Welcome to our Grossmont High School class of 1964 web site. It's a place for everyone to share stuff about our class, fellow Foothillers, and each other. The important thing is that

THIS SITE IS FOR EVERYONE!!

We want this to be a place where we can catch up on what's been happening, stay in touch, and just share stuff — sorta like when we would hang out with friends, or eat lunch on the quad, or see others around school or in classes, or go to dances and football games, or cruise Oscar's and Burger House, or just go to the beach and lay in the sun or maybe pretend we were great surfers.


FACEBOOK PAGE

A Facebook Page was opened July 2018 as a forum for us to continue and expand the friendships from our Grossmont years and those renewed at our 50th Reunion. Please join and share your updates, notes, stories, photos, and videos: Grossmont High School Class of 1964

60th REUNION



Join your classmates for an afternoon on a bay front lawn at the Catamaran Resort Hotel on Mission Bay, site of our 60th Reunion.

In a background of 60's music, reconnect with classmates, swap some old and new stories, and enjoy a BBQ Buffet presented by the Catamaran Resort. The Catamaran is providing a Cash Bar on site, Umbrellas to shade our tables, and Lawn Games to reengage that old competitive spirit. We already have over 70 planning to attend.

Date/Time: Friday, September 20, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 3:00PM with several Resort spaces and activities available after the -Official- Reunion to continue celebrating! Or, maybe, relaxing with the fantastic bay view or a sunset stroll along the beach.

Location: Catamaran Resort Hotel 3999 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109 Hotel Reservations: Call 800-422-8386 and mention the "Grossmont High School 60th Reunion" to receive a 15% discount.

Pricing: $95 per Person

Payment:
Credit or Debit Card - Use PayPal Click on: GHS64 60TH REUNION
Check - Payable to: Gedimin Bulat Mail to: 11074 Fillbrook Dr., Lakeside, CA 92040
Please provide your email address to receive confirmation of payment.

Please initiate payment as soon as possible to help with Reunion planning and ensure the continued availability of the venue.


If you have any questions, please email Ged: GHS64

55th REUNION GET-TOGETHER


Our 55th Reunion Get-Together was a wonderful and successful event!

The event location was perfect (thank you Kathy and Ron Shedd for hosting). The weather cooperated nicely.
The food was delicious and plentiful. And, best of all, all 70 of us certainly used the opportunity to renew friendships and catch-up!

And we also did reminisce and elaborate on old stories. (Some of us have amazingly detailed memories!)



We received lots of photos and Gedimin sorted, compiled, and posted those photos along with his own photos and video: 55th Reunion Get-Together. All the photos are downloadable; click on the down arrow at the center-top of the screen.

We did hear What about a 60th? So be sure to keep your contact information current. Click GHS64 if you would like to add or change your name/email address on the list.

Thank you,
Your 55th Reunion Committee

A New Sign for the Old Gym - June 10, 2015

The 50th Reunion Chairs, Jody (Baumgaertel) Catlin, Bill Hoffman, Kathy (Ziegler) Shedd, and Carol (Suggs) Ambrosia, elected to donate the remaining balance of our 50th Reunion funds as a Class gift to help fund GHS campus improvement projects. Thanks to the suggestions and actions of Connie and Lynn Baer, GHS Museum Directors, we fully funded a new sign for the Old Gym: "Auditorium-Gymnasium 1937." The new sign recreates the Old Gym's original sign! The Old Gym has recently been repainted and the new sign reflects the building's art-deco color and architecture. The donation plaque above the new sign and below the Clock, our Class Gift in 1964, was updated to recognize both donations. The Chairs met with Dan Barnes, the GHS Principal, June 10, 2015, in front of the Old Gym to mark the dedication. We are now looking forward to the completion of the new Student Support Services Center and the installation of the memorabilia display case we were also able to fund! (Click on image to enlarge)




































To view more photos from the dedication click here.
To view the La Mesa Courier June 26, 2015 article on the dedication click here.

50th Reunion - September 13th, 2014... SUCH FUN!!

What a joyous 50 Year Reunion we had Saturday, 13, 2014 in the Aviary Ballroom at the Catamaran!! The weather was warm and balmy and, by all accounts, all 154 attendees had a fantastic time talking, laughing, listening to 60’s music, seeing old friends, and swapping stories (true and otherwise). The happiness and energy was incredible.

To share our magnificent event with all of our classmates, Gedimin (Ged) Bulat created a Runion video. Click here to view the Reunion video and individual photos (photos are downloadable). You can also view the 60's montage videos screened at the Reunion.

