While some alumni have used restaurants and catering halls,
planning your reunion does not have to be a huge undertaking. To
save on costs and logistics, you may simply want to have people meet
at a certain time at a local pub and pay for their own drinks and
food. Or you can plan to meet at a classmate's house or
apartment and have everyone bring an appetizer!
Sometimes groups have also attended Mass together or planned
a breakfast or Friday activity as well, especially if some of the
classmates are in from out of town for the weekend.
Contact the school at officedev@steliznyc
to let us know of your intention, so we can start helping you right
away. Using the class list, begin contacting other classmates to
determine ideas and interests; to recruit others who will help in the
planning; and to begin "finding" missing alumni.
Select a site and date, determining their availability, the price,
what it includes (cash or open bar, choices of food, cash advance and
deadlines).
Notify the school so we can start
publicizing the event for you.
If the information is determined early enough, send a save-the-date
mailing to all alumni on your directory, with a list of missing
classmates and a request for addresses and phone numbers.
Determine the price of the event, keeping in mind mailings,
decorations, souvenirs, etc.
Continue searching for
"lost" classmates.
Send an invitation with directions
and a response card and self-addressed stamped envelope. You
may also wish to include information on overnight accommodations,
a request for payment, and/or a questionnaire for a classmate
directory.
Let the school know if there are
specific former staff you would like to invite, and we will
provide addresses for them as well.
A
class gift is a wonderful way to commemorate your reunion and for your
class to leave a legacy for the school, to help ensure that it has the
important resources necessary to continue the quality education made
available when you were children. A plaque commemorating your
class gift would be available in many cases. Below are some
possibilities, or see our school Wish
List.
10 new statues of saints for the
classrooms at $2500 (or $250 a piece)
10 new teachers desks at $3500 (or
$350 a piece)
trees and benches for the Peace
Garden ($500 a piece)
Sponsor a Student ($2900 full
scholarship or a partial scholarship)
Please let the school know about any
"found" alumni, so we can keep our database
up-to-date. Send all changes, including phone numbers and
email addresses to officedev@steliznyc.org.
Please mail copies of any photos to
the school at the address at the bottom of this page, so that we
may post them on our website and in the newsletter. Other
classes, as well as classmates who did not attend, would love to
see them!
Lots
of different ideas have been tried, and former organizers would be
happy to answer any questions you might have about successes and
pitfalls. Feel free to contact them.
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