A Year in review 2008!

Greetings Alumni,
Well 2008 is almost over we have the first African American President Barack Obama and we are all still alive and able to network with one another even though the economy is bad we must Thank the lord for waking us up every day and we have make the best of what we have. Our Holiday Party was great as always the pictures are in the gallery at(http://sscachicago.ning.com/) for you to view. Our Dinners have been Great we have been going to different places I hope to continue with more alumni participation.

I hope to see more of you all next year in 2009 it is always great seeing old friends catching up with whats going on with them. As many of you know the Class of 1991 20th year reunion is approaching in 2011 so thats roughly 3 years we need to contact and reconnect with as many classmates as we can to make the reunion a success. We also need to due at least 1 fundraiser each year to cut the cost of a Runion so we can have it some where really nice so if you have any ideas let me know.

So Send my email (southshorealumnibdayclub@gmail.com ) out to those you know so we can keep up with them and Class of 1992 you are right behind us so it would be a good time for you all to start gathering info on your classmates as well. I wish you all a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!

Patrice Parker-Miller ( SSCA Class of 1991)

Check out the Alumni Event book

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ok Alumni all the pictures have been put in the photo book it is ready to be ordered its now 20% off the sale ends Dec 17th with Shutterfly so right now the cost of the book is $59.07 after Dec 17th it will go back to $71 thats a really big savings so order yours today!

CPS has a Alumni Website also Check it out!

Building relationships among alumni of Chicago Public Schools and their former schools and classmates. Highlighting CPS initiatives and opportunities for alumni to support student achievement. Thats the Website on the bag I am Already Registered so what are you waiting on? www.CPSALUMNI.org

SSCA 2nd Annual Holiday Get Together

Greetings Alumni,
We will have our 2nd Annual Holiday Party on Saturday Decemeber 13th, 2008 at 7pm.
If you want to attend please email me for the location. I hope to see you there!

October/November/Decemeber Dinner 11/8/08

Well it was Blast as usually we only had 2 birthday people but the food was good and the conversation was even better. That was our last Birthday Dinner for 2008 the last event for the year will be our 2nd Annual Alumni Holiday Get Together and the date & location is TBA soon.
Well I hope to see more of you all in 2009 for our gatherings .

2008 A Great end of the year!

This is Truly History!!!!
Our 1st Black President
BARACK H. OBAMA

The August/September Boat Brunch 9/7/08

Well if you missed this you really missed out on a good time! The Mystic Blue was a Excellent Idea kudos to Camille Young for suggesting it and many more KUDOS to Denise Yelvington she really came threw for us regarding the price and parking! I recommend if you can do the Sunday Boat Brunch it is really worth it!The Food was excellent and the music was good we had a fantastic DJ Matt he really got into the music and just was a real crowd pleaser. So get ready we only have 2 more events left for 2008 that's the Oct/Nov/Dec Bday Dinner & Our 2nd Annual Xmas Get Together , now it was suggested that we do it at Riva' s (Located at Navy Pier) so feel free to send me your thoughts/comments.

My New Baby

Welcome to the World Kyle Sterling Dillingham born 8/22/08 at 8:48 pm 7lbs 7oz This is my 1st Grandson! (Patrice Parker-Miller)

Greetings Alumni

Well as you see I posted the July Birthday picture and we had 3 of the 9 Birthday people there, we went to 94 west in Orland Park all I will say is it was an experience. Other than the food we had a good time as usual and I am really looking foward to the August/Sept bday brunch on the Mystic Blue we might actually get some guys to joins us this time that will be a real treat!

SSCA Annual Memorial Picnic

For those who missed it the picnic was really nice allot of people showed up for this annual event class of 90 and 91 we hope to see more next year. Joe Smart and friends really deserve a round of applause for making this happen every year. To view more of the Pictures from the picnic go to http://sscachicago.ning.com and sign up on our alumni website.

SSCA Annual Memorial Picnic

The Annual Memorial Picnic that is sponsored by Joe Smart and Friends (Classof 90) will be held at the Park behind SSCA on August 2, 2008 at 12pm untildark. If you would like to give a donation contact Joe Smart .

