REUNITED
Don’t forget your class reunion. I am glad I did not! Do not miss those who helped sharpen you… We graduated on June 6th, 1981. On the first weekend of this past June, 28 guys (74% of our class) in their mid (late?) 50’s revisited their mid (late?) teens as we celebrated the reunion of the Covington Latin School Class of 1981, our 40th! In many ways, it seemed like 40-years ago; in many ways, it seemed like yesterday. One of the most fun parts of organizing our class reunion was tracking everyone down. I started with the data that Covington Latin School had, then attacked Facebook, LinkedIn, WhitePages.com, etc. With the aid of a few classmates, I was able to track down 37 of 38 surviving classmates. I could not find Roy Stevens!
memories, e.g., the “old” senior lounge in the basement (now the band room), the “old” study hall (now classrooms), the “old” cafeteria (fka “The Alfred E. Packer Cafeteria’’ and now the art classroom), the “old” language/computer lab (now the Latin classroom), the “old” biology and chemistry labs (now classrooms), and the “old” library (still the “old” library!). We were then shown the new senior lounge (conveniently around the corner from the Dean of Students!), the new, state-ofthe-art labs, the new cafeteria, the Forum, the Chapel, etc. Following our time together at the school, we moved the evening to The Hofbräuhaus in Newport where we continued to imbibe adult beverages, catch-up on families, etc.
On Friday, June 4th, my classmates and many of our significant others met at Covington Latin School. Several in our class had not been back since graduation in 1981. Probably, most had not been back since the completion of the addition in 2011. We were updated on the current state of Covington Latin by John Kennedy, the Headmaster. We played class trivia where we were reminded of many things related to our time at Covington Latin School, e.g., Buck Buck, the bouncing of Mr. Whitehead’s keys in the hall, the melting of Alex Reyes’ pants, “jackdaws” with Dr. Tom, “Peaches”, eraser fights, dissection styli in the ceiling of the biology lab, jug, etc. Amy Darpel, the Director of Advancement, led our class on a tour of the building. We stopped at many places along the way and relived many great
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On Saturday, June 5th, our class (without our significant others) reconvened at my home where we enjoyed a steak dinner and more adult beverages. We regaled each other with tales of old, successes of new, and lessons since. We caught up on each other’s careers, families, and plans for the future. To be sure that we celebrated on the actual anniversary of our graduation date, a few of us (names intentionally left out here) lasted around the firepit until 2:00am in the morning on Sunday, June 6th! I have not seen 2:00am in decades! Our reunion exceeded every expectation that I had and was more than I hoped for. I appreciate the distance that many travelled, e.g., St. Petersburg, FL; Dallas, TX; Tucson,
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