40th Reunion details
| RCR members RCR SlideShow RFA 1970 Yearbook NEW RCR ANNEX SITE ! another avenue to chat, blog, and reminisce (thanks to Deb Hall) 40th Reunion details ! The 101st Annual Commencement (thanks to Saneen Armstrong) Billboard's Top 100 Songs from1970 then, now, and in between (various pictures sent in from RCR individuals) Ellie's Pictures (thanks to Ellie Krupowicz) Susan's Pictures (thanks to Susan Spadafora) Memorial Page (forever in our hearts...) |
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Staley Jr High 1965 Yearbook - 7th
grade pictures (thanks to Rick Nasci) Staley Jr High 1966 Yearbook - 8th grade pictures (thanks to Rick Nasci) Staley Jr High 1967 Yearbook - 9th grade pictures (thanks to Leo Angelicola) Staley Jr High 1967 football team (thanks to Phil Domenico) Strough Jr High 1967 Yearbook - 9th grade pictures (thanks to Georgeann Wakulik) Elementary School Pictures (Columbus - Fort Stanwix - De Witt Clinton Bell Road) Past Reunion Pictures (10yr - 20yr - 30yr - 35yr) Phiddley and More (cartoons and poems by Phil Domenico) Mr. Vacca (my personal memorium) |
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How
did the RCR group form
and
evolve?
Well, I've said
Phil Domenico was responsible, and Phil has said I am
responsible. Actually we
both are. I never
attended RFA because I moved from Rome 1966
during the first week of ninth
grade. I first
contacted Phil via
Facebook in April 2009. We reminisced
a bit
back and forth about some experiences at Columbus Elementary. But
on
June 10th, Phil had sent me the Columbus 5th
grade class
picture. Phil and I went back and forth seeing how many names we
could remember. This, in my
opinion,
was the catalyst which began the RCR group. From
reconnecting with a few Romans in the last 10
or so
years, I had email addresses of Susan Sutter and Candy Knudsen,
and Dennis Ceklovsky (all
from that 5th grade class) and so I copied them on the emails and
they joined in with
helping to name the students of the
class. Soon after, I copied Denise Desimone, whom I had also
found via Facebook
this year. She was not in that
5th
grade class picture, but I was in her class in 6th grade and thought
she would
also know some names from the 5th
grade
picture. Eventually, there was a 1st grade picture emailed to me
and we all started to name the students
from
that one also. Debbie Durgan, Valerie Catalano, and Debbie Hall
were copied soon afterwards on these
emails
and more reminiscing began, not just with elementary, but with
junior high and RFA. I don't
remember the
entire order of those email addresses that got added, but the group
continued to grow. Sometime in
October or
November 2009, Debbie Hall referred to this group as the RCR (Roman
Cyber Reunion) and the name
stuck. It is
now January 2010 and the group continues to grow via word of
mouth. - Dennis Parrish
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