SSCA Alumni News!

At 10:41am on June 3rd, 2008, Seandale (Rebel XD) Price said…
Also, I will be on WGN's morning News Show tomorrow (June 4th) at 7:45am. Yeah thats right, South Shore and Chicago representin'.

Guest Book

When signing the Guest Book Please ad your first and last name along with the year you graduated in the text field Thanks!

Check out my Guestbook!

CHicago Public Schools also has a website for.............

Elementary and High School Alumni check it out at :

http://www.cpsalumni.org find Your Grammar School & here's the dirct link for SSCA

http://www.cpsalumni.org/school/south-shore-high-school

Classmates.com & Reunions.com

Does anyone else frequently check those sites? I checked Today and there was a good question asked.
1) Classmates no longer with us....RIP
By:
Adrenna Hopkins
Started: 05/03/08 11:18am PST Does anyone know of classmates who are no longer with us?
Who Knows of a member of your graduating Class no longer with us?

A New Website Check it out!

One of our Alumni (Chantel Smith) told me about this new service the provides free webpages for Social groups and Schools so i made one for SSCA Alumni check it out !
http://sscachicago.ning.com

May/June Birthday Dinner

We had a Blast at Cooper's Hawk Winery its always good to see old friends I hope more people will join in the fun and it is no just limited to Ladies the men are encouraged to join us The next Birthday dinner is the July Bday's! We hope you can join us for a evening of Fun No One was able to do the trivia so we will save it for next time.

Do You have any Regrets?

Now that you are all grown up do you ever think out things you did as a Teenager or young adult? If you have kids in what way could you relay these regrets in a positive way to teach your kids valuable lessons so that they will not go down that same path?

Class of 1991 Reunion Committee

I have really been giving this some thought and I think we should start planning our 2011 reunion we first need to have a committee and do Fundraisers to help ease the cost of this event. Now I have been crunching a few numbers and they best way to keep the cost down to a minimum is to have 10-12 people on the committee. The committee will consist of A President, Vice President, Secretary,Treasurer ,Sgt at Arms and the rest are committee members. So if you are interested in being on this committee please email me asap so we can get this started!
Wow its almost been 20 years where did the time go!!! I Would like to have the Committee formed by the end of June 2008 please respond by then Thank You!

SSCA Faculty Sightings................

Have You seen any former teachers or faculty of SSCA with in the past few years if so post your SSCA Faculty sightings...... I have seen Mr. Dickerson (English Teacher) he works at Dunbar in the English Dept, I have also seen Mrs. Puryear (Afro-American History) shes retired and I heard Mrs.Kathy Farr (English Teacher ) was the Asst Principal at Morgan Park H.S and Mrs.Annie Moore (Athletic Director) is still working at SSCA, Someone posted that Mrs. Marie Miles works at CVS as the Principal.

The Glass Slipper Project

As many of you already know, I volunteer with the Glass Slipper Project. The glassslipper is an organization that provides high school girls with prom dresses and other accessories. This is totally free to the girls. The news media here came out to cover the event. There are two more boutiques. The next one is on April 26 and the final one is May 3 @ 5055 S. State Street (Farren Elementary). They are still in need of items for prom. Remember how your prom was, don't you want to make some young ladies prom as memorable as yours was? You can still drop off donations at the school. They are in need of Mascra, check the website for additional information. www.theglassslipper.org . If you are donating a dress, please have it dry cleaned before you bring it in. Hoisery, accessories (new dressy earrings, necklaces and bracelets), purses, shawls/wraps, and new or like new formal shoes.

Restaurant Reviews

Here is the rating scale * poor ,**, Okay,*** Average, ****Very Good, *****Excellent
and same with the prices $ Cheap ,$$, Under 20, $$$ Splurge,$$$$ You need a Man to take you there!


