I've written quite a few things in my day but never an obituary for a building. And while the soon to be shuttered St. William School is more than just a building to me, I have no intention of writing its obit. First because there are people much closer to that institution ,more familiar with the school and better equipped to detail its long,rich history than I.
In short,I am not the school biographer nor its historian.
What I am is a former graduate as are many dear friends, a former employee and proud to have chaired its major fundraiser on a few occasions.
I've got stories to tell. Tales that will be souvenirs for me when St.William closes up this June.
I've had the opportunity to meet some exceptional people,life changing people...people who also have St.William as part of their own stories. I don't intend to use any last names in most cases (as you will note ) nor will I relate anything that will reflect badly on the people I've known or met nor break any confidences in what I will lovingly refer to as "my St.William years ."
These are just true stories with a grain of grammatical flourish for entertainment sake.
I saw,I experienced St.William from a number of angles,some of which many people won't even realize I had taken part in back in the day.
It will serve not just to give light and love to my memories of this special place, but to serve as a record I can keep for the rest of my days.
I hope you'll follow my "St.William Stories". I will be posting either the stories or the link on my Jeff Steven Kwit Facebook Page and The Harlem Nights Players Group Facebook page .
That link will bring you here to my blog space with other samples of my writing work. You can get that at
http://www.jeffkwit.blogspot.com
Oh,and I sincerely hope I won't embarrass any of my former english teachers in the process.
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