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In this June 2026 screenshot from a drone video, we see the ELHS we attended in the front and the new ELHS, under construction, in the rear. 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.
 
Jul. 1, 2026 - - -  Former classmate Mary Flanagan Smiley passes away
 
We bid farewell to classmate Mary Flanagan Smiley, who we just learned passed away on Jul. 30, 2025. We knew her as Mary Flanagan. She was in our class for eleventh grade only. Please click here for Mary's obituary and click here for our tribute to Mary and other members of our class who have passed away.
 
 
Mary later in life.
 
Jul. 1, 2026 - - -  Photos from yesterday of new ELHS construction
 
Below are aerial photos taken on Jun. 30, 2026 showing progress on the demolition of the current ELHS school as part of the construction of the new ELHS. The only thing left standing of the school we attended are classroom wings. The pace of destruction of the current school has been breathtaking. Photos courtesy of Seven Roads Real Estate Media.
 
 
New ELHS in the background with only classroom wings from the current ELHS left in the foreground.
 
 
View from above Maple St. of the new ELHS.
 
 
New ELHS in the background with remaining classroom wings of the current school in the foreground.
 
Jun. 28, 2026 - - -  Latest photos of new ELHS construction
 
Progresss continues on the new ELHS construction with significant demolition of the current ELHS in preparation for creating the entrance to the new school. The first day of school is Aug. 27, 2026.
 
 
Aerial photo by David Sady on Jun. 21, 2026 showing the new ELHS under construction in the background and destruction of the pool, gym, cafeteria, and principal's and guidance offices of the current ELHS. 
 
 
Aerial photo by David Sady on Jun. 21, 2026 showing the new ELHS on the left side and what's left of the current ELHS on the right side.
 
Jun. 17, 2026 - - -  Commencement exercises held for 186 ELHS seniors
 
 
On June 5, commencement exercises were held for 186 ELHS seniors in the athletic stadium, as seen in the photo above. This was the final class to graduate in the original/current ELHS school, which opened in 1960. The total number of grads is now 13,322, as seen in the graph below.
 
 
Jun. 16, 2026 - - -  Current drone footage of the new ELHS under construction
 
Please click here for some drone footage taken on June 14, 2026 of the new ELHS under construction, courtesy of David Sady, a videographer from Ludlow. It's shaping up nicely!
 
 Jun. 10, 2026 - - -  Mrs. Angelina Italiano, mother of former classmate Lisa Italiano Maki, passes away
 
We bid farewell to Mrs. Angelina Italiano, mother of former classmate Lisa Italiano Maki, who we knew as Lisa Italiano, and who was in our class from first through eighth grades before attending Cathedral High School. Mrs. Italiano passed away on Jun. 6, 2026 at the age of 104.  Please click here for her obituary. At this time, we do not have a photo of Mrs. Italiano. Also of interest, please click here for our tribute to Mrs. Italiano and twelve other centenerians associated with our class.
 
Jun. 9, 2026 - - -  Latest photos of new ELHS construction
 
Progress continues on the new ELHS construction as seen in these current photos.
 
 
The new ELHS is in the left middle with the current school in the right foreground.
 
 
 
 
 May 27, 2026 - - - Lowerclassman Cynthia Panico Soja, ELHS 1972, passes away
 
We bid farewell to Cynthia Panico Soja, ELHS 1972, who we knew as Cynthia Panico. She passed away on May 6, 2026. Please click here for Cynthia's obituary and click here for our tributes to her and other members of the ELHS Class of 1972 who have passed away.
 
 
 
Cynthia in 1972 (senior portrait) and later in life.

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