Hamanda of Japan in Tinley Park,IL(183rd & Harlem) (Reservations are a must or the wait is Hours)
The place was cute sort setup like Bennihana we had our own chef he did tricks with the veggies and amused us all the waitress was on it my cup was never empty and the atmosphere was good. He cooked everything in front of us it was quick and good. The Menu had a wide variety (if you had a food allergy to fish he cooked it last so it would not interfere with yours) You could actually share a dish with someone. I give it **** and the prices were $$-$$$ and it was a kid friendly place and the parking is FREE.

RL (Ralph Lauren Restaurant)
Its Downtown on Chicago/Rush the atmosphere is nice no music just the chatter of people in the place reservations are a must the menu was quite broad it covered all the traditional dishes Everything I ordered was good it was an interesting place the waiters were nice it was very clean. I Give it *** and the price was $$$- $$$$ and you have to find your own parking.

Grand Lux Cafe
Its Downtown on Ontario/Michigan this is an affiliate of the Cheesecake Factory but the food is so much better I LOVE This place I have not had a bad experience yet I would wait however long the wait for this place its Excellent the staff is nice its clean and the Drinks are Excellent a well as the Desert. I give it ***** its $$-$$$ and there is Valet parking and they do not accept reservations 1st come 1st serve.

The Melting Pot
Its Downtown on Dearborn/Grand it is very different you cook your own Food it a Fondue place its actually a place were you can share the meal thats the way the pricing is set up. The waitress are okay if you have a large party they give you 2 but even then somethings didn't get the attention it deserved. My favorite part of the meal was the desert you get endless fruit and cake to dip into the Chocolate it was very clean and they have free wine tasting at the bar. I give it *** and $$$ and they do have Valet Parking.

Papadeaux Seafood in Arlington Heights,IL
Its in Arlington Heights, IL I love this place also they used to have all you can eat Lobster but they fazed it out the menu but they other dishes are good and they have 1/2 price appetizers during the week 6-7p and on Sunday they have the ALL YOU CAN EAT Brunch from 10a-2p all I can say is you have to go its far bit its worth it! The Staff is nice and its very clean. I give it **** it $- $$$ and there is FREE Parking.

My Space Alumni......................

How many of you have a Myspace or a Facebook Page? Check out mine at www.myspace.com/patricemichelle73 add me as a friend if I don't have you added already. And I am on FaceBook as well.

Attention Class 1992 please read

Tanisha Harper- Clark said...
Greeting everyone,This is Tanisha Clark (Harper)class of '92 have you connected with anyone from that class so we could get a reunion together i posted something on classmates but no one responded to getting a reunion together if you know anything please let me know
April 11, 2008 11:16 AM

Do You stil have.......

Do you still have your Year Book? If you do not and you are a Class of 91, I can get you a copy fellow alumnist Latosha Lawrence let me borrow her copied year book and I can find out how much Kinkos would charge to copy and bind and book for you just send me an email to SouthShoreAlumniBdayclub@gmail.com if you want one.

Greetings Alumni

Good Morning All,
If you have pictures (Old or New) email them to me so I can put them on the Blog as you all can see I Love Pictures! Can You name the Ladies in the Blast from the Past picture?

Hello Everyone

As I stated in the Welcome Statement this log is Dedicated to SSCA Alumni for classmates to reconnect with Old Friends and time is flying by in 2011 it will be The Class of 1991's 20th Reunion, Virginia Dotson-Smart coordinated the 10th year Reunion so I decided to help her and get a Jump Start on coordinating the 20th year Reunion. This is not limited to the Class of 91 anyone can join the blog it might jump start others to prepare and plan early for their graduating class reunion. As You look at the pictures on the Blog I have started a Birthday Club we go out to dinner every other month for alumni birthdays if you want info on how to join us just email me at SouthShoreAlumniBdayclub@gmail.com. I look forward to seeing post from fellow classmates on this blog.

Welcome To the SSCA Blogspot

Greetings Alumni,
I have created the Blog so that we can communicate with everyone sometime people are not comfortable giving out their email addresses so this way you can post messages, give party ,picinic or any other info you want the SSCA Alumni to know. We can stay connected at all times because in 2011 it will be The Class of 1991 20th Yr Reunion and we would like see all of you there.