Alma mater banner donated by Class of 1970 unveiled at Herkimer pep rally

The Herkimer Central School District Class of 1970 donated an alma mater banner that was unveiled on Friday, Oct. 21, during the Jr./Sr. High School homecoming pep rally.

The Class of 1970 had its 50-year reunion delayed from 2020 to the summer of 2022 due to COVID-19, and members of the class took a tour with Jr./Sr. High School Principal Mary Tomaso. When they visited the high school gymnasium, they remembered that there was an alma mater banner in the gym when they were students.

“We wanted to have a class gift,” 1970 graduate Dominic Frank said. “When we were in school, we had a banner. We wanted the current students and the future students to have the same experience we did.”

The white alma mater banner with green lettering was unveiled at the pep rally, and students sang the alma mater, as the fall sports athletes stood on the gym floor with their arms around each other and rocked back and forth. Herkimer Class of 1970 members Kathy Quigley (Brenchley), Nancy Riecker (Clark) and Dennis Foster attended the pep rally along with Foster’s wife, Mary Ann Foster, a 1970 Mount Markham graduate.

Tomaso said the school is thankful for the 50th anniversary gift.

 

Members of the Class of 1970 at pep rally

Herkimer Central School District Class of 1970 members Dominic Frank, Kathy Quigley (Brenchley), Nancy Riecker (Clark) and Dennis Foster – along with Foster’s wife Mary Ann Foster, a 1970 Mount Markham graduate – attend the Herkimer Jr./Sr. High School pep rally on Friday, Oct. 21, when an alma mater banner donated by the Class of 1970 was unveiled. From left: Quigley, Riecker, Dennis Foster, Mary Ann Foster and Frank.

 

Members of the Class of 1970 at pep rally with alma mater banner in background

Members of the Herkimer Central School District Class of 1970 (on the right, in front) attend the Herkimer Jr./Sr. High School pep rally on Friday, Oct. 21, when an alma mater banner donated by the Class of 1970 was unveiled.

 

Students singing alma mater with new banner on the wall

Herkimer Central School District students sing the alma mater after a banner donated by the Class of 1970 was unveiled during the Herkimer Jr./Sr. High School pep rally on Friday, Oct. 21.

 

Members of the Class of 1970 at pep rally with alma mater banner in background

Members of the Herkimer Central School District Class of 1970 (on the right, in front) attend the Herkimer Jr./Sr. High School pep rally on Friday, Oct. 21, when an alma mater banner donated by the Class of 1970 was unveiled.

 

New alma mater banner on the gym wall

A banner of the Herkimer Central School District alma mater donated by the Class of 1970 was unveiled during the Herkimer Jr./Sr. High School pep rally on Friday, Oct. 21.

 

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