Palo Alto High School
Class of 1976
50th Reunion Aug 21-23, 2026!
We've added a fun event for Friday afternoon!! See below.
FULL WEEKEND PROGRAM BELOW!! WHERE TO PARK!! EVERYTHING!!
TO ALL CLASSMATES! WHETHER YOU CAN ATTEND REUNION OR NOT!!
PLEASE COMPLETE THE CLASS SURVEY (BASIC BIOGRAPHICAL INFO) THAT WILL BE PRESENTED AT REUNION AND ONLINE: GO HERE:
Class Profile & Memory Survey
FOR OUR REUNION YEARBOOK: send your short bio, words of wisdom, and / or favorite picture to:
benjmsher@gmail.com
LAST CHANCE FOR TICKETS!
To reserve your spot at the 50th Reunion Banquet, please send $130 by either venmo or zelle. If you don't have either of these, please contact DianeSampson88@gmail.com and she will assist you with alternative methods of payment. We encourage you to bring a guest, but don't forget to also pay for your guest.
All other events of the weekend are free!
To view a preliminary list of who is coming (as of July 31) see below. The turnout is amazing, and you won't want to miss this reunion! DEADLINE TO BUY TICKETS EXTENDED TO AUGUST 10TH!!
If you'd like to pay by venmo, here is the link: https://account.venmo.com/u/palyreunion1976
If you'd like to pay by zelle, you will need to login to your bank account and add DianeSampson88@gmail.com to your list of payees and then send the $130.
If you are coming from out of town don't forget to reserve an airbnb or hotel. Some classmates are booking airbnb's as a group.
GET YOUR GEAR ON: www.PalyAlumniStore.com Cups, Caps, Shirts, amazing things! Order today so they arrive before Reunion! Classmate James Kelly set this up specially for our 50th! Check it out for your favorite item!
FULL WEEKEND PROGRAM
NEW EVENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON: RSVP TO JAMES KELLY wisdom-futures2f@ icloud.com
Join an intrepid group of ’76 Paly Alumni on Friday, Aug 21, from 3 to 5pm for some "Top Golf" in San Jose. This is an optional, extracurricular, not-official, pay-your-own-way event. Schedule: Arrive and get ready to play 3-3:30PM. Play 3:30-5PM. Top Golf is a super fun way to hang out, eat yummy appetizers or lunch/dinner, while experiencing the most fun gamification of golf yet.
You don’t have to bring your own clubs, Top Golf has quality clubs for free for men, ladies, left-handers, right-handers, kids, and toddlers for your convenience. You don’t even need to be a “golfer” to have a blast there. In addition to golf, there’s foosball, shuffleboard and a huge sports bar. The facility in San Jose is close to our events, right off Hwy 237 near Levi Stadium. Visit the site: https://topgolf.com/us/ san-jose/
We’ll get a set of booths next to each other for a couple of hours of fun. If turnout is good, we’ll get group perks and lower prices. Top Golf is a bargain as is, with 6 people to a booth, average price per hour/per person on Friday runs $10. Please RSVP ASAP if you’d like to participate in this event to James Kelly: wisdom-futures2f@ icloud.com or text to: 805-616-2022
FIRST EVENT, FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 21st, 7 to 10pm
No host food and drinks at the Patio in downtown Palo Alto: 412 Emerson St.
(YOU CAN ARRIVE EARLY AND ORDER A LEISURELY DINNER OR GET FOOD AT 7 OR LATER, EITHER WAY)
https://www.thepatiopa.com/
Free parking across the street or in the nearby City of Palo Alto garage at Bryant / Lytton Garage (tesla chargers) or anywhere on the streets of Palo Alto after 5pm.
SECOND EVENT, SATURDAY MORNING, 10:45 AM:
TOUR OF THE PALY CAMPUS!
Gather at 10:45 a.m. at the (fabulous, new Peery Gym) off of Churchill St.
2 hour tour -- bring water
Optional: brunch / lunch at Town & Country, before or after the tour. Keep in mind that our main event is only four hours after the tour is over. So plan accordingly.
(We will be starting the tour with the great Class of 1956!)
THIRD EVENT, BANQUET AT MICHAELS (by the Bay):
5pm - 11pm
2960 N Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA
https://shorelinelinks.com/michaels-bar-grill/
Great food, curated music by your classmates, slideshow reels, and other fun stuff!
FOURTH and FINAL EVENT--PICNIC AT FOOTHILLS PARK (Foothills Nature Preserve)
11am - 3pm
3300 Page Mill Rd., Los Altos, CA -- proceed to the Oak Grove picnic area at far end of the lawn
$6 entry fee per car (carpoolers meet at main Paly parking lot at 10:30am)
Bring your own lunch and / or bbq gear
There are flush toilets at the picnic site as well as a water fountain/water bottle fill station.
Park rules: No smoking/vaping No alcohol No drones No dogs on weekends
Also on Sunday morning:
Friends of Bill W. are invited to attend the Sunday 9 am Spiritual Step Study AA meeting on Stanford campus. It is held in Rogers House, near Tressider Union.
