Who's Coming 2024

Can’t wait!

Thank you for putting together this event! Looking forward to it!

theres a party richard...........

theres a party richard...........

I\'m so glad I was able to make it to this reunion. It was like a step back in time. And certainly having it in the same building had a huge effect on the days events. It was an amazing day, and my thanks to those who made it happen. The day portion of this reunion was wonderful, and in my opinion, the best part. It gave a lot of us that extra time to get reacquainted with everyone. Having those who helped us navigate through this experience also attend, was the icing on the cake. I\'m honored to have been a part of that learning experience.   

i figured i would break the silence, anybody home?

I miss all of you ! ! ! Hey Robert T.We are on the same wave brotherrrrrr ! I had it planed to check in today because i been thinking,still about how GREAT the reunion was and how much iv been missing every one since....Keep on posting peoples ! ! Lets not forget and try to do something in the future.

Thank you Bobs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bruce and I had the best time ever. Pretty sure no renuion on this planet was ever as great as this one. Huge thanks to the organizers.

wow............

I had such a great time ! I can\'t say enough thank you\'s to Bob and Bob for making this happen !!  What a wonderful day !

The vision of the organizers (past & present); assembling people, music, documents, pix, table decorations; exchange of stories in meaningful surroundings...smells like teen spirit!Thanks for the chance to be alternative again. KK, now K2R

 A big thank you to all who help organize and all those who came out. Let\'s not wait another 35 years to see each other again.P.S. I took down Nancy Held\'s phone number and true to my condition at the time left off the last 4 numbers, if anyone can get me in touch with her let me knowThanks

 What a great event.  The planning, effort and execution of our visionary\'s did not go unnoticed. You guys did an amazing job.  Thank you to all of you.  My regret.....I wish I had gotten there earlier.  It was really wonderful to reconnect with old friends an to make some new ones.  Over the years I had forgotten the impact the School had on me and how it influenced me.  What an opportunity we had!. I hope there are other events in the future.

Pure joy !  The whole day ... morning, noon and night was pure joy.  Seeing all of your faces, hearing all of your voices ... all set against the backdrop of the school itself ... caused the decades to dissolve and the space between then and now to feel as if nothing more than a long weekend had passed.  I\'m sure I\'ll have more words to express what the school meant to me and how the reunion with all of you impacted me ... however, for now ... it\'s just pure joy and I\'m content to leave it at that.

Jerry Downs said it, and I wrote it. WOW! I really appreciate the opportunity to have been part of the planning committee, and see this event unfold. About a year ago or so, Bob Stirner had told me the concept of this reunion. Both  Bob Glass, and Bob Stirner had such a purpose of cause, viral in nature, that by sure association drew me in, as only one could characterize as a vortex. So the night before, like a kid awaiting Christmas, I stared at the ceiling, thinking, in anticipation. Flash forward 35 years, and then flash back in time 35 years. Everyone knows cause and effect. In the moment, in real time, when you can see the cause of action such as lighting, and blowing out a candle, you see the cause and effect of blowing. You have an immediate understanding of action. This is all so different when the results of action can only be measured by a life time. It is my opinion, having talked with, and listened to every member of our extended community during our reunion, that the grand experiment of Alternative Education was successful. I saw caring, kind, generous, moral, committed, active, involved, motivated, intelligent, productive, and directed, people. This I believe is a direct result of the exposure to the wide variety of our mentors during our education at the "A" School. The testimony to this surely is in the thoughts expressed during our community meeting. Our get together surpassed all of my expectations. I got kind of scared at the beginning of the community meeting, when there was some silence, that maybe the silence would continue. We all know the silence did not continue. The affirmation of this experience will strengthen our continued growth. This can be characterized by my good friend David Tannenbaum when he said during our community meeting, that our experience was like a stone in the pond that created a ripple continuing forever. It did................touching may people on its way outward. The following Monday morning while at work I got a call from Bob Stirner, and shortly thereafter John Blair. I was still a little fuzzy from the emotional roller coaster, getting back to all the real world responsibilities. Hearing both of their voices, and passionate recount of our collective experience made my acclimation back to the real world that much easier. My wife Mindy and I are both a graduates of the "A" school and only found each other by chance way after that experience. Figure that.

