Welcome to the

Kewanee High School

                       Class Of 1981

                      Web Site.

We hope our class website will give us the ability to find and communicate with each other more often. It will allow us to get you information regarding our class reunions and general information regarding happenings at Kewanee High School and Kewanee in general. We hope you enjoy the website and encourage everyone to submit information for the site.

                            - KHS Class of 81 Reunion Committee

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45th KHS Class of 1981 REUNION WEEKEND  

Friday - Saturday - October 9-10, 2026

The KHS Class of 1981 - 45 Year Class Reunion is now in the books.  As always, finding a good date for everyone is always a challenge with busy schedules and growing families.  However, we had a good turnout and fun was had by everyone in attendance.  The weather was perfect, the BOILERMAKERS won our homecoming game 40-0 over Monmouth, we had just a fantastic tour of KHS and we concluded with a nice casual get together at Cernos on Saturday night.   Nearly 30 classmates were in attendance, with 15 or so taking the tour and over 40 for Saturday night.   

For those who took the tour of KHS, we were all in for something special.  Many nice improvements and additions of state of the art technology have been added to many areas.  The Kewanee Schools Foundation hosted our tour and Jeff Johnson and Mindi Goard were in attendance to answer our questions.  Our tour guide, Larry Flannery, the KHS Special Events Coordinator gave us a very informative and in depth look at the entire school highlighted by many advancements in class offerings in Anatomy, Agriculture, Home Economics, Automotive and much more.  

We have posted a number of photos under the Class Photos tab.  If you have additional photos taken at any of the events, please send them to Kim or Doug and we will get those on the website as well.  

Special Thank You to Kim DeClercq for again organizing our event.  Everything was just perfect and allowed everyone to just enjoy the great friendships that our great class has always been so proud of.  Thanks to everyone who traveled for the weekend and made the extra effort to get to Kewanee to join us.  

We are fortunate to have Chris Orwig and his company send out our notifications and invitations that are just top notch and they keep track of our addresses and changes.  

Stay tuned for more information on plans for our 50th reunion .  

KHS Class of 81 leads the way for Kewanee Schools Care Closet

Thanks to everyone who supported the campaign to raise funds for the new initiative called Kewanee Schools Care Closet.  The Class of 81 supported this cause in a big way, with over $2600 being raised by our classmates.  This also got things rolling in this great cause to enable teachers in all of the District #229 schools to supply much needed items for their school.  The initiative was started a few years back by District Superintendent Chris Sullens.  During the Foundations planning for his retirement party, he mentioned that he would like donations to the Care Closet in lieu of any gifts.  The Class of 81 lead gift got things rolling and the fund received many other donations from those in attendance. The fund now has enough funds to cover the budget for the entire school year and hopefully for some time into the future to meet the future needs of the program.  

Thanks Class of 81!

40th Reunion Photo -  Saturday, Nov 6th, 2021 

The Stables, Kewanee, IL 

What a great 35th KHS Class of 81 Reunion !

(Friday, October 14th-Saturday, October 15th, 2016)

Our 35th reunion was attended by nearly 50 classmates either on Friday night at the Elks Club or on Saturday evening at Cernos.  A great time was had by all.  Many great stories were shared.  Several classmates were in attendance for their very first reunion, making catching up with those friends very special.   Some toured KHS and I am sure all would agree there have been many changes since 1981. A special thanks to everyone who helped make our reunion a great time !    

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