By Lexi MooreHigh school reunions tend to bring back a flood of memories along with familiar faces and a hint of anxiety.For 97-year-old Olga Rogness, this year’s All-School Reunion in Hills has brought her more attention than she is accustomed to.As a 1926 graduate of Hills High School, she plans on attending her 80th class reunion this weekend. Unfortunately, time has not been as kind to her classmates as it has been to her. Olga remains bright and alert in her home at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. She is the only surviving student from her class.Without seeing the faces of those classmates, it is hard for Olga to find too many memories from her years at Hills High School, but she does remember the value of the education she received."It was the depression, you know," she said."What you did was valuable; you would do anything to get an education. It was very important in those days."And Olga did go to great lengths to attend school every day. Her father, Theodore Hanson, was employed by the railroad in Steen. This stroke of luck got her a pass on the area trains. In the morning she would head to the railroad tracks and hop a train to Hills.The kind of train didn’t matter. Sometimes it was a freight train; other times a passenger car, as long as it was headed to Hills.Once the train stopped in Hills, she had to walk to the school. The walk seemed especially long in the winter.At school she remembers studying Latin, science, history, phonetics and occasionally art. Although there were some athletics, sports were not nearly as important as studies.Olga also remembers the teachers."We loved them, they were our heroes," she said."We would honor them and hold them high in the community."Her graduation in 1926 was held with little fanfare. Few of the classmates she started school with finished."It was hard times," she said. "People had to work or help on the farm. I made sure school was important."Following graduation, Olga went to Normal School Training in Luverne. This was training for young women who wanted to be teachers. The training allowed them to student teach in various fields of study. When Olga finished training, she taught in one-room school houses in Rock County."I loved teaching and it was a way to earn money," she said.Olga’s only child, Robert, Golden Valley, helped arrange several recent outings for Olga to celebrate her reunion. She not only attended the H-BC graduation last weekend, but she was honored by Superintendent David Deragisch during the ceremony.She said she hopes to get a good meal during the reunion dinner at the Beaver Creek Golf Course and see the parade.Although Olga suspects time has changed the school she attended, she hopes it is still highly regarded in the area."Hills High School was one the best in the area," she said. "At least we thought it was."