Class of 1978! Sign in here and say hello to all your BTW classmates.

Hey, This is Val

Dan this is great!! Hey Joe, how you doing?
are you still playing your clarinet? I'm livig in Houston, Texas where I teach music at Dowling Middle School. I'm still playing my horn. I'm on baritone sax with a local jazz band. Say Keath, are you still playing? It's good to know that you all are doing well. Say, does anyone knows what Bill been up too?

I get so excited, seeing the post and the new names popping up. Val, good to have you on board, where is Eric? I've been in touch with Marion Ross I don't think he's registered yet. Monica, girl how are you? email me. I just got off line with Darryl Troupe and he should be posting soon.
I've also pulled out the yearbook to match names with faces. I'm frantically working on getting this reuion together. I will post the updates under the reunion forum.

Val Gene! That is great! I remember our band days quite fondly. I haven't picked up the alto sax or clarinet in about ten years. Seems like yesterday.

Remember Renee Winston? Last I saw her, she was a Tulsa Cop!!!!!

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Originally posted by Joe Shaw:

Remember Renee Winston? Last I saw her, she was a Tulsa Cop!!!!!

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HAHAHAHA!!!! Really? HA!

[ sir, please put your hands behind your back... ]

Ah, I'm dyin' here.

Hey, Aundrea, Eric and my youngest brother, Adrian are in Houston. Eric is a cosmetologist.
Say Joe, it good to hear from you, we go way back, Cleveland Junior High. Have you heard anything about Ms. Bankhead, our Junior High band teacher?
I heard Renee was a cop. I haven't seen in years. Dan do you know how to reach Bill?

Hi everyone. I just started a new posting asking where the 78ers were and then I found this. I am Susan Edmonds. I am still in Tulsa. Working for the state. I am mom to a wonderful 3 year old. I was happy to see this site and am seeing at least a few familiar names. I see what we had a reunion. I live across the street from one of the planners, but I never made it to the meetings. I guess she thought I was not interested because I never heard anything. Hope they had fun.
I went to the BTW open house for the new school. It is definately beautiful. Of course it will take some time to develop it's identity. An old school with crumbling ceilings and walls definately has it's own character.
Susan

From previous btwhs.org website alumni section:


Class of 1978

 

Robert M. Cunningham
e-mail: robertc@webzone.net
Posted: 9-24-99

No message.

Gregory Turner
e-mail: fayengreg@aol.com
Posted: 5-18-99

I have lived in Huntington Beach, CA for the last 11 years. In 1999 I graduated from Loyola Marymount University with honors in English. I spent 12 years in New York trying to start an acting career with limited success. I am now working on my first novel as well as a few other writing projects. I am wondering what happened to our class of 78 since what has happened in my life since BTW has been so different than what I expected. I look forward to any and all communications.

 

Joe Shaw
e-mail: JoeShaw@wavenet.com
Posted: 1996

I have a Journalism degree for California State University, Los Angeles. I currently live in LA and work in the marketing department of a network of three southern California hospital, where I design edit and write many of our company's internal and external communications.

 

Pam Taylor Jackson
e-mail: pjackson@lamar.colostate.edu
Posted: 9-99

I now live in Colorado with my husband, Steve Jackson, and our two daughters (Taylor and Leah). I worked as a television news producer and writer for several years and went back to college a couple years ago to get my M.S. degree. I am now teaching broadcast journalism at Colorado State University and working on a Ph.D. in Media Economics. I would enjoy hearing from old friends. Patti Parker, where are you?

Gail Patton Carter
e-mail: DeeZZert@aol.com
Posted: 12-7-99

Hey Hornets! Little did I know that my time at Carver Middle and BTW would be so influencial in my life. After graduation from TU, I spent the next 5 yrs teaching Spanish, then married and moved to Miami, Florida. I spent ten years teaching in the worse ghetto high schools in Miami, and loving every minute of it. I finished the Masters degree I had started at OSU at the University of Miami, in Teaching English as a Second Language. Remember those Cuban rafters and Haitian boatlift refugees you saw on CNN? Those were my students, along with kids from every corner of the world. I owe my background in becoming a Citizen of the World to the first-class education in diversity and acceptance that I learned at BTW. I left Miami in 1997, and my two kids and I moved to Orlando, Fl. I am an administrator now, overseeing the ESOL Department in a great Middle school. Another milestone in my life was getting wiped out by Hurricane Andrew when I worked at Homestead Sr. High School.

Debra L. Washington Smith
e-mail: jsmith7939@aol.com
Posted: 12-7-99

hey old school hornets!!!! i have lived in atlanta, georgia for the past 12 years. i'm married to jefferson smith of new york and we have a wonderful baby daughter, jasmine. i visit my family in tulsa annually. i would love to hear from you!! yasi, where are you? d

I emailed the people listed above about the site as well.

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No wonder you`re all mixed up. You got a white man`s 1st name, a Spanish man`s 2nd name and a black man`s 3rd name.


-- Mickey Rivers to Reginald (Reggie) Martinez Jackson

hello fellow hornets! was playing around on computer & found this site & it was fun to read.Hello bobby d (i had no idea i was often clueless) I wouldnt trade btw days for anything in the world. I never dreamed everyone would be spread across the world like they are. I live here in tulsa chasing my own 3 kidos & loving it. Married a great guy Jerry, he is a dep u s marshal & im a domestic goddess ha ha, spent 18 years in banking real estate closings,now i work harder at home just kidding wouldnt change that either. I always wondered what happened to susan athens, reggie(forgot last name) from coach moffits class,I ran into yazi mcginnleys mom she has 2 girls & living in houston.Nikki hello, sad i guess i need to inquire about you while im at it. I remember dan richards you were a hoot. I speak to randy rutledge, gary leak and tom montgomery every now and then. High school seems like 10 years ago not 25 ouch. bob thats cool you got to come in for your reunion hope your well how is mitchiko? take care all ill check in time to time bye jan

Jan,

Hello stranger... I hope all is well... It's been a long time since Monroe Jr. HS, and later Booker T. Washington HS...

Hey dollface, I'm glad you found this place. Where is Nikki Knock? Please tell her I said "Howdy and a hope she's well" if you get in touch w/ her.

My mom is fine, thanks for asking. How about your parents, and Nan and John?

It's Jan Downing!



Hi Jan! Great to see you here.

Hey guys! It doesn't look like anyone posts on here very frequently. I just "found" this website last week. I hope people still pop in once in a while.
We're in the Houston area but try to get back to Tulsa for the holidays. I need to go by and check out the new buidling......fancy-schmancy!!

Hello fellow Hornets,
I am married and living in Dallas Texas. I have a wonderful 8 year old son and a 15 year old step daughter. We have been married for almost 10 years now. I work EDS in Plano texas and have been there for almost 20 years working in audio/video production satellite engineering and desktop technical support. Looking forward to hearing from everyone.

Shan Cox, the dude who ruled 20th Century back in the day like Tony Manero, er tried to act like him?! Hah hah, just kidding yo!

All quite on the Eastern front... I hope all members are doing well...

Hi Riley,

Alls quite in the mid west... I'm doing great! Planning a motorcycle trip with my husband and a couple of friends to North Carolina in June. Looking forward to getting away.

Take it easy!!

I am moving from NYC after 21 years, and relocating to my place out in Las Vegas in mid October... I depart NYC on or about Sept. 27th and riding out West on the harley...

Hey, this is VG, just here to say how's everyone from the great class of 78!!! Its been a long long time since I seen anyone from my class! Still in H-Town teaching music to some loud mouth kids along with John Ross and Marion Ross. Anyone out there, give me a shout out!

VG