SJS Class of 1988

Handsome John and Beautiful Isabella are Here!

2008-10-12T20:33:00.006-05:00

John Patrick Engels

8 lbs. 3 oz. and 20 inches long

Born: 10/9/08 at 4:44 pm-

"Leave it to two math people to have a baby at that date and time" quote from Jean and Mike from a e-mail

"Isabella Rose was born 10/10/08 at 12:34 pm. 8lbs. 1 oz and is absolutely beautiful! " quote from Heather from her Facebook page

I will post some pictures soon ...

MN Service for Rachel

2008-10-10T16:47:00.000-05:00

Funeral services will be on October 17th at 11:00 a.m.
at St. Joseph's Catholic Church 13900 Biscayne Avenue West
Rosemount, MN.

Visitation one hour prior to funeral.

More Info on Rachel

2008-10-04T17:39:00.003-05:00

This was posted on Rachel's site on Wed. Oct. 1st.

This evening will be the Memorial Service in Bakersfield.
We will all be thinking about the family as they gather
to honor such a beautiful life. There will be many friends
from her work and neighborhood, family will be Steve, Ryan,
Roman, Reagan and Aunt Linda. Our prayers are with all of
them as they find comfort in the stories and wonderful
memories shared about Rachel.

There will be a Military Respresenative there, they
will be giving honor to Rachel as a Veteran.

The plans are still being finalized for the memorial

service here in Minnesota. We are not sure of the exact
date, but it will be in a few weeks.

Rachel's Obituary

2008-09-30T17:27:00.002-05:00

Here is a link to Rachel's obituary from CA, I will let you know when I know about the service at St. Joe's.

We Must Not Take Life for Granted

2008-09-29T22:21:00.008-05:00

It is with great sadness that I write this posting this evening. Our dear friend and SJS classmate, Rachel, passed away this morning peacefully in her sleep.

Maria received a e-mail today from Darce, Rachel's friend-- Maria- "Thanks for your thoughts and prayers, although her family and I have been expecting this it doesn't make it any easier. I miss her already, and my heart is breaking for her Dad Steve and her beautiful kids Roman and Reagan." Darce

Also, this is from her CaringBridge site,

There will be a memorial service for Rachel on Wednesday,October 1st in Bakersfield, CA.

Steve will return to Minnesota at the end of this week. The family will be making arrangements for another service at St. Joseph's in Rosemount, MN.
That date will be later determined. We will post the date when that date is decided. Ryan Angelo, Reagan and Roman will be here for the funeral and will probably stay a few extra days

The family is doing as well as can be expected and they want to express their gratitude for all the caring words.

I think it would be wonderful if we can get as many SJSers to go the service as we can, please keep Rachel's family and friends in your prayers-- it sounds like today they lost a pretty amazing person !!

Reminder... Babies are Coming Soon !

2008-09-21T20:19:00.005-05:00

If you recall, we had two SJS classmates who were pregnant at the reunion, as far as I know, they still are.... Jean is due on Saturday *NEW INFO* and Heather is due about a week after that... if Jean and/or Heather want to clarify their actual dates we can be thinking about you and your families as you add to them. Shannon SW is not having a baby..... just to clarify .

I have been thinking a lot about Rachel and how she is fighting for her life in CA and we have two classmates getting ready to bring two more people into this world--- life is soo unpredictable and we just need to be thankful for what we have !!! Get out the shovel-- I are going deep!!! =) Also, keep checking Rachel's site, I know she and her family really appreciate the comments by SJSers.

Jean and Heather... we also want picts asap.... I won't put Shannon SW on the job of getting the picts, you may not want to be stalked as you are recovering from childbirth... good luck !!!

Thanks Maria!

2008-09-02T20:15:00.002-05:00

Maria received a e-mail from one of Rachel's close friends..... Here is the e-mail..... Thanks to Shannon SW for thinking of the idea to take a donation.

"Maria- I know you have no idea who I am.... I am Rachel's Farmington school best friend.... We have actually known each other since we were eight, she left for Saint Joe's shortly after that and we reconnected when she came back in 9th grade, we have pretty much talked to each other everyday since then. I married one of her neighbors (a classmate of ours), her mom did daycare for my son needless to say we have quite a history, we are the best of friends. I have been with her and her precious children every chance I get her original diagnosis nearly five years ago, it had been quite the journey. Knowing Rachel you know that she has fought this disease with the utmost grace, strength and dignity. I know you probably think blah blah blah... I just wanted to express my deepest thanks to you and the other Saint Joe's classmates for leaving such warm wishes on Rachel's caring bridge website, and the cash donation and the video from the reunion. Warmly, Darcey Fettig "

Pictures

2008-08-18T11:18:00.003-05:00

I set a group album up through photobucket, Our album is called SJS 88 Reunion . Please upload your pictures to that site. I think that will be the easiest way to share and view the pictures.

