Thomas J VANCLEEF:  

Tom’s Story The fall of 1970 I arrived at CB East High School after Lenape JHS and Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Attending CB East was an experience where I was welcomed by similar students. I further was blessed to be able to share precious time with friends, classmates, teachers, neighbors and people in our society. Some of the students were prior classmates as existing friendships and other students were from different schools. The time was so precious because life was precious and although life in society was questionable with the war in Vietnam, politics and government; today some 45 years later, it still is questionable. During the years of 1971 and 1972 at CB East I continued to enjoy the education and times with all the great students and teachers. Learning was fun and interacting with students made moments in time; memories. If you have ever thought once for a day or a second what you were doing or the experience you were engaged in while in school, whether on the bus, greeting a person at their lockers, talking in the snack bar or with fellow student/s in private, you have those memories to hold on to and don’t let them go. I would definitely say they were the years of exploration and innocence. Some students, had schedules of classes that were devoted to education at the Jamison MBVTC, others participated in sports or activities in promotion of the School's spiri...Expand for more