Looking forward to all. 2018

Wish I could join my Jr. High buddies for your 50th , as I was with many of you at Hilltop Jr  62-65.After Jr. High , I attended Chula Vista High 65-68 and we, too, will be celebrating our 50th on the same weekend. Too bad we couldn't have coordinated a joint party !! I have fond memories of those years with you all. Enjoy your 50th! Regards, Nancy Ullman Strauss Falcon turned Spartan

Looking forward to the next reunion wow!! 50th.. Hoping we a geat turn out.  

I recently found a short film my parents took at the Rose Parade in 1968 of our band. I had my son post it on UTUBE. If you are interested you can locate it by 1968 Tournament of Roses Parade Hilltop High School...at least I think that is how to do it. It is only a  minute but shows how great we were....if you can get over the blond head in the way.

If anyone out there has pictures  and  need help getting them on our site, I'd be more than happy to get them posted. 

I had a wonderful time, was worth the trip. Seeing all my old friend was priceless. Hope to move back to San Diego next year. Thanks  Gracia and Billie and others for all the hard work putting this  all together. See you at the 45th.  

I am so glad I attended the reunion with my husband.  It was well worth the trip back to San Diego and memory lane.  Thanks to the committee for a wonderful job and to everyone who made my husband feel welcome in the midst of strangers.
Ditto

HI ALL, HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE REUNION. EVERYONE WAS LOOKING LIKE WE WERE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, LET`S DO IT AGAIN SOON....Bob

What a great 40th! I actually remembered quite a few classmates, once I got in the groove, and it was wonderful to see and visit with everyone,  So many crazy, funny stories! I have received a lot of nice emails and just want to tell the committee again, what a "bitchen" job they did! And the photos are so much fun. Take care, and I look forward to our next shindig!
xoxo Jeff  : )

I had such a GREAT time at the Mixer and the Reunion on Saturday night.  It was so much fun seeing everyone and catching up.  Thank you Gracia and Gang for another great reunion.  Looking forward to seeing everyone at the 45th...and maybe sooner!

WOW, it was soooooo much fun. It was so good to see everyone. The committee did such a great job.  I love you all, hope we can keep in touch.
Beth

Congratulations to the Class of 1968!  It was wonderful to see everyone and hear about their lives.  I think we turned out alright; winners all of us.  Thank you, again, for Gracia and Company for everything you did to make this past weekend possible.  Go Lancers!

Congratulations to Gracia and the rest of the reunion committee for a great time.  The mixer was so much fun and the reunion was great.  Both my wife, Tamara, and I had a wonderful time.  The atmosphere, food, and friends (both old and new) couldn't be beat. It was so good seeing those I hadn't sen for so many years and for those of you that met my wife, thank you for so warmly welcoming her into our family.  She really did enjoy herself.
Looking forward to the 45th, but, hey, let's try to stay in touch.
Thank You Again,
Rick Arendt

OMG, It was soooo great to see everyone. I had so much fun at the mixer and the reunion.  Everyone look so good.  I love you all. It was such a thrill for me to be able to be with all of you again. Please lets keep it touch.  I just hope i can match the names to all the pictures I took. LOL.(.kidding---sort of) For those who was not able to come. We missed you. So update us on what your doing. And post pictures please.

Hey Everyone!
Awesome is the only word that comes to mind, this morning, when speaking of the mixer last night.
It was so great to see everyone. 
The Rosebank Elem. crowd was well represented for sure. It has been way more than 40 years for us, has it not?
Looking forward to more great times, tonight. It will great to see even more of the Hilltop crowd.
See you tonight.
Mike