Tired Reunioner......

2008-08-18T08:58:00.003-05:00

I don't know about all of you, but this is how I felt yesterday as I tried to recover from the reunion- thanks Shannon SW for the picture..... it fits perfectly.

During the reunion we raised $90.00 for Rachel- Yeah! If you didn't get a chance to donate, you still can. Check out Rachel's site for the address where you can send your donation. Thank you, Shannon SW for taking video for Rachel at the reunion, she plans to send the video, memory and money to Rachel soon!!

Oh the Memories....

2008-08-17T09:08:00.005-05:00

Congratulations to Michael Phelps for winning hie 8th gold medal in the 2008 Summer Games and to the SJS Class of 1988 for a winner of a party!! Shannon SW and I are so proud of all who showed up and of the cooking skills you showed. Pat..I LOVED your taquitos !!!

SJSers in attendance....

Shannon SW, Shannon H, Jean, Heather, Becky, Monica, Julie, Maria, Matt M, Matt J, Mike O, Pat, and Mike B. did call...

Graduation Picture---- May 1988

2008-07-30T15:01:00.001-05:00

I just found my box with all my SJS stuff in it and found this class picture, I have been looking for it for a long time!! I also found my yearbook (at least I thought it was), paged through it and realized the messages in the back were all to Maria, no idea how I got her yearbook.... Maria do you have mine?

New Look--- Random Picts

2008-06-19T17:43:00.006-05:00

I feel like I am scraping the barrel for postings, so here are some random pictures I found. The discussion can really go anywhere.... So, let's go!!!

I do have one point I want to make on this posting.... aren't Billy cheeks too cute ?? I guess Heather would agree..

Last Day of School

2008-06-05T21:14:00.004-05:00

Today I was my last day of school... YIPEE! I do have to teach summer school though =( Enough about my llama drama.... here's a photo from our last day at SJS. I think some people are missing. Pondering point of the post... who is missing? And why?

SJS Soccer

2008-05-30T17:09:00.002-05:00

Soccer... oh what fun...

Questions??

1. Where did we play our soccer games?

2. What other girls can you recognize and/or name in the photo?

Greasers-- They're TOUGH !!

2008-05-15T07:01:00.002-05:00

Does anyone know where the line, "Greasers--- they're tough" come from?

This picture cracks me up-- and to think, they are just standing on our softball field.

Rainbow Connection

2008-05-09T20:35:00.007-05:00

Time for some more photos. The top photo reveals a MIA SJS 1988 graduate, I will give you a clue, it's not Maria, we know where she is.

"The Body of Christ . . . Amen"

2008-05-02T07:10:00.003-05:00

Happy belated 26th First Communion Anniversary!
For those of you who don't remember, May 1st, 1982, was when we received the Holy Sacrament of First Communion. Remember how "holy" we looked?!

Puzzling Communion

2008-05-02T07:09:00.002-05:00

Click on the arrow to jumble and solve the puzzle.

Handsome Milo

2008-04-29T19:43:00.002-05:00

Here is a photo of Maria's son, Milo-- Maria, thanks for the photo. Hopefully some girl in Milo's grade school class will not make him play dogs during indoor recess. He is sooo cute!

Who is in the middle?

2008-04-27T19:36:00.003-05:00

I found a picture of Shannon SW and myself at graduation-- look at the "reunion committee" photo. Can anyone name the person in the middle of us? I will give you a hint, it has to do with the Michael Jackson concert.

I love this blog-- it gives me a reason to procrasinate and not do my school work!!

Camfield Park Fun

2008-04-27T11:24:00.003-05:00

As you look at this photo, pay close attention to our outfits, seriously.... what were we thinking???

Blast from the Past

2008-04-24T18:58:00.002-05:00

I am soooo excited, I got a new scanner so I am ready to scan my heart out. Shannon SW sent me some pictures--- here is one of them. Who can name the people in the picture?

______ Lunch Lady

2008-04-20T15:44:00.005-05:00

Fill in the blank.....

