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In this August 2025 photo, we see the ELHS we attended in the front and the new ELHS, under construction, in the rear. In the foreground, a temporary parking lot has replaced the grassy area we knew in high school. The new ELHS is scheduled to be completed in August 2026, after which the current school will be razed and replaced by a landscaped entrance area and athletic fields. Photo by David Sady.
 
Note: This page features news about our classmates, former classmates, parents, upper and lower classmen during our time at ELHS, faculty and staff from kindergarten through 12th grades, and construction progress on the new ELHS. Please contact us with news you'd like to share, which we'll generally keep posted for 60 days.
 
Jan. 18, 2026 - - - Latest photos of new ELHS under construction
 
Here are some Dec. 18, 2025 photos of the new ELHS under construction. It's shaping up nicely. Just seven months until completion.
 
 
View of the new ELHS from the back side. Current ELHS is in the background.
 
 
New ELHS under construction. The current school is in the foreground and the new ELHS in the background. It's a bit hard to separate the two buildings.
 
 
Aerial view of the new ELHS under construction.
 
 
Aerial view of the new ELHS under construction. Current ELHS is on the right side. The new pool is in the lower right. The roof has not yet been installed.
 
 Jan. 8, 2026 - - - Classmate Lois Melbourne Webber passes away
 
We bid farewell to our dear classmate Lois Melbourne Webber, who we knew as Lois Melbourne. She passed away in late December 2025. Please click here for Lois' obituary and click here for our tribute to Lois. Note: Her obituary has a typo on her date of birth. It should read Dec. 30, 1951.
 
 
 
Lois in 1970 (senior candid) and later in life.
 
 Jan. 7, 2026 - - - Upperclassman Bonnie Piusz, ELHS 1969, passes away
 
We bid farewell to Bonnie Piusz, ELHS 1969, who passed away in Hawaii on Dec. 20, 2025. Please click here for our tribute to Bonnie and other ELHS Class of 1969 classmates who have passed away.
 
 
 
Bonnie in 1969 (senior portrait) and later in life.
 
 Jan. 6, 2026 - - - Upperclassman John Beck, ELHS 1969, passes away
 
We bid farewell to John Beck, ELHS 1969, who passed away on Dec. 31, 2025. Please click here for a very brief obituary. Please click here for our tribute to John and other ELHS Class of 1969 classmates who have passed away.
 
 
John's senior portrait.
 
 Dec. 10, 2025 - - - Upperclassman Frances Byron Fortier, ELHS 1969, passes away
 
We bid farewell to Frances Byron Fortier, ELHS 1969, who we knew as Frances Byron. She passed away on Dec. 8, 2025. If an obituary is published, we'll add the link here. Please click here for our tribute to Frances and other ELHS Class of 1969 classmates who have passed away. 
 
 
 
Frances in 1969 (senior portrait) and later in life.

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