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HOORAY HOORAY, THE FIRST OF MAY...

Do you remember the May Day Celebrations on the South Lawn with music, maypole dancing, flowers and food? It must have been during the 70s when the sun was out, there were no bells to remind you of classes, and there was generally a very festive attitude... I think it was before AP Tests ever existed!

HAPPY MAY DAY!
FELIZ CINCO DE MAYO!

ALUMNI RED PAGES... CLICK HERE

Please support small businesses and services, especially Alumni businesses! If you would like to be listed, please contact Ted Wray at jtedwray@gmail.com or info@redwoodalumni.org We will list your name, grad year, and a link to your website, email, or phone. Be sure to mention Redwood Alumni Red Pages when you do business.

RED PAGES SPOTLIGHT
MAY, JUNE & JULY
GONDAK CELLARS
Elegant wines made with heart and soul.
Will Gondak '07

William Gondak '07 is Winemaker & Founder of Gondak Cellars   https://www.gondakcellars.com/will@gondakcellars.com   415-272-3077  Gondak Cellars is in Geyserville, California

Will Gondak strives to make elegant, low-intervention wines that showcase the distinct characteristics of the vineyards involved. He is also involved with John Mulroy '07 and little x little wines. Read more about both of them HERE.

REUNIONS ARE STILL HAPPENING...THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE...

Class of 1964... A 60th Reunion is in the works! STAY TUNED!
Contacts: Buz Bricca

Class of 1969 ... SAVE THE DATE ... OCTOBER 12 - REUNITE for our 55th!
Venue: McInnis Club Restaurant in San Rafael... details coming
Contacts: Mary McCarty Serrano, Shirley Swipes, Linda Walsh Bruemmer,  
Email Contact:  redwoodhs69@gmail.com

Class of 1974...SAVE THE DATE... OCTOBER 26 at INN MARIN...50TH REUNION!
Contact: Dan Holper dholper@yahoo.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Redwood74/

Class of 1984 ... 40TH REUNION ... OCTOBER 26 at PIATTI'S
Class contacts: Will Pack, Julie Violich
Facebook: Redwood Class of '84  
Email Contact: Redwood1984Reunion@gmail.com

Class of 1994... WORKING ON IT!
Class Contacts: Jon Hirsh , Kevin Blum

Class of 2004... SAVE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 (day before Thanksgiving)!
Venue: Sam's in Tiburon... details coming!
Class Contacts: Christine Lam Murray, Jocelyn Corbett, Tiffany Symmes Van Londen

Class of '14 (10th). Date TBD, November 2024
Class Contacts: Christina Canady, Geneva Gondak

More DETAILS ON REUNION PAGE

WHAT'S ON WITH ALUMNI AND STAFF?

Jeb Harrison '73 and the Treble Makers play damn near every Saturday at Marin Coffee Roasters in San Anselmo from 10:30 AM to 12:30PM!
Marin Open Studios May 4-5, 11-12 from 11-5 
    *Marilee Rogers '61 at 40 Green Valley Court, Sleepy Hollow website
    *Karen Meadows at  ICB Industrial Center Building, 480 Gate Five Road, Studio 259B Sausalito website
Kentfield Greenbrae Community Day in Bon Air Center ...Saturday May 18, 11-2pm... look for the Alumni Table in front of the Kentfield Greenbrae Historical Society.

WHAT'S ON AT REDWOOD?

The Redwood Library is about to undergo major changes. It already has lost its Reference Room and the encyclopedias that many of us used when we were students. Most research is now done on the internet. Even the book inventory has diminished as students use more Kindle and Audio books. Skyla Thomas '25 and Madison Bishop '26, current journalism students have written a great article in the BARK about the changes. READ BARK ARTICLE
   
What the article doesn't mention is that the Alumni are going to be part of the revision, helping to create a Redwood History and Alumni Corner with information and displays about the history of Redwood. If working on this project is of interest to you, contact us at info@redwoodalumni.org. We are really looking for someone with archival experience.

Graduation is not until Thursday, June 13 but the calendar is filled with activities. AP tests have begun, the prom has been held, spring athletes have been very successful and are now in many play off games and events, scholarships are due to be announced soon, banquets and award ceremonies are just down the road, and another school year is about to end..Get ready to welcome the Class of 2024!

TURNING BACK TIME

We may be setting our clocks back an hour on November 4th, but this photo will set you back 65 years! Redwood really was built in the middle of a marsh with its only entrance on Williams Avenue.There was no quad, amphitheater, back parking lot, CEA, Moody fields, swimming pool or other athletic facilities, and certainly no technology...some of you will remember film strips and reel to reel movies in the classroom? And black boards with chalk and erasers? And a library reference room with a card catalog and filled with encyclopedia?

Aerial View of Redwood 1959 Courtesy Marin History Museum

Redwood opened to its first students in 1958 It was supposed to be called Licatuit, after an Indian princess, but that was challenged and Redwood emerged as the official name, even though redwood trees didn't and couldn't grow in the marshy area. A lot has changed over the years.

The Redwood Alumni Association has purchased most of the surplus yearbooks from Redwood for a very good price...We can offer them to you for only $50 including shipping and handling. We have one or more for most classes since 1975, some classes being more scarce. If you have lost a yearbook or never bought one, and are interested, please contact info@redwoodalumni.org with your name, year of the yearbook, and mailing address. We will notify you and if the yearbook is available, will give you payment instructions! Yearbook purchase(s) are available to Redwood alumni only.