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Attend Your Reunion
2023 Information:
Join us to reminisce about our high school days and reconnect with classmates and teachers!
This year’s reunion celebrates the
classes ending in ‘03 and ‘08.
SAVE THE DATE!
2023 All Class Reunion!
Join us for
Reunion 2023
September 16-17
This year’s reunion celebrates the classes ending in ‘03 and ‘08!
Schedule of Events
Saturday, September 16
4:00 p.m. Alumnae Mass
*School Tour availibility pending.
Hosted at St. Scholastica Monastery
7430 N. Ridge Blvd., Chicago, IL
Free parking available in school lot.
Mass will also be livestreamed via Zoom.
Sunday, September 17
11:30 a.m. Brunch, Cocktails & Class Photos
Hosted at Chateau Ritz
9100 Milwaukee Avenue
Niles, IL 60714
Free parking available in attached lot.
Advance reservations are required due to catering.
R.S.V.P. via the formal invitation sent in July.
A formal invitation will follow in the summer.
For these classes celebrating, please update your contact details here.
If you are interested in being on the Alumnae Reunion Committee, please email alumnae@osbchicago.org today!
Looking to reserve a room for the weekend of the St. Scholastica, Chicago, reunion? Here are some local hotels:
Lang House Bed and Breakfast, Rogers Park Neighborhood, Chicago. This restored historic home stands next door to a Frank Lloyd Wright home.
langhousechicago.com, 773.764.9851
The Guest House Hotel, Andersonville Neighborhood, Chicago
These modern accommodations provide suites for those who want to stay with their friends.
theguesthousehotel.com, 773.564.9568
Hilton Orrington Hotel, Evanston
This hotel is located north of the monastery in the heart of downtown Evanston.
hotelorrington.com, 847.866.8700
Holiday Inn Chicago North Shore, Skokie
This hotel is located west of the monastery near Village Crossing.
ihg.com, 847.679.8900
Contact Toni Mengarelli '73 SSA Chicago Alumna, Director of Catering, 847-763-3011
HOTEL INFORMATION 2023
The Class of ’68 invites all SSA Alumnae to take advantage of the discounted room rate secured at:
The DoubleTree by Hilton (located across the street from the Old Orchard Shopping Center)
9599 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie
847-679-7000
The group room rate is $154 plus tax. To get this rate, a minimum of 10 rooms must be reserved. If we are unable to secure 10 reservations, the room rate will be much higher. That “non-group” rate is $249 or $232 (if you have Hilton Honors program) plus tax.
The block of rooms will only be held until August 1, so please make your reservation sooner than later. When you call DoubleTree, please mention that you want to reserve a room (1 king or 2 queen beds) under the name:
High School Reunion - St. Scholastica
You may cancel your reservation 24 hours before the arrival date.
Please share this information with your classmates.
Attend Your Reunion
SSA Chicago graduates meet every five years for their reunions. In 2023 we will celebrate the classes ending in '03 and '08. Join us on September 16-17.
Stay in touch! Alumnae-Update Your Contact Details.
St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2023:
1948:
1953: Mimi Newton, email
1958:
1963: Kathleen Janessa, email
1968: Pat Justice, email Mimi Wherfel, email
1973: Maryl Gordan Kavanaugh, email and Maureen Kaucher, email
1978:
1983:
1988:
1993:
1998: Susan Clark, email
2003: Ana Espinosa-Simonson and Kathy Tomlinson, email
2008:
2013:
St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2022:
1952: Marilyn Ballard, email Staff for her phone number
1957: Penny Kerndt, email, Judi Heikes, email, & Judy Janowiak, email.
1962: Mickey Smith, email
1967: Karen Ellwanger Snyder email, & Peg Zonsius Wagner, email Staff for her phone number.
