What I remember about Mr. Hesse was his war stories. I recall one about him carrying secret information through enemy territory. I always thought that sounded so exciting. I also remember his attempts at meditation. We would think of a beach with warm water rolling over us and everytime a wave hit us it would make us feel more relaxed, etc...

Remember doing Elinore Rigby or the Yes song Going for the One? What did we do with the Going for the One song? Didn't we use it in some kind of production?

The 60 minutes event actually happened in 8th grade. I know because I moved to Vermont after 7th grade and missed being on TV! I'm sure if I had my 15 minutes of fame they would have discovered that I was the World's Greatest Athlete! Where are you Mark and what are you doing? Where is Donny Lafronz? Remember his favorite saying,"what a rip!"

Marisa, it warms my heart to be remembered for my vomit. I can't get over what some of you remember! I do recall the Moby Dick rendition. How could anyone forget?!

Do you remember Mr. Beresky and his color coded little tests that we had to progress through? Or our third grade teacher (whose name I can't recall)that had long dark hair and great big wide eyes? Those foolish multiplication records? (They'd be in CD format now)

How about Bobby Commentucci and all the T.K + C.P that he wrote all over the school buildings in 6th grade. Remember Billy Yoe and his cigarettes? Remember Mrs. Thurnall in first grade? I think she was the wicked witch of the East. Remember how shy Melissa Schneider was?

-Cliff Passino

I remember watching in amazement as Cliff, surely the world's undiscovered greatestathlete, with his long hair flying behind him, rounded the field for thefinal lap of what we called a MARATHON (I think it was 4 times around thefield!) ?

Remember reading aloud in Mrs. Magnolia's 2nd grade class, or Mrs.Hildebrandt's hugs? (fondest Mrs. H' class memory: Jeremy from Britain and his imaginary dragon outside the window which he was determined to kill withhis "arrow" one day, caught wandering across the room aiming his pencil likea javelin)

Remember Mr. Moll jangling his keys and/or change in his pockets as he pacedaround the room while trying to teach us about social issues, or the pictureof him bending over to pet the cat?

Anyone else remember writing The Raven or The Bill Of Rights until BOTHhands were sore?

Mr. Kennedy's WALL of books STILL intimidates me... but Martha plowed thruthem like a wildfire in California! Those books are still my favorites...forget Oprah's list...

I'll never forget Scott O'Connell telling Morley Safer that he'd tellsomeone to "take a long walk off a short peer" ( I forget the circumstances,but I'm sure it was relevant - funny how selective our memories can be! )which was absolutely the funniest, wittiest, sharpest thing a 6th-gradercould say on 60 minutes... who came to interview us for raising many pennies for UNICEF?

Remember when UNICEF meant something?

Mr. Goba was the greatest basketball player, and Mr. Walker the greatestsoftball player. Ms. Shamona was the first, and ultimate, "Judge Judy" when it came to giving out points - Mr. D' and Miss Bradley were idols ofphysical fitness for a few of our formative years.

Remember the 8th grade PROM? I remember my first dance...

Remember Coffee Houses in the BIG gym?

Remember the woods, the reservoir, the tressel and tracks - places where we could feel like big kids?

-Mark Fischer

Some other memories, Rumbles on the playground during lunch recess, soccergames between the 5th grad windows and the relocatables and hitting the window with the ball and having Mr. McClosky yelling at us to go play somewhere else, or how about writing commercials over and over in his class for saying them outloud, Uh oh Spaghetteo's.... Mrs Peck saying I'mExtremely sorry, Peter got a kick out of that more than anyoneelse..Presidents Physical fitness tests (we hated them, esp usunderachievers)...Wrestling time in P.E. and being in the heavy weightdivision with Ross "the tank" Tenhove...oh what fun...:)

Anyone remember the substitute teacher Mr. Harrington, we DROVE him to thefunny farm, he had a nervous breakdown one day and I think we got the thirddegree the next day, think again it was in Mr. Hesse's class...Oh we werebad kids but we got punished too... :)

I too remember the moby dick rendition....I remember winger fights in 6thgrade, Mr. Moll and how he sneezed and took care of the remains....kept hishair slick that is for sure....and staying after school and writing cuz justhad to be a clown...winning class blusher with Jody Wasson, I still do blusha lot, just can't help it...

-Joe Grant

I remember Jeremy and the dragon outside the window too.

-Amy Lewis

Memories-- does anyone remember Rick Q's rendition of--was it MOBY DICK?--in ifth grade reading?-- when you wriggled around on the floor and Alex Saban'harpooned' you? That was the most melodramatic book report I've ever seen,even to date!

Or does anyone remember when Lisa Jarem tipped back in her chair in secondgrade and knocked her tooth out? Or when Cliff threw up in second grade? Iremember that because I threw up the month after, right into the center wherethe four desks came together, and the fact that Cliff had already done it mademe feel less horrible.

Or playing baseball in Hildebrandt's reading class? Or when Mrs. Magner played"Youve got a Friend " on the last day of second grade and all the girls cried?

Or when Lana Francisco found my escaped hamster under the sink in Mr Hesse'sclassroom? Or coffeehouse, when Tammi and Tom first hooked up (is that who itwas? Or Sandy and somebody?) and it was all anyone talked about?

-Marissa Januzzi

There was one of Kennedy's films where I was a patient having brain surgery. Whoever the Dr. was (could it be Melissa Schneider???) took "slime" (that goopy green stuff) out of my head.

-Cristina Brueck

Wasn't it Bubbit and the blob and it ate bobby c or billy yeo or was itcheeks??? I forget but didn't some of those d rated movies make it to alocal PBS station and air on a saturday morning...I remember making the starwars movie in stop action... didn't the blob eat bobby c, or was it billy yor was it cheeks..???

-Joe Grant