Saturday, October 5, 2019
I first met John in August of 1981, i had just accepted a position at CHS, I made the mistake of coming to campus a week before faculty orientation just to touch base and get a little acclimated to the area and community. Within 45 of setting foot on the school grounds I was somehow riding Co-pilot in the 1976 big biue dump truck with John Slivka at the wheel, 20 minutes later I was in the catacombs of some Trumbull School building, flashlight in hand “schlepping” furniture to be used at CHS. To this day I’m really not convinced we had permission but John assured me we were fine and we loaded up the first of several trips that day. I grew to admire and so appreciate that man. He didn’t just do his job he lived his job, his passion and commitment was contagious. His love for the Lord and Love for the kids was straight from his heart, kids have great radar for this, ask any of his former students, they’ll tell you just how much he cared! Thank you John for setting such a sweet example of a life well lived, you have left an amazing and special legacy, very hard to follow but a powerful example to strive for.
