Somerville High School alumni tours, organized by the Somerville Teachers Association, will take place on Saturday, March 24. Take this opportunity to go through the old high school building before it goes away.

• Admission is free, but if anyone would like to donate, all proceeds will go to the fund (a 501c3) to be awarded to SHS and Full Circle seniors in 2019. They will accept donations in cash or checks. If you would like to donate ahead of time, see below. All participants will receive a commemorative ticket.

• Tours will take place from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Participants should enter through the main entrance at the center of the concourse. For those in need of handicap access, that entrance is to the right of the main entrance, about 100-150 feet down, immediately to the left of what used to be the gym if you graduated before 1986 or the library if after that. However, that is recommended for wheelchairs, as anyone walking will have to walk 1/2 the length of the main building from there to the auditorium where the tours will begin.
• Parking: There are three SHS staff lots plus the concourse (which on the weekdays is for city hall only) and on street parking in front of the high school. One lot is off School Street and requires walking up the stairs between city hall and the high school. Another is off Medford Street and requires walking up the stairs beside the high school on the public library side. That parking entrance is near the light at Walnut Street. Another lot is to the right of the newer part of the building. It is between the high school and the public library. And of course, the infamous concourse is directly in front of the high school. There are fewer spaces than there used to be because of the trailers on the lawn that will house classes starting in April.
• The vocational fair will be going on at the same time, so participants will have an opportunity to visit the fair. (The fair itself is free and is taking place mainly in the atrium which, for those of you who graduated before 1985, is the “new” part of the building.)
• You may donate via Paypal at @STAScholarshipFund@gmail.com. In the comments, you should include your name, the year you graduated, and the names of any other people in whose names you are donating if you are doing so for others beside yourself. Please note that there is no snow date, so if you donate and the school is closed, we cannot refund the money. You will have made a contribution to the fund, and that is tax deductible.
• Those who graduated 1985 or before will tour the building as it existed when they were students. Those who graduated 1986 or later will tour the entire structure. If, however, you are in the first group and will like to see the “new” part, you absolutely can do that.
• Our Career and Technical Education students will be selling Somerville t-shirts during the tours. You may pay via cash or check. Each year, students take part in SkillsUSA competitions and the profits will go toward that; Skills USA is a “partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce.”
• We will have yearbooks on view for every year except 1917. (If anyone has one for that year and would like to donate it, we’d be happy to have it.) They will not be for sale, but you may look through them.
• The school store, The Hole in the Wall, will be open until noon.
• If you have questions, you may email STAScholarshipFund@gmail.com. They look forward to seeing you there! Go Highlanders! Go Red and Blue!