Students return from cleaning up the Burbank High "B" on the hill before the Centennial celebration.
Celebration is set to start
By Joyce Rudolph
September 10, 2008
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Burbank High School’s four-day Centennial Celebration kicks off on Thursday after 2 1/2 years of planning.
History teacher David Thomson served as the 100th Centennial Celebration chairman and worked to bring together different generations of graduates.
“About 150 current students have been involved in various ways, not including students performing at the event and others who are doing things throughout the event,” Thomson said.
Students are decorating the campus and putting together display cases with different themes.
There will be a display of drawings by students that have appeared in the yearbook and on its cover. The main showcase has a history of Burbank High School.
Students also did research and scanned in photographs for the souvenir book, “Burbank High School The Blue and White Wave High.”
Also working on the project were 40 members of the Centennial Committee and 100 more working on subcommittees, Thomson said.
Another highlight of the event will be the Hall of Fame on Friday evening, said Fred Cook, athletic director.
“It’s to bring back and honor athletes who were outstanding athletes at Burbank High and have gone and done things above and beyond high school,” Cook said.
The celebration has gone beyond organizers’ expectations, Burbank High School Principal Bruce Osgood said.
“We thought it would be a great chance for alums to come back and see their old school and what it has become, and it is a connection of our present students to the wonderful 100 years of history,” Osgood said.
The feeling at school this week is festive, he added.
The staff, teachers, parents and community members have been very supportive, as well as the city of Burbank and school district.
“Everybody is on board with it,” he said.
“It’s been a little stressful but great. I hope everyone comes out. It’s really a once-in-a-lifetime event. It’s a fitting tribute to what has been a fantastic high school for the last 100 years.”
By Joyce Rudolph
September 10, 2008
source
Burbank High School’s four-day Centennial Celebration kicks off on Thursday after 2 1/2 years of planning.
History teacher David Thomson served as the 100th Centennial Celebration chairman and worked to bring together different generations of graduates.
“About 150 current students have been involved in various ways, not including students performing at the event and others who are doing things throughout the event,” Thomson said.
Students are decorating the campus and putting together display cases with different themes.
There will be a display of drawings by students that have appeared in the yearbook and on its cover. The main showcase has a history of Burbank High School.
Students also did research and scanned in photographs for the souvenir book, “Burbank High School The Blue and White Wave High.”
Also working on the project were 40 members of the Centennial Committee and 100 more working on subcommittees, Thomson said.
Another highlight of the event will be the Hall of Fame on Friday evening, said Fred Cook, athletic director.
“It’s to bring back and honor athletes who were outstanding athletes at Burbank High and have gone and done things above and beyond high school,” Cook said.
The celebration has gone beyond organizers’ expectations, Burbank High School Principal Bruce Osgood said.
“We thought it would be a great chance for alums to come back and see their old school and what it has become, and it is a connection of our present students to the wonderful 100 years of history,” Osgood said.
The feeling at school this week is festive, he added.
The staff, teachers, parents and community members have been very supportive, as well as the city of Burbank and school district.
“Everybody is on board with it,” he said.
“It’s been a little stressful but great. I hope everyone comes out. It’s really a once-in-a-lifetime event. It’s a fitting tribute to what has been a fantastic high school for the last 100 years.”
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