News Archive
The Demi Cuccia M.S.F would like to thank all of those who helped out with, played in and attended the 1st annual "A Round For Demi" Golf Outing/Dinner Party. To say it was a success would be an understatement. We had 134 golfers and 125 of Demi's friends and family attend the event which was held Saturday, October 6 at the Murrysville Golf Club. A great time was had by all and we are looking forward to seeing all of you again for next years event. To see pictures of this years event and for more information on the Demi Cuccia Memorial Scholarship Fund please visit our web site at www.aroundfordemi.com.
Thank you.
Paul Chambers
The 1985 Gateway Varsity Football team will be inducted into the Gateway Sports Hall of Fame on November 10, 2007 at the Churchill Valley Country Club. This team will now join Gateways' other four football championship teams - 1969 - 1972 - 1974 - 1986. The 1985 team tied North Hills 0-0 in the championship game at Three Rivers Stadium. At the time, North Hills was ranked nationally. Gateway was extremely fast and very solid up front. The teams matched up well.
If you were a coach, team member, trainer or manager, we are holding a complimentary ticket for you. To reserve your ticket and purchase additional tickets for $40.00, call Tony Petrocelli at 412-373-3373. John Washington is working closely with the HOF committee regarding the team induction ceremony and team bio. If you have any questions for John, call him at 412-373-2535.
The Gateway High School National Make a Difference Day Taskforce is hosting a Dance-For-A-Cure marathon at Gateway High School for all students on October 27. The event will benefit the Susan G. Komen For The Cure, Breast Cancer Foundation. The students are seeking the support of the local business community, through sponsorships and in-kind donations.
For information on this event and ways you and your business can support the students' efforts, click here.
I'm organizing, hosting & DJ'ing a fundraising dinner on Sunday, October 21, 2007 for a girl named Shelly Pearson.
Download the flyer here
www.helpshellyan.com
She had the very first pediatric double lung transplant in the country at Children's back in 89. Sadly, 18 years later, her body is rejecting the organs! She will need another miracle. Her mom Darlien left her life behind in Tacoma, WA to be by the side of her 32 year old "baby girl". Costs are ENORMOUS, so I thought I could help. I have the Gateway Clipper Fleet reserved for a benefit dinner cruise & auction on the date above! I NEED YOUR HELP spreading the word, and getting donations from local businesses. I'm also working hard to secure a few PREMIER prizes that will help me sell 540 tickets (Majestic capacity) at $100 per plate! I'm begging anyone with contacts in the automotive sales or local sports industries to request a generous donation!!!! Car/truck for auction, ticket packages, autographed merchandise etc... Also looking for official sponsors (this will be in the news)! Any and ALL assistance greatly appreciated! Please call 412.266.5089 or email djmattp@comcast.net with good news! You may also contact my wife Melody @ melodyporter@comcast.net or 412.216.6044 to purchase your tickets for this event. Sincerely, Matt Porter
Our prayers and condolences go out to the families of these youths...
Demi Cuccia, 16, a junior, was stabbed to death Wednesday, August 15 off route 22 in Monroeville. Her 19-year-old former boyfriend, John Mullarkey, was found nearby after apparently trying to kill himself with a knife.
Demi's obituary
Post your memorial of Demi here on our site...
Article from PG (8/16)
Article from Trib (8/16)
Article from PG on Gateway School Counseling(8/16)
Facebook site for Demi
WTAE Channel 4 would like to hear from people -- friends, neighbors, extended family -- about their memories of Demi Cuccia.
Contact WTAE: here
WTAE story (with video): Here
Ross McKeag died on June 28th, of an aortic aneurism. It was a complete shock as he was always very healthy. He was glad to be connected to info of his old classmates. You can go to www.oliver-linsley.com to view his obituary. Ross was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. We all miss him terribly. Read his obituary here
Lisa (Corl) Zapalac, Gateway Class of 83 sent us this tidbit:
I just came across this while I was in Target spring of 2006 and noticed this clock on the shelves that caught my attention because it looked like old yearbook photos. The clock was designed to put your own photos in them where the numbers would be. When I looked closer, I realized that the stock photos were a page out of the Gateway yearbook - and the photos were seniors from the class of 83. I bought the clock and emailed a few people who's faces were on it, and put it up. I got a new scanner and was cleaning out a closet today and found it, so I took it apart and scanned the pictures as they are arranged on the clock. I couldn't believe it. Of all of the photos that Target Corp. could have used it was a page from our high school year book and my class. And it was in a Target in Houston!
I wanted to send it to you and didn't know if there is anyway to post this, I am sure people would get a kick out of it. I also think that some Gateway grad must work for Target at the corporate level :)
Click Here to see the full sized scan
Please help the Gateway Class of 1972 locate some of their missing classmates. Download this PDF and see if you know the wherabouts of any of them...
We have 47 alumni with @earthlink.net email addresses...
Due to inbound email blocking by Earthlink (which generates an email back to the sender and requires them to go to a page and type in a passcode...), you will never receive a message from our site. We suggest you immediately update your profile and change your email address on file to a different email address OUTSIDE the earthlink network, OR add a trust for email sent to your mailbox from @gatewaygators.net.
We are throwing a party Saturday May 26th during Memorial day weekend. After you do your family cookout, come check us out at Mighty Dog's in Penn Hills. Normally, we have a party during Thanksgiving weekend but wanted do something in the summer time also. Great food and cold drinks will be served. There will also be a cash bar. However, this is a family affair so don't worry about the baby sitter, just bring the kids along.
All that we ask is a $10 donation and kids are free! All proceeds go to the Brandon N. Conley Memorial Scholarship. Therefore, please make out any checks to the Brandon N Conley Memorial Scholarship.
