YOU'RE REALLY SOMETHING IF...

... you were the very first class to graduate from SBHS, chose the school colors of blue, gold, and white, and based on a suggestion by Mr. George Petine, Committee Advisor named the yearbook after the 'Aurora Borealis' like the Class of '61...

... you were not only the very first SBHS Football Coach ('59 - '64), but you chose 'The Notre Dame Fight Song' as the school song and the 'Peregrine Falcon' as the school mascot like Coach Sam Patton...

... you designed the original Falcon Flyer masthead like Vito Amato '61...

... you designed the second Falcon Flyer masthead like Gail Burrows '61...

... you designed the Saddle Brook High School seal like John Trautmann '61...

... you wrote the
lyrics to the SBHS Alma Mater like Jerry Aurigemma '62 during detention as an assignment from Miss Florence Laverty, English Teacher and Librarian, in order to reduce your detention time...

... you were the very first class to have the very first color photograph appear in your Aurora yearbook like the Class of '65...

... you were a member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League featured in the movie 'A League of Their Own' like Miss Jane Moffet (Guidance Counselor - Vice-Principal - Acting Principal - Principal)...

... you were the very first daring souls to climb atop the equipment garage in the dead of night and paint your graduation year - 1970 - on the roof like Walt Williams '70 RIP, Butch Ernest '70, and Rob LaViolette '70.. with a little help from your friends, Larry Goldsholl '70 and Donna Higgins Giovia '71...

... you graduated from SBHS and grew up to become the Mayor of Saddle Brook in 1997 and 2011 like Karen Zawadski Chamberlain '67 and in 2015 like Robert White '78...


Current Digital Editions of The Falcon Flyer

special thanks to Dottie Dollar Amato '64 RIP, a priceless source of SBHS historical trivia,
and to Jill Jasion Weiszmann '67 for the color photo from the 1965 Aurora


e-mail interesting SBHS info and trivia to: the editor

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