Tom's story: 1988 TO 1992
The early years are thin, so 1988 to 1992 share one page. Each year still has its own place below.
8 pieces on this page. Click a picture or "See the whole card" to open the card.
1988 — Tom was 9 and 10
Nothing here yet. New finds from this year will go here.
14 pieces from a range of years may come from this year; they are shown in the middle year of their range.
1989 — Tom was 10 and 11
Nothing here yet. New finds from this year will go here.
6 pieces from a range of years may come from this year; they are shown in the middle year of their range.
1990 — Tom was 11 and 12
2 pieces on this year: 1 dated to this year · 1 from a range of years, shown here in the middle.
DATED TO 1990
1548St Joseph School 17th Annual Sports Banquet Program
June 3, 1990 (age 11) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
The yellow cardstock program from the Saint Joseph School 17th Annual Sports Banquet on June 3, 1990, with the team rosters listing Tommy Jensen on the JV basketball team.
the card says: made at age 11
ABOUT 1990: FROM A RANGE OF YEARS, SHOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE
1544Social Studies Worksheet - Ancient Greece And Rome
about 1988-1992 (age 9 to 14) NOT SURE
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
Tom's school-days Social Studies worksheet on ancient Greece and Rome, filled in by hand and topped with a red NEAT sticker, with a lined page of his handwritten answers, kept with a typed letter from The Boston Globe.
Dated from this piece's own words, the dated books and the pieces around it; this date is not sure.
1991 — Tom was 12 and 13
2 pieces on this year: 1 dated to this year · 1 from a range of years, shown here in the middle.
DATED TO 1991
1176HONOR ROLL, ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL - CERTIFICATE
June 13, 1991 (age 12) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
A printed Honor Roll certificate with a gold scrollwork border, filled in by hand for Thomas Jensen at Saint Joseph School for a B grade average, from 1991.
the card says: made at age 12
ABOUT 1991: FROM A RANGE OF YEARS, SHOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE
1509School Records And Memorabilia Collection
about 1986-1996 (age 8 to 17) BEST GUESS
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
A set of Tom's school records: his Saint Joseph School third-grade report card from 1986-1987 signed off with a note to have a God-filled summer, his Lynnfield High School Varsity 'L' certificate for Cross Country, 1994, and his August 1996 Framingham State College acceptance letter.
the card says: dated from age 8 to age 17
1992 — Tom was 13 and 14
4 pieces on this year: 4 dated to this year.
DATED TO 1992
1174SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL 1992 CENTENNIAL YEARBOOK (COPY 1 OF 2)
1992 (age 13 or 14) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
A printed softcover Saint Joseph School 1992 Centennial Yearbook, Salem, Massachusetts, with a blue cover and the gold SJS seal, holding Tom's eighth-grade class picture, from 1992.
the card says: made at age 13
1175SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL 1992 CENTENNIAL YEARBOOK (COPY 2 OF 2)
1992 (age 13 or 14) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
A printed softcover Saint Joseph School 1992 Centennial Yearbook, Salem, Massachusetts, with a blue cover and the gold SJS seal, holding Tom's eighth-grade class picture, from 1992.
the card says: made at age 13
1549SJS 19th Annual Sports Banquet Program
June 14, 1992 (age 13) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
The pale green cardstock program from the 19th Saint Joseph School Annual Sports Banquet on June 14, 1992, from Tom's grade-school years, with the basketball team rosters inside.
the card says: made at age 13
1541ST. JOHN'S PREP REPORT CARD 1992-93
November 6, 1992 (age 14) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
Tom's St. John's Prep report card for the 1992-93 school year, the parent carbon listing his freshman courses and teachers.
the card says: made at age 14
MEMORABILIA FROM THIS STORY
Every card on this page is a real piece — 8 pieces.
What the words mean: PROVED a date or a dated book proves it. BEST GUESS our best reading, not yet proved. TOM SAID Tom's own word. LIKELY strong clues, not yet proved. NOT PROVED an estimate from the pieces around it. NOT SURE the sources disagree. No word: the card gives none yet. "About 1996-2002" means somewhere in those years; the piece is shown once, in the middle year.
