Former Regis Student Monica Willis

By: Christian De Jesus

Monica Willis was a student who attended Regis from 1987 to 1990. While attending Regis, she was able to experience all the great things Regis had to offer. In this article, I will tell you about the positive differences between now and back then. The main things I will cover are the new changes that came over time, the stories Monica Willis has to share, and some extra fun facts.

So, how does the 1990 Regis compare to the 2023 Regis? For starters, St. Mary and Regis were not conjoined schools. There used to be two schools in the area, one for high school and the other for elementary and middle school. In 1990, they also had priests and nuns as teachers and faculty members. Two nuns taught back then, one being Sister Marchella, who taught religion and chemistry. The other sister, Sister Sara, taught world geography to the first-year class. She was also the primary teacher for first-year students.

Now, onto some stories Monica Willis has to share about her time here. First, she told me about how Mr. Bauer taught here back then. As you may guess, he mainly taught cross country and track. Another thing she talked about during the interview is a funny story about when the entire school wanted a snow day, and the principal (who at the time was priest Fr. Murphy) decided to hold a school rally. The principal started to do the snow dance, and then everyone joined in and started doing the snow dance. The next day it started snowing, and the school had a snow day.

For my second to last paragraph, I wanted to tell you about some significant events back then. The first is the football championship Monica talked about from her time attending Regis. The football championship was in 1987, and that year’s team was undefeated. That year’s team also happened to feature Mr. Tabor’s littlest brother. Next, she told me about how Regis was among the few Catholic high schools available then. The last thing I learned about was that in 1990 Regis classes back then were huge. Monica’s graduating class had 35 students, considered minor; as the years went on, classes continued to grow.

Well, that’s it for my article, and I want to thank Monica Willis, who agreed to the interview and provided so much information and detail about Regis back then. I also want to thank her for taking the time to do the interview and help a fellow Ram. Lastly, I want everyone to see how far Regis has come and hope to see how it transforms in the future.