Taft and Elementary School Class Reunions
Reunions are listed by Year of Graduation
Be sure to alert your fellow classmates of pending festivities!
To list your reunion send details to eagleemail@taftalumni.org or webmaster@taftalumni.org
Don't wait for someone else to start the planning--YOU do it! Here's some ideas to get you started: Reunion Planning
Taft High School 8th Annual All-Class Reunion
Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011
Place: Ft. DeSoto Park, St. Petersburg, FL Shelter number 14 - Noon to 3 PM
Tickets: $3.00
Planned: Pot Luck (a food item to share) + BYOB Note: photo shoot at 2:30 pm)
Contact: Leon Kathan (if needed) 117 Monte Real Blvd. Sebring, FL 33876 or Email - leonkathan@yahoo.com
Taft High School Classes of January/June 1960 - 50 Year Reunion
Date: October 8-10, 2010
Place: Hyatt Regency O'Hare, 9300 Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont, IL
Tickets: TBA
Planned: Friday night ice breaker, Saturday morning tour of Taft, Dinner-Dance on Saturday night, Sunday morning brunch (all at the Hyatt)
Contact: Shirley Kalivoda DeWeese, jtdsad22@comcast.net, 847-885-8655
Taft High School Class of 1961 - 50 Year Reunion
Date: September 10, 2011
Place: Wellington Banquet Hall, Arlington Heights, IL
Planned: TBA
Contact: Ed Gersch & Holly Nielsen Rogers, edgJan61@krzyz.com, 360-598-1860
Taft High School Class of 1965 - 45 Year Reunion
Date: October 2, 2010
Place: Park Place Restaurant in Edison Park, Chicago
Contact: Lee Marsh, taft65@yahoo.com , 847-359-1115
Taft High School Class of 1966 (An informal gathering in prep for 45th reunion in 2011)
Date: August 7, 2010
Place: Lamplighter’s Restaurant - Palatine
Contact: Linda (Kelly) Sak, lulusak@aol.com or 847-705-9808 (Let it ring 8 times to leave a voicemail)
Taft High School Class of 1966 - 45 Year Reunion
Date: July 16, 2011
Place: To Be Announced
Contact: Linda (Kelly) Sak, lulusak@aol.com or 847-705-9808 (Let it ring 8 times to leave a voicemail)
Taft High School Class of 1970 - 40 Year Reunion
Date: 6pm-Midnight, September 25, 2010
Place: LaGrange Country Club, 620 South Brainard Avenue, LaGrange, IL, http://www.lagrangecc.org/
Events: Entertainment will include music and dancing from DJ Enterprises and featuring a very special Chicago radio personality as our Celebrity Disc Jockey. A wonderful keepsake Reunion Memory Book will be given to all alumni attending the event and former Taft teachers will be attending, including Mr. J.J. Stamm and several others from 1970.
Contacts: Gary Richert - gary.richert@comcast.net
Mike Costanzo - mikecostanzo1@gmail.com
Rick Winge - richardwinge@earthlink.net
Taft High School Class of 1971 - 40 Year Reunion
Date: September 17, 2011
Place: Four Points
Sheraton,
Tickets: $80.00 per person
- remit to Ida Rossini (Treasurer),
Contacts: James Lucchesi, Committee Chairman, lucchesifamily@sbcglobal.net
Mary Jane Wojkiewicz (Mortensen), nutstou2@aol.com
Taft High School Class of 1975 - 35 Year Reunion
Date: September 17, 2010
Place: The White Eagle Resort, Naperville, IL
Contact: http://www.classcreator.com/Chicago-IL-Taft-1975 or Kristie Sams - ksams@eventplanning-info.com or 3501 N. Southport Avenue, Ste. 153, Chicago, Illinois 60657
Committee Chair: Paul Caputo, DDS, Class President
Taft High School Class of 1980 - 30 Year Reunion
Date: October 16, 2010, time TBA
Place: Park Place 6733 N Olmstead Edison Park, IL
Contact: Jackie Zerbe Kitowski, tazcad2@sbcglobal.net.
Taft High School Class of 1981 - 30 Year Reunion
Date: June 11, 2011
Place: To be determined
Contact: Patty (Bockmann) Brummond, plbrum2323@aol.com
Facebook: Taft High School Class of 1981 30th Reunion - 2011
Taft High School Class of 2000 - 10 Year Reunion
Date: July 24-25, 2010
Planned: Cruise on the Anita Dee II at Navy Pier on July 24, 6:00pm; Class picnic at The Barn on July 25
Contact: iamtruth5@hotmail.com
Facebook: William Howard Taft Class of 2000 10 Year Reunion
Taft High School Class of 2002 - 10 Year Reunion
Date: To be announced
Place: To be announced
Contact: To join the committee, contact Jessica Washington, Jessicawash2008@yahoo.com