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CHS REUNION PICNIC - 2026
We had a wonderful time at Saturday's picnic!
The weather held and about 200 CHS alumni and friends gathered for the 21st time this past weekend. We're editing our photos and will soon have those posted. If you have any, please send them to our email -- allchsclassreunions@gmail.com. We'll be happy to share them!
Thank you as well to attendees for supporting our fundraising efforts at the park. That work helps us keep our price as low as possible. And we hope you loved the CHS magnets registrants received!
More to come ... stay tuned!
Get ready for Saturday's picnic!
It’s reunion picnic time! We can’t wait to see you this Saturday for our 21st annual CHS Reunion at Clairton Park Lodge. We’ve counted all the alumni who registered – thank you so much for those! – and alerted the caterer. We can accommodate walk-in alumni. Just remember the charge then will be $30. Join us if you can.
We are a rain or shine event! Bring rain gear and an umbrella if need be – and we hope the sun will shine and the weather will again cooperate for us again this year.
A few final notes:
Friday Clairton History event: The new Clairton History Project will display some of the photographs, anniversary booklets and other artifacts already collected this Friday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the city municipal building on Ravensburg Boulevard. Come check them out! We’d love for you to bring any city or school memorabilia you have to add to the collection. We’ll take the materials or scan and return photos and other items to you. You can also bring them to the park on Saturday.
Clairton Library has given us some yearbooks to sell as a fundraiser for it this weekend – appropriate for the start of Love Your Library Month. We will have those for sure on Friday at the city building.
Veteran interviews: The Veterans Breakfast Club will record veteran interviews on Friday at the city building, too. A few slots still remain. Unfortunately, the organization had to cancel coming to the park to do more of those on Saturday. But you can reach out and arrange an interview with them at another time or via Zoom. Call or email Betty at the VBC: 412-623-9029 or betty@veteransbreakfastclub.org.
Reach out to us at allchsclassreunions@gmail.com if you have any questions! Feel free to share this with your fellow CHS alumni and friends. Thank you!
Sept. 5 will soon be here!
We're less than two weeks away from our reunion picnic! If you haven't registered, we'd appreciate your doing that ASAP so we can call in an accurate count to the caterer. We want to be sure we have plenty of food!
There's still time to register for the veteran interviews on Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the city building and Saturday at the park. Details are below. You can also check out some Clairton historical archives on Friday. We'll also be collecting any items you might have both Friday and Saturday. Questions? Send an email to us! Thanks in advance.
Something new for this year!
Check out this lovely and cute Clairton bear lovingly crafted by CHS 1971 grad and reunion picnic committee member Mary Ann Sekeres-Guthrie. Part of our picnic will be an auction for one of these. You will have to be there to try to win it!
More information on Clairton veterans interviews
Clairton veterans interviews and historical artifacts Friday and Saturday!
We're finalizing plans for the Clairton history event on Friday, Sept. 4 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Clairton Municipal Building, 551 Ravensburg Boulevard. Clairton artifacts – photos, memorabilia and more – will be on view. The Veterans Breakfast Club, a Pittsburgh nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting veterans with their fellow Americans through inspiring stories of service, will record interviews with Clairton natives about their military experiences. More interviews will take place Saturday at the park. If you’re interested in recording your story, please respond send an email to us at allchsclassreunions@gmail.com. Appointments will be scheduled.
We’re asking if you have Clairton photographs, yearbooks, souvenir booklets and other memorabilia to donate, bring it with you either day. We’ll make arrangements to scan them if you want them back. We are particularly looking for actual photographs of the high school. If you have any questions, send us an email.
Please share this information with your fellow classmates and Clairton friends. Thank you!
Alumni: Register early and get a free gift!
We have an incentive for you to register early for our Clairton High School Reunion Picnic on Saturday, Sept. 5: a commemorative gift created just for alumni. The deadline is Monday, Aug. 10, and you can either mail in the form below or register online. This will help us start posting the names of those attending faster, too. And part of our Clairton heritage is making sure we have plenty of food that day, and early registrants ensure we order enough from our caterer, Carriage Inn of Elizabeth. You'll pick up the gift at the park on picnic day.
Please share and spread the word with your CHS classmates and other alumni.
If you have any questions, please send them to our email: allchsclassreunions@gmail.com.
Get ready to celebrate with us!
Before you know it will be Labor Day weekend and time for our Clairton High School Reunion Picnic on Saturday, Sept. 5. We’ll gather as usual at 11 a.m., and our meal will be served at 12:15 p.m.
First, good news: We know the costs of everything has risen. But not for this picnic, thanks to our past fundraising efforts. The cost will remain the same – $25 for advance registration and $30 for walk-ins the day of the picnic. It includes a hot lunch with side dishes and a variety of desserts and covers our other picnic expenses.
Second, what is planned so far: We’ll be renting a big tent for classes or groups of friends or families that want to sit together; we just ask for a donation to help defray that cost. We’re bringing back the basket raffles and a basket of cheer in addition to our share the wealth raffle, and we will be selling some Clairton High School pillows.
Third, a special Clairton project: We’re working with others on a Clairton history project underway in the city. If you have Clairton history items, including anything from your high school years, please bring them along! This will include an event on Friday, Sept. 4 at the city building. Watch for this site, your email if we have it and our Facebook page for more details.
If you want to reserve space in the big tent, have questions or want to volunteer to help us with the picnic, just send an email to allchsclassreunions@gmail.com.
Best, CHS 1971 grad Helen Plavchak Fallon and CHS 1966 grad Mary Ann Walker,
co-chairs, and the entire committee:
Karen Williamson, CHS 1969
Ralph Imbrogno, CHS 1965
Gretchen Henning Zewe, CHS 1969
Adele Henning Kunz, CHS 1960
Kamela Gissendanner, CHS 1986
Ron Kunz, CHS 1960
Margie Henning Fairchild, CHS 1955
Janice Johnson Matyasovsky, CHS 1967
Kim Lester, CHS 1972
Mary Ann Sekeres-Guthrie, CHS 1971
Cynthia Long, CHS 1973
Cat Sinkler, CHS 1972
Beverly Maxwell Warfield, CHS 1972
Andrew Duboy
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