Upcoming Reunion?

If you have an upcoming alumni reunion or event, please contact Rick Chambers, 816-863-2254 or rick@centereducationfoundation.org.

CENTER HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS

Center High School (the OLD high school) Open House

All CHS alumni from the classes of 1948 to 1965 (classes who attended at least one year when the high school was located at 84th & Euclid) are invited to an Open House from 4-6pm on Friday, September 14th. Highlights will include:

• Members of the classes of 1957 - 1959 will attend as part of their reunion weekend
• The families of Athletic Hall of Fame inductees Mike Greene and Coach Jim Kuechler will attend
• Items from the Center Museum will be on display

Classes of 1957,1958, and 1959 

If you went to Center High School and were in either the class of 57, 58 or 59, the three class reunion date has been set. Please keep the dates of September 14th and 15th open. Festivities will start with an Open House at the original high school (84th & Euclid) on Friday afternoon from 4pm to 6pm. Members of classes from 1948 to 1965 are invited to the Open House. See above for details.

A social gathering will be held starting at 5:00 P.M. on September 14th at RC's Back Door in Martin City, MO. The reunion will be at Tiff N Jay's in Lee's Summit MO starting at 6:00 P.M. on September 15th. For more information e mail me (class of 58) ogbowl@aol.com or Betty Morton Crow bmorton8242@yahoo.com (class of 57) or Marie Daniels Wallace (class of 59) emw22442@yahoo.com

Class of 1968 

Class of 1968 will have their 50 year reunion this fall on the weekend of September 27-28, 2018. 

Friday plans now finalized! The Center Education Foundation will serve a light dinner in the high school cafeteria starting at 5:00 (8715 Holmes Rd, in case you have forgotten!). Volunteers will show us around the school and hold open the Center School District Museum in the old journalism room downstairs. They will give us free tickets to the football game, which starts at 7:00. We are also free to socialize in the cafeteria for a while. We can meet any time after 8 or so at Medici Pizza on the south end of Ward Parkway under the big white awnings for drinks and more socializing. 

On Saturday night, join your classmates for a fun evening of reminiscing, drinks, and music at one of Kansas City's most unique and beautiful event sites, the World War I Museum.  Cocktails, refreshments, and light hors d'oeuvres will begin at 5:30 PM with dinner at 7:00 PM.  After sunset, the top of the Liberty Memorial tower will be open for breathtaking nightime vistas of Kansas City.   The Museum is truly one of Kansas City’s treasures, located across the street from Union Station and next to Crown Center, with the Westin Hotel and Sheraton within walking distance.  The free streetcar line runs from Union Station all the way into the River Market.  

The cost for Saturday night's event will be $68 per person and we will have a no host cash bar with mixed drinks, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages.  The museum needs a good count on the number of attendees, so please make your reservations and pay by September 15, 2018. We will not be able to accept payments at the door. To help with planning, please commit to your attendance as soon as possible. Dress for Saturday evening will be business casual.

For more information, click here for the class Facebook page.

As the event grows closer, we will be posting activities around Kansas City that might interest you that weekend.  We are also posting nearby hotel accommodations close to the museum or accessible by street car. Center has a home football game on Friday, September 28th for those interested.  More to follow on that too.

Make checks payable to "Center 68 Reunion" and mail to the following address:  Center 68 Reunion, C/O Richard Roberson, 2016 west 86th street Leawood, KS 66206

You may also pay with PayPal. The payee address is center50years@gmail.com. If you use your Paypal account to pay, please change "paying for an item or service" tab to "sending to a friend".  If you use the "payment for an item or service" our reunion will be charged a service fee.  

Mark your calendars.  Remember---"be there or be square!”

Class of 1978

Friday, October 12: We have a section reserved for us at the Homecoming football game. We will have hot dogs and sodas provided. After the game we are going to Funky Town. The Center Education Foundation is providing a light supper for all alumni since this is also Homecoming weekend. That will start in the school cafeteria at 5:00 pm. The Center Museum will be open for visiting (lots of yearbooks and memorabilia). The school is located at 8715 Holmes Rd (just in case you have forgotten).

Saturday, October 13: We have the entire Howl At The Moon facility reserved just for us from 5-8pm. There will be a dinner buffet consisting of the following:
Cranberry Cured Pork Tenderloin
Grilled Balsamic Rosemary Chicken 
Seasoned Green Beans with Bacon and Onion
Baked Potato Station 
House Salad 
The buffet will be served from 5-7:30pm with open seating.
Each paid dinner will also get 2 drink tickets.

If you are driving to the venue, I will need to know by September 10. Parking will be free and reserved for all vehicles that are on the list by that date.

The band will do any song we ask them to, but they need our list by August 25. Please email all song requests to the email below.

They will also put together a slide show for us. Photos are due by September 15. Please also email these to the address below.

The cost for dinner on Saturday is only $25/person and can be made through our PayPal account "Center High School 40th Reunion". If you don't have an account, it's very easy to open an account, pay for your tickets and then close it out. 
THE FINAL GUEST COUNT MUST BE IN BY SEPTEMBER 30! THERE WILL BE NO TICKETS SOLD AT THE DOOR.

Link to PayPal: paypal.me/pools/c/851IHjZbGU

We have three tickets that have been paid for and donated back to the group, so if you have need of one of these, please let me know. Don't not come because of money!

This has now become a group effort! It's all about contacting people now and getting them to come. This will be so much fun and I can't believe it's getting so close! I can't wait to see everybody!

Email for photos and songs: kcchs40th@gmail.com,

For questions, call: 940-372-2730. It's better to text me bc I get so many random calls that I usually don't answer. But text me and I will call you back.

Class of 1983 

Center High School Class of '83 Reunion (along with the classes of '82 and '84) Saturday, September 15
Llywelyn's Pub - 301 SE Douglas St., Lee's Summit, MO
4:00 PM - 1:30 AM

80's cover band Cherry Bomb will play starting at 8 PM!

There's no registration to complete or fee to attend. Just come and hang out with your old (seriouly old) high school friends! 
Feel free to contact Kim Wheeler (Class of '83 ) with any questions at kwheeler09@gmail.com