President, with Al Gore as vice president.
Rogers High SchoolClass of 1996Back to reunion details ↗A few things we remember
The ’96
time capsule.
A few sounds, stories, and details from the years that made us. Tap around, send a prompt to an old friend, and bring the best stories to the reunion.
The Class of ’96 icebreaker
Deal a memory.
A little something to text an old friend, or save for the reunion table.
ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL · MEMORY NO. 01
“What song instantly takes you back to 1996?”RHS · 1996
The year we left
1996,
before the feed.
We had the web, but not in our pockets. Plans were made on landlines. Photos waited at the one-hour counter. Nobody could tag you in anything.
NO FACEBOOKNO INSTAGRAMNO SMARTPHONE IN YOUR POCKETNO READ RECEIPTSJUST “CALL ME WHEN YOU GET HOME.”
The year’s biggest domestic box-office hit.
Billboard’s number one song of the year.
The Centennial Olympic Games came to America.
01
ON REPEAT
The year’s top 10 songs
- MacarenaLos del Río
- One Sweet DayMariah Carey & Boyz II Men
- Because You Loved MeCeline Dion
- Nobody KnowsTony Rich Project
- Always Be My BabyMariah Carey
- Give Me One ReasonTracy Chapman
- Tha CrossroadsBone Thugs-n-Harmony
- I Love You Always ForeverDonna Lewis
- You’re Makin’ Me High / Let It FlowToni Braxton
- TwistedKeith Sweat
02
NOW SHOWING
At the multiplex
- Independence Day“Welcome to Earth.”
- TwisterStorm chasing went blockbuster.
- Mission: ImpossibleThe first impossible mission.
- The RockAlcatraz on the big screen.
- The Nutty ProfessorEddie Murphy everywhere.
Puyallup, then
Find a familiar corner.
The Puyallup Library History Room and Tacoma Library’s Washington State Fair Collection open a legitimate window into the city we knew, including thousands of local photographs. We link to the collections instead of reposting images without permission.
THE REAL THING · 1996Looking for the yearbook?
Strictly
R Rated.
Ancestry lists a digitized Rogers High School yearbook collection for Puyallup with books from 1998 and earlier. Viewing may require an Ancestry account. A physical 1996 copy is also represented by the listing used to verify this cover.
Rogers then. Rogers now.
Same Rams.
More stories.
We came from all over South Hill, but Rogers made us one class. Thirty years later, it is time to see where life took everyone.
A little Rams triviaWest of Meridian.
Just south of 128th.
Just south of 128th.
The original Rogers campus has held this corner of South Hill since 1968.
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