In this section we highlight one of our HHS Alumnus!
John Rodriguez Class of 1970
Harrison High School in Colorado Springs, Co is home to several military bases, we were fortunate to have several military brats in attendance at our local school.
Can’t even imagine how interesting and sometimes difficult it was to be a teen transferring from one school to another. To give us some insight Michael Wilson, President of the HHS Alumni All Year Reunion has said many times that every time he moved he had to get use to a new school lay out, get to know new friends as well as deal with a new set of text books and with a new set of books, came a new learning style. Yet, it’s made him who he is today.
One of the things that our “HHS Alumni All Year Reunion”, emphasizes is that this site and our organization is open to anyone who has every worked at Harrison or who has ever attended, whether they attended for one week or for the full 4 years, if they claim us than we claim them!
This month we are highlighting, John Rodriguez from the Class of 1970. John has some wonderful memories from his experiences at Harrison High School. He moved in Feb ’69 because his family was being transferred to Oxnard Air Force Base, shortly after his Mom has passed away in Dec ’68. So, he wasn’t able to complete his 11th grade and did not graduate from Harrison.
John ended up going to 5 different high schools in four years. He was at General H. H. Arnold High School for 9th grade, Wiesbaden, Germany for 10th grade and ½ of 11th grade at Harrison High the other ½ of 11th grade at Adolfo Camarillo High School in Oxnard, California. He completed his senior year of high school at San Pedro High School, San Pedro in California. (To get more complicated he was actually enrolled at San Pedro High School for 2 weeks between Harrison and Camarillo High School.) Mercy – the military brat life.
John has fond memories of the individuals that he crossed paths with at Harrison and wishes every one the best and would like to keep in touch with his ‘ol friends in Colorado.
Thanks John! Check out his profile page and give him a shout out when you get the chance…..
If you have an interesting story to tell email it to harrison_colorado@yahoo.com
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We are proud to highlight
Guy Noffsinger from the Class of 1985
Guy Noffsinger is a professional Photographer in Los Angeles, CA USA. He recently posted a documentary that I hope you will find interesting.
Guy has a unique motivational and comedic approach to teaching the hard lessons of video production. This link is sure to inspire and educate!
It always provides me with a sense of pride when I hear about the accomplishments of our HHS alumni. Please take a look at Guy’s link and send him an email letting him know that his Harrison High School friends are rooting for him! Great job Guy!
I’d like to hear from you as well, what are you doing and what have you been up to? We will post them in the order that they are received. Send your bio to
harrison_colorado@yahoo.com
A Brief History On The HHS All Class Reunion Committee & Web site
In February 2009, members of the, "HHS All Class Reunion Committee" designed a web site using a program called, class creators. This website was created for the purpose of promoting any and all HHS Alumni events! This is a place where HHS shines. The site is free to “you”, the user!
The reunion committee is proud of its school's history and anxious to share this information with the community. In 2009 the committee members began an attempt to promote positive school spirit and to share stories via Internet and in our local newspapers on the positive impact that high school has had on its youth. We also began making plans to host the very first Harrison High School, "All Class Reunion", highlighting classes from the 1950's up thru 2008.
Plans are to host several "All Class reunions", every three to five years. The next reunion will include the years 2009, 2010, 2011 etc. Each year we will be adding a new graduating year to our site. We will also be hosting Banquets and Award Dinners to honor Alumni who are making a difference and to award those former HHS students that are making contributions in the community. We want to share the rich history of Harrison and get to know the wonderful alumni who have attended the school throughout the years.
We encourage those who are unable to make the "All Class Reunion", to continue to stay active on the web site and to keep in touch with former classmates and to continually update their profile. Of course it is our dream that each and every HHS alumni be there for the reunion but we realize this would be an impossible dream.
Remember this is a site for "All of us!" So although the committee is making plans and doing the legwork for now, we depend on the ideas and suggestions of our fellow classmates to make this a HHS web site that you will be proud of!
The idea that sparked this endeavor, were comments made from some fellow HHS alumni (Connie King, Michael Wilson, Darrin Seville and Stacy Triplett to name a few) in August 2008 on a site called classmates). They had discussed the idea of having an All Class Reunion but the conversations did not go any further, so finally Michael Wilson stated that if this were to happen we'd need a website that we could freely access and chat without being censored or charged a fee. Not knowing any of these individuals, Teila Carroll Tankersley was reading these posts and decided to take Michael Wilson up on this and began a web site on “My space” and began emailing invites to HHS Alumni. Within a month they had nearly one hundred and fifty members and two additional members were recruited to help with the site, Christine (Baxter) Wheeler-Moore class of 1986 and Jackie Vazquez Maldonado class of 1981. The site continued to grow and was receiving positive feedback. In November 2008, Darrin Seville announced that it was time for the website to organize a committee and begin planning the long awaited, “HHS All Class Reunion.”
In January 2009 the committee did just that, they met and elected Michael Wilson class of 1973 as President, Darrin Sevilla from the class of 1983 as Vice President, and a little go getter Debra Lawson Jedynak class of 1984 (jumped on board and hit the ground running) she serves as our VIP, Treasurer and does a little bit of everything. Teila Carroll Tankersley class of 1981 was elected Coordinator and manages the websites and emails. Michael McGee Class of 1982 was voted in as Entertainment Coordinator.
Within a few weeks, the committee created the Harrison high school all year reunion web site and the committee saturated the city with the news that HHS alumni had an official site. The idea has taken off and sparked a lot of interest. It couldn’t have been accomplished without all the help of the hard working multi-generational committee members that included Troy Rotramel class of 1982 and his high school sweetheart Donna Rotramel class of 1983, David Wead from the class of 1972, Debbie Trujillo Matthews class of 1986, Sorina Williams class of 1999. Alan Oppenlander, Pat Smith and Ron Roehrich are from the class of 1957. Casey Parker class of 1981, Jackie Vazquez Maldonado class of 1981, Stacy Triplett 1991 and Sylvia Olivares class of 1972.
We welcome individuals from Harrison to become involved and send in your ideas and suggestions. It is our goal to connect HHS alumni and faculty. A place where HHS Alumni can be proud to be a HHS Panther!
Teila Carroll Tankersley Class of 1981
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CORE VALUES, MISSION, VISION, STRATEGIC PLANNING
Harrison High School All Year Reunion Committee
- To give back to the school
- Create sense of community for alumni
- Loyalty, Pride
- Bring people together to support Harrison High School
- Produce and sustain active alumni
- Inspire all students to have a sense of ownership in the high school now and in the future
- Reinforce the Importance of giving back to society
- Create relationships with local Alumni / Faculty / Community
- Create an environment so that all students feel connected and want to give back to HHS
- Reach out to alumni to give back of their time as volunteers, treasure, and advocacy
- Alumni are welcomed and encouraged to be an active part of HHS in Dist # 2
- We want to utilize Alumni as assets for HHS and to mentor future alumni
- Support alumni efforts to increase alumni giving and participation
- Maintain HHS image as a “happening place.”
