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C M Y M MY Y MY K ALUMNI English Schools Foundation NEWS JJune une u ne n e 2012 20 012 1 A veteran member of staff tells us why developing alumni relations is worth the time and effort Three young teachers recall their days as ESF students Foreword ESFAlumniNEWSÊUÊ6.2012 Welcome to the last issue of ESF Alumni News in this school year. As a vibrant community, ESF values the importance of staying connected with former staff and students and keeping them informed of what’s happening in the schools they attended. Being the Human Resources Director, I am honoured to have a team of professional staff who find inspiration from each other, motivate our students, and broaden their minds to different social values and cultures. This issue gives us an opportunity to express our gratitude to a former member of staff and several of our enthusiastic teachers. They looked back at where they came from and relived the memories. We have extended ESF’s global reach by having Chris Forse, former Deputy Principal of Island School and previous Head of Parent and Student Services who worked at ESF for 33 years and is now residing in UK, to tell you how his relationship with the school and organisation will last a lifetime. On top of that, three current teachers, Amy Lee, English teacher at West Island School; Damian Trimingham, PE teacher at Discovery College; and Sally Beveridge, Secondary Class Teacher and Art Co-ordinator at Jockey Club Sarah Roe School, who attended different ESF schools proving that their education has prepared themselves for today’s rewarding career. Here I would like to thank the above interviewees for taking time to share with us their stories. The school year of 2011-2 has been immensely fruitful. As the holiday is approaching, I wish you all a wonderful and fulfilling summer. Charles Caldwell Human Resources Director English Schools Foundation TABLE OF CONTENTS P. 01 ....... Foreword P. 03 ....... Happy Days Chris Forse P. 08 ....... Learning From Literature Amy Lee, West Island School P. 10 ....... A Life in Play Damian Trimingham, King George V School P. 12 ....... This is a Dream Job Sally Beveridge, South Island School P. 16 ....... What’s Happening The ESF Alumni News is a quarterly magazine published by: English Schools Foundation 25/F 1063 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong We welcome your comments and enquiries regarding alumni matters and development. The magazine is distributed through schools to alumni. The electronic version can be obtained from the ESF website: Judy Yue, Development Manager English Schools Foundation Tel: 2574 2351 Email: [email protected] www.esf.edu.hk/alumni All correspondence should be directed to: Disclaimer: The English Schools Foundation (“ESF”) is the owner of the copyright of all content of this publication. Distributing, modifying, copying or using any content of this publication in any manner for public or commercial purposes without written permission from ESF is strictly prohibited. Views expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent those of English Schools Foundation or individual ESF schools. Printed on recycled paper. 1 Capture your timeless P f o s o t o h ! e f i l r you Use our “PhotoBook” magic programme to create a unique album with your favourite photos. Simply upload your photos into the templates provided and the programme will guide you through all the steps. What a great way to retain your memories! The PhotoBook is professionally printed and mounted with a linen cover. This elegant and unique PhotoBook will definitely delight family folks and friends now and then! Certificate No.: CC 3163 www.photobookasia.com email [email protected] 2011/12 13/F, Block A, Tung Chong Factory Building, 653-655 King's Road, H.K. Tel: (852) 2561 1924 Fax: (852) 2811 0946 Happy Days Chris Forse A fter a long and Head of Parent and Student Services 2006-7 Acting Assistant Chief Executive ESF from 2004 to 2005 secondment Teaching Whitcliffe Mount School, West Yorkshire, 1971-74 Island School, 1974-2006 Graduated from East Ham Grammar School, London in 1966. Attended Leeds University (majoring in History and Economics) from 1967 to 70 and obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Education 1971. successful career in Hong Kong, Chris Forse and “We live in the countryside near his wife Melanie returned Stratford upon Avon, only an hour or to the UK in 2007. Here he so from London and three miles from tells us about the high points of a long career, ESF alumni the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. The pull of family commitments was a significant factor in deciding to return networks and his unfulfilled to the UK after 33 years. I wanted to dream of being a train driver. see my parents through their latter “I taught in teachers’ paradise. The students, parents and conditions - it was a dream.” years. And I’ve become a grandfather as well.” 3 ESFAlumniNEWSÊUÊ6.2012 Chris and Melanie have three children “I have a treasure trove of memories. who all attended Glenealy and then There were so many wonderful Island