Have you visited The Fishbowl?  Enjoy the memories our classmates have shared & add some of your own!

New profiles from old classmates September 22, 2025 - 

What has Patti Martin learned in the 50 years since she was graduated from high school? Who was her favorite teacher?

What super power does Debbie Dehn Bissell wish she had, and how would she use it? And what has she been up to since graduation?

Who were Meredyth Bowler's best buds in high school? What is she doing now?

Patti, Debbie and Meredyth are the three latest classmates to share their Classmate Profiles, where you can find out more about them and many of our other classmates.  Why not visit today?

Opening Night of Reunion Weekend to Feature Outdoor Kickoff Musical Performance by Ruth Mesrobian 

September 10, 2025 – We’re excited to share the finalized plans for Friday night of our 50-Year Reunion Weekend on October 17!

We’ll kick things off at 6:00 PM with a buffet dinner at Domani. Tickets are $47.00 and can be purchased here.

After dinner, the celebration continues with live music! Our classmate Ruth Mesrobian will be performing with Midnight Blueberry Pie Train at Lou’s Tavern in Hillsdale. Weather permitting, the outdoor set will run from 7:00/7:30–10:30 PM; if the weather doesn’t cooperate, we’ll move indoors from 8:00–11:00 PM.  (Unless you eat fast, buffet attendees would be joining Ruthie mid-peformance.)

Not joining the buffet? No problem—you can head straight to Lou’s, while others take the short stroll over to Lou's after dinner.

Chuck Frahm is the Latest Classmate

Heading to the Reunion

September 9, 2025 - We’re pleased to announce that our classmate Chuck Frahm has just purchased his ticket for our 50-year reunion on October 18, 2025. It’s been at least 30 years since he’s joined us for a reunion, and many of us have not seen him since graduation.  We're glad we'll be seeing you, Chuck!

Liz Janssen and Bob Zorowitz to Host Our 50 Year Reunion

September 7, 2025 - We’re thrilled to announce that the team of Liz Janssen and Bob Zorowitz,  who helped make our 40-year reunion such a memorable evening, will be returning to host our upcoming 50-year celebration!

Liz and Bob brought wit, charm, and just the right amount of nostalgia to the stage ten years ago, and will once again be leading us through an unforgettable evening. Their natural chemistry, quick humor, and warm connection with the crowd made them instant favorites at the last reunion. 

In helping us relive some of our favorite high school moments, they kept the evening flowing seamlessly and left us laughing, reminiscing, and feeling right at home.

As we come together to celebrate five decades since graduation, we couldn’t think of a better pair to guide us through the evening’s events. We’re excited to have them back, and we can’t wait to see what they have in store for us this time.

Alice Scotten is the 55th classmate to be joining us

August 30, 2025 - We were happy to hear from Alice Scotten, who purchased her ticket and will be the 55th clasmate to be joining us on October 18. Based on our reunion ticket sales in 2015, we expect to be hearing from a lot more people during the month of September, especially in light of the September 30th deadline. (DoubleTree requires a headcount well in advance).

Kicking it off with Ruthie

August 25, 2025 - Classmate Ruth Mesrobian will help us kick off Reunion Weekend at Lou's Tavern on Friday, October 17, where she will perform with with Midnight Blueberry Pie Train.  Things will get started around 9:00 pm, and many of those attending Kickoff at Domani at 6:00 pm will be making their way over there after dinner.  Whether or not you plan on going to Domani, this is a great way to start the weekend.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS!

August 23, 2025 - We'd like to extend a special word of thanks to classmates Janet Gilb Gannon, Sue Casper Andrews and Tom Bader for their very generous donations. Their thoughtfulness not only helps in covering the costs of the event, but allows us to offer reduced ticket prices to classmates who might not otherwise be able to attend.

If you would also like to help contribute to the event, click here.

The Fishbowl 

August 20, 2025:  Some people believe a goldfish has a memory lasting only three seconds, but that's not true.  In fact, if you believe in science, recent studies have proven that a goldfish's memory can extend beyond many months. And as for the fishbowl itself?  Liz Janssen, Carol Rekow Flach and Vaune Albanese are now proving that those memories can last a lifetime!  The ladies have put together "The Fishbowl," a new feature on our website through which they've invited you to write down your favorite PV memories and deposit it in our virtual fishbowl, which we will then share with the class.  Why not visit The Fishbowl today, see what it's all about and share a memory with us?   

Reunion Weekend Kickoff at Domani

August 19, 2025 - Domani Restaurant in Hillsdate will once again be the site of our Kickoff get-together on Friday, October 17, 2025.  Tickets and information are available HERE.  Seating is limited and tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis. 

August 18, 2025: Dating back to at least the 1990s, the "Indian" nickname mascot had become the subject of controversy.  While many schools with similar names changed their names, Pascack Valley High School stood firmly behind the Indian for many years. According to Wikipedia, in 2004 a vote was held among students and faculty, with 67% voting to maintain the name.  

Then in 2015, the district superintendent announced that while the school sports team would still be called "Indians" the "Indian Head" logo would be phased out and replaced with the initials 'PV' in a simple serif font. (The Record, September 2, 2015).

 
Five years later, on June 23, 2020, the district Board of Education voted unanimously to remove both the nicknames "Indians" for Pascack Valley, and the "Cowboys" for Pascack Hills.  "'Indian mascots are dehumanizing and cause psychological damage to natives,' a former Pascack Valley teacher said during the meeting. 'Personal feelings of nostalgia do not absolve us from our responsibility to stand up for a marginalized group.' Charleen Schwartzman, a Pascack Hills assistant principal said, 'The cowboy is in no way free of bias as it excludes women and people of color.'”  (New York Post, June 24, 2020)

Finally, in March 2021, in a 5-4 vote, the district board voted to approve new nickname of "Panthers" for Pascack Valley and "Broncos" for Pascack Hills, appropriating $300,000 to fund the rebranding from money saved during the pandemic.  The new nicknames were chosen by a vote of the students of the respective schools. (New Jersey 101.5, March 11, 2021)

July 15, 2025 We heard from Kerry Ruff.  Here's what he has to say:  "Hello class from 1975, hope all are doing well, I left that area in 1980, lived in Florida keys 5 years, actually worked on the 7 mile bridge,  moved to the mountains of N.C. now reside in southwest VA. In Whitetop VA. Back in the mountain ⛰️,  to all reading this we are the lucky ones, still living, Bungle in the Jungle Yall,  lol" 

      Thanks, Kerry!  "Bungle in the Jungle"?  Well, that's alright by me! Maybe you could invite us all down for a pig pickin' some day.     

Missing Classmate of the Week:  Rita Endres Torreggiani

July 14, 2025:  We'd like to get in touch with Rita Endres Torreggiani so that we could tell her about our plans for the reunion, but we cannot reach her with the contact information we have. She bought tickets for the reunion back in 2015 when she lived in Mahwah, but had to cancel at the last minute and we haven't heard from her since.  If you know how we might reach her, please let us know at pvclassof75@aol.com .

Bob Gitlin a/k/a Rocky Rhodes, KRZ Radio Legend Retires

July 14, 2025: Over the past 35 years, classmate Bob Gitlin was known as Rocky Rhodes, the popular Northeast Pennsylvania drivetime radio personality on KRZ. See and hear Bob talk about his career, his retirement and his plans for the future in his interview with TV news station WNEP.

See a list of the top 40 songs we enjoyed, tolerated or wish we never heard, made popular during our years at Pascack Valley High School, along with the top 20 albums as compiled by Wayne Olsen.