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 Please  join the Alumni Association by 
clicking the link below.  It's only $30 and all us  would love to 
be able to say Class of '71 has the most members of any graduating class!

St Mary's has a goal of a minimum of 500 annual members.
We are currently at 343

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Owned by Matt Windisch '07 and another Dragon
What a great place!

Record attendance for a Thursday....15-Dragons and one Dragon mom!
Joe Rekart, Mark Durham, Kevin Humphrey, Larry Held, Daniel Armbruster, Mrs. Armbruster,
Rich Rutledge, Steve Buchheit, Rick LaGrotta, Mick Rea,
Bob Simokaitis, Marty Erickson, John Pipitone, and Suprise Dragon; Phil Miceli not pictured

 

one more photo...can leave out Phil! 

Mick Rea, Phil Miceli, Marty Erickson, Steve Buchheit, Rick LaGrotta, Bob Simokaitis and Rich Rutledge

Money was collected to purchase a '71 Hole Sponsorship

for the upcoming Fred Hoyt Memorial Golf Tournament.

At the 08-17 Alumni meeting from '71were:
Board members: Kevin Humphrey and Larry Held along with
Ed DeGreeff, Dan Armbruster, Rich Rutledge, Frank Flesch and Rick LaGrotta

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LaGrotta, Fillman, Held, Rea, Buchheit, Flesch

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SM Renaissance Meeting
at Sam's Steakhouse
At the meeting were: SM President Mike England and Director of Advancement Joe Divis.  
From '71 were Frank Flesch, Bob Simokaitis, Dan Armbruster, Rich Rutledge, Carl Collignon, Rick LaGrotta
and surprise dragons: Scott Puettmann and Leo Haas.

 

The school and its president are working wonders to maintain and grow St Mary's academic and athletic traditions

while slowly updating buildings, grounds and technology needed to be competitive in today's education market.
Choosing an educational path, young men and their families have some pretty good choices.
St Mary's is still in the running offering a great education at a reasonable price. 
The school's aim moving forward is to have and even stronger positive influence on the south side;
educating and guiding its young men while helping to stabilize the neighborhood
setting a high example and by welcoming all to make use of its state of the art athletic facilities.

 

 

The term Renaissance was chosen because of the program's objective;
a rebirth of St Mary's and of the South Side

 

St Mary's Alumni is one of the school's biggest strengths.  

18% of St. Mary's Alumni contribute annually to the school.  
Compared to 5-6% for alumni from other Catholic schools, we are far and away the best!

"St. Mary's" is a great answer to the St Louis question; "Where did you go to high school?"
You don't need a meeting or a special invitation to do what you know is right.  
Please donate as you can to help the rebirth and to keep the tradition alive. 

 

St Mary's High School
4701 South Grand
St Louis, MO 63111

 

 

April 20 Alumni Association  Meeting
Mike England and Amie Koenen guest speakers.
St Mary's continues to disprove years of demographic projections
that indicated, by now our school would have less than 150 students.  

Each year, providing an excellent alternative to public and private schools,
with the help of dedicated and generous Alumni, St Mary's continues to grow.   
Present from '71 were; Simokaitis, Rutledge, Humphrey, Flesch, Held, and LaGrotta
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Bob Simokaitis, Rich Rutlege, Mick Rea, Dan Armbruster

Mike Dauphin, Rick LaGrotta and surprise dragon:

Mike Badgley

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Rutledge, Simokaitis, Held and LaGrotta
Supported a Dragon owned business by 

celebrating national pizza day with some fantastic
St Louis style pies, yes pies!

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Pictured above are Jack Favre, Marty Erickson, Phil Miceli and Rick LaGrotta
also present were Ed Degreef, Frank Flesch, Dan Armbruster, Mike Dauphin, John Pipitone,

and surprise dragon Tom Fitzsimmons
(Click the above photo to see more shots from the party)

 

At the Christmas party with approximately 120-other dragons were:
Miceli, Armbruster, Favre, LaGrotta, Humphrey, Held, Panneri, Rea, R Simokaitis, Weindel, and Rutledge

To see photos from taken at the party click the above photo.

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Larry Held, Bob Simokaitis, Rich Rutledge

Phil Miceli and Rick LaGrotta

discussed how to get more '71 classmates to join the 

St Mary's Alumni Association

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Can't say enough good about the Taste of St Mary's
Pictured above are Reinhold, Thaier, Rutledge, Schwarz

Not pictured but also in attendance were Armbruster, Held, Ronshausen, 
Rekart, Flesch, Vetz, Humphrey and LaGrotta

To see all the photos from the event click on Rutledge's nose!

 

John Reinhold and Larry Thaier rolled up in John's Candy Apple Red '29 Roadster A genuine hot rod.

This was taken as they were leaving the Taste of SM.

Wonder if they were going to cruise Landsdowne Steak! 

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The class reunion was a blast!

Paul Mueller, Mike Dauphin, Earl Carrol, Phil Miceli, Bob Simokaitis

 

Class photo 

Click either photo to see more shots from the reunion.

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Our class website is always looking to add classmates. 
Currently we have 114 active and 154 inactive!