School. After graduating from student achievements and successes, university in the UK, two have returned sporting triumphs and unforgettable to live in Hong Kong. “They just love adventures. In 1999, a group of us the city they grew up in.” followed the route of Chairman Mao’s long march for a month. In 2001 I led levels are amazing. If your washing machine breaks down, someone comes within three hours. I miss the cando dynamism. Things get done. You return after a year away to find that the Tamar project has been completed, another bridge has been built and a new railway line has opened.” Having spent a third of a century an alumni expedition from Kathmandu in Hong Kong, it’s no surprise that to Lhasa through Everest Base Camp. the former history teacher has many It’s just as well that teachers and kids fond memories. “I taught in teachers’ have long holidays!” A New Challenge conditions - it was a dream. I’m An aspect of his time with ESF that In 2004, Chris was seconded to ESF regularly in touch with ex-colleagues Chris derives much pride from is the Centre as acting Assistant Chief and students and I’ve been back once transformation from a colonial system Executive and subsequently as Head a year since I retired.” to one that serves mainly local people. of Parent and Student Services. This “When I arrived, 70 percent of the presented a new set of challenges after students were British expatriate. They years at the chalk-face and as a Deputy were divorced from the city around Principal. paradise. The students, parents and “ESF provides an English medium, western style of education taught by native English speakers, a unique combination so important for keeping Hong Kong competitive” them. I dedicated the latter part of my career to supporting ESF in becoming embedded within the local school system and therefore worthy of government investment. ESF provides an English medium, western style of “During my last four years with ESF I missed the daily contact with the students. Nevertheless I gained a lot of respect for ESF Centre when I worked there.” education taught by native English speakers, a unique combination so important for keeping Hong Kong competitive.” Chris misses the efficiency and userfriendliness of Hong Kong. “Service It was during his time at Stubbs Road that Chris became involved in the development and implementation of an ESF alumni database. “The alumni websites came on line just as social networking sites such as Facebook Memory Lane If he could turn back the clock to 1974 and start his career again, there is little that Chris would do differently. “I felt so fortunate to be where I was. Inevitably there were a few disappointments, regrets and frustrations over the years. But would I trade it? No. I really don’t believe I could have found a more enriching place for me.” Asking Chris to select a cherished ESF memory from his long career has him mentally rewinding through a huge back catalogue of lessons, assemblies, concerts, school camps and overseas trips. 4 With Reverend Geoffrey Speak (middle), the first Principal of IS and founder of ESF, and David James the Principal. Chris (left) was the Deputy Principal at IS. “I am in daily contact with former students and colleagues” “Connecting alumni databases with social networks has seen exponential growth” 5 ESFAlumniNEWSÊUÊ6.2012 appeared, providing schools and Sharing Knowledge and wide but Chris doesn’t see this alumni associations with limitless opportunities to network with former students. I am in daily contact with former students and colleagues”. The Island School alumni pages on Facebook are a hive of activity with members leapfrogging onto the latest developments like Schoolfeed. “Connecting alumni databases with Chris believes in the principle of alumni giving back to their schools and feels as a handicap to knowledge sharing. that there are plenty of ways they can you should ever underestimate the offer support. “The expertise that’s out there can be very useful to the schools. There are doctors, lawyers (and train drivers) who could be helping current students follow their dreams, and contributing their expertise to school redevelopment plans.” power of networks.” Proving his point, “We’re a global village. I don’t think Chris has over 500 Facebook friends and estimates that 90 percent are former colleagues and students. “The Island School alumni community is thriving. They’re a tremendously loyal and tightly knit group. Reunions social networks has seen exponential growth”, he says. Former ESF students have spread far He also acknowledges that there are a global phenomenon. There’s are likely to be alumni prepared to one planned in Bali in 2013. I’ve told Island School boasts an impressive roll offer financial support to their alma the organisers that if they reach 150 call of renowned alumni that includes mater; therefore, having a fundraising participants I will attend.” local politician Christine Loh, comedian strategy through building networks is Harry Hill, actresses Nina Wadia and important for ESF schools nowadays. If the level of activity on the alumni Alice Patten and Oscar-nominated “I am sure there are former students Facebook pages is anything to go by, director Anand Tucker. However, the who would love to see their name on a Chris might need to pay a visit to his former student that Chris is most classroom or experimental theatre, or a local travel agents before long. envious of is Frank McLeod from KGV. scholarship fund.” “He’s a train driver, a childhood dream of mine!” “We’re a global village. I don’t think you should ever underestimate the power of networks.” Chris Patten gave a book signing at IS in 1998 Senior Management Team in 1999 Chris in the school fair Chris (right) broke his leg in his first term at IS in Nov 1974 Hippy Forse with Gillian Spearing Alumni reunion Source:”No Ordinary School”by Chris Forse (Foreword by Lord Patten). Copies available at Island School. Proceeds to the Island School Trust Fund. 6 With students in Year 13 Barn Dance 1999 1978 class photo West Island School 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner Happy Birthday, West Island School - you have come a long way! Here’s to the next twenty years! In 1991, West Island School first opened its doors with 70 students and 6 staff members in temporary accommodation at the old British Military Hospital on Borrett Road. 20 years later, how things have changed! We have 1200 students, 100 teaching staff and 60 support staff housed in our award winning building in Pokfulam. This year has seen us celebrate our special Anniversary in many ways: our Gala Concert at the Academy for the Performing Arts; our school production of “Blood Wedding”; our 20 year celebration Assembly; our 20th Anniversary Fair complete with birthday cake and rendition of “Happy Birthday” and the opening of The Arena, containing our new gymnasium and dance studio. The final event in our 20th Anniversary Calendar will be the West Island School Gala Celebration on June 23rd at the Verandah, Repulse Bay. We look forward to welcoming many West Island alumni, students and staff, to what promises to be a memorable evening. See you all there! Come and mark our 20th Anniversary at our Gala Celebration for Alumni and Staff. Venue: The Verandah, Repulse Bay Date: Saturday, 23rd June at 7:00pm Dress: Black Tie For more information about this event, please contact [email protected] ESFAlumniNEWSÊUÊ6.2012 Learning From Literature Amy Lee It is quite possible — overwhelmingly probable, one might guess — that we will always learn more about human life and personality from novels than from scientific psychology. - Noam Chomsky English teacher at West Island School Attended Beacon Hill school and Quarry Bay School. Graduated from West Island School in 2002. Obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature, with a minor in Criminal Justice and then a Postgraduate Diploma in Education at The University of Hong Kong. L iterature lover Amy Lee was just three years old. In Primary 5, was a student at West after attending Beacon Hill school and Island School (WIS), and Quarry Bay School, Amy lived with a family in Dongguan in mainland China she now teaches English for six months, to learn Putonghua. there. “I became an English “That experience taught me to be very teacher because I felt that I had learnt a lot about the curious, confident and adventurous.” She then moved from Discovery Bay International School to WIS. human psyche through the array of well-developed and interesting characters in the world of literature,” she said. Amy’s favourite subjects at WIS were English, Drama and Media Studies. Teachers who inspired her included Roger Stanley, her first form tutor and Art teacher; A-Level Drama teacher Art lesson at a local kindergarten 8 Amy’s father is Chinese and her mother Julie Hannaford, and GCSE French is Polish – they met and married in teacher Madame Onsiong. “I always the UK, Amy was born there, and the admired their passion for the subjects family moved to Hong Kong when she they taught, and especially for their strong sense of leadership and their instead to become a teacher. “I’d compassion for their students. When been taught by an incredible professor I was a student at WIS, the teachers of literature, Maureen Sabine, and I seemed to have more time for each wanted to inspire students to find the of the students because it was a same passion for English that she had much smaller school; they knew every inspired in me.” So she did a one-year student by name very well, and it Post-graduate Diploma in Education at was more of a mentoring, pastoral HKU. relationship.” During that year, she had the Being from a mixed-race background opportunity to return to ESF to do was a challenge at times, however. her teaching practice, so at the “My dad’s values were different to age of 21 she was practising her my mum’s, and he was much more teaching skills on 18-year-olds at disciplined with me, so choosing Island School first then South Island subjects was a massive issue. He wasn’t so open-minded School. Then it came to the task of Amy (left) at the WIS graduation in 2002 applying for jobs. As a local person, about some of the Amy showed her commitment to newer subjects, but staying