Pembroke Hill Reunion Weekend 2023 Save the Date - September 22 - 23

Welcome Home, Alumni!

All alumni are invited to attend the many reunion events designated for All Classes. 
In addition, some classes ending in 3 & 8, as well as a few other classes, will host individual class events during the weekend to celebrate their different reunion milestones.

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Questions?

For further information and to participate in your reunion planning, please contact:
Lisa Kiene '88, director of alumni relations at 816-936-1220 or Lkiene@pembrokehill.org 

Schedule and Registration

View the schedule below and check out the events and information that is specific to your class!
View campus maps here.

Class Reunion Committees

The following classes ending in 3 and 8 will celebrate milestone reunions this year. Select your class year below to access your individual class committee members.

Thank you to our Reunion Weekend volunteers who helped put together all of the activities & events for Reunion Weekend. They also helped raise funds for their Class Reunion Gifts to the Pembroke Hill Annual Fund. All gifts made during the school year 2023-2024 will count towards your class’s reunion gift. 

Pembroke Hill students & faculty are very grateful for all of the ways in which our alumni are giving back to their alma mater. THANK YOU!

Friday, Sept 22, 2023
Ward Parkway Campus (Pem-Day)

   SCHEDULE (tentative)

   Fri, Sept 22 is a Raider Red Out Day! 

Alumni are encouraged to join students in wearing Raider Red for all activities including: Founders Day, the Alumni Awards Luncheon, the Hazard Lecture and the Alumni reception before the homecoming football game. Go Raiders!

  • 8 a.m.- 6 p.m. - Registration & Alumni Hospitality for Reunion Weekend, Boocock Lobby, Hall Student Center
  • 8:30 a.m. - Trustees & Former Trustees Breakfast
  • 9:30 a.m. - Founders Day Celebration, The Lawn (All PHS Community Invited: Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Students & Trustees)
  • 10:30 a.m. - Optional activities: guided tours, classroom visits, bookstore open (All Alumni)
    • Tour of Ward Parkway Campus
    • DBIE Chat led by Jason Gines ’95
    • Center for Teaching & Learning led by Tiffany Nixon Kelley ’96
    • Science Lab led by Dr. Kim Firestone Cho ’96
    • Gallery Tour & Photo Workshop led by Caro Thomas ’13
    • “Glory Days” chat with Your Former Teammates and Coaches 
  • 11:45 a.m. - Alumni Award Luncheon with the Class of 2024, Patterson Hall (All Alumni)
    • Distinguished Alumni Award
      • Honoring Charles Sosland ’73 & Jeanne Ryan Sosland ’73
    • Alumni Service Award
      • Honoring Carolyn Fennell Sullivan ’68
  • 1:15 p.m. - Hazard Lecture Series, Hall Student Center (All Alumni) Live Stream
    •  David Owen ’73 and Christopher Leonard ’93 with Hall of Fame Faculty Member Lorraine Gordon
  • 2:15 p.m. - Pep Rally, Robert L. Hicks Field (All Alumni)
  • 3:30 p.m. - Ward Parkway Campus Tours, meet outside Bellis Athletic Center (All Alumni)
  • 4 p.m. - Varsity Field Hockey vs. Cor Jesu Academy, Wornall Campus
  • 5 p.m. - Alumni Reception honoring current and former faculty, The Greenspace (All Alumni)
  • 5:20 p.m. - JV Field Hockey vs. Cor Jesu Academy
  • 7 p.m. - Varsity Football Game vs. University Academy (All Alumni)

   Friday Class Specific Events:

  • After the Alumni Reception:
    • Class of 1968 (PCD) - tbd
    • Class of 1968 (SHS) - Home of Chris Glenski ’68
    • Class of 1973 - Home of Charlie & Jeanne Sosland ’73
    • Class of 1978 - Gravity
    • Class of 1983 - tbd
    • Class of 1988 - Tavern in the Village 
    • Class of 1993 - Third Street Social 
    • Class of 2003 - Home of Carrie Mills Gill ’03
    • Class of 2008 - tbd
    • Class of 2013 - Brooksider
    • Class of 2018 - tbd

Saturday, Sept 23, 2023
Wornall Campus (Sunset Hill)

   SCHEDULE (tentative)
  • 9 a.m. - Alumnae Field Hockey Game  (Former field hockey players are welcome to play)
  • 9:30 a.m. - Alumni Coffee Bar & Kids Play Date (All Alumni)
  • 9:30 a.m. - Wornall Campus Tours & Archives Open House, meet at Founders Hall (All Alumni)
  • 9:30 a.m. - JV Field Hockey vs. Cor Jesu Academy
  • 10:30 a.m. - Alumni Memorial Service, Cowherd Memorial Garden (All Alumni)
  • 11 a.m. - Varsity Field Hockey vs. Cor Jesu Academy
  • 11:30 a.m. - Picnic Lunch, Wornall Campus Dining Hall and Courtyard (All Alumni except Class of 1973)
  • 12:30 p.m. - 50th Reunion Golden Anniversary Luncheon at Head of School House (Class of 1973)

  Specific Class Events Celebrating Reunion Milestones

  • Celebrations start at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted::
    • Honor Guard Celebration (All Classes 1943-1962) Upper School Commons, Ward Parkway Campus
    • ** Parking Note: There will be reserved parking for Honor Guard classes (1943-1962) in the Stateline parking lot by Boocock Middle School which is the closest path to Upper School Common.
      • 80th Reunion - Class of 1943
      • 75th Reunion - Class of 1948
      • 70th Reunion - Class of 1953
      • 65th Reunion - Class of 1958
    • 60th Reunion - Classes of 1963, Kansas City Country Club
    • 55th Reunion - Classes of 1968 (PCD), tbd
    • 55th Reunion - Classes of 1968 (SHS), Home of Katie Poindexter Logan ’68
    • 50th Reunion - Class of 1973, J. Rieger & Co. Distillery
    • 45th Reunion - Class of 1978, Home of Guy Townsend ’78 (7 p.m.)
    • 40th Reunion - Class of 1983, Caffetteria
    • 35th Reunion - Class of 1988, Third Street Social South Plaza
    • 30th Reunion - Class of 1993, Home of Wit Solberg ’93
    • 25th Reunion - Class of 1998, Home of Hillary Bownik ’98 (4:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.)
    • 20th Reunion - Class of 2003, Chicken & Pickle, North Kansas City
    • 15th Reunion - Class of 2008, The Levee (7 p.m.)
    • 10th Reunion - Class of 2013, SERV
    •   5th Reunion - Class of 2018, Brooksider

Sunday, Sept 24, 2023

  • 3:25 p.m. - Chiefs vs. Bears, Arrowhead (note: alumni to purchase their own tickets)

 

Lodging

For Reunion Weekend, The Raphael Hotel is offering Pembroke Hill Alumni a special group rate of $229 per night, but you must book your rooms by Friday, Aug. 25 for that rate.

Reserve your room early as The Plaza Art Fair is the same weekend as reunion! 
Reunion activities begin on Friday, Sept. 22.

Book your group rate for Pembroke Hill Fall Reunion or call The Raphael Hotel at 816-756-3800. Please mention that you are with the Pembroke Hill Reunion group to receive the rate.

Past Reunion Weekend Videos

Hazard Lecture Series   (Featuring Young Alumni Award Winner Katherine Holland '97) 
Robert L. Hicks field dedication   
Wornal Campus Field Ribbon Cutting

Upcoming Reunion Weekends