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 For
many of you who may be considering attending Mega 2024,
may wonder how it all started and why. Below is a brief
story posted on our Mega Reunion site of 2003. As we
move forward with our 3rd Mega Reunion, we hope the past
is not forgotten as we continue to add to the many
memories the Mega Reunions have bought us.
An idea is born In the early spring of 2002,
there was a group of former high school grads who
attended Lynbrook High School located in San Jose Ca.
Many of those alumni stayed in touch with each other
through a website called Classmates.com, having fun
reconnecting with old friends (and making new ones.) As
these alumni from Lynbrook High enjoyed reconnecting and
reminiscing, new members joined Classmates.com daily.
Before long Lynbrook High School had more than 4700
former grads as members. Soon, a former grad named Brian
Stuckey class of 1974, joined Classmates. Many of us
shared ideas of finding ways to get together and see
each other. Why not? We weren’t getting any younger.
Then Brian had a wonderful idea of getting as many of
his old classmates and friends as possible together all
at once. His idea became known as a "mega-reunion". He
shared his idea with some of his old friends and
classmates he had stayed in touch with. Of course, his
idea was accepted overwhelmingly. This idea expanded and
before you knew it, the Lynbrook High School Mega
Reunion of the ’60s and ’70s was born.
Brian quickly got in touch with as many people as he
knew who might be interested in helping to put this
awesome event together. He continued to share his
vision, he collected ideas from other interested grads.
Soon it was decided that a meeting would be held
and a committee would be formed.
The first two Mega Reunions in 2003 and 2013, were
dedicated to the 1960s and the 1970s. We choose them to
be 10 years apart. Unfortunately, the great pandemic of
2020 occurred which change life as we knew it. The
pandemic didn't allow us to keep our 10-year tradition
because of economic reasons and social distancing.
Therefore, we felt moving the Mega a year further away
from the pandemic era would allow us to have greater
success
The LHS Mega Reunion has expanded to the 1980's. We are happy to
include this unforgettable
decade as they bring more timeless memories to Mega
Reunion tradition.
I look back at all the hard work and planning. We had
our ups and downs, we had our disagreements. We
discussed, argued, yelled, and became angry at times,
but we also agreed, laughed, shook hands, hugged, and
always came together in the finest tradition that only
Lynbrook grads could do.
We look forward to seeing you in 2024
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