in Hong Kong, and continued came round to it in her professional education by taking the end.” courses in teaching the International Baccalaureate Diploma. “I got my After graduating from WIS, Amy went to The University of Hong Kong (HKU). “That’s the university my dad wanted me to go to, so I went there to keep him happy.” She did a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Comparative Literature, with a minor in Criminal Justice. “It was fascinating to read about homicides and reconstruct cases,” she said. job at age 23 and have been at West Island School ever since – this is my fifth year.” With her students, Amy tries to recreate the kind of relationship she had with her own teachers. She is grateful to the school for giving young teachers an opportunity and a great head start in this competitive field. While at university, Amy juggled with different jobs – mostly within the entertainment field. She decided auditioned for a job as a TV presenter company and was offered a position, Amy (middle) with her Year 13 class and Richard Kallagar, ex-WIS drama teacher but she turned it down. “It would have involved lots of travel between Life Lessons Hong Kong and Singapore, and I felt that finishing my degree was more Amy’s advice to current ESF students is important,” she explained. to learn about life through literature, and to apply that. “Literature opens people’s eyes to the world around Playing it Forward them, and helps them establish good relationships with people because After finishing her degree, Amy seriously considered a career in the criminal justice field, but decided Outside of work, Amy enjoys travelling with her husband, Andy. She has been to Israel and Jordan, and all over Asia and Europe, but her favourite place is Egypt. Not surprisingly, she also enjoys reading. “I love to go to a bookstore, pick a book and sit on the floor. Is there maybe anything else that could be better than this? She also enjoys keeping in touch with friends from her schooldays. “Most of them live here. In fact one of the things I love about ESF is that it seems to nurture a love of Hong Kong in its students. ESF kids have fond memories of their schooldays, and they always want to come back and make a life for themselves here.” To do her part for the WIS alumni community, Amy is organising a 20th to try to pursue this seriously and with a big international broadcasting Amy with her students in a drama lesson they learn to become much more understanding individuals,” she anniversary celebration for WIS alumni and friends, to be held on Saturday 23 June at The Verandah at The Repulse Bay, and is reconnecting with all alumni on Facebook too. Like! “One of the things I love about ESF is that it seems to nurture a love of Hong Kong in its students.” commented. 9 ESFAlumniNEWSÊUÊ6.2012 A Life in Play Damian Trimingham W hen Damian Trimingham thinks of time at King George V School in the late 1980s, what he remembers first of all is the greenery. “There was lots of grass,” he says. It was a good thing for Damian, who spent much of his time playing football, squash and other PE Teacher and a House Director at Discovery College Attended Kowloon Junior School and King George V School. Obtained a degree in Leisure Management at De Montfort University in Birmingham and obtained his Graduate Diploma in Primary Education at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia. He credits his Primary 5 Teacher/School Football Coach, Ron James, with giving him the encouragement not only to play, but also to study. “Being a boy, you looked up to him as a role model. He gave me a lot of respect on the field, so when he taught, I paid attention to him and focused.” Discovery College Now, thirty years later, Damian has stepped into James’ shoes. The Damian credits his life in sports to the games. “It was sport, sport, 39-year-old teaches physical education support and opportunities he received sport and nothing else,” he to primary students at Discovery as a young ESF student. As a teacher, College, an “all through” primary he hopes to share that passion with and secondary school overlooking the his students and encourage them water at Discovery Bay. “It’s come full to take up a more active lifestyle for circle,” says Damian on a sunny day, example, “With the students, you see as a sea breeze travels through the the progression from when they can’t school’s open courtyard. “At school, swim to when they can, and how I always looked forward to the PE happy they are because of that,” he lessons. I get the same joy out of it says. “That’s what I love to help them now.” do.” says. “In a place like Hong Kong you’ve really got to make the effort to be active” 10 Green Memories and seeing other places, getting away rooftop pool, which overlooks the from that student lifestyle, but Hong mountains of Lantau. Damian is English, but he spent the Kong was always at the back of my first eight years of his life in Jamaica mind.” When the school first opened, Damian and his family were living in Wan Chai. and Malawi, where his father worked as a civil engineer. His time in Africa It was during one of those visits home Every day, he had to commute more left a particularly distinct impression. that he discovered his enthusiasm for than two hours to Lantau and back. “It “You had a big garden out front, a big teaching, after an old friend asked him just kills you,” he says. Now that they garden out back, and there were corn to help coach football. “As soon as I live in Discovery Bay, they’re just six fields next to our school. Everything did that, I knew that’s what I wanted minutes by foot from school. “That’s seems bigger when you’re seven, but I to do,” says Damian. 