...kind of like starting the reading list for a college course the day before the mid-term-here's a (long) thumbnail...the day before the 'event'.
...when I leave the present moment-where I usually choose to reside-and think about the past, I always realize how wonderful lmy life has been...and continues to be.
...soon after leaving Hilltop and achieving my '15 minutes of fame (as Andy Warhol called it), I sufficiently recovered from my personal 'child star syndrome' and was blessed with a path of mostly mundane accomplishment, save for the female angels in my life...which is where it really shined.
...Anne eleanor O'Sullivan Tschogl...my incredible Mom, who passed in '92...gave me 4 great sisters...Carole Lee, Jacquelyn Lou, Judith Lyn, and Cynthia Laurel...who not only taught me manners (i.e.toilet seat down) but we are very close today.
...Pamela Tipton, my h.s.sweetheart, who like us all, had her own challenges to work out...gave me two awesome daughters...Cory Danell (the traveler), who lives in S.F. and teaches mobility to the vision impaired...and
...Jill Nicole,(the double-blackberry girl) who lives in New York and assists her best friend as the director of "urban music" for universal records (yes, she obviously rebelled against all my classic rock and roll, jazz, and country (in favor of hip-hop...poor girl)
...my Christmas gift in '92 was Rebecca Myrlene Anderson Blair (aka Becky Blair)...and although we parted ways in '97 there was enough there to grow on (along with 10 years of mutual personal growth) that we are together again today.(she's at her annual birthday weekend with three cousins-that-are-as-sisters, and can't make it with me)
...In '98 I met Maya Linda Delphine Valenzuela through the S.D. Reader dating ads...my holistic hippie-girl massage therapist...and we married 2 weeks after our first date.  We succeeded in cramming a lifetime of Love, Laughter, Travel, Camping and Criuses into 9 years of marriage.  It lasted only 9 years because that's when the brain tumor showed up...she passed 9 weeks later...and I began following a trail of spiritual bread crumbs she left for me...a trail which synchronistically led me all the way back around to Becky...and now, between our relationship...taking care of the 94 year old 'Pop' Tschogl, seeing Cory and Jill twice a year...getting back in the waves after 20 years...and a shop-full of kayaks to try just a stones throw from our reunion site...life is vry full, and very good.
...anticipating great energy, stories, and hugs.
Tschogl

HI EVERYONE    HOPE Y'ALL CAN MAKE IT TO THE FRI MIXER AND THE REUNION LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL AT BOTH EVENTS

Can't really believe it.......our 40th reunion.......both Ruthie (Abadi) and I are very excited....I think maybe Ruthie more than me....however it will be great.  The Speech Team folks are so special to me...as all of you guys....I just sort of wish I knew then what I know now...I think I was sort of a dork back in high school, but thank God time heals all....
See you guys really soon....go Lancers !!!!

Wow!!!!  Like everyone else, I can't believe it's been 40 years. We all have lived so much life in that time, and, it feels like yesterday. I just returned recently from Vegas's (I'm so not a Vegas type) Cirque De Soleil," Beatles  Love". I'll tell ya, it definately took me right back. Fabulous! 
We live in Alpine and  I have been happily married for 18 years, a mother of a 30 year old, grandmother of 5. My daughter has a  10, 7, and 2 year old. My husband 's daughter has a 7 and 5 year old. Jessie, my daughter and her family live her in Alpine too. So I get to spent lots time with the babes. I love being a grandma. 
I have an Acupuncture and Herbal practice in Alpine, and in my spare time I'm either in the garden or in the  pottery studio. Still into the pot, just changed in form. Lovin life and can't wait to see everyone. See ya soon.

I just can't believe it has been 40 years! Time really flies. I went to college and got a degree in Computer Science. I have worked for the DOD either as a programmer or systems engineer for almost 40 of those years. Got married, have two children. I moved to China Lake where I lived for 13 years. Got a divorce and moved back to San Diego. Remarried just last year in the same room that our reunion is going to be in so it will bring back many happy memories for me!

Hi, again everyone,
I am still really excited about seeing all of you. Jeanne Elliot, don't you stand me up!
I want to thank the committee for all their work in giving us this time to celebrate and remember!!!
Gracia, thank you for taking it full circle with your dedication to Denise and being an important part of our lives. Your sense of giving is beyond belief.
Looking forward to seeing all of my Rosebank, Hilltop Jr. and Hilltop High clasmates.
The best to everyone,
Mike

Do any of you remember Debby Drake?  Her family moved to the north of los angeles in junior high school and I'm wondering if anyone has had any contact with her?

Thanks to Cathy Williams Long for letting me know about this shindig and thanks to everyone who has worked hard at organizing this event.  I am very excited about seeing everyone again since its been 40 years since I've seen any of you.  My husband and I live in the bay area for the past 20 years and rarely get back to San Diego, so this will be great fun.  And yes, Jennifer Harris, we may need a portable defibrulator set up for emergencies.

I really appreciate all the work the committee has done to prepare for this event and am impressed with the website quality.  Basically, I have been a public school teacher for 30 years and am active in my community:  Temecula!
   Looking forward to seeing all of you.  Hilltop High in the 60's  was a great place to grow up; I am grateful for the staff and Chula Vista.........lots of wonderful memories.

