AHS (Mexico City) Class of '81
20 (and 25) year Reunion Page

Welcome! This page contains information on the Mexico City American High School (AHS) class of '81 20 and 25 year reunions. On this page you can find the following:

Related Links (discussion group, photo sites, links to "official" reunion photo)
Members of class of '81 and reunion attendance (email, links to address, tel., bio. info.)
Reunion Information (Listed for historical purposes only: when, where...)

Related Links

Discussion Group

If you want to catchup with what is going on with other members of the class of '81, click on the highlighted text below or copy the following text into the address window of your browser:

http://tinyurl.com/AHSQuicktopic (which is a synonym for http://www.quicktopic.com/1/H/yW3mK4HhigT3Tr9s7J.html)

This is a free web site. You don't need to register or anything else. Simply visit and read, and post a message if you wish. There is a similar page (where we got this idea) for the class of '80. (Ground rules: No personal attacks. Offensive messages will be deleted.)

Photos

25 year Reunion

Here is a photo of the 25 year reunion group in Acapulco taken by Alison Anderson-Gilmour:

Pictured are Ramon Ricoy, Rodrigo ?, Nancy Juarez (Alex Juarez), Georgina Marquez, Alex Juarez, Francisco Rios, Alison Anderson, Dwight Werren, Anacecilia Perez-Vargas, Dominic Christian, John de la Fontaine (Anacecilia).

Dwight has put together a nice site at http://mexico.dwighit.com/ with many pictures from the trip.(Once the page loads, it will give you a slide show of any of the categories you select to the right.
See also some more pictures from the 25th reunion, taken by Georgina Marquez. The 25 year reunion was held Saturday May 27th, at the Hotel Emporio in Acapulco. See the detailed information from Ramon Ricoy, who put this together.

20 year Reunion

Though the main photo site is listed below, I've also included here copies of the "official" 20 year reunion photograph, in different resolutions.

Small photo (56K) shown below, Medium photo (100K), Large photo (367K)

Names listed use AHS-81 era last names, which may differ from current last names.

Back Row    Scott Odabashian, Ramón Ricoy, Claudio Gantous, Mike Buhler, Alex Loya, Ricardo Ortega, Fernando Fuentes, Dale Reed, Alejandro Serrano, Julio Zamora, David Rae, Raul Bernat, Simon Hamui, Francisco Rios, Mitchel Sorsby
Third Row    Alex McGrath, Cary Rothman, Hector Hernandez, Dominic Christian, Alex Juarez, Jesus Bravo, Gabriel Ortega , George Ortes, Ronnie Buhler, Josy Farca, Alejandra Alvarado, Alberto Valner
Second Row    Elvira Marcos, Craig Dudley, David Laird, Steve Austin ('82), Thurson Hamer, David Litchi, Mauricio Jaber, Ricky Rosencranz, Georgina Marquez, Sammy Jinich, Lisa Hojel, Kelly Coker, Suzie Maitland, Kelly Sherck, Elena Rohweder, Marissa Garcia, Jennifer Meaney, Maria Warner
Front Row    Donna Keeler, Jackie Kassem, Cindy Petrinovic, Jodi Philpot, Christie Cueto, Nina Padilla, Marlene Guinchard, Anacecilia Perez-Vargas, Helen Plaschinski, Sara Aroeste, Carmen Castillo, Rosa Ma. Montalvo, Dina Backjejian, Yolanda Escandon, Karen Jaris, Linda Reichard, Chris Arvesen

Main photo site:

http://communities.msn.com/ASFClassof19781982

This site has *lots* of pictures taken by Didar Noriega (~57 from our reunion), both from AHS days as well as from the class of '80 reunion. He also has links to many other AHS related sites, such as reunion sites from other years' classes

Other

Sue Macintosh has put together the Class of '80 20-year reunion page. It includes links to lists of alumni from classes of '78, '79, '80, and '81 (that's us folks). It also has a link to the AHS home page.

Members of the Class of '81

This is for use of the members of AHS class of '81 only. Please do not use this information for unsolicited email marketing or for any other commercial purposes. The "More info" link on the right connects to a document with additional address, phone, web page, and biography information.

Note that names without email addresses or links to more information are lost classmates whom I have not been able to contact. Please give me their information if you have it.

To request additions or changes to this list, or to make suggestions, please send email to: reed @ uic.edu (remove extra spaces).

Names & Contact Information

Important Note:
email addresses have an extra space before and after the '@' sign, which must be removed before the email address is valid. This is a security measure to thwart spammers from "harvesting" these email messages off the web.

See Sue MacIntosh's list of emails for our class as well at: http://home.san.rr.com/smacintosh/AHSClassof80/AlumniDirectory/81.htm

Reunion Information

(Listed here for historical purposes only...)

Important Note: Deadline to buy tickets (see below) is May 21st! No tickets will be sold at the door.

When: Thursday, May 24th through Sunday, May 27th, 2001

Where: Mexico City. Activities will be centered around the five-star hotel Nikko.

Hotel Nikko México
Campos Eliseos 204 Col. Polanco, México, D.F., 11560
Telephone: (525) 280-11-11
Fax: (525) 280-91-91
Toll Free in Mexico 01 800 9088800
Toll Free in the USA and Canada: 1-800-NIKKO US (645-5687)

There are some rooms reserved under group name "Colegio Americano" or "Festival," at US$135 +17% tax for May 25/26. Online reservations (through link above) quote a price of $190. To reserve at the group rate you will need to contact:

      Karla Martinez, email: kmartinez@nikko.com.mx
      Sales Executive
      Fax (525) 80-69-65
      Tel. (525) 80-11-11 Ext 8022

Room availability is limited at the group rate (25 rooms). My understanding is that you have 15 days to cancel at no charge.

Who: All the Class of ’81 members, and members of any other class who are game to join in on the fun!

List of events:

Thursday

• “Welcome Back / Break the Ice” casual party on Thursday evening. (Pay on your own)
  This will be held at a place called "MP". You can find it by going out the Nikko's back door to the right. Walk down the sidewalk and it is at the end of the street.
  Calle Andres Bello 10, Polanco
  Tel. 52 80 2506, 52 81 05 92.
  

Friday

• “Lets Get Down to Business” semiformal dinner/dance party starting 7:00 Friday night through the wee hours of Saturday morning. Dinner, Dancing, mariachis, chilaquiles...
  This is the main event of the weekend.
  Cost: $90.00 USD/person through January 20. 
            $105 USD/person January 21st- April 30th 
            $120 USD/person after May 1st, or at the door. 
  These prices include food, drinks, & entertainment

Saturday

• 11:30 Breakfast buffet at the hotel (Pay on your own)
• 1:00 School Campus Tour (free)
  Transportation will be provided free of charge for those staying at the Nikko, but space is limited so you must contact Anacecilia ahead of time to let her know how many need transportation.
  
• 2:30 “All Family Included” taquiza lunch at David Litchi's condo. See this map for directions.
  Cost: $40 USD/person through January 20. 
            $45 USD/person January 21st- April 30th 
            $50 USD/person after May 1st, or at the door. 
  Under 12 yrs. free, Nannys free (pero sin comida)

Other possible informal gatherings

• Saturday evening party for those who survived Thursday and Friday
• Brunch Sunday morning, suggested at the Nikko hotel's buffet.

All activities will be independent of each other so you can choose which ones you want to attend. Those attending all the activities… will certainly have more fun!! Further details will be posted as they become available.

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Last Updated on 11/13/01
By Dale Reed