Seventeen tables were lovingly decorated with Grossmont-themed settings -- plus, lavish “Memorabilia Tables” created by Kathy (Ziegler) Shedd and her team. Classmates also milled around our “In Memoriam Table,” featuring our “Gone But Not Forgotten” Classmates, collected by Jody (Baumgaertel) Catlin and her team. Throughout the night, DJ Mike Farmer (whom we highly recommend) treated us to music from our era. Bio Books were formatted by Jody and her team for each classmate and printed by Economy Crafted Printing owner Bobby Ursillo (recommended by our own Mike and Terry Mendoza). Two “Door Prize Tables,” replete with 31 different elegant prizes, were solicited, along with ads for the Bio Book by Marsha (Collis) Shea and her team, which included Pat (Diaz) Messina, who hosted a Door Prize Basket-Making Party. Sam Sutherland entertained us all with his Trivia Question extravaganza with prizes. We were also treated to a surprise speech by Luther Burney, who presented large framed rubbings, which he personally made at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC, of classmates who gave their lives in service to our country. Luther is presenting this framed tribute to our Grossmont Museum on behalf of the Classes of ’64 and ’68. Luther also provided us with a personal video greeting, to our class and our 50th reunion, by Astronaut Robert Springer directly from Kennedy Space Center the week before. Click here for this greeting from astronaut Robert Springer.
In addition to the reunion, we had a Beach Walk the next morning, followed by a Catamaran Brunch. Several groups of people also had their own pre-reunion and post-reunion get-togethers.

Many thanks to our tireless Reunion Chairs and to our Full Committee of nineteen who, over many months, generously worked and shared expertise and spirit to make our spectacular event a reality. Our four Committee chairs [Jody (Baumgaertel) Catlin, Bill Hoffman, Kathy (Ziegler) Shedd, and Carol (Suggs) Ambrosia]
were joined at-the-hip these last eighteen months, and we all treasure our joyous journey and our close and constructive compatibility. All the committee members really stepped up to the plate; sometimes serving on more than one committee, and providing plenty of ideas and lots of good work. Along with our email blasts and our web site communiqués, engineered by our webmaster, Bill Hoffman, we also divided up our "mailing list" amongst committee members who communicated follow-up emails.

More thanks to all our wonderful classmates and guests who attended and sent in your Bios and photos to help create our memorable Bio Book. Click here to leaf through the Bio Book.

In addition, Carol (Suggs) Ambrosia organized our Class Gifts contributions (Class of '64 Blue Bench, Clock Plaque, Tile), in coordination with Connie and Lynn Baer, of our Grossmont Museum. We enjoyed our several visits to the Museum and Connie and Lynn were very supportive. We were pleased to donate any extra contributions for our gifts to the Museum.

While we are basking still in the joyous glow of having spent such a delightful time with our classmates, there is already talk about another get together next year. More rousing cheers to all of our Classmates of the mighty Class of ’64! Yay!!

Class Pictures and Memorabilia Images: To reminisce or refresh your memory... Click here to see our Senior class pictures plus lots more from our '64 yearbook (click page images to enlarge). Click here to go to Ged's website "GHS64" main gallery. The GHS64 gallery includes photos and images Ged collected in making his videos. The collection includes class pictures from our Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior years, all the Foothiller Echoes from our Senior year, the ever popular 1963-1964 Student Handbook, Sports and other memorabilia, and some interesting pages from the Union Tribune archives. All the photos and images are "downloadable."


CLASSMATES:
Email Addresses:
Click here for the most current list of email addresses. This list is used to communicate to everyone who is interested in information and updates on the Class of '64! We especially want to include everyone who feels they were part of our class whether or not they received their diploma from Grossmont High School in '64 at the formal commencement.

Click here if you would like to add, change, or delete your name or email address from the list.

Gone But Not Forgotten ... (Click on image to enlarge)

 

REUNIONS:
50th Reunion - Saturday, September 13th, 2014: The very successful 50th Reunion was held at the Catamaran Resort on Mission Bay in the Aviary Ballroom, a premium second floor ballroom overlooking Mission Bay. Details of the event and links to the event videos are available above.

40th Reunion - October 30, 2004: Our 40th year reunion at the Hilton was GREAT! Totally packed -- with lots of conversation and fun seeing old friends. The women were still beautiful (of course!) and the men still handsome and dashing.
Click here to see video. Click here to see galleries/slide shows of pictures.Your 40th reunion volunteer committee members: Sue Siner-Macomber, Kathy Ziegler-Ries, Janet DeSanti-Drummond, Carol Suggs-Ambrosia,Janet Bodine-Madden, Bill Hoffman (web site), and Luther Burney (Hawaii stylin' consultant). Booklet available soon.

30th Reunion: Click here to see booklet.

20th Reunion: Click here to see booklet.

10th Reunion: Click here to see booklet.


MEMORABILIA:
We're always looking for photo memories you might want to share. We've received and posted some great photos from classmates (cheers for their bravery and efforts!). Click here to see galleries/slide shows of their photos.

Remember, our site is for everyone and we need to tickle those brain cells! Break out those photos from your photoalbums and scrapbooks or that box in the closet. Don't forget the photos of your off-campus adventures during our years at GHS (favorite parking spot, surf spot, eatery, ...). Get them scanned/digitized (or even take a photo with your cell phone) and click here to send them in for posting.

