Sometimes those ’70s RFH graduation memories are not all a blur. They’re crystal clear. In focus. Like this Pomp and Circumstance walk snapshot back in time.
Continue reading Getting the Clear Retro RFH Graduation Picture
It’s all a blur. That’s how some RFH grads of 46 years ago, more and even less feel about their graduation day.
Continue reading Retro RFH Graduation Blur Our annual RFH graduation reprise in honor of the RFH Class of 2023 … Congrats!
RFHers did the graduation walk on Friday. And it’s a walk that has veered off onto different paths over the years — but always to Pomp & Circumstance.
Wow. So much has changed, yet stayed the same. The venue has gone from the RFH Borden Stadium to the front lawn to the Borden Stadium and the football field again to the RFH auditorium and mixed up and around over the years. Now it’s at the Monmouth University. And two years ago, in pandemic times, the venue was outside, masked and virtual. Now it’s back to Monmouth again for the second year out of pandemic graduation times.
Continue reading Retro RFH Graduation Traditions
The following was originally posted in May of 2017. It is being re-run in honor of graduation, time honored traditions past and this RFH Daisy Chain girl of ’78, who passed away in February of 2018 — Daryl Cooper Ley.
In high school social circles, it was considered a popularity status symbol to be chosen for the chain. Daryl wasn’t all too thrilled about it at the time. It had confirmed what her closest friends knew. That she was cool. It was often repeated to her. “I didn’t think so,” was always her answer. Sorry, Dar. We win. Got the last word. You were. RIP, Dar. You are remembered … in our hearts, souls and print, like it or not! Love you forever more. Oh, she would kill me …
It was considered a privilege and honor. They were chosen from the junior class at RFH to serve as the debutante-like ushers for the graduating class. All dressed in white and supposedly gracefully toting a chain of daisies, the Daisy Chain girls were a fixture of high school finery at graduations in the 1970s.
The origins of the somewhat upper-crust tradition date back to the 1900s, but this Retro Pic of the Day was snapped in 1978.
Continue reading Retro RFH Graduation: The Daisy Chain GirlAfter a distanced drive-by, award-conferring and other piecemeal milestones, the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of 2020 culminated its graduation with an official diploma ceremony today — pandemic style.
Continue reading Finale: A Pandemic-Style RFH Class of 2020 Graduation
The last time capped and gowned RFH grads were lining the street was more than four decades ago when the Class of ’78 graduated on the front lawn of the high school.
Continue reading Retro RFH ‘Pomp & Circumstance’ Street Walk
It was graduation time for the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of 2019’s 230 seniors last Wednesday at Monmouth University.
Continue reading RFH Graduation Tidbits & Pics
Another RFH class, another graduation … The RFH Class of 2019 has graduated.
Continue reading RFH Graduation Moments of the Past
The year was 1950 and the high school back then was Rumson High School.
The Rumson High Class of 1950 graduated a handful of seniors compared to the hundreds who just did the ol’ Pomp and Circumstance stroll at Monmouth University.
Well, graduation is upon the RFH Class of 2017.
What better time than to take a look back at a couple of RFH graduations of the past?
So, in order to pay homage to the evening, the Retro Pic(s) of the Day offer a look back at a couple of the milestone days in RFH history.
Above is a photo from the RFH Class of 1979’s graduation at Borden Stadium, taken by George Day. There are also a couple of pics looking back at the RFH Class of 2013 graduation when it poured just after the start of the ceremony and it had to be quickly moved inside. Below is a look at the 2016 graduation at Monmouth University, where they now take place.
Share your photos of past RFH graduations with us by emailing them, with proper credit, to [email protected].
In the meantime, congrats to the RFH Class of 2017!
After spending four years teaching, disciplining and getting to know more than 200 students, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School teachers and administrators saw them through the milestone of graduation at Monmouth University Friday night.
And, after the graduation, they gathered to celebrate and toast to the RFH Class of 2016 at Ron’s West End Pub, around the corner from Monmouth. The staff no sooner arrived when a surprise guest, who was an RFH grad himself and saw the class through the years, showed up — former Fair Haven Police Chief Darryl Breckenridge.
Take a look at the photo gallery above for a glimpse into the after-the-graduation celebration. Give each a click to enlarge.
— Elaine Van Develde
It’s like the backstage flurry in the moments before a major Broadway production — the prep and anticipation that comes before a high school graduation after years of students growing, learning, stumbling and shining in the spotlight together.
It’s like it was at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s (RFH’s) Class of 2016 graduation on Friday evening at Monmouth University.
Rumson-Fair Haven Retrospect was behind the scenes, capturing some of those backstage moments before the major milestone — graduation.
Here’s what we saw … Congratulations to the RFH Class of 2016!
— Elaine Van Develde
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