SPECIAL EVENTS COMING UP! 

You may remember seeing a SAVE THE DATE posted on our Class of 1966 website earlier this summer for the September 15, 2025, Santa Ana Valley High School Wall of Fame Ceremony, where two members of the Class of 1966, Ron Umbaugh and John Vaught, will be inducted.

Santa Ana Unified School District Wall of Fame was initiated in 2015; this is the first year that Santa Ana Valley High School has initiated a school Wall of Fame.  

Ron Umbaugh, who is traveling from his home in Mississippi to attend his induction, would love to connect with as many of his classmates as possible while he is in Orange County, especially since he has not been able to attend a class reunion since the 15th year reunion.

Since there may not be time for socializing at the September 15th ceremonies, a SAV CLASS OF ’66 GET-TOGETHER (EVENT #1) is being planned the Saturday prior to the Monday ceremonies at Acapulco Restaurant, 1281 Bristol Street, Costa Mesa, CA. 

If you are planning to attend the Get-Together, please RSVP by Tuesday, Sept, 9, to Paula DiLuigi at pldiluigi@gmail.com.

We also need RSVPs by Thursday, August 28, 2025, if you plan on attending either of the ceremonies taking place on Monday, September 15, 2025 (Event #2 and Event #3). 

NOTE:  As a Santa Ana Valley High School alumnus, you are invited to all three events.

EVENT #1

NO HOST SAVHS ALUMNI GET TOGETHER

Please include:

1. Your name
2. Your email and/or phone number
3. Number of attendees

INFORMATION ABOUT THE WALL OF FAME CEREMONIES ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

If you have not been on the SAVHS campus since graduation, or even since the campus tour that some of us took the Friday before the Class of 1966 50th Class Reunion, there has been some major renovations in recent years.  The auditorium has been completely remodeled, and a huge sports complex has been built in the back of the school.

The Santa Ana Valley High School Wall of Fame is a recognition program which honors athletes who have achieved significant accomplishments and brought pride to the school and community. It's an annual event that serves to celebrate the athletic achievements of its alumni. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR FOR SANTA ANA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE AN INDUCTION CEREMONY.

EVENT #2

SANTA ANA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

2025 WALL OF FAME CEREMONY

INVITATION

Please RSVP by THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2025, if you will be attending this event, to Melody Vaught at melvaught66@gmail.com    

Please include:

The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) Wall of Fame honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the district through their athletic achievements and sportsmanship. Inductees are celebrated for their accomplishments on and off the field, exemplifying the highest standards of ethical conduct and moral character. The Wall of Fame is located at the Santa Ana Public Schools Sports Complex. 

EVENT #3

SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

2025 WALL OF FAME

INVITATION

Please RSVP by THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2025, if you will be attending this event, to Melody Vaught at melvaught66@gmail.com    

Please include:

Happy Birthday, September Falcons!

Josta Bernard Santos - September 1

Alicia Allan Rubadue - September 6

Pam Heise Pierce - September 6

Celia Rutledge Demink - September 6

Robert Erskine - September 9

Carol Gnewuch Hegranes - September 13

Barbara Hizar Addington - September 14

Jeannette Martin Gorham - September 16

Nina Emry Wiley - September 18

Susan Wright Roth - September 20

Anna Hester Dieckilman - September 21

Ron Umbaugh - September 21

Diane Fryer Truman - September 24

Robin Field Allen - September 28

Welcome Santa Ana Valley 1966 classmates!  This website is a private website and ONLY accessible by SAV 1966 classmates.  

The website started in January 2016 with the primary goal of getting everyone to reconnect, reminisce, and just be friendly and supportive to each other as well as to let everyone know about the 50th Reunion that was held in September 2016.  Even though now our 50th Reunion Celebration has ended, we hope everyone will continue to enjoy staying connected on this website.  We know you'll thoroughly enjoy reconnecting and seeing what everyone has been doing the past 50 years. In addition, there are lots of photos that have been posted by classmates, including many from our very successful 50th Reunion weekend.  

If you are a SAV 1966 classmate, just go to the sign in box and click on “Join.”  The next page that pops up will be a complete list of 1966 classmates.  Find your name and click on it, and the program will then guide you through the rest of the registering process.  There are no individual subscription fees to join.  Once again, the website is totally private and secure and no information is shared by any other entities.   You can share as much or as little information about yourself as you wish. 

Please check out the "Missing Classmates" link on the left side of the screen.  If you are aware of the whereabouts of anyone included on that list, please let them know and encourage them to sign up on the website.

We encourage all SAV 1966 Classmates to join!  You won't regret it!

"Finding a lost friend is like finding a lost treasure"

WE WANT TO SEE  YOUR PHOTOS!! 

Go to the Photo Gallery (left side of screen), 

 and you can download your photos

You can share your photos by downloading it on your profile page or on Member Chatter!

WE LOVE TO SEE EVERYONE'S PHOTOS

WHAT IS MEMBER CHATTER???

MEMBER CHATTER .....A PLACE TO SHARE YOUR RANDOM THOUGHTS

HEAR STORIES FROM YOUR CLASSMATES ABOUT THEIR...

 Hobbies

Interests

Travels

Food & Wine (lots of that)

Memories

Jokes

And all sorts of other things..............

Anyone can post in it.   "Member Chatter" can be accessed by clicking

on "Member Chatter" on the left hand column of your screen

In spite of making tremendous progess in tracking down classmates to join the website, we still have MANY, MANY missing people as can be seen by checking out the "Missing Classmates" link on the left side of the screen.  

If you have any information about anyone on the 'Missing Classmates" list, please let us know by messaging Paula Pletcher DiLuigi with whatever information you might have.  If you are in communication with anyone on this list, it would be WONDERFUL if you would reach out to them and encourage them to join.  Please let any 1966 classmate know that they can go directly to the website, www.66savalleyfalcons.com to register. 

Tell us (or brag) about your weddings, kids, grandkids, retirement, hobbies, travel, etc.!!  

Post all of this on your Personal Profile, What's News or General Member Chatter.  

If you want to share photos about your family, pets, vacations, etc., you can post them on your profile page, What's News, or in the "photo gallery" (on the left side) of the home page.

We all love getting news and updates! 

Just a reminder that you have an option on your profile settings to allow (or not allow) classmates to make comments on your profile page

If you you're not sure about how you initially established your profile settings, you can do the following to check:

• Click on the Person Icon in the upper right hand corner of the Home page
• Click on "Edit Profile"
• Under "Classmate comments" check to see if the box if checked*  
• If you make any changes, make sure you click on the box at the bottom of the page "save changes"

*There have been some classmates who didn't realize they had inadvertently set their profile settings so no comments could be made.  You always have the option to delete a comment on your profile page if you don't like something that is said.