Irma R. McQueen

After graduating from Heights High for the 2nd time in 2004 (30 years) as a Business/Vocational/Co-op Coordinator and Educator, I decided to continue with my passion for singing, acting, and dancing on stage, T.V. and in Movies. Summer of 2017, I did 3 movies: "Eat Like A Bird", a documentary on eating disorders--Production Assistant and movie extra; "White Boy Rick" starring Matthew McConaughey--as a movie extra; and "Hey Mr. Postman", a comedy directed and produced by Cleveland, OH locals. In this movie, I am the Mother of the main character Brian Lincoln. I continue to sing with my church choir Voices of Koinonia and have recently joined a show choir: NoteOriety Show Choir of Solon, OH. Our R&B band, AfterThought & the NuSoul Band is still singing around the city of Cleveland and PA for both public and private affairs and hope to do more in the future.

It was strange going back to Hts. and trying to call the teachers by their first names...however, my first question was to Mr. Babic about those passes that Morris Topper & Louis Berman forged for all of us...yes, they found them in the locker; I believe after we graduated. August of 2017, the retirees were invited to view our new high school before the public...Wow! What a change and oh so state-of-the-art! I posted pictures on Facebook but you will have to see it for yourself.
As one of the 25 Black Students attending CHHS back in the late 60s, it was quite an eye-opening experience. In our class there were 10 Black students out of 1,019 grads. Other students were friendly but distance in most cases. I have made more '69 friends in my latter years. I am thankful that we have changed to includes those that we may not have even spoken to back in the 60s. Our reunions have been wonderful. Thank you to all of you who have worked and continue to work on our reunions and bring us together to share our lives and our memories.

New Knox, Old Knox/Charles W. Elliott, Audubon, Patrick Henry, Glenville