Dreux American High School was open from 1960-1967. The first
graduating class was 1961. The school closed in January of 1967.
We have a very active alumni association. There have been
6 major
reunions over the past 15 years, the last being held in August of 2010 in
Reston, VA. We have found 1,200+ alumni, faculty and staff!!
Please Register by emailing the following information to Vicki
Key:
Your Name (include Maiden Name)
Class Year
Current Address and phone number
E-mail Address
Alternate contact information: Work address, telephone
number and email
** NEWS**
Ross Tipton, former Dreux Principal, just turned 101 yrs old on Friday, August 5th If you would like to
send him well wishes, you can email him at mchchar@aol.com
Because of all of the emails he's gotten from former Dreux students to
wish him a Happy Birthday, it would be a challenge for him to respond, but
just know that he LOVES to hear from everyone.
I am looking for copies of early "Notre
Viking" newsletters or later called "The Viking
Newsletter" In the early 1960's, it could have been called
something different. I am especially interested in those newsletters
that have bios on the faculty and staff. Often times, the newsletters
included those bios and they are really helpful in searching for those
faculty/staff that we have not found. If you have any of those tucked away
anywhere, it would be wonderful if you would scan them and email them to me
or make copies and send them via snail mail. Thanks! Vicki Key
We now have 445 Dreux alumni as members of our Dreux
American High School Group page on FACEBOOK! That number keeps
growing! Facebook has changed the format for Groups, so there has been
LOTS of interaction going on now in the Group. If you are a member of
Facebook and not currently a member of our Dreux AHS group page, either
search for the Group page using the Facebook Search feature and
"Request to Join the Group" or send me (Vicki Key) a Friend
Request and I can add you to the Group. It is a closed group so that
only those affiliated with Dreux can become members.
Those who took photos at the Reunion in
Reston, VA and would like to
share them with everybody, please send them to Charles Shellhorn and he will
upload them onto Photobucket. (His email address is in the alumni directory
you received at the Reunion as well as his postal address if you would like
to send them to him on a CD or DVD)
DUES: If you want to see if you are current on your
Dues, click on the Dues/Directory button. It should be up to date on
those that have paid dues for 2011+. If you would like to renew your
Dues, there is a Dues Form on this website. Click on the "Dues
and Directories" tab on the left side of this page. We appreciate your
support of our efforts in keeping everyone connected and finding alumni!
Charles Sibert was stationed at Dreux Air Force Base from January 1960
until April of 1961 and has
written about his assignment at Dreux. Lots of stories, memories and
photos. Thought you all might want to check it out. Click here.
Check out the photos from Dreux that former Principal Ross Tipton
provided and some other photos provided by Michel Guilmain who lives in the
old housing area at Dreux and purchased the pictures from a former press
photographer . Click on the Photos button on the left side of this page. Do
you see yourself in any of the photos?
Peter Giorgi, a former teacher at Dreux, passed away on September
6, 2009 in Tucson, AZ. His obituary can be viewed on our "In
Memoriam" page.
I have
uploaded the
class/faculty photo pages of the Dreux yearbooks on the website. Click on
the "Yearbooks" button on the left side of this page to access
them. The 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966 Yearbook photos
have been uploaded. There was not a yearbook for 1967 because the
school closed at mid-year.
There are
five (5) Dreux High School polo shirts (XXL only) left over from a prior
Reunion. If you are interested in purchasing one of them, please email
Vicki Key. Click here
for info and photos of the shirt. UPDATE: SOLD OUT! They went like
hotcakes!
Did you know
that there are 300+ Dreux alums/former faculty on Facebook! We
have set up a Dreux American High School Group on Facebook. If
you are a member of Facebook and I don't know it, please let me know.
It's a great way to locate old friends, get connected and stay in touch!
By the way, some of the women have put their maiden names as their middle
names on Facebook and that is very helpful in letting your former classmates
know that is you!
Donald Page, who was a Dorm Counselor at Dreux during the 61/62 and
62/63 school years, passed away May 31, 2008 in New Preston, CT. He
was married to Alice Duffy, who was also a Dorm Counselor at Dreux, for 44
years. You can view his obituary on our In Memoriam page.
I found an interesting article about Dave Hewitt '63 who attended Dreux
during the 1960/61 school year. In 2006, he was inducted into the TEC
(Technology) Hall of Fame which recognizes those individuals whose careers
have best exemplified excellence in professional audio production and
design. He joins other Hall of Famers such as George Lucas, Sam
Phillips, Frank Zappa, Bob Moog, Ray Dolby and Quincy Jones, just to name a
few. Click here
to read about his induction. Congratulations, Dave!
Norman Schulz, Coach and Phys Ed teacher at Dreux in 1960/61 and
1961/62, passed away November 10, 2007. Click on his name in the
"In Memoriam" section of the website to see his obituary.
Photos from the 2007 Reunion in Las
Vegas are now available for viewing. Click here
to access the site. Thanks to Charles Shellhorn for setting up the site and uploading the photos he
received. If you have pictures that you want included, please send
them to Charles.
Coach John A. Manzoline passed away June 19, 2007 in
Munising, Michigan.
Mr.
Cedric Hannon passed away on June 1, 2007. His obituary was in
the Seattle Times (6/5/07). He was a teacher at Dreux and attended the
1995 Reunion in Las Vegas. You can sign his guest book at www.eycfc.com, click on Obituaries
and do a search using his name.
We
learned that Dr. Marina Valenzuela-Smith passed away in November
of 2005. As most of you know that have attended prior Dreux Reunions,
Ms. Valenzuela attended many of the Reunions, the last one being the 2004
Reunion in Atlanta.. She will certainly be missed!
Former
Dreux teacher, Mr. Paul G. Francis passed away on January 6, 2007 in Palm
Springs, Ca. Click on his name in the "In Memoriam" section
of this website to view his obituary. You can also sign his guestbook
until January 2008 at www.legacy.com by
doing a search of his full name, Paul George Francis.
Be sure to check out the "Found, but Lost Again" section on the
"Lost Alumni/Faculty" page of this website. The section is
located towards the bottom of the page. These are people for whom we
once had mailing addresses, but the addresses are no longer valid. If
you know the whereabouts of any of the folks, please email Vicki Key at VickiK3275@aol.com.
**Important** If you use some sort of SPAM Blocker on your email,
please be sure to allow receipt of mail from VickiK3275@aol.com
. We don't
want you to miss out on important information regarding Dreux alumni
activities.
**Important**
If your area code has changed in the last few years,
please update us with the new one! We are also
trying to get as many email addresses as possible since that will be the
primary method of communication on Dreux activities. So please make
sure you notify Vicki Key if you
change email addresses!!
Become a
member of the Dreux Alumni Association for $40/yr and not only will you be
supporting YOUR Alumni Association to keep it active, but also the efforts
of the Alumni Association in locating everyone and keeping everyone
connected! For information on how to mail in your dues, please go to theDues/Directories section of this website. A Dues Form is
available on that page for your convenience.
Click here
to read Memories of Dreux from former teacher, George Aune. It's a great
letter!.
This page was last updated on Sunday, September 25, 2011