10 extra hours a week I get to spend remember the fields were massive.” with my family,” he says. When he was eight, Damian’s family “You get quite into Discovery Bay,” says Damian. “Before I came here it seemed like Toy Town, Legoland, the Truman Show – you always get the comments from people,” he says. “Now that I’m here I wouldn’t change anything.” moved to Hong Kong and settled in Kowloon Tong. “I saw kids in brown and white [Kowloon Junior School] uniforms and thought maybe I’ll end up there,” he says. He did. Every day, he walked about 20 minutes from his home to his new school before going to King George V School (KGV) in his secondary years. When he wasn’t studying, he spent time at the Kowloon Cricket Club, where he The district’s abundance of green Damian’s four lovely daughters space and playgrounds were a pleasant surprise to Damian and his wife. Not Sharing the Passion only can their children walk home from school, they have more opportunities played squash, football and swam. Not long after the handover, Damian to go swimming and play outdoors It isn’t just sport that Damian returned to Hong Kong fulltime and than they did before. “People here are remembers, however. He fondly recalls spent 5 years sports coaching. It was sports mad,” he says. his KGV geography teacher, Mrs Choi. during this time that Damian met his “I struggled at times in geography but wife, Keiko. She had been working as we really connected,” he says. “She a private swim instructor at one of the helped me a lot.” venues where he also taught. Keiko and Damian now have four daughters, Damian did his GCSE’s and A-Levels two of whom study at Discovery at KGV before he went to study College. Leisure Management at De Montfort Australia. He then started teaching in the classroom at the Japanese International School, before eventually joining the ESF’s Bauhinia School in Lai King, the predecessor to Discovery College, which opened in 2008. After four years in Birmingham, Discovery College is one of Hong he spent his summers working at Kong’s most impressive schools. campsites in France, returning to Hong Designed to minimise the use of Kong for six months during the winter, air-conditioning, it is covered by a taking advantage of the airport-related large ETFE canopy that shelters the construction boom. “I laid rail for schoolyard and channels the wind the Airport Express,” he says. “In the to ventilate the school’s open space. summer, it was about getting around Damian spends parts of the 1st and University in Birmingham, mainly so he could get down to games and watch his favourite football team Aston Villa play! He later did his Graduate Diploma in Primary Education in Perth, That’s not the case in the rest of Hong Kong, something Damian sees working to the detriment of kids around the city. “They tend to get pushed academically,” he says, and when they have free time, they stay indoors instead of playing sports. His message to parents and kids alike: “In a place like Hong Kong you’ve really got to make the effort to be active” as most people don’t have gardens or open spaces close by for doing sport. “With the students, you see the progression from when they can’t swim to when they can, and how happy they are because of that.” 2nd term with his students at the 11 ESFAlumniNEWSÊUÊ6.2012 This is a Dream Job Sally Beveridge Art co-coordinator and Secondary class teacher at Jockey Club Sarah Roe School Attended Bradbury School and South Island School. Obtained a degree in Art and Graphic Design at University of Wales followed by a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in 2005. An Artistic Family “I love the work that I do and I am fully committed to getting the best from my students.” S outh Island School (SIS) alumna Sally Beveridge has been the art coordinator and Secondary class teacher at Jockey Club Sarah Roe School (JCSRS) teaching students with special needs. Since starting at the school two years ago, she continues to find her job incredibly rewarding and fulfilling. 