And to think, we almost did not come. It was beyond any words. Thank you for taking the time to make so many people so happy. I will remember this reunion for the rest of my life.  

WOW!!! Unbelievably cool too see everyone. What a blast! Best to all.

Thanks to the reunion committee for a fantastic evening!  Dave T. - start looking for those Bat Mitzvah pics! love to all-Char

thanks to all ! what a wonderful event. the planning and execution was nothing short of unbelieveable.

I\'ve heard that the authorities are shutting down the N.Y. Thurway and from here on out it\'s a free concert!

A light has gone out.  Rest in peace, Jack. 

there was a walk through of the "a" school 10/26/10 for planning, and to sort a few things out prior to the reunion.  during the walk through the ghosts of the past filled the hallways for certain, and it is kind of funny, fore at that moment, it could have been 1974. lee walked through the classrooms, and ray and i tried to find remnants of writing on the chalk boards in his classroom. I saw it in all their faces, chuck, cindy, ray, bob and lee, that they did return to that place in time. Can anyone name a school reunion that ever happened in the school that they went to? it\'s a trip for me because it\'s the same school that i attended kindergarten. I attended with buba bob perry. we were hoping to find the video tape player that has been long since gone, so we could view the many tapes that we have from the first years. no luck:(no one can live in the past, nor would you want to; but, for one fine day in November, the lucky ones will get the chance, to once again relive some formative years, and visit that place in time, when you had all the time in the world, and a lot of places to put it:)   robert tokarczyk

Hey friends!Are people connecting tonight- where?I\'m at 206-406-2871.  Rita

Thank you!!!Bob & Bob for all your time &energy and devotion to this project...to making it happen, and inspiring help...so looking forward to a fantastic event!LeeAnn

Hope all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

I just wrote the check and it is going into the mail today for the CAS Reunion.  I should have done it long ago, so that our friends on this committee can keep things rolling along.  I suggest you take a minute and do the same.  We all know we want to go to this great event, so get your check in today so the committee can plan for a wonderful time for all of us.Looking forward to seeing all of you there!

THIS FROM THE CLASSMATES PAGE.I should have done this months ago. Hello everyone! I want to thank you all for contributing to one of the most formative and important experiences of my life. You showed me what learning could be, should be, and didn\'t have to be - hence I left teaching. I learned to love learning; learning what I wanted to learn, and I found that that has no place in formal education/training - nor should it or can it. For years I couldn\'t think about what happened, I still haven\'t read Hinger\'s 30 yr old  Requiem for a School. I still don\'t want to relive the anger - the essay\'s here, somewhere in my office. I still can\'t justify our closing but I think understand it now; Big Education is about daycare, training, careers and retirement. "Keep the doors open and the lid on." There is simply too much at stake to risk the uncertain outcomes of individual exploration in a democratic environment. "That\'s Fourth-of-July\' talk." "And I should save it for the Fourth of July?" "That\'s right." (Part of a dialog from my one term stint on the local school board. I was not re-elected. I\'m not a cheerleader.) I\'m proud of everything we did, and every mistake we made. I\'ve come to see that if you\'re not making mistakes you\'re not trying hard enough - or you\'re already dead. Life is not lost by dying, life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in a thousand small uncaring ways.  S.V. Benet I\'ve lived in latte-land, the land of the terminally polite, for over thirty years. I\'m looking forward to at least a few days where discussion is a contact sport, ridicule-based humor is an art form and people can believe in something deeply enough to argue emotionally. I\'m looking forward to seeing Kyra jump up crying, and shouting "Go on, go on! Ignore this, ignore this!" I definitely should have done this months ago. See you all in November. Worse than ever.  jb

Even though I have not been directly involved with planning this wonderful event, I have been lucky enough to be reaquainted with several folks from my A school past, and am looking forward to seeing those I have not. I got the most enjoyment out of school in general at the A school, and continue learning whenever possible...having learned about diversity, nutrition, diplomacy, friendship, nature, and so many other things, the Aschool gave me a firm foundation to help start my adult life. Thank you to all involved...see you April 9th...LeeAnn Hopkins

Yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !

It's been a looooooong time! Does anyone even feel like we ever passed over to the adult side??

Shuffle play - what are the 1st 10 random songs to come up on your music player?1. No Exit, The Pentangle 2. Vuelo, Cuatro Vientos (cool wind quartet, a real favorite)3. All Along the Watchtower, U24. Just Like Starting Over, John Lennon (I was in rural massachusetts and did not find out until the day after, at work making guitars)5. Everlasting Love, Smokie Robinson6. Light My Fire, The Doors (first heard the long version at Jeff Parmer\'s house)7. Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Ray Charles (I prefer his earlier Atlantic R&B years)8. Mr. Brightside, The Killers (not sure where this one came from)9. Crystal Blue Persuasion, Tommy James and the Shondels (incomparable psychedelic pop)10. Don\'t You Leave Me Here, Hot Tuna (recently seen at the Somerville Theatre on their 50th Anniversary Tour)Recommended current music: Bela Fleck, Throw Down Your Heart. Bela travels to Africa to find where it all began with the banjo.

 Well, this is just great.  I am looking forward to this event.  Robert, lets finally have that lunch we were going to have 20 years ago.  Lets get together with Mark.

Hey Walter,Sounds like you\'re still trippin\' dude... all that crap about the A-School. Shit, Who are we kiddin\', most of us are lucky to be alive.Love Ya\' Man

Nice one Johnny!   I don\'t have an ipod so I grabbed my son Sean\'s.  ( 9 years old )  Here we go:1) Surfin\' Bird,Trashmen2) Gitchee Gitchee Goo, Phineas and Ferb3) Old Man, Neil Young4) We are the Champions, Queen5) Fire Burning, Sean Kingston6) Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper7) Dancing Queen, ABBA  Note: Thats not from my side of the family8) Doing The Sponge, SpongeBob SquarePants9) Should I Stay Or Should I Go. The Clash10) We will Rock You, Queen

FRIDAY APRIL 9TH, 8PM, CINNAMINSON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL SOCIAL/ PARTY, WHISTLERS INN ( OLD AMERICAN HOUSE ) ,RT 130 CINNAMINSON, NJMany folks are going to attend, should be a BLAST, wings, brews, good people!!!    BE THERE!!!

To all who knew him, I\'m very sad to report that Jim Mayes died on Sept 4th after a long battle with cancer. Jim (along with myself) was a Riverton boy with many friends at the A School. After high school Jim became a chiropractor and moved to South Carolina in the Greenville area. He\'s survived by Susan, his wife of 32 years. Very sad news

Hey Gary, U currently ain't my type babe.......do you have a blonde wig?

fuckin-a buba. if you do need help  with setting this up let me know 

To THE MAN with the hottest car back in the day..GARY K...OLDS 442.got to get a pic. put in cars drove in the day photo alblem..Garyyyyyy !!

YO BOB THE SEX&DRUGS SOUNDS GOOD E-MAIL ME IF YOU NEED HELP WITH ANYTHING  GARY  

Yo Bob,Don\'t have the $50... how about a bud of sensemia and a qualude?

I\'ll tell you what, folks. The years at the Alternative School were some of the best in my life. I didn\'t realize until after I left the AS how wonderful all of you were. What a brilliant, creative, curious group of people. I wish I had explored more and taken a greater variety of classes. What a great opportunity we created. I am so glad I was part of it, and it still pays me dividends. I cherish all the memories; both the clear ones and the foggy ones. What a great faculty, staff and student body. Can\'t wait to see you all again.