Also ...Please take photos of non-photo items you have in those scrapbooks or tucked away in a closet or attic and send-in those photos. Please remember, those items are part of Grossmont High School history that our GHS Museum is trying to preserve. Since there is a shortage of photos, scrapbooks, and other items in the Museum from the 60's, don't let them disappear. Donate them to the Museum! Contact the Museum here to arrange a contribution.

Class Yearbook: Click here to see many of the pages from our '64 yearbook. (Click on the images to enlarge them.) If you are missing a yearbook and would like a replacement, contact the GHS Museum here. The Museum does have a limited supply of extra yearbooks for sale.

La Mesa Junior High - 1959 Yearbook: The most recent (July 2015) contribution to our Memorabilia section (thank you Bill Hoffman)! Click here to see many of the pages from the 1959 Yearbook. (Click on the images to enlarge them.)

Concert Band Album: Tony Johnson, our classmate and Sandi and the Accents drummer, has provided us with Grossmont Concert Band's 1964 album!. Click here to access it. Much thanks to Tony!

Christmas Pageant History: Classmate David Dillon discovered a very interesting report on the history of our Christmas Pagent. Published in 2003 by Professsor Dunlop at the University of Missouri, it has lots of facts, trivia, and pithy comments. Click
here to see it. Much thanks to David for forwarding it and to Dr. Dunlop for writing it!

Lemon Avenue School Classmates: Click here for a picture of the "kids" from Lemon Avenue School who graduated from Grossmont in 1964 and who were at the 40th Reunion.

History of GHS: Click here to view the page. Content is courtesy of Class of '55's page and other sources.


GATHERINGS:
September 25, 2010 GHS 90th Birthday - Saturday September 25, 2010 (10:00 AM)
Grossmont High hosted a 90th anniversary celebration, all class reunion, and community picnic in the quad, on Saturday, September 25, 2010, from 10:00am to 4:00pm.

45th Get Together - Sunday June 21, 2009 (2:00 PM)
Kathy (Ziegler) and her husband Ron Shedd generously invited everyone to their beautiful Poway home to celebrate the 45 years since we left the "halls" of Grossmont. The party was a great success. Perfect weather; relaxed atmosphere; delicious food; and lots of good stories, hugs, and handshakes. THANK YOU KATHY AND RON!! .

60th Birthday Party in San Diego- October 14, 2006 (5:00 to 8:00 PM)
It's official...we had our 60th birthday get-together on Saturday October 14!! CAN YOU BELIEVE WE'RE THAT OLD??? It was at the beautiful Marriott in San Diego's Mission Valley. Lots of fun and great catching up. Click here to see one of the group photos. The next day, Jody Baumgaertel had a follow-on party for the "Dining Divas."

40 Years Plus One Gathering- Saturday Afternoon - October 15, 2005
Our October 15th gathering at the Mission Bay Hilton was a great success! Lots of fun seeing old classmates, plus lots of entertaining stories from school and and later years. As the sun set, some stayed at the Hilton for dinner while a self-proclaimed "rowdy bunch" descended upon the Old Town Mexican Cafe. Click here to see pictures of the gathering at the Hilton, the Old Town Cafe bunch, and a side party of the "Dining Divas" at Jody Baumgaertel's in La Mesa. Contributing photographers were Jeanie Faulkner, Jill Leland, Jody Baumgaertel. (BTW, Jody wanted to make sure all the women in our class know they are automatically invited to be a Dining Diva. The purpose is to have a fun time swapping stories and laughing at all the stuff that seemed so important back in '64. Contact Jody to find out about the next get together.) Again, many thanks to Mike Hateley, Dianne (Mentzer) Pornish & Steve Hager for all their work in putting this great event together and for keeping our class spirit alive! Stay tuned for more upcoming get togethers, some of which were suggested and "promised" as the evening (and drinks) progressed. Our "collective" 60th birthday party was one of those ideas. Other get-together ideas are welcome!!

Class of '64, '65, ' 66, and '67 Interclass Picnic on August 16, 2008 (10:30 AM to 5:00 PM)
The Class of '66 Alumni Committee put together a fun, interclass picnic for all of us in the coolest classes -- all the classes who were at Grossmont when we were seniors! It was lots of fun seeing (and trying to recognize) everyone from the days we were all on campus together!


LINKS TO OTHER INTERESTING SITES:

  • Grossmont High School: Click here to see what's current at the school.

  • GHS District: Click here for the GHS District site. At the site you can find information on current district events and activities and links to all the District High Schools.

  • GHS Wikipedia Entry: Click here to see the GHS Wikipedia entries, including additional links.

  • GHS Museum: Chock full of memories from Grossmont High's 93+ year history. Click here for more information.

  • Links to San Diego News and WebCams: San Diego Union Newspaper, Channel 8 TV, Channel 10 TV, Zoo and beach web cams, Downtown San Diego web cams, & local mountains web cams.


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