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Welcome to the SPFHS Alumni Association's Websiteemail us! spfhsalumni@aol.comWe Remember Long, Long time SPFHS Alumni Association president, Laura Swidersky. She passed away September 2, 2024, at the age of 97. Our hearts are sent out to her, her family, and all who know her. Thank you, Laura! Please click here to read her obituaryposted August 1, 2024:NEWLY ESTABLISHED SPFHS ALUMNI COURTYARDThe Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Alumni Association is pleased to announce that engraved bricks honoring graduates are being re-located to the front of the high school establishing an Alumni Courtyard for the enjoyment of students, graduates and visitors to SPFHS.Previously the bricks were installed on the sidewalk leading to the Perry Tyson Stadium. Maintenance and repairs on the grounds of the high school necessitated relocating the engraved bricks. This new courtyard will be completed in time for the opening of the 2024-25 school year.All proceeds go to awarding future scholarships to SPFHS students who are descendants of one or more SPFHS alumni.If you're planning an SPFHS class reunion, please let us know!Just posted: Class of 1973 52nd reunion, and Class of 1975 50th reunion, both to be held in March, 2025! Please visit our reunion page hereNew alumni news story just posted: July 12, 2024Gary Jones of the SPFHS class of 1979: Feeling History in his RootsThank you to all who were able to join us May 9, 2024 in the SPFHS auditorium, to see thirteen alumni inducted into the Hall of Fame! The evening was emceed by former Governor, Donald DiFrancesco.Do you know of an SPFHS alumni who is making the world or their community a better place? First, check to see if they are already in the Hall of Fame. If not, Please Nominate them for the SPFHS Hall of Fame today! Inductees are honored at a ceremony at the high school, have a plaque of their own in the SPFHS hallway, and serve as an example for current SPFHS students!Please click here to see information on all 48 members of the Hall of Fame, including the 13 members who were inducted on May 9, and to nominate an alumni of your own for consideration!!We really encourage you to nominate someone! The Hall of Fame inductions committee would like to receive many more nominations than they have been getting!! Your nomination will be greatly appreciated.Please email us if you'd like to volunteer for the Alumni Association! For one thing, we are looking for someone to help gather news for us, or to re-start an Alumni Newsletter! Speaking of news, if you graduated from SPFHS in any year, please email us news about your life (big or small), so we can consider posting it on our website in the "SPFHS Alumni News" section: email us at spfhsalumni@aol.comPurchase a commemorative brick here. All brick purchases go to support our future Alumni Association scholarships to SPFHS seniors who are descendants of SPFHS alumni.Our long-serving, dedicated SPFHS Alumni Association officers: Some have served for over 20 years! President: Laura Swidersky Vice President: Dr. James Checchio Secretary: Bernice Montagna, retiring Treasurer: Kathy VanHorn trustees: Elmer Terry and Barbara Roskin founding member: Marie LeppertWe thank these officers, and the other chairpeople and committee members. New volunteers and new leaders sought, to provide much needed assistance to our long-time volunteers! Please contact us if you are interested. Thank you.SPFHS Alumni Association Facebook page! Get the conversation started with fellow alumni!If you'd like to make a donation to future SPFHS Alumni Association scholarships, please click directly below. Checks can be made out to "SPFHS Alumni Association". In memo line of check, please write "scholarship donation".
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Donate to the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund
If you would like to donate funds directly toward the awarding of future SPFHS Alumni Association scholarships, please send a check to:
SPFHS Alumni Association
Scotch Plains- Fanwood High School
667 Westfield Rd.
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
On the memo line of the check, please indicate, "scholarship donation"
Thank you!
The SPFHS Alumni Association strives to award at least one scholarship per year, to members of the senior class of SPFHS who are descendants of one or more SPFHS graduate(s).
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2018 Alumni Association Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to two caring, compassionate young men: Anthony Di Nizo and Karl Wirth.Karl's scholarship is in memory of Thomas Montagna, class of 1951. The scholarship was donated by an anonymous alumni, in rememberance of Tom, his classmate. -
2017 Alumni Association Scholarship Winners
left to right: Callen Leahy, Kiera DeProspero, President Laura Swidersky '44,Gianna Januzanis, Taylor SirchioThank you to the Class of 1976, an anonymous alumnus, and others! Thanks to your donations, and to those who have purchased a brick in our Alumni Walkway to Perry Tyson Field (an ongoing project), we were able to award four scholarships in 2017!
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2016 Alumni Association Scholarship Winners
All in the SPFHS Family: 2016 scholarship winners and the SPFHS alumni they are descended from: from left to right: James Lambert '84, Janet Wylie Lambert '82 , Rachel Lambert '16, SPFHS Alumni Association President Laura DiFrancesco Swidersky '44, John Marquardt '16, John Marquardt '81.
Marie DiFrancesco Leppert '44 (a founding Alumni Association member), and Laura DiFrancesco Swidersky '44, (longtime President of the Alumni Association), congratulate 2016 SPFHS Alumni Association scholarship recipients Rachel Lambert and John Marquardt