Dawson Springs Class of 2000 - Ten Years Out!

As another month fades into a new one I am amazed at how quickly time flies. So the story this time is of a group of people, a class. I started kindergarten in 1988 and followed through at the same independent school district until I graduated - mostly with the same classmates although there are always a few exceptions.


Dawson Springs Community School is a Primary, Middle and High School; all on one campus and often thought of as one of the major arteries of Dawson Springs' heart. I graduated with a small group of twenty eight fine young people. People who are now scattered out here and there across the country and living their lives. Doing what they do to keep moving forward and I am sure that they do it well.

Our class was the first of many to follow that made a day field trip to Washington, D.C., in the eighth grade - that my friend's is a logistic feat! Our class was also the first class to take a senior trip out of the United States. For our senior trip as a class we raised a little over $20,000.00, in order to take a cruise to the Bahamas. That trip is certainly a memory that we will not quickly forget. Throughout our years in the Dawson Springs School System we learned a great deal from the faculty and staff, from the books, and from experiencing all of this in a close knit setting filled with encouragement and pride. I guess you could say that we benefitted a great deal from the smallness of our community, as it created a special and unique environment for us to grow and learn in.

To think that it has been ten years since that small class walked away from that gymnasium as graduates. A place that we had spent many hours - thousands in fact. Only to move on down the line to the next step. Our class had a unique closeness, a great humor and with those qualities combined, we had a whole lot of fun over the years. In light of that fact, and in light of the idea of continuing that bond, our class will be celebrating its second class reunion commemorating ten years as Alumni.

This reunion will be held at Pennyrile State Forest Resort Park, in a lake side cabin on July 24, 2010. Pennyrile has been the back drop for many such reunions, and was for our five year reunion as well. I anticipate a great deal of catching up, reminiscing and plenty of fun to be had. I hope if you were a member or sponsor of this class you will plan to attend. A Facebook group has been established named: Dawson Springs Class of 2000. If you have not already, join this group today. I would love to see as many of my classmates there as possible. Ten years is a long time - head home and get together with the class, you won't regret it.

Note: The event is free and refreshments will be provided.