12 “Every day I teach, I am met with new challenges and different problems to solve. I love the work that I do and I am fully committed to getting the best from my students. When I see them applying what they have learnt through my teaching, it is the best feeling in the world. It gives me an immense sense of pride and satisfaction that I am in a position to support them and help them achieve their full potential.” Sally’s parents met and married in the UK before migrating to Hong Kong when her father accepted a job offer from the Hong Kong Government. Sally was born in Hong Kong and attended Bradbury Junior School and SIS. Sally’s artwork, 1999 Sally’s interest in art is not surprising – her father is an architect (he designed the interior of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre), her younger sister, Gabriele is a practicing artist working in London and exhibiting throughout Europe, and her older sister Jane, is Head of Art at Dubai College. “Our flat was always full of paintings, and our parents often took us to galleries when we were young. They’ve always encouraged us to think creatively and they are happy that we all pursued art professionally.” Inspired by a Special Person Sally volunteered at the Learning Sally and her friend at South Island School Support Centre at SIS and became good friends with a special needs Sally and her two sisters all went to student named Elaine, helping her SIS. “Mum jokes that she never saw with PE lessons, taking her out for art me when I was at school. I was always trips, and tutoring her in the library at the after-school drama club or life after school. “Just seeing her progress, drawing classes, or playing sport. along with simple things like seeing I was more into the arts – I loved her smile, made everything that I did drama, media studies and especially worthwhile.” Sadly, because of her art and design. I went on lots of school illness, Elaine passed away two years trips too – to Chiang Mai, the Great ago. Although devastated at the loss Wall, London, the Edinburgh Fringe of her friend, Sally is always grateful Festival.” that as a result of their friendship, she “Just seeing her progress, along with simple things like seeing her smile, made everything that I did worthwhile.” Herons Bridge School; a very large special needs school in Wales. She then taught secondary-school art at an International School in Shanghai for five years before being offered her current job at JCSRS. started to become interested in special She remembers several SIS teachers needs education. Seeing their Strengths who inspired her, “Whilst doing drama in SIS, I was lucky to have a wonderful Sally’s days at JCSRS are very drama teacher called Ms. Rochester, structured. “The special needs who encouraged me to write and classroom must reflect clear and perform a play at the Edinburgh structured daily routines,” she says, Festival in Scotland. It was an amazing explaining that a typical day includes experience. I always remember Mrs. taking register, morning circle, a recap Booth, my Home Economics teacher of recent activities, an art class or – she was truly the kindest, most a PE lesson, a Maths lesson and an patient person I had ever met. I aspired English lesson. Therapist sessions, to follow her example. I remember Sally and her student thinking that, if one day I ever became a teacher, I would want to teach in the manner of Mrs. Booth and achieve results by her methods.” One of Sally’s memories of her schooldays at SIS was meeting with Mr. Campion, the career coordinator, at the end of her A-Levels. “He made sure he saw every student to talk about what they wanted to do. He helped me to prepare my certificates and look through university pamphlets. In meeting with him, he helped to guide me towards the best path for my future ambitions. I was really thankful that ESF set that up.” such as signing or social skills, are also integrated into the weekly schedule to After graduating from SIS, Sally accepted a place at Cardiff University in Wales, gaining a degree in art and graphic design before going on to do a degree in teaching. “I always remember showing my university friends my photo album and having them comment on how diverse my school friends were and that they come from so many different cultural backgrounds. My university friends said how special and unique it was to have had the opportunity to grow and learn in such an international environment. I think up until that point, I’d never really appreciated how lucky I was to have that type of life experience. It has had quite a positive impact on who I am and my global perspectives.” ensure a well-rounded programme for the students. At times, Sally’s work can be demanding and tiring, but it is always very gratifying. “Special education needs teachers have to be dedicated and they need lots of stamina and patience. It’s not an easy job but it’s very worthwhile. My kids surprise me every day. I don’t see them as having weaknesses – I always see their strengths.” As part of her teaching degree, Sally JCSRS students played the “classroom rule” game did a placement as an art teacher at Sally and Elaine in sixth form at school 13 What’s Happening ESFAlumniNEWSÊUÊ6.2012 KING GEORGE V SCHOOL FUND RAISING GALA DINNER King George V School (KGV) held its second fund raising gala dinner on 4 May at Holiday Inn Golden Mile. The event was attended by over 200 guests and raised over $315,000 for the KGV Development fund. Introduced in 2011, the KGV Development Fund will enable further improvement to the school to complement the school’s new Liam Fitzpatrick, Sean Fitzpatrick, Jacqueline Fitzpatrick, Mrs Fitzpatrick, Derek