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09/09/08 02:40 PM

Lori Faber (Smith) (1979)

Kate sent you a message.

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Subject: Donview the 70's

I was in the 2nd graduating class - I started Grade 8 the year Donview opened. There are no '50's grads but there are a some from the sixties. I'm thinking I was graduated in 67 because that Fall I was on a Grade 10 school trip to Expo so that means Donview opened in 65. I remember that I was in the school the afternoon of the big blackout.

The teachers were totally different from the ones you "kids" are talking about however. Mr. Llewellyn and M Grignard & the math teacher Mr. Smart[?] are the ones I remember. Richard Llewellyn was a weird Welshman and a ton of fun too. M Grignard taught French and lived in our neighbourhood, so he tutored my friend Janice & me over the summer after grade 8.

We had great school dances and some guys in our class had a band called the "Hobbits", that played at least one of those dances.

Somewhere I have the class photo - will post it up when I find it.

Feel free to let me know if you hear from anyone in my era

Best regards, Kate Odell

03/06/09 10:05 PM

Susan Thornton (1979)

Haha,
Lori, your mention of the band "the hobbits" that played a few dances reminded me of my brother's band "Gemineye"! The school was kind enough to let them play at dances too. mind you, they were in high-school by then but had all gone to Donview. I remember being "cool" for a change because MY BROTHER was up there being a rock star!! This would have been some time in 82-84 or so. Thanks for jogging my memory, I'm laughing my head off about it!

04/17/09 08:42 PM	#3
Dan Crocker (1979) i think the band that played for our high school prom in 1975 was the beatles tribute band LIVERPOOL, Dan Crocker

11/20/09 11:35 AM	#4
Mark Souvalian (1979) Hi all I was in Donview in the late 80's. My class was the first to change from grade 8 into high school at grade 9. I had a great time in the school. My friends were all cool and the teachers made these years very memorable. I still keep in contact with some of my friends. One of my favorite class trips was Clairmonte.

01/16/11 09:33 PM

Lori Faber (Smith) (1979)

We are looking for school pictures from 1965 to current.

Please send me a message with the pictures and I'll upload them to the gallery.

Thanks.

Lori

07/28/13 07:52 AM

Judy McEnaney (Monahan) (1968)

I was there from '65 and I remember Mr Llewellyn! He was my fav, until I got glasses part way through grade 8 and he started calling me "the intelligent looking one with the glasses' (but I forgave him) lol! We made an animated film for English class.....never saw the end result though.

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