Hot off the heels of the class of 1974’s 50th grad anniversary, members of PGSS’ class of 1976 are in the early stages of planning their own anniversary celebration.
Greg Springall is one of a group of organizers interested in tracking down the rest of the class of ’76.
“We had a class of over 700 students,” he told My PG Now. “One of the greatest challenges we have is contacting them. I have [contacts for] around 15% of them… we are still looking at well over 600 people we don’t have contact information for.”
Springall said he hopes to spread the word about the reunion, and is asking other 1976 class members to reach out to [email protected] or their Facebook group to reconnect and get more information as plans are formed.
The successful ’74 reunion prompted the class of ’76 to get their wheels in motion – according to Springall, one of the two people who started on the project is married to a ’74 graduate and attended their celebration.
“From all accounts that I have heard, it was a great event,” he said. “The legacy fund they created was a lovely initiative, and one we hope to emulate.”
As members of the grad class are brought back together, Springall said the organizing crew are looking for volunteers to help plan and run the event.
“Right now we are focused on a Saturday evening event, I would love if someone came forward and said ‘I would love to do something on Friday night or Sunday.’ That would be wonderful.”
Thinking back to his days at PGSS, Springall said he fondly remembered the jukebox in the cafeteria.
“I remember spending several hours sitting in that cafeteria, and the classic songs I still relate to blasting out from that jukebox,” he said, listing The Night Chicago Died and Locomotion as two examples.
“One I tried to avoid was the smoke room,” he said with a laugh. “They had a smoke room in the school. I was not a smoker, I tried to avoid that.”
And as is true for most high school students, regardless of which year they crossed the stage, Springall said “For me, a lot of my fondest memories are not involved with classroom activities… it was a great time to be alive.”
He also hopes for a chance to take a tour of the high school with the grad class – though a smoke room and jukebox will not be on the list of sights to be seen.
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