Hinden Science and Performing Arts Blocks, which will , be completed in 2013. To , Reyna Harilela Mahesh Harilela nd na ra Hi ey irl , Sh build on this investment, Sophia Kao-Lo KGV will continue to raise funds to improve its field and foyer, and to construct a new Learning Resources Centre and eventually a Sports Hall and Swimming Pool. KGV alumni and friends joined to support their alma mater, including Dr Victor and Julia Fung, Jal and Purvin Shroff, Sean and Jacqueline Fitzpatrick, the Harilela family and many more. The evening included a cocktail reception with a photo booth, a five-course meal, lucky draw, live and silent auctions, student musical performers, and a jazz band with dancing to end the night. Ste ella AbrahamHind n es, David Ch u Julia Fu ng, Kev in Enzio v on Pfeil Lam, Sabrina La ,V von Pfe il and o ictor Fung, Eli m, zabeth ther gu ests Mr Jal Shroff, Managing Director of Fossil (East) Ltd., Ltd. joined this year’s event as the second recipient of the Principal’s Outstanding Alumni Award. As part of the class of 1956, Mr Shroff was the first pa and KGV Jayne Wickins er Colleen ag an M s Busines e photo th at Melvin pose booth Head Boy to serve for two years at the school. He He said he was very proud to be a KGV student and that it was KGV who developed him into an the person he is today. Mr Shroff was also very th impressed with the future plans for the school and its development initiative. The Strategic Development Committee would like to thank our many sponsors, donors, volunteers, and special guests for making the night a huge success. If you have any questions about the KGV Dinner Gala or the Development Fund, please contact Ms Meghan Spillane, Community Development Manager of KGV ([email protected]). Carlson Tong and Board Members 16 by Kristina Keung Musical performance orn tav un Ch da and Karin (Standing, left to right) Vinay Viswa ni, Chris Durbin, Pa Ryan, Judy Cooper, m Roger Nissim, Colle en Melvin, Sarah Howling, Meghan Spillane (seated, lef t to right) Brian Hodgson, Judy Yu e, Payal Shah mittee of School le: Chairman of the Com Guests of the head tab Award recipient als cip Prin 2 201 ty, l Var Council Chairmen Pau ay, Principal Ed ESF Heather Du Quesn Mr Jal Shroff, CEO of ers oth and la, Alex Chan Wickins, Mahesh Harile What’s Happening KENNEDY SCHOOL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Kennedy School held a series of events to celebrate their 50th Anniversary. The activities included Meat Free Monday, Trading Tuesday, Walk to School Wednesday, Trashion Thursday and Fresh Air ‘Fifty’’ Friday. The school also ran a Marathon event involving the whole school community. SOUTH ISLAND SCHOOL INITIATIVES South Island School (SIS) will renovate SIS PTA held a Book Fair on 4 May and convert the school library into a where old and previously well-loved 21st Century Learning Resources Centre (LRC) this summer. It will be opened for library books were sold at bargain the new school year in autumn 2012. $14,000 was raised. prices and a grand total of just over sent to parents asking for donations (From left to right) Anne Cano-Shearer, Debra Perrin and Kate Leung Meanwhile, SIS and the PTA Fundraising Committee are very grateful for the support of donors and sponsors in helping the project. They were encouraged by the response after just two weeks after the letters were towards the new LRC. A Night Fest (school fair) will be held on 30 November. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SHA TIN COLLEGE GRADUATION: TRANSITION FROM STUDENTS TO ALUMNI Marc Morris, the Principal The Graduation Ceremony on 22 May 2012 at Sha Tin College is an annual celebration whose very meaning was brought to life by an eloquent and moving speech by Philip Li, an alumnus. Grateful and appreciative of what they have gained in past years as students, large numbers registered on the spot as members of the Alumni Association with the intention of serving the school in the years to come. All students were encouraged to stay in touch with their School. A member of the Alumni Association, Philip Li, shared his memories of the school with the audience. ISLAND SCHOOL GRADUATION On the afternoon of Friday 25 May Island School held its Graduation Ceremony for leaving year 13 students. All of them came to the ceremony dressed in formal clothes with many wearing a graduation gown and cap. The hall was full of parents, friends and staff members, and was beautifully decked out with flowers. Chris Binge, the Principal, presented the diploma to each student The Senior Heads of House called out the name of each student, who came up to receive their diploma from the Principal. There were excellent leaving speeches from the four Senior Prefects, and an address from the principal. Following the ceremony there was a reception with refreshments provided by the PTA, at which parents, teachers and students mingled, chatted and took lots of photos. All in all it was a wonderful occasion, and a great opportunity to celebrate the achievements of a remarkable group of young people who have become our alumni. 17
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