Reunion of Immaculation Conception School

Since I am a toastmaster and I will be at a reunion in a few weeks, I need a nice Toast for the group. of people I haven't seen in 30 something years. Some of them I don't remember at all. Some I may actually never even have spoken to. I went to Catholic School, Immaculate Conception School. In Stapleton, Staten Island.

What do I remember from those days?

My best friend for almost all 8 years was Lila.
She lived close by. I played with Lila and her sisters, Marla and Cynthia since I was 5 years old.

Monica lived nearby.

Regina lived close.

Jeanne Marie and Debbie lived down the street.

Maryann lived across the street from the church. We actually counted the Sunday collection for a while. That was when we had to go to church. We had to put the little envelopes in numerical order so they could take attendance and see if Sr. Elizabeth had to talk to you about skipping Mass! We did this for maybe a few months. I think we talked too much and thay had to get new recruits.

I remember Sr. Cathleen (eighth) was strict. Mr. Garrett (seventh) was interesting, the first and only male teacher we had. Sr. Eileen (fifth) was a character. She told me I should take cod liver oil. I've never taken cod liver oil, but I can't think of anything that sounds more disgusting (Cod? LIVER?! Yuk!).

Mrs. Moriarity in 4th grade was my favorite teacher. She used to have multiplication table bees. Not spelling, multiplication!

Mrs. O'Callahan. Third.
Mrs. Wranovix. Second.
Sr. Patricia who later changed her name to Sr. Mary.

You may notice I skipped sixth.In sixth grade we started the year with a pretty young nun, named Sr. Margaret. She must have left after a few weeks. Then we got Mrs. Benedetto. I don't remember much about her.