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Class of 1966 60th Class Reunion will be held on Oct. 17, 2026 at the Nevillewood Country Club.

Class of 1966 60th Class Reunion will be held on Oct. 17, 2026 at the Nevillewood Country Club. We are taking Registration Forms and checks now until the end July. Please contact Cheryl Cooper McElhany at camcelhany@aol.com for a Registration Form

More Info on the Class of 1966 60th Reunion- Oct. 17th

1966 Classmates.........We have sent out the Registration Form for our coming Reunion. If you did not receive it, please let us know by contacting Cheryl Cooper McEllhany at camcelhany@aol.com
We are hoping to get Registration Forms turned in by July 15, if possible.

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

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.

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