There were 344 members of the Class of 1976. The committee was able to find 294 classmates. Seventeen classmates have passed away and 33 classmates are still missing.

A special thanks to all of the classmates who called and helped us in our phone and internet search for our missing classmates. There are too many of you to name, but it is important that you know that your time, effort, help and class spirit was greatly appreciated. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Special thanks goes out to the Reunion Committee :

Kim Baty Kosteczko, Ruth Pettine Hall, Gary Beegle, Paula Bellarosa Quist, Louie Estrada and Kathy Privitera Sherman for coming together to plan our 30th Class Reunion. Each committee member has played an important role to make this reunion a huge success. Planning a class reunion is a very time consuming project that requires hours of dedication and commitment. The Reunion Committee started planning for this reunion over one year ago

A Special Thanks goes out to Darlene (Dorner) and Mike Ciardullo who were kind enough this year to help us once again by donating their time and supplies to print our reunion information on postcards, the reunion brochure, memorial donation letter, reunion book and our memorial dedication program. Thank you for your part in keeping the Spirit of the Class of 1976 alive!

By sending out the post cards, it helped let our fellow classmates know when our 30th Class Reunion was being held. It also gave us time to find over 130 missing classmates whose postcards had been returned as they had moved within the last five years.

We would like to say thank you to Kim Baty Kosteczko and Ruth Pettine Hall for co-chairing our 30th class reunion. Ruth, thanks once again for keeping track of our reunion finances and Kim for coordinating our Class Reunion and the Memorial Tree & Plaque Dedication Service. Kim created the Reunion Brochure, Memorial Donation, Reunion Book and the Dedication program. We thank both Kim and Ruth for their time and efforts in keeping the Spirit of the Class of ’76 alive!

A special Thanks goes out to Kim Baty Kosteczko and Gary Beegle for the time they spent creating our VC’76 Class website at the end of our 25th class reunion. A lot of time and effort was spent so the classmates have a place to go to reminisce about the past and honor our fellow classmates who are no longer with us. Gary, we thank you for continuing to update our class website on a daily basis in honor of our 30th Class Reunion! Great job! We look forward to seeing it this summer when reunion pictures have been posted. http://valleycentral1976.com

To our classmates who were unable to join us this time, there is always the 40th…. Thank you for responding and letting us know you were unable to attend. To our classmates who have made the journey to attend our 30th Reunion, whether living close or far away, we thank you for attending. May this reunion unite you with an old friend, make new ones, and may you leave with great memories. See you again for our 40th Reunion in 2016.

Unfortunately, the following classmates have informed us that they were unable to attend this years reunion :