I\'m loving the names and faces that are starting to show up.     I tunes Last 10, At home shuffle, after bowling, enjoying a couple of Guinness1) Signe, Clapton2)Evil Ways, Santana3)Cosmic Debris, Zappa4)Hyacinth House, Doors5)20th Century Man, Kinks6)Bang A Gong, T Rex7)Spanish Bombs, Clash8)Gaudete, Steelye Span9)Maybellene, Berry10)Catapult, REM

DO NOT FORGET  "KICK-IN $50 FRIDAY"APRIL 16thThis is my first fund raiser...SO DON\'T LET ME DOWN!!!!!!!!!!

HEY EVERYBODY !!...whos been checking out this site and signing this guest book and has plans of coming to this event(lots of ands)...the "clock is tickin"everyone needs to respond ASAP.Get your tickets,and or contact the "contact us" part of this site,or Bob Glass direct.Questions and stuff like that,contact Bob Glass,PLEASE...Quoting my self,again..This event is "History Coming Back TO Life"its gona be an all day Blast.Everyone and anyone is welcome,student or not. Got to act ASAP.Cant wait to see everybody....hey Robert T,where you be?? And Joe Volpe(Verp),see you soon.Were gona have an F-in BLAST.

Our goals for the reunion are SLOWLY coming into place, Kyra attended the last planning meeting and it was great to see her!!Our short list still factors around rounding up as many CAS students as we can and believe me when I say that we have been diligent in or efforts. The fact remains that we are still shy over half of the attending student body and that we greatly need everyone\'s help on this.Many folks we know are coming yet have not yet climbed aboard the website guestbook or classmates section. It is important for all to get aboard as it creates even more excitement about the reunion as time passes. Many however are completely unaccounted for and this is where YOU come in. If everyone currently visiting this site took a  proactive stance to encourage other students ( either those that we are aware know about the reunion of or not ) to climb aboard, our mission and monetary goals would be met shortly. This might require reaching out, making a few calls and maybe having to repeat those calls to encourage folks to climb on the reunion train and to provide us with their email addresses for contact.Truly the reunion has been an absolute labor of love and has been driven solely by our love and passion to make it happen in the RIGHT fashion, at the old A school and in the old A school spirit and philosophy.Truly also all initial funds came out of scant few pockets as we did not have the luxury of an alumni association structure or purse.It has taken 30 something years to make this reunion finally happen so NOW is the time to pledge both your personal and ( more importantly at this juncture ) MONETARY support for our, VERY SPECIAL reunion !!! If you have not yet sent in your monies for tickets PLEASE do so!! If you are able to donate time, services or money...even better!!My involvement and participation in the reunion has been an incredibly personal and emotional endevour but it would seem that ALL of you share in those same, special, amazing emotions that we shared together between 73-77. A true, community action is needed here to grow our base and to realize our dream to reunite the Cinnaminson Alternative School at LEAST one more time!!! I relish seeing you all again REALLY soon!!!  Bob

Well..well..well. There are so many names I have not heard of in a very long time. It is wonderful showing my now 23 year old son all the pictures. I will try my hardest to make it up for the reunion.

Hello my fellow A-School students.  It is so exciting to see the list getting longer of old friends that i have lost touch with.  This reunion is certainly going to be a GREAT time for all of us.  Let\'s continue to spread the word so that no one is left out.  Looking forward to seeing you and giving thanks for all we have on our Thanksgiving weekend reunion!

Wow. I saw that picture of Danette Distefano on the main page and my old high school hormones started racing. What a babe. I hear that Kyra is also involved now. Va va va voom. I don\'t remember learning much in her clasess. Too involved in my fantasies. Since I am even more handsome and dashing than I was back in high school, I anticipate both of them will be swooning over me at the reunion. You\'ve been warned, ladies.