Alumni Memories from the 1980s

Chris Borgstrom - 1980
Fondest Memories: I loved feeling that we did things that were "cooler" than the kids at other schools...flag football, Octoberfest Parties, Mass at the nursing homes, Science Fair, to name a few

Chris Durkin - 1980
Fondest Memories: Playing basketball with my friends and MOST subjects

Mary Lou (Limbach) Mennie - 1980
Fondest Memories: Octoberfest, 8th grade trip to Great America, and going to Pitstick

Mary Martin - 1980
Fondest Memories: Playing volleyball and basketball every Saturday in Joliet; piling into various family station wagons and singing the whole way home.

Tina (Hammond) Morera - 1980
Fondest Memories: Playing heads up seven up on rainy days, our lunch monitor teaching us to do the locomotion and getting in trouble from Sister Mildred Marie, picnics at Goodwill Park, the eighth grade trip to Great America

Eric Davy - 1981
Fondest Memories: Playing basketball under the coaching of Jim Feeney and Ed "Doc" Connor, receiving the sacrament of Confirmation, participating in the Mission Carnival, and playing football at recess.

Jim Feeney - 1981
Fondest Memories: Playing football and basketball and having my dad as a basketball coach

Renae Chronister - 1982
Fondest Memories: The year my team won Battle of the Books, skating parties, hotdog & hamburger days, Mission Carnivals, and the great family atmosphere we all shared

Sara (Borgstrom) Davy - 1982
Fondest Memories: I loved Mrs. Devine for fourth grade. I also loved Sister Grace and her Mission Carnivals. And, of course, I loved having my dad as our basketball coach and playing about 100 games per season.

Carol (Fister) Berggren - 1982
Fondest Memories: All the wonderful friendships made!

Andrea "Augie" (Kolasinski) Watson - 1982
Fondest Memories: I loved playing with the math ball in Sister Graces class, Mrs. Devine was a great teacher, and making the winning shot when we played Seneca. My eyes are still closed.

Lance Peterson - 1982
Fondest Memories: Octoberfests under the tent.

Cassie (Walker) Ferrari - 1982
Fondest Memories: Going to see my grandma who cooked for the rectory at lunch; all the great friends I made along the way

Christine (Bolen) Scheibe - 1983
Fondest Memories: I loved winning the St. Pat's tournament in basketball in 8th grade. I also have so many fond memories of my friends.

Mike Feeney - 1983
Fondest Memories: My dad coaching me in 7th and 8th grade basketball.

Aaron Hornsby - 1983
Fondest Memories: That Mrs. Devine kept me in the classroom during recess until I learned all the U.S. State Capitals in fourth grade. She had to stay in the room too. She cared and I still know my states and captials.

Elaine (Misener) Virgo - 1983
Fondest Memories: The talent shows, the mission carnivals (one time I even won a black and white TV), Octoberfest, being a lunchroom monitor, Miss Boehm taking us to the river and then showing us where she lived.

Reggie (Carlson) Bockman - 1984
Fondest Memories: Having to change in the kitchen for gym

Susan (Kolasinski) Monson - 1985
Fondest Memories: St. Pat's basketball tournaments, Speech contest and Science Fair

Jennifer (Meadows) Smith - 1985
Fondest Memories: Selling yearbook ads downtown with Susie Kolasinski and Denise Martin was lots of fun. I think the handwriting lessons paid off also -- I have students who want to learn to write in cursive like me!! Thanks Mr. D!

Jim Kim - 1986
Fondest Memories: "King of the Hill" on the snow mounds; serving Mass with Mike O'Hagan, Kevin Garry, Jack Kelly, Shawn McGuan or Mark Cumba and trying to keep a straight face; 8th grade haunted house; book orders/fairs; gym class at the park.

Michael O'Hagan - 1986
Fondest Memories: Flag football, hamburger/hotdog day, scamming an extra milk if I could, Kenrick Hall and having to change in the kitchen for gym class, the smell of new school supplies, playing on a 6-man basketball team, Mr. D. and my teachers, always having to write "I will not talk in class" 100-150 times, getting out of class to serve at a funeral, recess and those huge gold bells at the end, kickball, putting my bike in the racks with no lock, and so much more.....

Tracy Chronister - attended 1980-1986
Fondest Memories: Skating parties, flag football, gym shows, 8th grade haunted house, hamburger/hot dog days

Katie (Borgstrom) Thomas - 1987
Fondest Memories: Basketball, skating parties, talent shows, and good friends

Mark Cumba - 1987
Fondest Memories: The fun-loving, diverse, outgoing, energetic class I was in. That's pretty generic so I'll also mention the specific memory of Craig Newman breaking my nose in gym class and Mrs. Petric writing "Merry Christmas" on my nose cast for the Christmas program. Ha! I just remembered Miss Corsello falling off her chair too! The memories of ICS, particularly my classmates and teachers (and principal), truly bring a smile to my face.

Colleen (Feeney) Knoll - 1987
Fondest Memories: Singing We Are the World with our entire sixth grade class in the talent show.

Craig Ortiz - 1987
Fondest Memories: We had a relatively large class with a lot of very nice people in it. Now that I am a teacher and I think back on our class, I think it would have been a fun class to teach. However, we had a reputation for never shutting up, but I think that's just because everyone got along so well. There are so many things you learn at a school like ICS that you don't really think about until you get older -- not just academics, but also good manners, integrity, compassion, and respectfulness. Those are things that I value having learned at ICS.

Matt Gross - 1988
Fondest Memories: Plenty of kickball, flag-football, and diagramming sentences with Mrs. Vlk.

Nicole (Hofreiter) Bregar - 1988
Fondest Memories: The great friends I grew up with and continue to remain close: Sara Olson Moore, Maureen Maningo, and Erin O'Brien.

Erin O'Brien - 1988
Fondest Memories: Making friends that have lasted throughout my life and girls' basketball practices and games.

Ray Odom - 1988
Fondest Memories: Talent Shows, Cherry Pie Fun Runs, and Mr. Flood's Basketball Practices. "Going on a Lyon Hunt" with Ms. Corsello (Mrs. D)

Kelly (Feeney) Kjellesvik- 1989
Fondest Memories: I.C.S. basketball

Katy (Garry) Lambert - 1989
Fondest Memories: Mr. D., 6th grade with Miss Corsello, and playing basketball

Other surveys submitted from the following alumni: Angela (Vlk) Robinson - 1987; Sara (Olson) Moore - 1988; Julie (Engle) Baggott - 1988