guestbook comments 2009
Name: Juanita Cox
Date: December 29,2009
Hillcrest Student: 1974-1979
Grades: 1-5
Comment: I was at Hillcrest between 1974 and 1979 and would love to hear from anyone who attended the same grades as me. I'm currently based in the UK so can't make it to the US but would be interested to know if you have any reunions in England.
Name:Murray Brown
Date: October 21, 2009
Hillcrest Student: 1957-1960, 1962-1963, 1967-1968
Grades: 1-4,7,11
As time goes by
And moments fly
I sometimes cry
And sometimes sigh
But there\'s much more
To life than chore:
Down in the core
Of my being
I am seeing,
And I'm thankful
By the brimful,
I'm not fleeing...
But by God's grace
I can embrace
All that life brings,
So my soul sings
The praise of Him
Who died for me:
He lives in me
Eternally...
Because of Him,
My hope is strong:
It won't be long
He'll right all wrong!
Copyright: Murray N. Brown, Jr., 10-21-2009
Name:COMBALBERT STEPHANE ANDRE
Date:August 30, 2009
Hillcrest Student:1985-87
Grades: 6-7
Comment: hi ! would like info on how to trace old students from my class at the time ! i was the only french student at the time ! maybe someone remembers me ! sheers !
Name: marcos antonio maligalig
Date: June 16, 2009
Hillcrest Student: 1978-1981
Grades: 1-4
Comment: Hello to all of you who share all our wonderful experiences at hillcrest.
i was there from 1st-4th grade (78-81) and loved my short stay there. my memories are: memorizing the books of the bible, watching jaws and falling out of my seat, crying after watching sound of music, a talent show where two people were playing tennis and the ball was a flashlight being moved around behind a white bed sheet.
miss rose twisting my ear, miss van leeuwen\'s hugs, mrs. mckenzie saying \"hey, gang!\" to quiet down our class, heckman hall w/ john de jager...i can still smell the cafeteria food, peter and the wolf song in miss flory\'s class, the odor of our nap blankets, the scary diving boards, rock climbing excursions, sarah miner r.i.p., field trip to the jos dairy, songs like \"let us sing the books of moses\" and \"joy is the flag flown high from the castle of my heart...\"
i am in southern california, usa. married for 17yrs w/2 wonderful boys 7 and 10 years old. i would love to keep in touch with anyone who would like to also.
i can be found in the 1st grade 78 yearbook of this link http://www.africanchop.com/class.htm, email is marcmlglg (at) yahoo(.)com
thank you for keeping in touch!
marc maligalig
Name: Joel Feliciano
Date: June 15, 2009
Hillcrest Student: 1976-77
Grades: 6+7
Comment: Sent a look for David Hall...Found him at Classmates...Now looking for Janet Smith
From: Giacomo (Jack) Girino
Date: June 8, 2009
Hillcrest Student: 1980-82
Grades: 9-10
Comment:Hi all,
Can't believe 27 years have gone by. Seems yesterday. I attended grades 9 and 10 in '80-'82 and, thanks to the net, I've got back in touch with a few old friends from Hillcrest.
Francesca Valle: I was a Boulder Hill too but can't remember you. I still have those crest books, will check up.
Some of us are on the mailing list at hillcrest(minus)l(at)mknet(dot)org although it has got so quiet lately. Many are on facebook (lots of pictures)
My contact info:
g(underscore)girino(at)yahoo(dot)it
mobile 333 2404052 (I'm in Italy)
From:Isabell Woods
Date:June 4, 2009
Hillcrest Student: 1982-86
No Comment
From:Hillcrest School Office
Date: May 6, 2009
Greetings Hillcrest Alumni!!
Some may have heard the ‘buzz.’ Hillcrest School would like to host a ‘Mini Re-union’ for all the alumni that happen to be in the area the weekend of the Baccalaureate service. May 22-24.
We are planning to get together in Room 8 (The AV room in the Middle School) at 4:00 pm on Sunday, May 24. There will be finger food and drinks. We have a video that was produced by Dan McCain (Class of 97) of Hillcrest School that we will show. The rest of the afternoon will be for “meeting and greeting.” At 6:30 there is the Baccalaureate Service at which returning alumni are introduced. You are all invited to attend.
There will be a volleyball tournament for the guys and a soccer tournament for the girls that weekend. Saturday is the annual Sports Awards event. Saturday afternoon, for those of you still in the ‘flower of your youth’, the volleyball nets will be up and balls will be available if you want to show the youth of today how it was done it those days!
