All-Class Alumni Directories
In 1999, the Highland Park Alumni & Friends Association produced
Highland Park's first-ever all-class hardbound alumni directory. The
alumni association, working closely with Harris Publishing Company,
produced a second edition in 2006 with a third planned for around 2011.
A limited number of copies may still be available of the 2006 directory
by contacting the publisher at 1-800-877-6554. during business hours.
The 2006 book included a tribute to former English teacher, coach and
IB program coordinator Betty Richardson (by former colleague Evelyne
Heselton), who was tragically killed in an automobile accident in the
spring of 2004. Longtime teacher Charles “Skip” Skinner and several
alumni of different decades also share their recollections and history
of Highland, along with several photos. Both Richardson and Skinner
joined the Highland Sr. teaching staff when it opened in the fall of
1964.
The 1999 directory featured a history of the by Highland Park's first
principal, the late Kenneth Berg, and Betty Richardson herself, along
with several photos from the past.
We Need Your Help!
While the next directory is a few years away, Harris publishing will
seek our assistance in updating addresses as we go. If your class has
held or will hold a class reunion, please share your most current
addresses with us. This will allow us to update the directory with more
accuracy and speed. No one will be listed without consent to the
publisher, to protect confidentialities of information. You can get
that information directory to Alumni Association President Tom Conlon
by contacting him at 651-699-7399 or t.conlonsr@comcast.net .
When the new edition is underway, all known alumni will be contacted
and given an opportunity whether or not to be included in the
directory, and, if so, to update their names, addresses, phone numbers,
e-mail addresses (new to this edition) and professional information.
All alumni will also have an opportunity to purchase a book, with a
portion of the funds to benefit the alumni association.
• If you know the whereabouts of lost alumni, or you yourself want to
be sure we have correct and current contact information for you, please
pass on any information to us by mail or e-mail found on the main
alumni page. We will forward that information to Harris Publishing.
• If you have a current class reunion directory or database with your
class members' names, addresses, phone numbers, etc., this can help us
track and find more alumni with more current and reliable information.
Anything you have, especially those since 2005, would be most valuable
to us. We will also get in touch with as many class representatives as
possible for this information. These can also be sent by mail or
electronically to us on the main alumni page.
• Consider placing a permanent ad in the hardbound book. Examples might include:
** A tribute to a special teacher, classmate, or any other special
person you knew while at Highland. It could be from an individual,
team, a group of friends, colleagues, community members, organizations
or former students. We can include photographs in the ad as well.
** Advertise your business or organization.
** A special message of word of greeting to alumni, from yourself or other interested individuals, groups or organizations.
For cost and sizes, contact Tom Conlon (address, e-mail and telephone found on the main alumni page).
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