She has a way with music and with words....thank you Miss Ellis...see her notes below...

14th ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE - JUNE 11, 2011

“I left home Saturday morning thinking in terms of what I remembered from the many years I leaned against the west wall of the gymnasium, flinching as the band rocked out all those special songs, stirring up an unbelievable level of decibels and musing over the fact that everything that would be uttered in that vast hall would run together like melted butter and maple syrup runs over a stack of pancakes.

I actually gasped with surprise and delight when I reached the gym and looked in the door. WHAT A VISION YOU AND YOUR GREAT CREW had produced to provide for all those AHSers who showed up later.!

I DO APPRECIATE EXCELLENCE—and as the KING wrote in his letter to ANNA: ‘All that matters is that man shall have done his utmost best.’ That’s the way I felt about what a few people did with the insides of a revamped gymnasium at Arlington High School on June 11. Thanks for doin’ all the GOOD STUFF Saturday!

Jane Robin Ellis

GREEN AND WHITE BALLOONS EVERYWHERE! ALUMNI FROM MANY DIFFERENT CLASSES!

Saturday, June 11, saw the biggest and best Alumni Open House yet! If you have never been to an Alumni Open House, you need to change your ways for next year. If your class has never scheduled its reunion for Open House weekend, it is missing a bet.

Once again, the annual gathering of fans of Arlington High School offered a chance to see folks you haven’t seen in a long time; a chance to watch Miss Jane Ellis work her eternal magic on the choir and the crowd; a chance to hear the enlarging and improving Alumni Band.

Buddie Hrabal, ’64, provided a superior sound system for the event which projected every speaker’s voice throughout the cafeteria.

Don't miss this outstanding event in 2012!

Thanks Buddie!

PICS FROM PREVIOUS OPEN HOUSE EVENTS!

Jennifer Young and James Adams - catching up!

Peggy Wood Martin, ‘66, Li’l Arlie,
Mac Martin, ‘61, Ashley Keplinger—Arlie’s sponsor

Open House - June 2011

Carol Ryan Hufford '53, Jane Ellis, Kitty Lee Bryce '50, and Truman Bryce '45, enjoying Open House 2011.

Cheerleaders and Little Arlie add Spirit!

DCA Receipants Announced at Open House 2011

Mac Martin, Class of 1961 & Peggy Wood Martin, Class of 1966
Robert Miles, Class of 1957
Geraldine Nash Mills, Class of 1959
Barton Thompson, Class of 1951

Join us for this fun Alumni tradition! 

TAILGATE PARTY - CONTINUES A TRADITION!

Dorthy, Dee, Phyllis, Sonny

Tim Brennan, Ana Pettit, Helen Strickle, Jane Ellis