Despina Sougias is working on a reunion and would love any assistance from her classmates. The school has contact information for only about a dozen members of 1978, so she is really starting from scratch.

If you are a San Dieguito alumnus, please consider registering with our Alumni Association. We take the privacy of our alumni very seriously; therefore your contact information will never be sold or traded. It will only be shared with your specific class representative for reunion planning.

You can use our online contact form, our Alumni Association registration form, our email address, or telephone us at (760) 753-1121, ext 5085.

And if you know a member of the class of 1978, tell them not to delay: the more people who let Despina know where they are, the better the reunion will be!

The Class of 1988 has added a Sunday Family Picnic and a golf tournament to their reunion weekend activities:

San Dieguito High School Class of 1988 Alumni Reunion Letter

Sunday Family Picnic: Join us for a family get together at San Dieguito Academy on Sunday, August 3 from 11 am-3pm. There will be a jumpee for the kids and plenty of room for everyone. We’ve also scheduled two free guided tours of the school at 12pm and 2pm, so you’ll be able to see just how things have changed! Bring lunch and drinks, blankets, chairs, frisbees, etc. for your family. (Sorry, just like in 1988, no alcohol on campus.)

You can download the class of 1988’s reunion letter here, or by clicking on the image above. To sign up for the reunion dinner, visit the 1988 reunion site.

We regret to inform you that Mr. Thomas C. Cunningham passed away on February 4, 2008. He was 87.

Senior portrait of Thomas C. Cunningham, from the 1939 Hoofprint

A San Dieguito Union High School graduate and World War II veteran, Mr. Cunningham returned to the high school in 1952 to teach. For over 40 years he guided students in the art of husbandry before his retirement in 1994.

In his later years Mr. Cunningham made use of his white beard and jovial appearance to portray Santa Claus in the Encinitas Christmas parades.

Godspeed, Mr. Cunningham.

Mr. Cunningham’s teacher portrait from the 1952 Hoofprint

“… A graduate of the high school in 1939, he returned from England after World War II ended and obtained a master’s degree in education from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Then he went back to his old high school in 1952 as an agriculture teacher and no-nonsense adviser to the Future Farmers of America club on campus.

Mr. Cunningham’s teacher portrait from the 1992 Hoofprint

“…He served the district 43 years and five months. During the early decades, he was a stalwart of the agriculture program. Remember, in those early years, this was a small community. There were no houses around the high school like today. Many of his students went on to become horticulturists, veterinarians or teachers.”

From the February 16, 2008 obituary by J. Stryker Meyer of the North County Times/Californian. You can read this obituary in its entirety here.

More information on Mr. Cunningham may be found at the Cal Poly Alumni site. (Scroll down to find his obituary.)