Midwood
“OMG! You haven’t changed a bit — Is that really you?” Delighted squeals and giggles echoed around the halls as hundreds of alumni who are on the other side of 40 acted like teenagers again, gathered to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Edward R. Murrow High School on April 24.
The past graduates and their families reconnected with old friends, introduced children to children, and made new friends. They also toured the school, watched sporting activities, saw a special robotics presentation, and took in a planetarium show in the newly renovated space built using the same state-of-the-art systems used at the Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium (in that borough across the river). The alumni were also treated to a preview performance of this year’s spring musical “The Addams Family.”
Standing O BFF Donna, who graduated in Murrow’s first graduating class, attended the celebration and told Standing O it was great to see old friends. “Everybody was there, it was fantastic,” she said.
Fellow alum Councilman Mark Treyger (D–Coney Island) presented Ellen Goldman a citation for her more than 20 years of service as the principal’s secretary. She is retiring this June after a long life of service to all three principals the high school has had.
Standing O offers congratulations to all the graduates, past and present, and toasts the school for its 40 years of educating the borough’s best.
Edward R. Murrow High School [1600 Avenue L and E. 17th Street in Midwood, (718) 258–3050].
