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
