Bio

I'm a graduate of the 1986 class at Portland High School and I am a family that has four generations of Portland High School grads my grandmother Philomena Fiato started the trend in 1938 my dad was the class of '68ish my brother was 84 myself 86 my sister 89 my niece and nephew Kristen and Timmy Baker were 2000 and 10 and then 2017. Here's what you need know! In 2017 my nephew Timothy Baker walked the aisle sitting beside me in attendance was my 95 year old grandmother Philomena Fiato looking as stunning as can be and singing the wearers of the Blue by heart!! 🙏❤️! That day the baker family had four generations in attendance , ALL PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES! I'M GOING TO FIGURE OUT TOMORROW HOW TO NOMINATE HER FOR THE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND I ONLY HAVE TILL THE 28TH OF THIS MONTH BUT THIS WOMAN WAS AN AMAZING LADY AND LIVED TO BE TOO MUCH SHY OF 100 YEARS OLD! ONE LAST THING I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WORTH MENTIONING WHEN I REALIZED IT AT THAT 2017 CEREMONY BUT MY FATHER AND BROTHER JUST WANTED TO GET OUT OF THERE AND DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THAT IMPORTANT AND UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. BUT GOD PUT ME IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY THE NEXT DAY THAT MADE ME REALIZE I SHOULD HAVE, I WAS DISPATCHED THROUGH MY JOB TO GO TO THE PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING ON CUMBERLAND AVENUE THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE 2017 GRADUATION TO BRING A GENTLEMAN TO THE AIRPORT THAT GENTLEMAN HAPPENED TO BE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS WHEN I TOLD HIM THIS STORY HE SMACKED ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD FROM THE BACKSEAT OF THE CAB AND SCOLDED ME LIKE A STUDENT FOR NOT TELLING HIM HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS THAT I SHOULD HAVE TOLD HIM THAT MY GRANDMOTHER WAS THERE AND IN ATTENDANCE BECAUSE HE SAID JEFFREY DO YOU KNOW HOW RARE IT IS THAT YOU HAD FOUR GENERATIONS IN ATTENDANCE HE SAID WE WOULD HAVE LET YOUR GRANDMOTHER FILLING ME TO MARCH WITH HER GREAT-GRANDSON TIMOTHY BAKER!! IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS GOT A STORY OUT THERE TO TALK THAT I WANT TO HEAR IT BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I WANT TO NOMINATE HER FOR THIS DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARD SHE WAS QUITE SOMETHING IN AN INVOLVED DEEPLY INVOLVED IN HER CLASS ALL FOUR YEARS SHE WAS THERE IF ANYBODY'S READING READING THIS TOMORROW REACH OUT TO ME PLEASE I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT NOMINATING HER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE THANK YOU