Perennial Parrot

                                        Hello POLYITES
    Welcome to The Perennial Parrot Newsletter

We are extremely happy to present this newsletter for your enjoyment. It is our hope that it will stir a few happy memories of your years at Polytechnic High School in San Francisco, CA. As the newsletter is presented in the PDF file format please feel to print it out and pass it along to other Polyites who may not have entered the computer and internet age ... and please let those who have know about this site and the "Hail Poly" web site.

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THE HAILPOLY WEB SITE IS BACK UP
       IN ALL ITS WONDEROUS GLORY
                  The new web address is:

     http://www.maxie24.com/hailpoly/HailPoly/index.html

          The new web master for Hail Poly is Jeanette Butler, Class of 1969.
   Jeanette is a professional photographer and you can visit her online art gallery
                     at links that are posted on our "Links" tab ... look under
                                  "Businesses Owned and/or Operated by Poly Grads:"

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         The December, 2009 issue of The Perennial Parrot
             is now posted ... go to the "Newsletter" tab.
                 The next issue will be mid April, 2010

       And speaking of the future issues, we are ALWAYS looking for stories,
       photos, articles thoughts, memories, etc., for the newsletter. All we ask
       is that whatever you send be about Poly or San Francisco ... just look at
          the newsletters already posted and use them as a guide ... THANKS

               Did your spouse go to a different San Francisco high school?
                      Check the "Links" page for a new category called
                               "San Francisco High School Links:"

           Looking back at San Francisco ... Just added to the "Links" page
                     are three links that look back "Before our time" ...
                    Playland at the Beach, The Cliff House Project and
                            History of Amusement in San Francisco

               Check the "Links" tab for information and
        registration forms/contacts for upcoming POLY
             reunion and other associated POLY events.

                     Click the Links tab for links to:
                  "Hail Poly" ... the Polytechnic High School Web site
                           Class Reunions and their contacts
                         Poly Grads owned/operated businesses
                           Email contacts for other Polyites
                           Links to other San Francisco high school web sites
                         "Good Ole Days" ... web sites that look back at our times
                         Polytechnic History 101

          POLYTECHNIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
The Polytechnic Athletic Association holds an annual luncheon every August
and is open to all Polyites. The Association was started back in 1983. If you do not receive their newsletter you will find it posted on the "Links" page of this site. The Association is one of the few remaining links to our "Great Lady in Granit" and needs your support to continue the annual luncheons and to maintain the special services which they provide to San Francisco's Polytechnic High School Alumni.

The Association needs everyone's help to keep it running. A $5 donation is appropriate. Any donation more than $5 is encouraged and will be appreciated. The Association is a US tax-exempt organization.

                            Donations can be mailed to:
                                                    Poly Athletic Association
                                                    P.O. Box 821
                                                    Millbrae, CA   94030

          MAY THE PARROT BE WITH YOU

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