Any alcoholic beverages are strictly BYO!

This reunion kickoff should be the biggest gathering in the reunion. Joe Krause is planning to come to this gathering.

Hung and Phil will say some words. We hope that Jim Guy will come. Joe Krause will be there.

Meet at the main High School entrance on Grant Street by 10AM for this event.

The Whittaker Inn, 702 W 500 N, West Lafayette, IN 47906

Bistro 501, 501 Main St, Lafayette, IN 47901

Parking Info for Bistro 501:

There will be a charge for the lunch. However, if you paid for the 55th reunion (that didn't happen), your lunch will be paid out of the 55th reunion fund.

The dinner will be free for everyone, paid out of leftover money from earlier reunions. If you're not coming to the dinner, we'll pay for your lunch instead, if you would otherwise owe.

June 7, 2020 - Report on ZOOM III (The Final Encounter)

Last evening, on the date we were to have our BBQ with Phil and Joan Low, we held the final planned event of the Virtual 55th Reunion. Approximately 25 of us, and our teacher Joe Krause, got together via ZOOM for some lively discussion and retold stories. Cliff DeLaCroix and his excellent memory were there to remind me (and perhaps others, too) of a few of the most cringe-worthy things I/we had done so long ago.

Now ZOOM is not everyone's cup of tea, and "zoom fatigue" will likely be entered into the OED right along with COVID19. However, it has been suggested that we might try to have very informal, very voluntary sessions from time to time in the future, and we will see in a couple months whether there is sufficient interest in doing so.

Joe Krause commented on how much he enjoyed reading our Bios on this site, so if you have more to tell, or new experiences to recount, please send your updates to Malcolm.

Speaking of Malcolm, I'd like to publicly thank him for all the energy he expended in making our virtual reunion possible, and getting us all to show up.

So, until we meet again, stay safe, get involved, and wear your masks when you go out.

HS

(April 27th)We are mostly all still staying home 24/7 due to the Pandemic, but that doesn't mean we can't get together, virtually.

We've begun moving all of our reunion events to "Zoom Meetings". We hope that everyone who wants to re-kindle their old high school friendships will join us.

If you don't already use Zoom, we'll be happy to get you up to speed in time for the next event!

It was fun to see everyone, especially those that I am really not in contact with. It was great to chat with some people who I really never knew well in school! Break-out groups arranged in a sort of arbitrary fashion as they were on Thursday allow us to see and talk to people that we have not been in contact with since school, for various reasons, and I found that fun and interesting -- a real highlight.

I enjoyed the time we spent together I thought the breakout groups certainly allowed for more in-depth talks with people. At this level, I was OK with random assignments into groups, since there was opportunity to get to know people who I didn't know well -- and this was as interesting as spending more time with people whom I know well. And having time for 2 subgroups increased the likelihood of having enjoyable conversations.

Wonderful reunion last Thursday. It was my first immersion back with the class, and I really enjoyed it. The big group was good for me to see everyone, but the smaller groups seem to work best with Zoom for conversation. What a successful experience! I was glad to be included. I look forward to more connections in the future.

The gathering was a nice beginning to what I hope will be future online gatherings/communications. The full screen line-up of faces served a uniting roll prior to the much more successful smaller group breakouts. Both venues were important, however.

There is a benefit of people with a commonality being in the same room, but there is also benefit for people that didn't have many shared experiences in WLHS to connect and discover what went on in alternative universes in high school.

I did enjoy the zoom meeting. It was much easier to chat in the smaller groups. I'll be there for the May 9th session and hopefully we'll have new participants. I liked the random approach for the chat groups.

I thought it was great. The small groups gave us a chance to talk. It was certainly fun to see so many faces and then the breakout rooms were much better for actual conversation.

Overall I thought the reunion went fine. The breakout sessions were a good idea. Timing seemed about right.

I was happy to see lots of faces and hear news from people I haven't seen since high school. Looking forward to next time.

Triple Thanks for the Video Visit!!! It was such fun

The FINAL ZOOM event is the actual reunion itself. We hope that as many classmates as possible will join in for this event. The event will begin at 8PM Eastern time (5PM Pacific) and will last an hour for sure, and maybe longer, depending on interest.

As with the other events, we will send an invitation with a clickable link just before the event start, but only to those classmates who respond by clicking RSVP to sign up for the event. IF YOU DON'T RSVP, YOU WON'T BE INVITED!!

These are the classmates who have already signed up for the final Virtual Reunion Event on June 6th, 2020:

June 7, 2020 - Report on ZOOM III (The Final Encounter)

Last evening, on the date we were to have our BBQ with Phil and Joan Low, we held the final planned event of the Virtual 55th Reunion. Approximately 25 of us, and our teacher Joe Krause, got together via ZOOM for some lively discussion and retold stories. Cliff DeLaCroix and his excellent memory were there to remind me (and perhaps others, too) of a few of the most cringe-worthy things I/we had done so long ago.

Now ZOOM is not everyone's cup of tea, and "zoom fatigue" will likely be entered into the OED right along with COVID19. However, it has been suggested that we might try to have very informal, very voluntary sessions from time to time in the future, and we will see in a couple months whether there is sufficient interest in doing so.

Joe Krause commented on how much he enjoyed reading our Bios on this site, so if you have more to tell, or new experiences to recount, please send your updates to Malcolm.

Speaking of Malcolm, I'd like to publicly thank him for all the energy he expended in making our virtual reunion possible, and getting us all to show up.

So, until we meet again, stay safe, get involved, and wear your masks when you go out.

HS

(April 27th)We are mostly all still staying home 24/7 due to the Pandemic, but that doesn't mean we can't get together, virtually.

We've begun moving all of our reunion events to "Zoom Meetings". We hope that everyone who wants to re-kindle their old high school friendships will join us.

If you don't already use Zoom, we'll be happy to get you up to speed in time for the next event!

• Reference: West Lafayette High School Class of 1965 55th Reunion Room Block
• Group Code: WLR
• Rates: $133 Kings and $133 Double Queens

• Go to "Add special rate codes"
• Enter "WLR" under "Group Code"
• Go to "Check rooms and rates"

Click on the "Register" button, and we will pop up a form for you to print, fill out, and return with your check to Ann Kemmer Olvey.