Mid The Verdant Groves Of Cypress
Forty years later Faces…
LW Higgins High School Class Of 1980 Class Reunion
Welcome to the 2025 edition of our Class Reunion. It is our hope that you will enjoy the virtual revisit to memory lane and that we will have an opportunity to again have a shared experience as a class.
Parrie Nickole Austin Phillips President
What I remember…
We started our senior year not as business as usual because all of the regular staff was not present; however, I can honestly say that I barely noticed. Most or all of the things that I was accustomed to as a student were operating nearly the same. To the credit of many, a peaceful resolution brought sovereignty to our Higgins families and neighborhoods and for that I want to extend a belated debt of gratitude to all concerned. Thank you!
Selected For Us By Us
Class Song The Way We Were
Class Colors Baby Blue and Sapphire Blue
Class Flower Crean Rose
Class Motto
Faces of old, Faces of new
People we know, people we knew
Drifting together, then drifting apart
Always and ending, and now a new start
Forecasting more shades of Blue and Gold …
Does anyone remember?
autographs
A SECOND THOUGHT
The Bus Stop, Hall Lockers, Gym Suits, Electric Typewriters, Nurse’s Caps, Cooperative Office Education, Distributive Education, Long Hair, Short Hair, Afros, Blonds, Brunettes Redheads, English Only, Vietnamese Only, Beakers and Bunsen Burners, Eight Track Tapes and Albums, LW Higgins Hurricane Bus, A Fifth Of Beethoven, Welcome Back Kotter, Soul Train, Farrah Fawcett, Olivia Newton John, Candies, Loafers, Sneakers, Chicago, KC And The Sunshine Band, The Mezzanine, The Field House, Interim Reports, Librarians, Prep Quiz Bowl, Beauty Pageants, Pop Quizzes. College Entrances Exams, Protractors, Rulers, Courtyards, Crosswalks, Calculators, Saturday Night Live, CYO , Questions Asked And Answered, Teams, Level I, Level II, Level III, CTBS, Summer School, Repertory, Free Enterprise, Gloria Vanderbilt, Levi, Lee, Wrangler, Parades, Times Picayune, Chewing Gum, Fire Drills, Close Up, FBLA, DE,COE and on and on and on.
Who Gets An “A” In Economics?
I am familiar with this scenario:
We’ve all had a decent time, exchanged the necessary pleasantries and as time passes the event grows a little colder and the most important questions begin to surface to a certain few. “Who’s going to pay for this and how much is it going to cost?” Even high schoolers have budgets. As high schoolers we were aware sometimes of our friends’ assets and labilities, and the buck usually stopped there. That seemed appropriate. The mantra of each man for himself was unspoken until it wasn’t. The card holder of the budget then was the Head of Household.
Money matter concerns are bubbling up again in society. There are overt signs of it showing everywhere I turn. Everyday trading is happening differently than it did two score and five years ago. There are newer currencies that are accepted for fair trade in the United States, but we as consumers are only aware of the ones that we use. I found this page showing at the end of this article a plausible pit stop from the past, from high school, sharing insights on rates of inflation, business climate changes in growth and recession. Yes, I saw all of that at a glance, I’ve even made a few predictions concerning new change and was forced to implement change in personal plans to respond to it. Beginning in 2025, I’ll try again to enjoy consumer life more like I did, before I had to become so cyber wise. I’ll revisit this list as a consumer and actually see what 1980 looks like the face of 2025.
“It’s the Physics of the thing.”
Elaine Duvic Principal
Alma Mater
Mid the verdant groves of cypress Neath an azure sky Stands a citadel of learning Beloved Higgins High Honor above all you’ve taught us And integrity Through the years, as we move onward We will remember thee
News References
Talisman L.W. Higgins 1980 Volume 12 Higgins Penny Press
In passing, a short glimpse into the teacher’s lounge reveals:
Teacher’s Lounge Talk
I guess it’s pretty obvious there’s not much to talk about here.
1980
Corsage $ 7.50
Watch Timex $ 20.00
2025
Corsage Wristlet $ 32.38
Watch $ 49.39
Tunes from then and now…
Then and now…
The things that connected us are still factors for us today, some the same , some different and some nonexistent. We are excited to have conversations about such. How are we the same, different? What did we hold on to from the past? What do we want to give to the future?
It is a fact that learning starts at home, our parents, friends , neighbors and associates are all involved as principles, volunteers boosters and the like. School refines education for us, partnering the formal and informal. Polishing. Improving.
Fourty-six Years Later FACES... L W Higgins High School Class of 1980 Class Reunion 