The Perennial Parrot Newsletter
Polytechnic High School
San Francisco, CA
1894 - 1972
Editors:
Robert "Bob" Ross S`55
Carolyn (Bier) Ross S`57
Carolyn Bier S`57
Robert "Bob" Ross S`55
Hello and welcome to our web site. We are
the "STAFF" of The Perennial Parrot
newsletter. The newsletter was started back in December of 1985 and
until now was published for a small Poly alumni group called "Our Gang".
Although we have been around computers since the early 80s, we are just
now, April 2008, taking the plunge into the world of web sites and are
very excited to finally be placing our newsletter on the internet for all Polyites
to see, read, and print out.
It is our sincere hope that you will enjoy reading these pages and that
they will bring back wonderful memories of your years at Polytechnic
High School. We also hope that after reading the following history of
"Our Gang" and The Perennial Parrot newsletter that you will
want to join the group and help preserve the memories that are
Polytechnic High School.
"Our Gang" ... originally a group from Poly consisting of folks
from the classes of 1955 thru 1957 that has maintained loose contact
through the years due mostly to the efforts of Ronnie Bier (S`55),
Carolyn’s brother. In 1984 most of this group and others from these
classes attended the 30 year reunion of the class of '54 in San
Francisco. At a party that weekend we decided we should get together the
following year in Las Vegas. However that “Gathering” flopped!
On the way home from Las Vegas we decided to try again the
following year and, although we were new to computing at that time,
decided to create a newsletter to keep folks better informed. The
Perennial Parrot and "Our Gang" was born. The following October, we
had "Gathering 1986" in Reno, Nevada and it was a roaring success!
Since then we've "Gathered" every even year in Reno, Nevada.
Gatherings usually number 35 to 45 folk and all singles and at least one
member of each couple is a Polyite. It's not a big event as there are no
banquets or big to-dos, but the memories, old friendships, and new
friendships that are made are great. "Our Gang" now has members from
early `50s to the late `60s … All Polyites are welcome to join us and
“Remember when.”
We DO NOT solicit members! If a member tells us that someone is
interested in the group or if we are contacted directly for information,
we will send an Info Packet either by snail mail or Email:
- that tells all about the group (Basically what you
have read above),
- what Gathering is about and when it occurs,
- a questionnaire to be filled out and returned if you
want to join the
"Our Gang" group. (You will find a link
below for the questionnaire)
We keep a data base of everyone in the group and share it with the Poly
Athletic Association and other Poly groups putting together reunions.
PLEASE NOTE ...We will make contact just one time ... it is our wish to make new Poly friends, not make a pest of ourselves or create enemies ... come join us with your Poly memories.
"Our Gang" Questionnaire and Perennial Parrot Newsletter Information