Details & map: https://aasanjose.org/meetings/spiritual-step-study?weekday=sunday
Feel free to contact Lucinda A. for more information.
lucindawabbott@gmail.com 650-279-3495
Click here to view your Invitation to the 50th Reunion:
/000/7/3/6/28637/userfiles/file/Paly50thInviteFnl%20(2).pdf
A List of a few Local Hotels / Motels:
1. Crown Plaza Cabana on El Camino:
https://www.ihg.com/crowneplaza/hotels/us/en/palo-alto/sfoca/hoteldetail?cm_mmc=GoogleMaps-_-CP-_-US-_-SFOCA
2. the Zen Hotel on El Camino
3. https://www.shashihotel.com/ (near Michael's, our Saturday evening venue)
4. Palo Alto / Los Altos Courtyard by Marriott:
https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/paocy-courtyard-palo-alto-los-altos/overview/?cid=NAT_google_hotel_url
5. Airbnbs (contact benjmsher@gmail.com for a bed, room, or tent space in Palo Alto)
as of July 17: contact your classmates to share hotel rooms and airbnbs!
| Ticket Sales | |
| 1 | Ben Sher |
| 2 | Diana Dole |
| 4 | Eddie and Lori Scher |
| 5 | Lori Monasmith Hay |
| 7 | Sonya and Gary Bradski |
| 8 | Leslie Mills |
| 9 | Anne Nachtsheim Forburger |
| 10 | Polly Walton Timmerman |
| 11 | James Kelly |
| 12 | Lara Tierney Wilent |
| 13 | Oets Emmons |
| 14 | Joan Markoff |
| 15 | Charles Ponce De Leon |
| 16 | Mary Aarts Zweng |
| 17 | Susan Gloystein |
| 18 | Nancy Rogers Brady |
| 19 | Lucinda Waggener Abbott |
| 20 | Diane Benham Sampson |
| 21 | Tom Carlson |
| 22 | Jan Schmidt Spano |
| 23 | Margo Monson Staton |
| 24 | Cheryll Acton |
| 25 | Erica Prince |
| 26 | Jay Schlumpberger |
| 27 | Thomas Buzzard |
| 28 | Phil Sisson |
| 29 | Erin Dede Swezey |
| 31 | Tom and Mary Simanek |
| 32 | Randy Hall |
| 34 | Pete & Diana Hallesy |
| 35 | Leila Jacobson Noel |
| 36 | Sandra Joo Wagner |
| 37 | Mark Bell |
| 38 | Steve Corchado |
| 39 | Mark Satterlee |
| 41 | Jerrry Brown & Judy Kraus Brown |
| 42 | Julie Fiene Yeager |
| 43 | Nina Peschcke-Koedt |
| 44 | Mike Birkes |
| 46 | Ron & Kim Kramer |
| 47 | Joanne Brumbaugh Archer |
| 49 | Abby Grossman and Glen Dayton |
| 50 | Deborah Lawder Sullivan |
| 51 | Richard Cuevas |
| 52 | Tad Williams |
| 53 | Betsy Britton Abraham |
| 54 | Mary Del Favero Page |
| 55 | Steve Brennan |
| 57 | Doug & Carol Heckinger |
| 58 | Marie Olsen |
| 60 | Mark Allen and Katie Mason |
| 61 | Barbara Weis |
| 62 | Michael Birkes |
| 63 | Eric Cretarolo |
| 64 | Monique Vescia |
| 66 | Jim and Enid (Baumgardner) Greenfield |
| 67 | Donn Paulk |
| 68 | Robert Schlaefli |
| 69 | Martha Mann Sedgley |
| 71 | Ronald Nitz, Brett Farnam |
| 73 | Jean Roberta Leong and guest |
| 75 | Mark and Ellyn Wong |
| 76 | Jim Lehman |
| 77 | Christy Crews |
| 79 | Mary Lowe and guest |
| 80 | Paul Jaqua |
| 81 | Donny Lobree |
| 82 | Charles Cullen |
| 83 | Eric Nordman |
| 84 | John Rovegno |
| 85 | Dene Rowell |
| 86 | Diane Cuccia Peterson |
| 87 | Patricia Altschul Moses |
| 88 | Lise Sorenson Brunhart |
| 89 | Boris Zuboz |
| 91 | Richard Lee and wife Vanessa |
| 92 | Christopher Pittman |
| 93 | Steve Lum |
| 94 | Amy Alleman |
| 96 | Vanessa Hemphill and Judy Alexander |
| 97 | Sandra Joo Wagner (Kevin Crane) |
| 98 | Janine Bisharat |
| 99 | Keith Nordman |
| Erik Towle |
| Liz Welch |
| Holly Thuman |
| Harrison Roth |
| Gretchen Diether Haake and Tom Haake |
| Carola Lipset |
| Tim and Kathy Slatterley |
| Jennifer Long |
| Rosanna Davis |