We are looking forward to seeing everyone and catching up on each others lives.
Can’t wait to see you all!!
Al Persenaire
High School Principal
From: Frank Heidenreich
Date: April 26,2009
Hillcrest Student: 1985-1986
Comment:Hi My name is Frank Heidenreich from Germany. I graduated from Hillcrest in '86 and I'm trying to get in touch with former classmates. I was staying at Boulder Hill Hostel back then.
From: Roberta Kitch Mcmeens
Date: April 16,2009
Hillcrest Student: 1945-55
Comment: Just checking.
From: Tamara Freeze Zarr
Date: March 2, 2009
Hillcrest Student: 1987-90
Comment: I was a student at Hillcrest from 1987 - 1990. Have recently found a Hillcrest Group on facebook if any of you are interested. It is a great place to reconnect! I have posted a link to this site there and am trying to get the word out about the reunion!
From: kobus kotze
Date: February 26, 2009
Hillcrest Student 1966-78
Comment: It is great to see the site is up and running again. I would like to contact Ken Baker and Glenda Shore. My email is ja.kot.ze at ab sa mail.co.za (there are no periods before 'at' and no space after 'at')
From: Karol Crouch
Date: February 25, 2009
From: Gayle Lee
Date: February 25, 2009
Hillcrest Student 1958-1964
Comment: I treasure my years at Hillcrest. There were many good memories, and i wonder where many of my classmates are now. Quite by accident, i found a great friend that went to Hillcrest after me, but lives very close to me now.My parents, Charles and Gwenyth Lee were house parents of the girls dorm for a period of time.
From: Jule McDill
Date: February 21, 2009
Hillcrest Student 1968-75
Comment: Great to hear from others who attended Hillcrest. I am an environmental engineer living in Baltimore and a new empty-nester! My 2 children Jeannette and Paul are off at college. My husband Ben and I love to travel and play folk music.
From: Elina Nierojewski-Velez
Date: February 18, 2009
Hillcrest Student 7th grade 1984-85
Comment:A wonderful year!
From: Yedwa Simelane (Magagula)
Date: February 11, 2009
Comment: There is an entry from Sharon (Gerrits) Termorshuizen mentioning Nneka Obumselu. I would like to get Nneka's contact details if she had a sis Iffy and went to school in Zambia and Swaziland
From: Jill (Cheesmur) Brett
Date: February 1, 2009
Hillcrest Student 1963-1969
Comment: I would have graduated with the class of "75. I have been surfing the internet today reading letters and blogs from Hillcrest students - I've cried (make that SOBBED) as I related to the same feelings of "abandonment" and "blame" that we have all experienced at different levels, and now I'm smiling and LAUGHING as I see names below that are familiar. "Ditto" to all the comments I've read below!!! I miss Nigeria, my birthland and childhood home, so much; I wish with all my heart I could just go back and visit those childhood haunts once more but know that those visual memories are probably best kept in my mind. I am so thankful for the experience my parents provided for me (good and bad) and the faces of the friends I made then are still very vivid in my mind even with the lack of pictures to remind me. If anyone remembers a MARGIE BURTNER or ANNE GREBINGER (I think I remember their names correctly), can you let me know please.
From: Keith McQuillen
Date: February 1, 2009
Hillcrest Student 1969-1971
Comment: Hello anyone who was in 4th and 5th grade with me all those years ago. I remember some names from Uncle Tony's hostel, Jonathan Turner, Dragon Stapic, among others but haven't had contact since we unexpectedly left there due to my mother's illness forced us home from the mission field. I live in Altoona, Pennsylvania now, am married with three kids of my own. I believe my time in Africa has made a significant impact on me and am now involved as a volunteer child advocate with Compassion International. If anyone remembers me, shoot me an email. kmcquillen at mcaneny dot biz
From: Beth Williams Pinkerton
Date: January 30, 2009
Hillcrest Student 1972-74
Comment: Hey Y'all, Am trying to contact friends form my time at Hillcrest, like Kathleen Harbottle and Nancy Thompson. Can you help? Thanks. Beth Pinkerton (was WIlliams)
From: Tim Keple
Date: January 5, 2009
Comment: Well what a surprise to see you listed Ms Holly Strauss. I could never forget such a good friend from Woyke House! I'll never forget rolling around in the mud by the river in Ndu=Cameroon. Of course we can't forget Dan, Gwen, the Folkert boys, Cheryla and Anita Haupt. Nice to see you are still in touch. long lost friend-Peace to you, Tim Keple