High school class reunion

A high school class reunion is delightful to attend and arrange since it gives you as well as others an opportunity to meet up and have fun. Many times people can seek and find help from ex classmates in obtaining jobs and getting business. Now if you find yourself in a position where you have been tasked with organizing a high school class reunion, things can become slightly stressful especially if you are not in contact with everyone.

The best way to start is to form some sort of a committee. This can easily be done by contacting the various if not all the class officers from your graduating class, local classmates, and other people you think can help you keep in touch with everyone. Make a list with names, numbers and addresses and assign a person to keep track with everyone on the list and update it as required.

You will also need to take care of tasks such as budgeting, invitations, as well arrangement for food, music and other stuff. A high school class reunion’s budget is very important and so you need to figure out how much each member or attendee will contribute towards the reunion. Don’t forget to include long distance calls to ex classmates who are living in other cities and states.

A high school reunion is never truly enjoyed until everyone from the graduating class is present. In order to ensure that everyone is contacted and invited you will need to track everyone down. Now you can try websites such as Reunion.com, switchboard.com and classmates.com, you can also try calling up your high school to find out what information they have on people you aren’t able to find. If they are classmates missing try sending an SOS email to every one of your contacts asking for the whereabouts of the missing people. You can also call up the local alumni from other graduating classes as well as check out the yearbook for more information on the missing people that will help you locate them i.e. their maiden names, sir names etc.

Another thing you need to do in order to make your high school class reunion successful is to contact every one possible as early as possible. This will ensure that people don’t find it difficult to book flights, apply for holidays etc. Ideal times for high school reunions are during the summer vacations and during Thanksgiving.

You also need to decide how to structure the event i.e. will it be a one night event or will it be a weekend long event. You can also arrange for a party on a yacht or even at a ranch. However it all boils down to what your budget is and what types of things most of your classmates are going to enjoy doing. High school class reunions should ideally be arranged annually and the best way to keep everyone in contact with everyone else is to compile a booklet.