC for the 50th; and enjoy some things that will bring back memories.  Send in stories about what you've been doing, and pictures if you've got them.  We'll post them in the "News" section.  Lost your Starstone?  We've got all of it posted in the "Memories" section.  Got a question?  See the "Committees" and "Contact Us" sections to find out who you need to get in touch with.  Got money you're itching to give to a worthy cause?  See the "Donations" section for ideas.  Don't see something that should be here?  Let us know and we'll get 'er done.

What should you look at/do?

Some locations and updates in these pages that we want to particularly highlight are:

More classmates are registered   See the "Classmates" pages, and find out which people have registered "RGSTRD" to attend, and which have said "YES", they're going to register and attend.  It's time for you to commit. We need to know how many folks are coming, so we can get our orders in for the right amounts of stuff. 

Attendance list   See the "News" pages.  Don't want to take the time to page through the "Classmates" pages to see who's coming to the 50th?  Just scroll down a little bit in the "News" pages and you will find a stand-alone list of people that have registered to attend.  Is your name there yet?  Get your name up where it belongs!  Take care of registration!

50th Reunion registration forms   The registration form from the back of the Jul 2010 Newsletter is posted stand-alone at the "Forms" section of these pages. Please print out the registration form, fill it out, and send it along with your check to Wakefield '60 at the address shown on the top of this page.

Hotel Reservations for 50th Reunion   Time is flying.  You cannot afford to put off reserving your room at the reunion hotel any longer.  Go to the top-of-page menu and click on "Links".  Then click on the "REUNION HOTEL" link, and read about how to register.  And, just as important, read about why you shouldn't put this off.  Our reunion hotel this time around is not the humongous complex that we've used the past several reunions.  If you wait much longer, you risk the possibility of not being able to get a room.  DO IT NOW!!!

July 2010 Newsletter   The most recent Newsletter is accessible from the "News" section of these pages.  Check it out for the latest on the 50th anniversary reunion and beyond.  Lots of items of interest.

Previous Newsletters   Prior newsletters (Feb 2010 and May 2009) continue to be available to you via the links near the bottom of the "News" section of these pages.

Sarasota 2010   Photos and commentary from the April 2010 mini-reunion in Sarasota are now posted (finally).  Take a look and see what you missed.  Go to "Memories" section of this site.  (Many photos viewable now, but more are coming soon.)

More classmates   A process of "migration" has started, whereby the names of "Auxiliary Classmates" who have indicated an interest in our activities are now being listed in the main "Classmates" tabulations.  We fondly remember all who were with us at some point along the way, but didn't make it to our senior year, and if you want to be listed in the "Classmates" section, we'd love to have you there.  Just get in touch with Rich Lyons (see "Contact Us"), offer him a suitable bribe, and all will be taken care of.  Seriously, we did not want to presume anything.  Just let us know of your interest, and you'll get a free upgrade.

Sick list   Our classmates are laid up with a serious illness.  When we hear of them, we'll let you know about it under the "Sick List" heading in the "News" section of these pages.  When things are not going well, a note from you indicating you're sorry to hear that they're not doing too well, and relating some remembrance of them or some something that you've experienced of interest lately can be just the thing to give them a little lift.  When you see names posted there, take a little time out of your day to remember those that would so enjoy and appreciate hearing from you.

Graduation photo   It took a while to finally get our hands on a class photo, but at last there's one posted for your entertainment.  There are 600+ of us in the bleachers, and those of us that were in the back rows aren't as in focus as those in the front rows.  But if you look them over carefully, you'll be able to identify yourself, and quite a lot of others, probably.  Have fun with it!  Go to "Memories" section of this site. 

Wakefield's new principal   There's a new person in charge at Wakefield, and not only does he have impressive credentials, but his optimism and enthusiasm are going to do a lot for Wakefield.  Read about a visit several Class of '60 alumni paid him recently, and read about his promotion and additional staff appointments on the "News" pages.

Donations   The Reunion Committee worked hard to keep the registration cost down as much as possible.  As a result, some good ideas had to be relegated to the "nice-to-do but don't make the cut" category.  If you are willing to consider underwriting one of the nice-to-do items, click on "Donations" in the top-of-page menu, and read the discusion on this subject.  The Donations section now also includes a list of all who have donated since the previous major reunion (2005).

Faculty/Staff   There are now new pages that provide a tabulation of Faculty/Staff members.  For those that we have bio and current information on, you will eventually be able to click on their names and bring up the info.  For those that are deceased, you will eventually be able to click on names to bring up those obituaries we have.  At present, the only clickable name we have posted is that of Lois Parker, but we will be working on getting more info attached to this page as the reunion gets nearer.  Click on "Memories" in the top-of-page menu, and then scroll down to "Faculty/Staff" and click there.

Juniors of 1960   The Starstone section under the "Memories" pages has now been expanded to include the Juniors portion of the Starstone.  Click on "Memories" in the top-of-page menu, and then scroll down to "Starstone" and click there.  Then click on any of the Senior thumbnails (there aren't any Junior thumbnails yet), and then once you're onto the side-by-side pages, click on "Juniors" in the top-of-page menu.

Sophomores of 1960   The Starstone section under the "Memories" pages has now been expanded to include the Sophomores portion of the Starstone.  Click on "Memories" in the top-of-page menu, and then scroll down to "Starstone" and click there.  Then click on any of the Senior thumbnails (there aren't any Sophomore thumbnails yet), and then once you're onto the side-by-side pages, click on "Sophomoresquot; in the top-of-page menu.

Apologies

It may have seemed to you that the web pages were largely dormant for many months prior to June.  That's because the web pages were largely dormant for many months prior to June.  An inquiring mind might be wondering, "What the heck?"  Well, it's a long story.  Oh no, wait.  It's a short story.  Mistakes were made.  Distractions occurred.  There were problems of remembering priorities, and also there were problems of remembering priorities.  Prescriptions have been refilled and, after they kick in, there will be no further lapses.  These pages will be updated on a continuing basis until our 50th occurs, and beyond until the after-action reports are in.

Many Thanks.

We are indebted to the Wakefield Education Foundation (WEF), for hosting our Class pages, and to Conchita Saulmon Mitchell (Class of '66 and President of WEF) for putting us in touch with a couple of savvy web page gurus, namely:

John Abbott (Class of '65 and Wakefield Education Foundation Trustee) who put together a "strawman" framework for us, gave us many tips, and has continually installed new and updated pages for us on the WEF site; and

Tom Rowlett (Class of '59 and web-master for the '59 Class pages at WEF web-site) who steered us to some invaluable references and software, gave us many tips, and shared his web-page coding for the Wakefield '59 Class pages for edification.

Want to go to W.E.F. (news for all alumni of all classes)?

Click here to get to WAKEFIELD EDUCATION FOUNDATION web site