Donna Perchase:
CLASS OF 1969
Richmond Hill High SchoolClass of 1969
Richmond hill, NY
Ticonderoga High SchoolClass of 1969
Ticonderoga, NY
North Shore High SchoolClass of 1969
Glen head, NY
St. Mary SchoolClass of 1965
Ticonderoga, NY
Donna's Story
Life
After a short and unillustrious college career, I married, went to work for the phone company and proceeded to build a life!! Two lovely daughters, a retirement, a new grandson, and a new career later, life goes on. I am currently retired after a second career as the Director of Technology for state government. Both girls are happy and healthy and my grandson (now 18) was followed by two more grandsons ages 5 and 8 and the family’s Princess Perfect age 11 - relocating soon to SC to escape snowy winters and be closer to watch the younger 3 grow up.
School
K-3 at Ticonderoga Central School, 3-8 at St. Mary's (Srs. Leonard and Peracles's were my favs), Freshman year at Ticonderoga H.S. (could I stand one more day of Latin?), Sophmore year at North Shore H.S. (just when I get to know 2 people, we up and move - AGAIN), Junior and Senior year at Richmond Hill (made the Dolphins and some friends - Carla, where are you?).
Ticonderoga will always be my home town, but I am not a graduate of Ti Hi. Moving around in high school as much as I did made it difficult to form any lasting relationships, but the variety of schools (from a graduating class of 60 to one of about 800 and from the small town to the big city with a stop in the burbs!) did give me a lot of teriffic experiences (like going to school my first day in New York in the middle of the teacher strike - in a basement of a church!). In terms of school involvment I participated in some intramural sports at Ti Hi and North Shore and at R...Expand for more
ichmond Hill, I was lucky to belong to the Dolphins the girls swim and performance team. I most miss loosing touch with 2 good friends at Richmond Hill, Carla Giordano and Denise Deamantis (spelling was never a strength). So if anyone runs into either of those ladies - give me a shout!!!
Workplace
I began my career with New York Telepone in the E53rd Street Business Office/ Commercial customers. From there, I then went to work in the Residence Office in Elmhurst. After a brief stint, I moved to Schenectady, NY and went to work in the Residence Business Office there. I was promoted to Special Rep. I worked in the Albany sales office before, during and after divestature. Had to love those parties!! Went through all of the generations with ABI, AT&T, Lucent, Avaya, (with an additional stop or two with AT&T in there somewhere) Loved my time working on Capnet. I was offered the chance to move to Boston to start up the new Implementation Crew - took it. Worked with the best crew of Implementors and Technicians, and we did some great work! Unit morphed and I ended up as a project manager - more great folks and lots of hard work. Moved over to service as a NASM (those who need to know what that is) and ended my career there when they made me an offer I could'nt refuse. Since the "bell days", I switched sides and now I work for state governement as a Director in the IT department of the legislature. I learned my lessons well in the business office, and they have served me well ever since.
Register for Free to view all details!
Yearbooks
Reunions
Register for Free to view all events!