As the McCaskey Alumni Association receives many dues payments and extra gifts from renewing members, we wish to express our immense gratitude to the McCaskey family. We find ourselves in a most trying chapter of human history—globally, nationally, and in our own beloved corner of the earth. On April 9, Governor Tom Wolf announced the cancellation of Pennsylvania schools for the remainder of the academic … Continue reading An Easter Message of Thanks
My name is Benjamin Nelson, and I am an art instructor at McCaskey East. My goal for this year has been to nurture a sense of community within our student body. One of the first projects I assigned to my students was to create a visual artistic map about the communities they are a part of. As a class, we looked at examples of how … Continue reading Community Map
Early next year the new digital marquee sponsored by the McCaskey Alumni Association will be installed at the corner of N. Reservoir St. and N. Franklin St. in front of J.P. McCaskey High School. It replaces the changeable reader board that was put up in the spring of 1978. “It was a big deal when it was installed, I remember,” said Kimberly Ackerman Worley … Continue reading A New Year’s Gift
A Tribute to the McCaskey High School Class of 2009 on Their 10th Anniversary On the evening of Thursday, June 6, 2019, the Class of 1969 celebrated their 50th Anniversary and processed into the McCaskey Graduation Ceremony to a standing ovation from the Class of 2019. It’s a long held tradition. In fact, when the Class of 1969 graduated on the McCaskey stage, members of … Continue reading Defying the Rainclouds
A Tribute to the Class of 1969 for Their 50th Anniversary Celebration (The individuals honored in this tribute were present at the 2019 McCaskey Graduation) On the first page of the 1969 McCaskey Echo, a unique title for the yearbook is given: “The Worlds of Todays Youth.” Notice it’s the plural: Worlds. As you turn to page 2, you arrive at some of the first … Continue reading Out of This World
By Jeff Forster ’66 Special to LNP 11/11/2018 My father-in-law, Robert Miller, served as a reconnaissance photographer in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. He was stationed in England, the launch site for countless missions that helped map the crucial D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944. Like many veterans of any conflict, he never talked much about the war. He immersed himself … Continue reading A fitting and final salute for a WWII Vet
An Address Given by Alumni Coordinator Jeremiah Miller ’00 to the Class of 1968, prior to the tribute they were given at the 2018 Graduation Ceremony: Good evening. On page 6 of the 1968 McCaskey Echo, it is written, “Our days at John Piersol McCaskey High School are filled with the struggles and accomplishments that help to mold our characters. We must discover within ourselves … Continue reading Sea Change
The McCaskey Alumni Association is one of the most active groups of its kind. The best expression of this fact is in the large number of class reunions that are held every year, thanks to the hard work of our class agents (reunion organizers), as well as the high level of attendance at these gatherings. Here is a list of testimonials from Red Tornadoes who have … Continue reading Reunion Roundup
By Jack Neal Near the end of the school year in 1996, the Alumni Center received notice that there would be a year-long renovation of J.P. McCaskey High School beginning when school let out for the summer. All McCaskey students and staff would spend the next school year at McCaskey East High School or a satellite site. Sherma Woolstenhulme, then Alumni Director, and my fellow … Continue reading The Simple Story of the Clock
On September 1, John Piersol McCaskey’s great-granddaughter Kay McCaskey Adelman visited McCaskey High School bearing an important family heirloom: the Loving Cup, which belonged to J.P. himself. “Loving Cup” is not a term we often hear in the 21st Century. It refers to a large decorative chalice with two or three handles that is used for communal drinking or given as a meaningful keepsake. In … Continue reading J.P.’s Holiday Spirit
