by Miguel Alfaro and Nayeli Vargas As part of our Von Historians Club project to research WWII veterans who attended Von Steuben, we were fortunate to meet with a local stage actor who attended our school, Myron “Mike” Nussbaum. We went to his condo with our teacher, Ms. Meghan Thomas, on a Saturday to discuss […]
Photo: Andy Romanoff Mark your calendars now and plan to join us for a blast from the past! What: 45th Reunion of the Von Steuben High School Class of ’74 When: Saturday, October 26, 2019 Where: The Warehouse Eatery, Deerfield, IL. GO PANTHERS! Please use the contact form to provide your email address or physical address if you […]
Photo: Andy Romanoff SAVE THE DATE! On May 3, 2019, the Von Steuben Alumni Association (VSAA) will welcome alumni from all classes back to school. More information about the open house to come, but mark your calendar now and spread the word. Don’t miss the fun of seeing friends from all years. VSAA is a […]
Written by guest blogger Meghan Thomas, Social Studies teacher, Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center Von Steuben High School has a new mosaic over room 308, the History Department office, honoring fallen WWII soldier, Sherman Levine (or Levin – both spellings are used). Sherman graduated in the class of 1940 and enlisted in the armed forces. […]
Please join me for a look back at the history of Von Steuben High School as one of Chicago’s famed “Jewish high schools.” I’ll be retelling some of the fabulous stories I’ve heard from you — readers of this blog — and the photographs you’ve shared. Starting with the opening of the school as a junior high school […]
If you showed up in the Hollywood Park neighborhood after the great post-war building boom, as my family did, you would have missed the wide-open prairie landscape of Central Park Avenue.
In case you’ve missed the email that’s been circulating about this event, here are the details. Von Steuben and Roosevelt High School grads are invited to Max and Benny’s Restaurant, 461 Waukegan Road in Northbrook, on Monday evening, September 30, for an evening of fun and reconnection with friends. The event starts at 5:00 p.m. […]
Tickets now available for the all-years reunion at Von Steuben on October 12, 2012. Doors to the auditorium at the north end of the building open at 7 pm and stay open until 10:30 pm. Tickets are $10 each. You can buy a ticket online now at the Von Steuben Alumni Association website or you […]
Howard Glantz, regular contributor to this blog, asked me to help spread the word about the upcoming 75th birthday celebration for Von Steuben’s January and June 1955 classes. If you know other members of the ’55 class, please tell them about the event. Knowing Howard, this will be a great time. When: July 21, 2012 Where: Mission […]
We came to Von Steuben Alumni Day with our memories and hindsight knowledge and expertise in an astonishing range of fields. Yet, it came down to this: the most popular question was, did the boys really have to swim naked?