Since we started this reunion, we have given out over $4500 in scholarships to Gateway High School graduates. However, our new goal is to raise $10,000 for an endowed scholarship at IUP. Please pass the word and come out for a fun night and to see old friends.
Date: Saturday May, 26th 2007
Place:
The Mighty Dog Restaurant
10604 Frankstown Road
Penn Hills, Pa 15235
Time: 8pm - 1am
Contact Info:
Courtney Ramsey - (412)999-8777
Keith Gardner - (412)242-3647
Derek Handley - (412)965-8333
Nicole Lenear - (704)299-5435
Alison Conley - (704)968-0423
03/21/2007:
Monroeville's largest employer - Westinghouse, who has been a staple in the community for more than 35 years, has dealt a big blow to Monroeville - and Gateway School District - by deciding to move to Cranberry Township. The big winners - Butler County and Seneca Valley School District, will reap the rewards of a 3,000+ person workforce headed their way by 2009/2010 and taking their $70,000 average salaries with them to Butler county. By leaving the 138 acre campus where many of our mothers, fathers, neighbors and classmates worked, Westinghouse will leave a large void in Monroeville. The repercussions of this decision by Westinghouse not only impacts Monroeville, but also surrounding communities and school districts, such as Churchill, Penn Hills, Plum, Murrysville, Penn Township, and others, where many of the 2,100 Monroeville based employees live.
Read full article here...
March 5, 2007: Congratulations to Daniel Stell (Class of 1998) for being the 3,000 Gateway alum to signup!
You can now upload photos to your profile and share them online from our site. Login to see the menu choices...
Thanks to Jim Kinter, class of 1959 for being the first alumni to upload!
Now available - Jobs Available (Post jobs available at your workplace), and Job Seekers (if you are seeking a new position). Both are available in the LEFT NAVIGATION. Note: You must be LOGGED IN to access these resources.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
By Eleanor Chute, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Retired Gateway Elementary School principal Bruce Short can still picture Michael O'Toole, then principal of Gateway High School, sitting at his desk in his office with a cigar in his mouth.
"He always told you the way it was," Mr. Short said. "He was firm but fair."
Mr. O'Toole, who died at the age of 89 at Braddock Hospital on Sunday, was a no-nonsense principal.
Read the complete life story here
Obituary
September 21, 2006
The site now properly supports international registrations. If you live in a foreign country, you can now select that country and enter your address into the system, as well as edit your profile to change your info.
August 1, 2006
Be sure to read our Alumni Lost-n-Found page each time you visit. You might be able to assist your classmates in reconnecting with a long lost friend...
July 18, 2006
Congratulations to Steven Hickman (Class of 1988) for being the 2,000th alumni member to register!
February 16, 2006
The Pittsburgh Tribune Review published an article about the GatewayGators.net web site...
Alumni reconnect through Web site (February 16, 2006)
February 15, 2006
The Times Express published an article about GatewayGators.net and the sister site www.GatewayGators.com...
Gateway alumni site on Web draws users (February 15, 2006)
February 14, 2006
Congratulations to Ronna Safka (Class of 1981) for being the 1,000th alumni member to register!
Site updates
January 16, 2006
A/V Crew (remember, the people who delivered the film strip projectors, VCR's and 16mm projectors to your classrooms), and the Biology Club have been added to your EXTENDED PROFILE as new choices of clubs & activities.
The LEFT NAVIGATION has been updated a bit, as well as the MEMBER HOME PAGE, where we added a new area "who updated their profile" so that you can see who updated their profile since your last visit.
How YOU can help...
January 9, 2006
Thank you to all the alumni who have signed up so far...
We've had great success, but we really need a few minutes of your time in the following ways:
1) Forward this site's address www.gatewaygators.net to any Gateway Alumni FAMILY MEMBER, FRIEND, etc. This is a GREAT TIME to reconnect with a Graduate you haven't spoken to or heard from for a while.
2) If you are a member of a "Class Committee", please forward this web site along with an invitation to join to your entire list. We will be glad to post your committee info to this site, but we are trying to build the "one point" master directory of all Gateway alumni.
3) If you have or are part of a Gateway affiliate site, such as Gateway Soccer, Gateway Band, etc. Please POST A LINK from that site to our site. Let us know you are doing this and we will link back to you.
4) If anyone has a CD-ROM version of the Gateway Alumni directory which was published around 1998, Please Contact Us
Important info about the authentication emails...
When you initially Join this site, you will receive an automated email with an authentication link. You must click that link to get full access to the site.
Unfortunately, we are experiencing about a 10% failure rate on the automated emails... mostly due to Spam filtering beyond our control. In most cases the emails are blocked by your ISP or are moved right into your JUNK MAIL FOLDER.
If you JOIN this site and don't receive an authentication email WITHIN 10 MINUTES, please contact Us and we can manually authorize you.
GatewayGators.net is one month old!
January 5, 2006
The site has been up for about 35 days and we now have 270 registrations and counting. Thanks for your help in building this site. Remember to FORWARD THIS SITE ADDRESS to all your classmates!
Site update 1/6: The interactive map has been rewritten to be much quicker. So many people signed up we had to re-engineer it to be quick. While we were at it we also added the ability to filter the map by class year...
Check out our Class Contacts, Classifieds & Memorials & Lost-n-Found pages...
These pages - which can be found in the left navigation - are for YOU to post messages to your fellow alumni... Make use of them!
Class of 1986 - 20th year reunion info
The Class of 1986 reunion committee is hard at work planning the 20th year reunion... click here for more info - and don't forget to register online here so that we can keep in contact with you! - whether or not you want to attend the reunion.
New Feature - Interactive Map of Registered Alumni
Now Available - a new, real-time interactive map of all registered alumni. You can now see who lives in your area! Check it out today!
