George Rogers Clark High School

"Friends are those rare people who ask how we are 
and then wait to hear the answer." - Ed Cunningham

Click here to see step-by-step instructions in a separate window on how to register for the reunion right here on the web site.

Welcome to the George Rogers Clark High School Class of 1985 web site! We hope it will be helpful in renewing friendships and sharing reunion information.

To get started, just click Classmate Profiles on the left and find your name in the list. In addition to updating your contact information (which you can either show or hide), you can add personal comments, family details, high school memories, schooling after GRC, favorite quotes, photos, and even your favorite YouTube videos (see Jim Zielinski's profile for a good example). The site now has over 100 classmates registered. Over the past two months, the site has been averaging 15 to 20 classmates visiting each day.

Our 25-year reunion will be on July 24, 2010 at the Lost Marsh Clubhouse in Hammond. Cool facility. The event will take place during the 2010 Pierogi Fest weekend in Whiting, so there will be other fun things to do that weekend. Please click the 25-Year Reunion link on the left to get more details and to register. Suggestions for the reunion? Let us know.

Enjoy the site!

The GRC85 Reunion Committee
Email the committee at grc85@yahoogroups.com

ANNOUNCEMENTS •   Classmates on Facebook: Visit the GRC85 Facebook page to reconnect with friends. It's worth it just to see Jeff Adam's collection of creative profile photos. Seriously. •   Golf Outing on July 23: Classmates interested in a golf outing at Lost Marsh on Friday July 23, the day before the reunion, can contact Carl Pietrucha. Just log in, click the Classmate Profiles link at the top left, find Carl's name in the list, and send him a message on his profile page. There are already eight classmates who are planning to golf. •   There's a new radio button on the Edit Profile page that lets you indicate whether you're planning to attend the reunion in July 2010. There's no payment associated with this button, so we ask that you eventually visit the 25-Year Reunion page to register "officially." In the meantime, clicking this button will let classmates see who's planning to attend on the Classmate Profiles page. Visit the Edit Profile page, scroll all the way down, and click the Yes or No radio button for attending the reunion. Thanks! •   Ziggy Awards Posted. Remember the GRC85 Ziggy awards? Check out the list of nominees and winners on the GRC Links Plus page. Oh the memories. •   Then and Now: Check out the "Then and Now Slideshow" link on the left to see a slideshow of classmates from high school and today. Send a current ("now") photo to grc85@yahoogroups.com, and we'll update the slideshow. •   Refer a Friend to ClassCreator: Do you know someone (spouse, friend, relative) who might be interested in starting a web site for their class reunion? If so, give them this link: http://www.classcreator.com/index.cfm?M=M1503060. We will receive a $50 referral fee for anyone who starts their own site from that link. This could go a long way in funding the GRC85 site. Have questions before making a referral? Let us know. •   Entertainment Book: Order a 2010 Entertainment Book for your home area. The price ranges from $20 to $35 depending on your location. Lots of great deals. With each order, $6.00 goes to the reunion fund. Visit this link to check out the savings and order: www.fundraising.entertainment.com/esale2.cfm?CI=963667&SI=681843&LI=1. Forward the link to family and friends...or give a few as gifts. •   Classmate birthdays: be sure to log in to see upcoming classmate birthdays on the right side of this page. •   Top Teachers: Click the Teacher Survey link on the left to tell us which teachers you would like us to invite to the 25-Year Reunion in 2010. With 70+ votes cast so far, the top vote getters are McCampbell, Bachmann, Montalbano, Turner, Glowacki and Weiss. •   Photo Slideshow: Click the High School Photos link on the left to see pictures from back in the day. Have any high school photos to add? Scan them at Walgreens/CVS/Mal-Mart and email the digital versions to us at grc85@yahoogroups.com. •   Email a Classmate: If you have email addresses for people from our class who don't have updated profiles, use the Missing Classmates box on the right side of this page to send them email invitations to visit this site so they can update their profiles. And if they happen to get more than one invitation, that's okay...it just means that more than one person is thinking about them. •   Past Reunion Photos: How many people can you name in the group photos from the two previous reunions? Let us know  in the Discussion Forum. •   Song Survey: Just for fun, take the 2-question Song Survey to identify the songs that best represent your high school experience. Of the 40+ votes cast so far, The Who's "My Generation" has taken a commanding lead. •   Profiles Updated: As of February 9th, 111 classmates have updated their profiles on the site. Many have also added great photos...like this one from Ruthann Bobos.  Have you added photos to your profile yet? •   Contact Information: The people listed under Missing Classmates are those for whom we have no mailing address or email address. It's also possible that some of the contact information that we have for others is out-of-date. So, if you have more up-to-date contact information for any classmates, let us know. •   Are we missing anyone? The 203 people listed on the Classmate Profiles page includes people who were in our class but left Clark prior to 1985. Are we missing anyone? If so, let us know.

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