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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 open in September 2026, after which the current school will be razed and replaced by landscaped parking areas and athletic fields. Photo by David Sady.
 
Note: On this page we include 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.
 
 Aug. 20, 2025 - - - Mrs. Ruth Owen, mother of classmate David Owen, passes away
 
We bid farewell to Mrs. Ruth Owen, mother of David Owen, who passed away on Aug. 16, 2025 at the age of 101. Please click here for her obituary and click here for our tribute to Mrs. Owen and all our parents who have passed away. You'll also find Mrs. Owen on our Centenarians page.
 
 
 
Mrs. Owen in 1983 and later in life.
 
Aug. 11, 2025 --- Very current drone photos of new ELHS construction
 
Here are two drone photos of the new East Longmeadow High School taken by David Sady, a drone videographer from Ludlow. The new school will open in 13 months.
 
 
Here we see the current ELHS with a temporary parking lot in front and the new ELHS, under construction, in the background. Photo by David Sady.
 
 
On the right, we see the new ELHS under construction. On the left, we see the current ELHS. Photo by David Saby. 
 
Aug. 8, 2025 --- Latest photos of new ELHS construction
 
Nice progress continues on the new East Longmeadow High School as seen in these photos courtesy of Fontaine Brothers, the construction manager.
 
 
 
 
 
 Jul. 22, 2025 - - - Mapleshade School third grade teacher Mrs. Rita Ravosa passes away
 
We bid farewell to Mrs. Rita Ravosa, one of our third grade teachers during our time at Mapleshade School. She passed away on Jul. 1, 2025. Please click here for Mrs. Ravosa's obituary and click here for our tribute to her.
 
 
 
Mrs. Ravosa in 1960 and later in life.
 
Mrs. Ravosa's third grade class roster: Judith Bliss, Arlene Breau, David Carpenter, Alicia Coles, Marsha Coons, Denise Descheneaux, Julia Devine, Suzanne Dreyer, Marilyn Gour, Kenneth Hall, John Illig, Douglas Kenyon, William Lowe, Deborah Markham, Catherine Maurer, Bruce Moore, John Ouellette, Kathyrn Pedersen, Carl Porcelli, Cynthia Richards, William Scheumann, Gary Serwatka, William Stark, Nancy Steitz, Stephen Tesini, Arthur Valonen, Melinda Wheeler, Susan Wicks, Susan Wolcott, Ellen Zimmerman.
 
 Jul. 8, 2025 - - - Mountain View School fifth grade teacher Mr. Francis Perenick passes away
 
We bid farewell to Mr. Francis Perenick, one of our fifth grade teachers during our time at Mountain View School. He passed away on Jul. 4, 2025. Please click here for Mr. Perenick's obituary and click here for our tribute to him.
 
 
 
Mr. Perenick cuts another student's hair during his college days at Marlboro College, VT in the early 1950s, and later in life.
 
Mr. Perenick's fifth grade class roster: William Anderson, Paul Battige, Lynn Belliveau, Lawrence Bradley, Karen Carpenter, Donna Colapietro, Henry Dickinson, Lois Dusenberry, Dorothy Edwards, Brian Falk, David Gallerani, Mark Hadeler, Lisa Italiano, Eileen Jordan, Joseph Kwasnik, Edward Lemanski, Catherine Maurer, Jane Mertz, Linda Mottle, Bruce Ostrander, Donald A. Page, Kathryn Pederson, Eleanor Ramey, Deborah Saabye, Stephen St. Marie, Charles Taylor, David Turnberg, Arthur Valonen, Robert Wenning, James Wilkins, Nancy Wrinkle.
 
Jul. 6, 2025 - - - Classmate Bruce Moore in East Longmeadow Fourth of July parade
 
Classmate Bruce Moore, vice-chairman of the East Longmeadow Historical Commission, livened up the East Longmeadow Fourth of July parade, marching in his Revolutionary War uniform while carrying U.S. flags, which he passed out to viewers along the parade route. Please click here for a short video clip.
 
 
Bruce marches along Maple St. Photo from a video by classmate Andrea Hastings Driscoll.

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