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Arcola High School’s 100-year-old classmates, Bob Van Cleave (left) and Joe Hopkins (right), are pictured at the school on February 9, 2024. The 1941 graduates viewed a presentation on one of the school’s three new touchscreen monitors that displays information and photos of Arcola High School’s 142 graduating classes acquired from yearbooks and the Arcola Alumni Association website. Van Cleave and Hopkins reminisced with family, administration, teaching staff and alumni association members about their 1937-1941 high school experiences. Click below to read their biographies, including their high school experiences. High School Building Centennial Arcola High School opened its doors in September 1917. Construction History, compiled by Sue Stout. The Arcola Alumni Association will honor Arcola High School’s oldest living graduates in the coming months. To recommend an Arcola High School alumnus for recognition, complete the form. Alma Grace Swick Harshbarger, a 1931 AHS alumna, is the March 2015 honoree. Thomas B. Blagg, a 1938 AHS alumnus, is the April 2015 honoree. LaVonne Smith, a 1935 AHS alumna, is the July 2015 honoree. Ruth & Bob Holaday, 1942 and 1943 AHS alumni respectively, are the February 2016 honorees. Rodie Van Gundy King, 1943 AHS alumna is the March 2016 honoree. Bob Van Cleave, 1941 AHS alumnus is the December 2016 honoree. Lowell Garrett, 1944 AHS Alumnus is the March 2017 honoree. Frances Sisk Thompson, 1944 AHS Alumnus is the February 2018 honoree. Joe Hopkins, 1941 AHS Alumnus is the June 2018 honoree. Harold Butler, 1945 AHS Alumnus is the July 2019 honoree. Wanda Roberts Dilliner, 1944 AHS Alumna is the November 2019 honoree.
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Events Nominations - 2024 Distinguished Alumni Nominations are being accepted to honor the eighth Distinguished Alumni class. The deadline for submitting nominations is April 20, 2024. Nominations may be submitted by:
* Mail to: Arcola Alumni Association; P.O. Box 84; Arcola, IL 61910
Nomination Form 2023 Distinguished Alumni Honorees The Arcola Alumni Association honored the seventh class of Distinguished Alumni at a banquet on October 14, 2023. The honored Arcola High School alumni and their year of graduation are:
William Robert "Bob" Fortney, deceased (AHS 1944)
Video of the Distinguished Alumni banquet of October 14, 2023.
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