BrickieFest Homecoming Picnic is September 27

The 2025 BrickieFest Homecoming Picnic will be held on Saturday, September 27, at the VFW in Hobart, from 12 noon until 3 pm. All Hobart High School alumni are invited, and that includes former students, teachers, staff, and their families. Hot dogs, brats, chips, and bottled water will be provided by the HHS Alumni Association.

Awards will be presented at the picnic for: Class With the Most People Attending, Class Cornhole Champion, and Classmate Traveling the Farthest to Attend BrickieFest. Tell your classmates!

The Homecoming football game will be the night before the picnic, against Lowell (again), at 7:00 pm.

We suggest that your class make a weekend of it by coming to the football game on Friday night, attending the picnic on Saturday, and getting together on your own after the picnic or in the evening.

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HHSAA Honors Our Scholarship Winners

On Monday, May 19, the Hobart High School Alumni Association honored the 2025 scholarship winners, Grace Krejci and Isis Fleming, at a dinner at the Paragon Restaurant in Hobart, accompanied by parents, board members, former board members, and other HHSAA members. Congratulations!

Grace Krejci will be attending Butler University in Indianapolis and studying to become a data analyst. Isis Fleming will attend Purdue University in West Lafayette with a double major in Engineering and Business.

HHSAA scholarships are awarded on the basis of school activity, community service, and character. From the application, "The applicant must have qualities of good citizenship, favorable attitudes and habits, and a desire to succeed."

Also at the meeting, Paul Addison and Debra Opolski, the president and treasurer of the HHSAA, announced their intention to retire from the board after 16 years of service, when their eighth two-year terms expire in July of 2026. The board is looking for new members to take over tasks including website management, newsletter ediing, and financial activites. There are currently four open spots on the board, so new members can start right away. Please contact any board members or email info@hobartalumni.org with questions or comments. Thank you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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High School Band Program Celebrates 100 Years!
The Hobart program celebrated its 100th anniversary on Thursday, May 15, with a special concert and reception. Four band alumni (Doug Davis, Arlin Guess, Carl Carlisle, and Dwayne Hallman) from the Class of 1962 attended. They are pictured at the right.

The concert included the world premiere of “Centennial”, written specifically for the Hobart Band by William Owens. A video of this performance is on the Hobart Bands Facebook page, www.facebook.com/hobartbands.

The Hobart High School Band program was started in 1925 by William Revelli. Within just a few years, the band was winning national championships. The band performed at the prestigious Midwest Band Clinic in Chicago three times.

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Brickies Come Together at BrickieFest 2024!

An estimated 70-80 people attended the BrickieFest Homecoming Picnic on Saturday, September 21. The weather cooperated, and Brickies of all ages enjoyed hot dogs, brats, water, cookies, and chips provided by the Hobart High School Alumni Association. Coming off a Homecoming football game win (see article below), the BrickieFest celebration was especially joyous. Thanks to all who came! Here are some pictures.

  

Attendees at BrickieFest 2024, and (above right) a cornhole game.

  

Classmates from 1970 (below left) and 1971 (below right).

 

HHSAA Board (below left). Amanda Stillwell and Debbie Vega hawk merchandise (below right).

 

(Pictures by Michael Vega)

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Hobart Alumna Gloria Morris Featured For
Raising Awareness of Ovarian Cancer

Gloria Morris (nee Simpson), Class of 1989, was featured in this NW Indiana Times article for her admrable efforts in educating women about ovarian cancer.

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HHSAA Board Re-elected to 2-Year Term

The votes have been counted, and the complete slate of board members of the HHS Alumni Association has been re-elected to a 2-year term beginning today, July 1. To recap, here is the list of board members:

OFFICERS
Paul Addison, Class of 1970 (President)
Lynn Sheets Kostbade, Class of 1966 (Vice-President)
Debra Broker Opolski, Class of 1970 (Treasurer)
Tracy Estabrook McCullough, Class of 1978 (Secretary)

AT-LARGE MEMBERS
Shaun Zoladz, Dean of Students, Hobart High School, Class of 2006
Beth Scott Barney, Class of 1970
Debbie Scharbach Vega, Class of 1971
Amanda Loy Stillwell, Class of 2000

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Teachers, Join the Website!

Our new Current and Retired Teachers page on this website lists the names of nearly 300 teachers, past and present. We'd  like to invite all teachers to register for free. Registering on the website allows you to read and share profile information with other HHS alumni.

Alumni, you can help by doing the following:
• Asking your teacher friends to join
• Sending us (to info@hobartalumni.org) the names of any teachers you know who are living, but are not on the list
• Sending us (to info@hobartalumni.org) the names of any deceased teachers on the list, so that we can move their names to the All Teachers page, which includes living and deceased teachers

Teachers, here's what to do, if you haven't already registered:
• On this website, select Current and Retired Teachers.
• If you find your name, click the link to go to the JOIN HERE page. In addition to your preferred email address, you just need to select a password. We also invite you to share profile information, such as the years you taught at Hobart, what subjects you taught, and anything else you’d like to share with other Hobart alumni.
• If you do NOT find your name, click on the Contact Us link, enter your name and email address, then enter “Teacher: please add me” as the subject. You can skip Regarding Year, and the message is optional. Send it, and we’ll add your name to the Current and Retired Teachers page, and then we will email you so that you know you can register on the website.

Please notice that there is a difference between registering on the website, which is free, and joining the HHS Alumni Association as a supporting member. This project is about registering on the website. which lets you read the profiles of other alumni who have registered. Otherwise, you can only find their names.

(For alumni who are not teachers, if you haven't already registered, select Classmate Profiles and search for your name. If it is there, it will take you to the JOIN HERE page, and if not, click the Contact Us link, and give us your name and class year. We will add you to the alumni roster and email you so that you can register.)
 

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We do our best to keep up with listing obituaries for HHS alumni. We are able to find most obituaries that have the words "Hobart High School" in them, but many do not. If you come across any online obituary notice that is not posted in the "Recent Obituaries" page on this website by the time of the funeral, please send the link to me at info@hobartalumni.org, along with the classmate's year of graduation, if you know it, and I will post it right away.

Thanks to Gorjean Quick, who just sent me several obituaries from the Class of 1963.

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Yes, We Have a Facebook Page!