Shannon SW has been working hard tracking down some special guests for the reunion. Can anyone help Shannon SW find her?

Favorite Songs

2008-04-11T12:57:00.002-05:00

I want to work on something for the reunion.... please list your favorite song from grade school. I need the title and the artist if you know it.

Thanks.... ok now that you have listed your song talk more about books from SJS.

It's Time to Step Up

2008-04-03T15:10:00.002-05:00

It's time to live up what Fr. Furey would always say, "This is the best class in the school"! We should be able to think of some good stuff to talk about. I need some new ideas for blog postings... what do you want to talk about, what have you always wanted to know... Give me ideas---and soon !!

SJS SVU (St.Joe's Special Victims Unit)

2008-03-28T22:14:00.003-05:00

Shannon SW had another clever idea for a post--a discussion on potential crimes witnessed and/or committed while at SJS.

One incidence comes to mind---- I've give you three clues... girl's basketball, St. Matt's and knives.

Let's discuss!!!

Lent--- 40 days of ??????

2008-03-17T21:08:00.003-05:00

I can't believe I gave up ________________ for Lent?

SJS Passion Play 1984

2008-03-12T19:50:00.002-05:00

Great idea for a new post, the one and only passion play we put on was in 4th grade in 1984. Let's review roles and fun stories of this memorable event.

Talent Show Memories

2008-03-09T15:49:00.003-05:00

As I was re-reading comments from the last posting, I noticed Mike O. mentioned the talent show... this photo helps me jog my memory, how about everyone else? Share your talent show memories, good and bad...

Oh, Davey Jones...

Happy Birthday to the girls !!

2008-02-05T17:48:00.002-06:00

Thank you, Heather for the birthday shout out!!

February is a popular birthday month, mine (Shannon H.) is Feb.2 nd, Shannon SW.'s is Feb. 13th and Heather's is Feb. 22nd. Happy Birthday to us!!

Speaking of birthdays, let's talk about memorable birthday parties in our SJS years, maybe you remember coming to the Big Apple for my birthday party, or watching Nightmare on Elm Street at Heather's house for her birthday.

Maria.... you asked for it!!

2008-01-24T17:37:00.000-06:00

Aren't these pictures fun??

Trivia question time--

1. Who is Maria dancing with?
2. Where was this picture taken? What was the occasion?
3. On a scale of 1 - 10, 10 being the coolest, how cool are those Guess Jean overalls?
4. On a scale of 1 - 10, 10 being the coolest, how cool was Maria's hair?

Speaking of pictures, I need some more for the blog...please!!!! All you need to do is send them to me and I will get them back to you. E-mail me for my snail mail address--- shannyohaugh@yahoo.com

OK Boys ...... Your Turn

2008-01-11T20:10:00.000-06:00

This picture can lend itself to many, many humorous comments...

Favorite Christmas from SJS

2007-12-03T21:14:00.000-06:00

Ok.... Shannnon SW... I am so sorry for the delay in the blog postings, I was watching re-runs of Fame and Love Sidney.

Let's get it going again.... What is your favorite Christmas memory from SJS? Let me jog your memory...Keep Christ in Christmas, Secret Santas, Christmas programs... are the memories coming screaming back to you?

This is a knee slapper ...

2007-10-29T20:54:00.000-05:00

Little Zachary was doing very badly in math.
His parents had tried everything. Tutors, mentors,
flash cards and special learning centers.
In short, everything they could think of to help his math.

Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Zachary down and enrolled him in the local Catholic school.

After the first day, little Zachary came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't even kiss this mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying.

Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Zachary was hard at work. His mother was amazed.

She called him down to dinner. To her shock, the minute he was done, he marched back to his room without a word, and in no time, he was back hitting the books as hard as before.

This went on for some time, day after day, while the mother tried to understand what made all the difference.

Finally, little Zachary brought home his report card. He quietly laid it on the table, went up to his room and hit the books.

With great trepidation, his Mom looked at it and to her great surprise, little Zachary had an "A" in maths.

She could no longer hold her curiosity. She went to his room and said, "Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?"

Little Zachary looked at her and shook his head, no.

"Well, then," she replied, "was it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms? WHAT WAS IT?"

Little Zachary looked at her and said, "Well, on the first day of school when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around."

Question... does this help you understand your Catholic School experience a little better?? Think about it!!

