With wonderful weather, a great turn out and a lot of preparation Sheppard School's 75th was a roaring success.

David Bradshaw

Former Sheppard students check the rolls from the 1930's.(click the images to see them larger)

(Oct 23, 2004)

Mr. Wilke started at Sheppard in 1932.  His older brothers were part of the parade of students who marched from Sudaby School to Sheppard for it's opening day.

Today, over 70 years later Mr. Wilke was back at Sheppard School, and touched by the experience.  "I was just down here by the old roll books when a woman came up and asked my name. She said I am so glad that you are here, I was hoping you would be, I used to sit beside you in class."

Another group who connected today reminisced about sitting out on that porch.  Still got that picture, asked one of the men a Sheppard student from the 40's, yup came the quick reply.

Still another pair of former students were catching up on their lives since Sheppard, "My oldest boy is 60 now.  Mine is in his 50's", said the other.

Many generations have gotten their start at Sheppard and much has changed since the opening of that 4 classroom school house.

The grand daughter of one of the school's former principals, and now a Sheppard student herself, Alana Cooper, spoke of the ways that Sheppard has changed, but still remains the same.

A crew of volunteers, teachers, administrators, students, and custodial staff, worked to turn the school into a visual statement of its own history.

There were too many stories to tell them all here, The Sheppard Girls who have been meeting annually for last 10 years now 50 years out of Sheppard.  The woman who flew in from Chicago just to be here for the day, or the woman coming back to Sheppard with her adult children to show them that she was once a kid too.

It makes you wonder what adventures and memories our current students will recall when they come back in 25 years to celebrate Sheppard at 100.

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