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The Spartan Walkway, built in 2011 as part of the ELHS 50th Birthday Party, graces the entrance to our school in this September 2012 photo.
 
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.
 
 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 his 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 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.
 
 Jun. 23, 2025 - - - ELHS English teacher Mr. Richard Grover passes away
 
We bid farewell to Mr. Richard Grover, who taught English during our time at ELHS. We just discovered he passed away on Sep. 30, 2018. Please click here for our tribute to Mr. Grover.
 
 
 
Mr. Grover in 1970 and later in life.
 
 Jun. 18, 2025 - - - Lowerclassman Richard Perrault, ELHS 1972, passes away
 
We bid farewell to Richard Perrault, ELHS 1972, who passed away on Jun. 16, 2025 while hiking in New Hampshire. Please click here for a news story about his passing and click here for our tribute to Richard and other ELHS Class 0f 1972 classmates who have passed away.
 
 
 
Richard's sophomore year yearbook photo and later in life.
 
Jun. 17, 2025 - - - Latest photos of new ELHS construction
 
Fabulous progress continues on the new ELHS construction, as seen in these photos from May.
 
 
 
 
 
Aerial photos of new ELHS construction taken in May 2025.
 
 Jun. 15, 2025 - - - Mapleshade School third grade teacher Miss Mary Ann Gerould passes away
 
We bid farewell to Miss Mary Ann Gerould (Mrs. Mary Ann Jones after marriage), who taught third grade during our time at Mapleshade School. She passed away on May 21, 2025. Please click here for her obituary and click here for our tribute to Miss Gerould and other faculty and staff members from kindergarten through eighth grade who have passed away.
 
  
 
Miss Gerould in 1960 and later in life.
 
Miss Gerould's third grade roster: Monica Barry, Nancy Birtwell, Laura Bradley, Deborah Butler, Susan Circosta, Danny Danio, Ralph Donohue, Donald Eddy, Dean Florian, Frank Gibney, Richard Grimaldi, Heidi Hiller, John Keane, Diane LaFave, Victor Linden, Marilyn Man, Thomas Martone, Janet McCarthy, Franklin Miorandi, Brenda Misitano, Stephen Newell, Kim O'Brien, Donald R. Page, Jr., Debra Peterson, Dennis Plante, Susan Regnier, Deborah Saabye, Maria Siano, Donald Turnberg, Susan Waterman, Janice Worthington.
 
Jun 8, 2025 - - - ELHS graduates 172 seniors

On Jun. 7, 2025, commencement exercises were held at ELHS for 172 seniors. This brings the total number of graduates at ELHS since the first graduating class of 1962 to 13,136.

 
 
Graduates toss their caps (mortarboards) into the air as family members look on. The green sheathing on the walls of the new ELHS, under construction, is seen on the right.
 
 
This table shows the number of graduates each year since 1962.  ELHS opened in September 1960. In June 1961 there were no graduates, as seniors completed their education in Springfield schools. The largest number of graduates to date was 298 in the Class of 1974.
 
 May 16, 2025 - - - Lowerclassman William "Bill" Bodge, ELHS 1972, passes away
 
We bid farewell to William "Bill" Bodge, ELHS 1972, who passed away on Apr. 11, 2025. Please click here for his obituary and click here for our tribute to Bill and other ELHS Class of 1972 classmates who have passed away.
 
 
 
Bill in 1972 (senior portrait) and later in life.
 

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