Hi everyone, I thought i did this, lol, I am really excited to see everyone. Are we have a night before party... we should... last time was really fun. Anyone want to share a room, let me know. thanks.

Wow, I just remember to come here.  Can't wait to visit with everyone.  I just hope I remember to come.  I'm always going on  a trip here and there.  

But April will remind me.  My head is still off in la la land he he hehe.

I can hardly wait to see all of you. I am glad i moved back to California, not so far to go. You all are the greatest. I have 4 kids, and 8 grandkids, (nope i wont be bringing them. LOL).. have a great day..

Hi Everyone,
I am looking forward to the reunion and seeing all of you. I consider the the years at Hilltop some of the best years of my life - believe me or not.
It has been fantastic hearing back from so many long time friends.
Thanks, Gracia, for all you have done!!!
Best Wishes to all and I will see you in July!
Mike

Hi All,
40 years!  Really?  I know this reunion will be a blast.  I've not been able to attend any of the reunions and was hoping to make this one, but our 'family reunion' is that same weekend.  My husband, Dean, and I will celebrate our 28th anniversary on July 4.  We have 4 children, 4 grandchildren, and a cat with an attitude.  If any of you are ever in the Dallas area I would love to hear from you.  I have really enjoyed reading all of the postings, and absolutely love seeing the NOW and THEN pictures.  Have a wonderful weekend celebrating renewed friendships and making new memories.
Debbie (Achilles) Ragsdale

High school days...the good'ol days.  So sad to read the list of deceased classmates.  Forty years, can it be true?  Nah, I don't feel that old!  I visit Chula Vista about once a year to visit my relatives, especially my feisty 92 yr old mother. I prefer to live in the rolling Sierra Nevada foothills in Placerville, CA (between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe) "God's country".  I'm just a country girl at heart and have been here for 35 years with my family, active in my church and am employed with El Dorado County.

Thanks to Nancy for letting us know about this. Bob and I can't make it but will post some info and pictures later.

LIVING IN OKLAHOMA - HAVE THE SAME HUSBAND FOR 30 YEARS - HAVE ONE SON (23) - 9 CATS - 2 DOGS - 4 FISH - RETIRED - LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YA'ALL

Hello Everyone,

I'm still in Chula Vista.  

Suzie

I want to look like Mark Bogart at this age.
;-{)

Just read "In Memory".  Very sad to see the list.  Too many too young.  Looking forward to seeing everyone.  God Bless and safe travels!

Hey to all!!!
I haven't been able to attend any of the other reunions but here's hoping and Lord willing we are beginning the planning process to make the trek.

Arkansas is a fer piece as I'm sure there are places much further, but there is no better time than the present to make plans.

Looking forward to talking about the olden days and seeing all those who are just getting better.
Thanks Gail Short for forwarding the info.

Just made plans to get out to San Diego to attend the reunion and spend some good vacation time with family.  While checking the site here to see who all had registered, I'm watching the begining of 2001: A Space Oddyssy, also celebrating its 40th.  I guess I should put on a Beatles CD to make it a complete nostalgia evening.  I hope everybody can make it to the reunion, it will be fun to catch up.

Hello everyone.  Sorry I missed the 30th but I'll try to be at the 40th.  I live so very far away...Bonita.  I enjoyed high school so much, I decided to do another 20+ years, teaching at Castle Park, Bonita Vista, and now at Chula Vista.  I'm still root for the Lancers but don't tell my students, they think I'm a Spartan.  Look foward to seeing you.  I'll be the old looking grey haired guy. 

This is gonna be fun...can't wait to see everyone...especially those who travel to San Diego ...Gail Alsobrook...Jeff Smith,

I curently live in Manchester New Hampshire,  I hope to come to San Diego this July for are 40th Class reunion.

I missed the 30th, but I am looking forward to the 40th. Thank you Debbie for passing my info on to Gracia.

Looking forward to attending our 40th and visiting with friends from our carefree days.

Looking forward to seeing you at the reunion! 
Remembering the good times at HHS 65-68 was only yesterday!  Hope to hear from you via e-mail to catch up before the reunion!  Lots to tell!

Hey ya'll - this is GREAT!!  Gail Berkey (Harmon) fowarded the site information to me and I have really enjoyed what there is so far.  Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.  When I can find a picture I will enter my information.  'til then I'll keep in touch.  Again, Great Work!!

hi ya' would love to hear from you it's been toooooo long. When your in gods country (Montana) look me up.

Looking forward to seeing those that are brave enough to attend the 40th