1972: Nancy Bryers, email
1977: Maureen Tobin Healy (and committee), email
1982:
1987:
1992:
1997: Erin Sacluti, email
2002: Jennifer Cajas, email & Kateri Nelis, email
2007:
2012: Jessica Bannon, email
St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2021:
1951: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email
1956: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email
1961: Kathy Riordan (and committee), email
1966: Trish Nee (and committee), email
1971: Pat Corcoran, email
1976: Carrie Frey (and committee), email
1981: Maria Farlekas Kotsinis, email
1986: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email
1991: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email
1996: Teresa Szcreski Czaja, email
2001: Mamello Tekateka, email
2006: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email
2011: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email
St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2020:
1950: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email
1955: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email
1960: Patricia Blade Prendergast, email
1965: Joanne Bookstein, email
1970: Allison Vail, email or Dianne Murphy, email
(several others on the committee)
1975: Sue Jacobson, email or Sue Shaw email
1980: Juliet Ward, email
1985: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email
1990: Elizabeth Wyman, email
1995: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email
2000: Adriana Nannini, email
2005: Jenn M. Jacobs, email or Megan Nolan, email
2010: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email
St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2019:
1949: Ginny Malter, email
1954: Carol Urbanus, carolb13@comcast.net, email
1959: Barb Rourke email Mary Margaret Willis Anderson email
Marguerite Delacoma Shonk email Jane Fallon LoSasso email
1964: Maribeth Babler, email or Mary O'Connell, email
1969: Joanne Ryan, email or Peggy Trapp Cunnif, email or
Sue Conway Matsunaga email , or Nancy Russell Jones, email
1974: Diane Ketterhagen Blaszczyk, email or Barb Clesen Pepoon email
1979: Kathy Sweetman Brady, email
1984: Susana Cordova Gegner, email
1989: Meghan Alroth, email or Jo Ellen Thiel or Katie Casey email
1994: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email or
Tyler Young email or Shannon Egan Fisher email
1999: Christine Walker Tosh, email
2004: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x232 email
2009: Lauren Fifarek, email Tempris Daniels email
St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2018:
1948: Sheila Schultz, email or Jeanne Shannon, email
1953: Mimi Newton, email
1958: Sheila Mickus, email or Joanne Kelly, email, or Dorothy Rosch, email
1963: Kathleen Janessa, email
1968: Mimi Wherfel, email or Nora Kamberos, email or Katherine Kampf, email
1973: Maureen Kaucher, email
1978: Judi Remington, email
1983: Sylvia Zaldivar, email or Jenny Needham Semaca, email or Ruth McMahon, email
1988: Kristine Homan, email
1993: Ramona Joseph, email
1998: Susan Clark, email
2003: Ana Espinosa-Simonson and Kathy Tomlinson, email
2008: Margaret Mainey, email or Bridget Rundquist, email or
Mary Grace Staub, email
2013: Alex Najda, email or Aisha Rana, email
St. Scholastica, Canon City, held its 2017 all-school reunion for the weekend of August 18-20 at the Abbey Events Complex. The Class of 1967 will be hosting another reunion gathering on June 23-25, 2017 in Canon City. If you are a member of this class, contact Linda Menhennett Gillogley here.
St. Scholastica, Chicago, graduates meet every five years for their reunions. In 2017 we celebrated the classes ending in '2 and '7 over the weekend of September 23-24. Meanwhile, we would love to stay connected with you. If you don't receive the bi-annual magazine and monthly e-mails, please send us your updated contact information here so we can be sure to send you an invitation. We look forward to seeing you at the reunion!
To see the photo album from this year's reunion, click here.
St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2017:
1947: Lorraine Compernolle Gleason, email or 847.816.7431
1952: Marie Roti, email
1957: Penny Kerndt, email
1962: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
1967: Rita Killean, email
1972: Nancy Bryers, email
1977: Maureen Tobin Healy, email
1982: Colette Howard, email
1987: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
1992: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
1997: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
2002: Hallie Kowal, email
2007: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
2012: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. for Reunion 2016:
1946: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
1951: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
1956: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
1961: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
1966: Barbara Bernacchi, email
1971: Andrea DiMeo DeMay, email
1976: Carrie Dunn Frey, email
1981: Maria Farlekas Kotsinis, email
1986: Jill Bellucci Barber, email
1991: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
1996: Teresa Szczerski Czaja, email
2001: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
2006: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 774.764.2413 x233
2011: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. from Reunion 2015:
1945: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
1950: St. Scholastica Monastery Staff, 773.764.2413 x233
1955: Eileen Samuelson, 847.825.5279
1960: Patricia Blade Prendergast, email
1965: Joanne Reitberger Bookstein, email
1970: Dianne Murphy, email
1975: Sue Oakleaf Jacobson, email
1980: Joanne Spata, email
1985: Joanne Spata, email
1990: Magali Gomez, email
1995: Kristie Piotrowicz Szmajda, email
2005: Jennifer MacKenzie, email
2010: Kerry O'Neil, email
St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago, Class Reps. from Reunion 2014:
1954: Mary Marren, email
1959: Barbara Stift Rourke, email
1964: Mary O'Connell, email, or visit the SSA 50th Reunion website here
1969: Peggy Cunniff, email
1974: Jan Kupiec, email
1979: Kathleen Flaherty, email
1984: Susie Cordova Gegner, email
1989: JoEllen Thiel, email
1994: Jennifer Carpio Reyes, email
1999: Lisa Arreola Verdon, email
2004: Ann Cook, email