School & Community News

CV Fellowship Christmas Party

The is Chartiers Valley Fellowship Christmas Party on December 9 from 5pm -9pm at Gaetano`s Restaurant, 1617 Banksville Road, Pgh 15216. Cash bar and DJ and Dinner, 4 choices, $35. per person. We must know by and paid for by December 4. Contact me here or Susan Dodge Platania (CV 1968) on Facebook. RSVP

Class of 65 70th Birthday Party

Peters Place Bridgeville
September 22, 2017 6:00 p.m.
Appetizers provided cash bar.
RSVP by April 1st
Patti Patterson Gotch
pgotch@yahoo.com

Classof66Turns66 Reunion is registering now!

The official Registration Form for the Class of 66 Turns 66 Reunion scheduled for Oct. 10 & 11 was sent out in mid June. Please mail your Registration and check to Peggie Morris Cimarolli by July 15th. Email us at CVclSsof66@aol.com if you need more info.

Majorettes Live On Forever!

Being a majorette at Char Val was truly one of the major highlights of my life, and then being the Head Majorette in my senior year, well, that was better than being Miss America, as far as I was concerned. I had actually learned to twirl and march years before high school in a Drum & Bugel Corps in Amwelll Twp. before I moved to the Chartiers Valley community, so trying out for majorette was not only easy, but exciting to be part of a much larger school with real football games and halftime performances to prepare for. I went on to college and organized WVU's first Army Drillteam, the Mountainettes, and then became a teacher, and later Principal. At each of my schools, I organized a Twirling and Marching Team as an extra-curricular activity for the girls, and some boys!. The first school I taught at was an inner-city, all Black high school in Atlanta, Ga. I taught English and Special Education, but also sponsored the majorettes. What a kick that was. They all told me I would never get a husband with my skinny legs!
Well, I did get a husband, my high school sweetheart, and we headed to California, where the rest of my teaching and administration career played out. Now I am retired, and, yes, still twirling. I started a Twirling Team here at our little local elementary school. A photo of my little girls is in the Photo section. It shows just some of the 35 girls in our corps as they prepared for a performance at the school. The girls particularly love the routines we made up to "Girls Just Want To Have Fun", and........ "Happy" !
Once a majorette, always a majorette, right girls? I would love to here from my other twirling sisters.
Cheryl (Cooper) McElhany in Rancho Murieta, CA.

Class of 66 Turns 66 Reunion

The Class of 1966 turns 66 this year, and we are planning a fall Reunion. We have a Committee of 7 people who have been working to find our classmates and obtain their email addresses in order to do the whole registration process via email.
The Save The Date announcement went out to all the classmates we could find (approx. 140) in May. Our class had around 440 students and we know of 46 that are deceased, so there are loads more folks out there we have no contact information for. Please contact us at our special email address (CVclassof66@aol.com) if you did not receive your Save the Date announcement. The Reunion dates are Oct. 10-11, 2014. Homecoming Weekend. The Registration Form will be coming out this month! Hope to see you all in October.
Cheryl Cooper McElhany

Chartiers Valley High School Alumni

THE FIRST TIME I BECAME A MEMBER IT WAS 10.00 FOR LIFE NOW ITS 20.00 FOR LIFE. WHATS NEXT 30.00 FOR LIFE. BY BY