Another Question... thanks again to Shannon SW

2007-10-06T08:42:00.000-05:00

This question doesn't really need any explanation--- I am so excited read these comments......

Best and/or Worst Mr. Grabowski moment----

Music to Our Ears

2007-09-30T18:34:00.000-05:00

This question comes from Shannon SW--

What is a song you remember from SJS? In other words, what song gets stuck in your head on a regular basis that makes you want to pull your hair out?

Come on.... I know people can relate to going crazy when you can't get "Smile--Don't You Know God Loves You" out of your head.

Time for some more picts

2007-09-30T18:22:00.000-05:00

Three questions for you....

1. Seriously, where are is our teacher?
2. Who is laying down on the desk?
3. Trivia question... how many pieces of gum could you get into a corner of a SJS desk?

Time for another question...

2007-09-16T13:45:00.000-05:00

What was favorite thing to do at recess?

For example, Maria may share about time when her and I spit on Ann Hoffman and the school wall. =) Boy, we were so kind....

More Pictures from the Past

2007-09-16T13:29:00.000-05:00

Thank you to Shannon SW for sending these photos, much more are to come later!!
Remember if you have photos you want me to post, send them to me. You can always mail them to me and I can scan and post them onto the blog. E-mail me if you want my address... birthday party photos would be very fun to post!!

What the ?????

2007-09-03T20:00:00.000-05:00

Seriously, what were we thinking.... comments??

God Has Answered Our Prayers--- Sr. Edith Has Been Found!!!

2007-09-03T18:16:00.000-05:00

Thank you to Shannon SW and Heather for their hard work in tracking down our best teacher at SJS!! This is the e-mail Shannon SW received from Sr. Edith.... This is sooooo huge!!!!

Dear Shannon, well guess who got an e-mail from Heather and wanted to reply as soon as I heard from you all???!!! I am thrilled that you have thought of me and want to see where I am. I did go to Indiana after I left Rosemont and then to Milwuakee,WI and became aYouth Minister for 13years.Right now I am working as a Social Worker at a Food Pantry in a suburb of Chicago and going to school to be a School Social Worker in a HIgh School . HOw are you all doing? HOw is Heather? I remember you very well. I especially remember that you and Heather loved Michael Jackson.!!! I would be thrilled to come to a REUNION!!! How many years is it for you? You were my first class that I taught right out of college and I was 25 at the time. Heather's e-mail was right on target!!! My last name is Crews, a little different spelling but really close. Tell Heather hello and that I am awaiting info for further e-mails. I am so happy to hear from you. Take care and have a great week. Edie Crews, CSA

Question # 2 (From the computer of Shannon SW)

2007-08-28T18:54:00.000-05:00

This next question, #2, is being pondered my Shannon SW:

# 2 What was your favorite/least favorite hot lunch item? And how mean were those cooks?

If you want a shout out (that means your name) on this blog, send me a question you have been dying (well maybe not dying) to know the answer to about SJS... e-mail them to: shannyohaugh@yahoo.com

Finally... SJSers Are Starting To Post (Now you can relax Shannon SW )

2007-08-23T19:46:00.000-05:00

It is so fun to hear about what people are up to these days, now we will begin the questioning part of the blog...

#1 What is your a favorite memory from our SJS days?

If people have ideas for questions, e-mail me--- shannyohaugh@yahoo.com

Request for the stalker of the class aka Shannon W.

2007-08-18T11:45:00.000-05:00

Shannon W. has a favor to ask you...let me back up and tell you how this all came about, we thought it might be fun to try and locate some of the teachers from, SJS... here is Shannon's post...

OK, I have a small lead on Sister Edith. However, I feel that maybe there are some parents who know more about Sister Edith and where she went to after she left us. So ask your parents if they have any ideas..
I know she is a Sister of St. Agnes, but what I don't know is from where....Fond du Lac, WI, or somewhere around there. She may have told us this stuff in 4th grade, but I was busy playing my recorder and watching Brent harass the gerbils to pay any attention. Any further info would be helpful.

What's new?

2007-08-16T14:51:00.000-05:00

Hello All,

Shannon S. (now W )and I (Shannon H). have decided we needed another reunion, heck it's been 5 years since the last one. I think we have recovered... some better than others =)

What have you been up to, let's start catching up !

Also, I can put photos on this blog, you would just need to e-mail me the photos, my e-mail is shannyohaugh@yahoo.com

(Look under comments to see what people are up to... check out what is happening with Heather and Maria, they have posted already)